Isabel Allende is popular in Chile, but just behind her and not always is Roberto Ampuero, whose work isneglected by critics because of its political themes.

Land reform, factory expropriation, the politicization of a sector of the armed forces, and curriculum reform in education created the basis for the overthrow ofChile's SalvadorAllende.

In Latin America, fiction is often the most accurate source of contemporary history; unfortunately, many Latin American works have not been translated for Anglophone readers.

The 30th anniversary of the coup d'etat that deposed Chile's Marxist president Salvador Allende has gone, but not without a burst of accusations of American complicity with that event.

Revelations of a patrimony of $12 million in Washington bankscan only have a devastating impact on General Augusto Pinochet's place in Chilean history.

The balance of forces in Chile has changed, due to a new generation,to the conservative stewardship of recent center-left governments, and to the international exposure given toPinochet.

All of the candidates in the race for Brazil's presidency advocate one sort of soft-populism or another, while at the same time some are attempting to reassure the business, banking, and investment communities at home and abroad.

All of Brazil's presidential candidates advocate soft-populism while at the same time some are attempting to reassure the business, banking, and investment communities at home and abroad.