Here are a few books I have found helpful to understand the political and legal landscape of Latin America (with particular emphasis on Bolivia). If you have recommendations, please let me know in the comments. Happy reading!
- Herbert S. Klein, A Concise History of Bolivia (Cambridge, 2003)
- Oscar Olivera, ¡Cochabamba! Water War in Bolivia (South End Press, 2004)
- Eduardo Galleano, Open Veins of Latin America (Monthly Review Press, 1972)
- Aníbal Pérez-Liñán, Presidential Impeachment and the New Political Instability in Latin America (Cambridge, 2004)
- Tulio Halperín Donghi, The Contemporary History of Latin America (Duke, 1993).
- Richard Gott, Cuba: A New History (Yale, 2005)
- Jorge G. Castenada, Companero: The Life and Death of Che Guevara (Vintage, 1998)
- Nancy Grey Postero, Now We Are Citizens: Indigenous Politics in Post-Multicultural Bolivia (Stanford, 2006)
- Brooke Larson, Cochabamba, 1550-1900: Colonialism and Agrarian Transformation in Bolivia (Duke, 1998)
- Bruce W. Farcau, The Ten Cents War: Chile, Peru, and Bolivia in the War of the Pacific, 1879-1884 (Praeger Publishers, 2000)
- Earl Shorris, The Life and Times of Mexico (Norton, 2004)
