South America, Central America and the Caribbean 2000 8th edition

This eighth edition of Europa’s annual survey of the economic and political life of the whole vast region of the 48 states and territories within it amply matches expectation. The range and authority of the facts and statistics provided are again without equal within a single publication. The tripartite format continues, with eight essays on regional background topics, followed by the country surveys and by a directory of regional information comprising regional organisations, major commodities, research institutes, two select bibliographies (of periodicals and of books), and an index of regional organisations.

The background essays provide illuminating overviews of Latin America...