Daniel C Chavez

Collection of poetry of an ironic and fresh voice with some tones of erotism. References to the classics and to popular culture from the Greeks to Batman and back. Clever, entertaining, and sometimes profound. This book is published by Mantis Editores a poetry editor from Guadalajara Jalisco that is...

It was widely predicted that the end of the Cold War would lead to a prolonged period of US-friendly neo-liberal hegemony in Latin America. In fact, the left has re-emerged as a serious political actor. Today, leftist or 'progressive' political forces are in government in nine Latin American natio...

The history of modern Nicaragua is populated with leaders promising a new and better day. Inevitably, as Nicaragua and the Politics of Utopia demonstrates, reality casts a shadow and the community must look to the next leader. As an impoverished state, second only to Haiti in the Americas, Nicaragua...

“Simply put, the leftist labor unions have the Democrats in their pockets. And we’re all paying the price.”Linda Chavez, President George W. Bush’s original choice for Secretary of Labor and a former union official, is one of the foremost authorities on America’s labor unions. Now, in the explosive ...

Marcelino was born in a remote Mexican village in the late 1800s. Life was tolerable until his loving mother's death, when his conniving father gave him to an uncle. The uncle took him to his farm in Texas, where his wife and sons refused to accept Marcelino into the family-and they torturously work...