TY  - BOOK
AU  - Boudin,Chesa
TI  - Gringo: a coming-of-age in Latin America 
SN  - 9781416559115 (hc : alk. paper)
AV  - F2225 .B68 2009
U1  - 980.04092B 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - New York
PB  - Scribner
KW  - Boudin, Chesa
KW  - Americans
KW  - Travel
KW  - South America
KW  - Description and travel
KW  - Guatemala
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1980-
N2  - Gringo charts two journeys, both of which began a decade ago. The first is the sweeping transformation of Latin American politics that started with Hugo Châavez's inauguration as president of Venezuela in 1999. In that same year, an 18-year-old Chesa Boudin leaves his middle-class Chicago life and arrives in Guatemala. He finds a world where disparities of wealth are even more pronounced and where social change is not confined to classroom or dinner-table conversations, but instead takes place in the streets. While a new generation of progressive Latin American leaders rises to power, Boudin crisscrosses 27 countries. He witnesses the economic crisis in Buenos Aires; works inside Châavez's palace in Caracas; watches protesters battling police on September 11, 2001, in Santiago; descends into ancient silver mines in Potosâi; and travels steerage on a riverboat along the length of the Amazon. Including incisive analysis and deep humanity, Boudin's account of this historic period is revelatory.--From publisher description
ER  -