By opening the ever-escalating debate regarding Latin America\'s "underdeveloped" status and cloaking the seriousness of the situation with wit and humor, the Guide to the Perfect Latin American Idiot reached number one status on the nonfiction bestseller lists in many countries in Latin America.
Mendoza lives in Bogota, Colombia
Montaner lives in Madrid
Llosa lives in Miami; and Michaela Ames lives in Ohio..
About author(s): Plinio Mendoza, Carlos Montaner, and Alvaro Llosa are the authors of Los Fabricantes de Miseria.
It reveals the connection between economic success and cultural values-attitudes toward work, education, health care and community-and the consequence of the Latin American people retaining or evolving these values.
By opening the ever-escalating debate regarding Latin America\'s "underdeveloped" status and cloaking the seriousness of the situation with wit and humor, the Guide to the Perfect Latin American Idiot reached number one status on the nonfiction bestseller lists in many countries in Latin America
