Redeemers: ideas and power in Latin America

The martyrdom of the liberator: Jose ́Marti ́

The Hispanic-American homily: Jose ́Enrique Rodo ́

The cultural caudillo: Jose ́Vasconcelos

Indigenous Marxism: Jose ́Carlos Mariat́egui

The poet and the revolution: Octavio Paz

The Madonna of the shirtless ones: Eva Peroń

The saint enraged: Che Guevara

In the shadow of the patriarch: Gabriel Garciá Maŕquez

Creative parricide: Mario Vargas Llosa

The apostle of the Indians: Samuel Ruiz

The rise and fall of a guerrillero: Subcomandante Marcos

The hero worshiper: Hugo Chav́ez.