Rightly called a must-read by my classmates and other people connected/interested in Latin America.

The book describes the history of a continent from colonization, slavery, and exploitation to the 1970s in which foreign cooperations and governments still use the Latin American countries to their own benefits. Actively working against development.

I think every person should read this book to know how messed up our world with it's global dynamics are.

As I said before, the book reminds me of "Why Nations Fail". I liked the details of each country and I think they are important. But it's impossible for me to keep them all in my head and be able to sort them correctly.
Good thing, I don't think that's the point. The overall message was clear and I got it.

The African equivalent to this book would be "How Europe Underdeveloped Africa"