Forgotten Continent: The Battle for Latin America's Soul

The bestselling primer on the social, political, and economic challenges facing Central and South America by The Economist editor and author of Brazil.

Latin America has often been condemned to failure. Neither poor enough to evoke Africa's moral crusade, nor as explosively booming as India and China, it has largely been overlooked by the West. Yet this vast continent, home to half a billion people, the world's largest reserves of arable land, and 8.5 percent of global oil, is busily trans...