Three Revolutions in the Equatorial Americas

0/5 ( ratings)

A volume of three feature pieces treating revolutions in each of Panama, Nicaragua and the building of tensions in Haiti.

1. In Panama, a Pantomime.
Billed as support for a rebellion against General Noriega, the US invaded Panama for Christmas 1989. A year later Western expatriates in their clubs and enclaves were still divided.

GENERAL NORIEGA'S portrait stood on the hotel bar, his cap crusted with laurels, stars the length of his epaulets, his cheeks pocked and grainy. The camera had caught him reviewing a parade.

2. The Play of Children.
In Port o Prince, Haiti, waiting for the elections, tension builds, as does the heat. Here, we sit in a restaurant, speaking of Haitian artistries, during a power failure.

We were all eyes, in this dusk. Mme Du Paix said, 'The Voodoo has taken over the Naive in our culture. No artistry speaks without voodoo.'

3. The Fall of Old Managua.
The Nicaraguan revolution split families, none more than the Reyes, in which two brothers each became prominent leaders of opposing factions. In the first free elections in a decade, during the period in which President Reagan was still denying collaboration with the Contras, the US backed faction lead by Violetta Chamorro took government.

Pages: 25

Format: Kindle Edition

Release: February 01, 2013

Three Revolutions in the Equatorial Americas

John Bryson

0/5 ( ratings)

Read Download

Pages: 25

Format: Kindle Edition

Release: February 01, 2013

4/5 ( ratings)

Rate this book!

Write a review?

Subscribe to Read | $0.00

Popular Genres

Subscribe to Read | $0.00

Three Revolutions in the Equatorial Americas

Three Revolutions in the Equatorial Americas

Three Revolutions in the Equatorial Americas

More books from John Bryson

Evil Angels: The Case of Lindy Chamberlain

The Private World of Katharine Hepburn

The Blackout!: And Other Tales From Around The House

College Ready Student Guide: Making the Most of Your Next Great Adventure

Industrial Design, Competition and Globalization

Contrappasso: Long Distance

Islanders, Far South

Robert Browning (Writers & Their Work)

Whoring Around

Developments in Strategic and Public Management: Studies in the US and Europe

College Ready

The Cowboy: A Book Of Pictures About His Real Life

My Daily Bread

Jane McCrea: A Dramatic Poem (Classic Reprint)

Their Correspondence

A World This Size: Selected Stories

The Three Marys of the Four Gospels

Soup

Fancygoods, Over the Mountains: A Novella

Evil Angels