An Unofficial 'The Rest Is History' Reading List

261: Uruguay: The Tupamaros

November 23, 2022

Description

In 1963, with the influence of the Cuban Revolution strong in South America, the left wing guerrilla group the Tupamaros emerged. Listen to tales of kidnappings, shootings, imprisonment and...
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Books Referenced

The Open Veins of Latin America

Author: Eduardo Galeano

Context:

Explicitly mentioned as a book by Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano that can be found in the Latin American history section of bookstores. Described as 'a classic of Latin American political historical writing' - a left-wing account of how Latin America has been betrayed by world capitalism, written in 1971.

Tintin and the Picaros

Author: Hergé

Context:

Referenced as a comparison when discussing the romanticization of indigenous resistance in Latin America and the story of Tupac Amaru II. The hosts note 'This is all very Tintin... Tintin and the Picaros' and suggest Hergé was drawing on these Latin American revolutionary themes.