Whether true or not, Latin America has often been considered a region steeped in machismo. Latin American masculinity comes from a long history that begins with indigenous warrior culture, proceeds through the culture of honour imported from Europe,...

Latin America refers to countries in the Americas where Latin-derived (Romance) languages are spoken; these countries generally lie south of the United States. By extension, some, particularly in the United States, incorrectly apply the term to the...

Religion in Latin America: A Documentary History, edited by Lee M. Penyak and Walter J. Petry. 423 pages. Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 2006. ISBN 13: 978-1-57075-679-5. $40.00 paperback. For a scholarly work, editors Lee M. Penyak of the I niversity of Scranton...

In this volume Peter Bakewell inaugurates the Blackwell History of the World, an ambitious undertaking. Fourteen other volumes are already in preparation, ranging in content from the History of Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific to the Origins of Human Society and the...

This essay discusses how Latin America has been affected by Europeans.