Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction. A Reporting Life in Latin America 1
4. Part I South America
5. 1 Bolivia’s Tarnished Savior 11
6. 2 In the Wrestling Rings of Bolivia 21
7. 3 Don’t Cry for Me, Venezuela 27
8. 4 Confrontation in Colombia 41
9. 5 Colombia’s Healing Begins 51
10. 6 Confessions of a Killer 61
11. 7 Claudia Andujar 73
12. Part II Central America
13. 8 Nicaragua’s Dreadful Duumvirate 83
14. 9 Death Comes for the Archbishop 95
15. 10 In the New Gangland of El Salvador 103
16. Part III Mexico
17. 11 “The Morning Quickie” 117
18. 12 The Mission of Father Maciel 131
19. 13 Troubled Spirits 139
20. 14 Risking Life for Truth 147
21. 15 A Voice against the Darkness 157
22. 16 Making the Dogs Dance 161
23. 17 A Lost World on the Map 167
24. 18 The High Art of the Tamale 179
25. 19 The Twisting Nature of Love 187
26. 20 A Hundred Women 195
27. 21 Forty-Three Students Went Missing 213
28. Acknowledgments 239