KPFA Radio 94.1FM presents:
IOAN GRILLO
Gangster Warlords: Drug Dollars, Killing Fields, and The New Politics of Latin America
This book is the first definitive account of the crime wars now wracking Central and South America and the Caribbean, regions largely abandoned by the U.S. after the Cold War.
Grillo's first book, El Narco: Inside Mexico's Criminal Insurgency, was translated into 5 languages, and was a finalist for the L.A. Times' Book Prize and the Orwell Prize.
Hosted by Vylma V, the news editor for La Raza Chronicles on KPFA.
Advance tickets: $12: T: 800-838-3006 or independent bookstores, $15 door, KPFA benefit
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