the Cangaceiros, 113–14
Cantinflas (comic), 110
Cantón Santa Ana, 28
Capehart, Homer, 175, 176
Capela, 77
Capone, Al, 78, 79, 81
Caracas, 17, 241
Carazo, 247
Cardenal, Ernesto, 236
Cárdenas, Lázaro, 111–13, 201–2
Cárdenas, Zoila Rosa, 96
Cardoso, Onelio Jorge, 137
Cariri Valley, 108
Carnegie, Andrew, 4
Carpentier, Alejo, 123
Carranza, Venustiano, 41, 42, 47
Carreras, Roberto de las, 10
Carrillo Puerto, Felipe, 58–59, 60
Cartola (musician), 117
Carvalho family, 29–30
Castex, 84
Castillo Armas, Carlos, 150, 153, 154, 157
Castro, Cipriano, 17
Castro, Fidel, 133, 148–49, 159, 160, 163, 165, 167, 170, 171–72, 174, 176, 191, 210
Castro, Julio, 232
Castro Andino, Cosme, 70
Catavi, 193, 194
Ceará, 29
Celica Canton, 260
Central Intelligence Agency, U.S. (CIA), 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 173, 174, 209, 210, 215, 271
Céspedes, Augusto, 95
Chaco War, 94–95, 98
Chajul, 251, 256
Chamorro, Pedro Juaquín, 244
Chaplin, Charles, 49, 89, 144, 145
Chargin, Gerald, 199
Charlestown, Mass., 65
Chiang Kai-shek, 137
Chicago, 64, 79
the Chicanos, 199
Chihuahua, 16, 26, 33, 34, 44
Chile, 12, 136, 209–10, 212–16, 220, 226, 251, 264–65, 277
Chimel, 251, 256
China, 137
Chinandega, 247
Christ of San Benito Abad, 161
Christophe, Henri, 123
the Church, 19, 28, 35, 67, 73, 156, 195, 243, 270
CIA: see Central Intelligence Agency
Ciénaga, 73, 74
Cienfuegos, Camilo, 167, 168
Citizen Kane (film), 120
Ciudad Jiménez, 37
Ciudad Juárez, 16, 38
Coahuila, 16
Cobra Island, 21
Cocaine traffickers, 252–53
Cochabamba, 142, 188
Cohen Plan, 108
Colby, William, 215
Colombia, 8, 14, 73–76, 132–35, 140, 155, 160–63, 192, 254
Columbus, Texas, 44
Communist Party (Costa Rica), 136
Communist Party (El Salvador), 85, 91, 104, 125
Condori, Gregorio, 224
Connally, John, 183
Cora Indians, 179
Córdoba, 45, 46
Córdova Cerna, Juan, 150
Cortázar, Julio, 276
Cortés Vargas, Carlos, 74, 75
Cosalá, 178–79
Costa Rica, 136–37, 268
Coyoacán, 113
Crosby, Bing, 159
Cruz, José de la (Crucito), 163–64
Cruz, María de la, 176
Cruz, Oswaldo, 9
Cuautla, 48
Cuba, 12, 22–23, 30, 61, 137–38, 147–49, 159–60, 163–65, 167–70, 171–72, 173–77, 179–81, 191
Cuban American Sugar Company, 30
Cuban Copper Company, 30
Cuernavaca, 41
Culiacán, 34, 72
Cuna Indians, 225
Cunha family, 29
Cuscatlán, 264
Cuzco, 224
Czechoslovakia, 152
Daiquirí, 30
Dajabón, 107
Dallas, 183
Dalton, Roque, 221
Dantas family, 29
Darío, Rubén, 44
D’Aubuisson, Roberto, 243
Daumont, Sylvain, 24
Díaz, Porfirio, 15, 16, 23, 24, 25, 26, 31, 38, 39
Díaz Ordaz, Gustavo, 200
Díaz Soto y Gama, Antonio, 39
Dilthey, Wilhelm, 238
Discépolo, Enrique Santos, 100
Dobb, Maurice, 238
Domingo Vidal, Saint, 162–63
Dominican Republic, 84–85, 105–8, 119, 152, 158–59, 172–73, 184, 189–91
Domitila (Bolivian rebel), 193–94, 244, 259–60
Dow Chemical Company, 222
Drew, Charles, 121
Duarte, Eva: see Perón, Evita
Dueñas, Arturo, 203–4
Duke, Doris, 169
Dulles, Allen, 151, 154, 174, 175, 176
Dulles, John Foster, 150, 151, 152
Duncan, Isadora, 42–43
Durango, 44, 57
Duvalier, François, 208
Echagüe, Ortiz, 83
Ecuador, 28–29, 53–54, 260, 276
Edison, Thomas Alva, 3–4
Edward, Prince of Wales, 81–82
Einstein, Albert, 127, 145–46
Eisenhower, Dwight D., 45, 145, 149, 151, 154, 158, 171, 174
Eisenstein, Sergei, 90
El Chipote, 68, 69
El Impartial (newspaper), 136
El Maldito, 268
El Mercurio (newspaper), 213
El Paso, 41
El Salvador, 46, 85, 91–92, 93, 97–98, 103–4, 125, 154, 182–83, 206–7, 220–21, 243, 256–57, 263–64
El Uvero, 164
Enedina (prostitute), 78
England, 5, 89, 112, 152, 261, 270
Eniwetok, 145
Enríquez, Magdalena, 263–64
Escárate, Armando, 265
Escobar, Matías, 223–24
Escudero, Juan, 54–55
Escuinapa, 177
Espinal, Luis, 244
Estelí, 247, 275
Estoril, 197
Estrada Cabrera, Manuel, 6–7, 149
Exú (god of the poor), 115, 116
the Familiar, 128
Faulkner, William, 121
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 199
Feland, Logan, 71
Fernando, Don, 57
Ferrer, José, 146
Figueiredo, General, 272
Figueres, Jose, 136
Flores Magón, Ricardo, 52
Flores Magón brothers, 16, 52
Fonseca Amador, Carlos, 182, 235, 248
Ford, Henry, 80
Formosa, 137
Fortuny, Ruben, 228
France, 5, 7, 66, 112, 152, 270
Franco, Francisco, 103, 104, 105, 109
Franco, Pancho, 111
Freeport Sulphur Company, 164
Freire, Paulo, 238
Freyre, Gilberto, 217
Friedenreich, Artur, 50
Fuertes, Sebastián, 268
Fuller, Alvan Tufts, 66
Fundación, 73
Furlong detective agency, 16
Gabor, Zsa Zsa, 173
Gaitán, Jorge Eliécer, 75, 132–33
García, Romeo Lucas, 255
García Lorca, Federico, 103
García Márquez, Gabriel, 75, 262–63
García Menocal, Mario, 30
García Meza, Luis, 252
García Vilas, Marianela, 243, 264
Gardel, Carlos, 101–2, 155–56
Garrido, Manuel, 73
Garrincha (soccer player), 166, 167
Gaudí, Antonio, 205
Gaynor, Janet, 78
Gayol, Ricardo, 156
General Electric, 4
Germany, 5, 102–3, 270
Getty Oil, 273
Gilman, Charlotte Perkins, 18–19
Gómez, Juan Vicente, 17, 98–99
Gónzalez, Carlos, 277–78
Gónzalez Zeledón, Sinforoso, 70
Gordon, Lincoln, 185–86
Goulart, João, 185–86, 213
Graceland, 242
Gracelli, Monseñor, 234
Granada, Nicaragua, 249
Grenada Island, 263
Guanabara Bay, 20
Guanape, 15
Guantanamo, 164
Guantánamo and Western Railroad, 30
Guaraní Indians, 13
Guatemala, 6–7, 104–5, 125, 149–54, 157, 218–20, 251–52, 255, 256, 273
Guatemala City, 6, 7, 104, 149, 153, 154, 157, 218, 255, 273
Guayaquil, 53
Guayas River, 53, 54
Guevara, Ernesto “Che,” 153, 159, 165, 166, 167, 168, 177, 191–92, 195, 196, 206
Guggenheim, Daniel, 25
Gulf Oil, 99, 187, 205–6, 252
Gutiérrez, Gustavo, 270
Gutiérrez, Ricardo, 180–81
Guzmán, Martín Luis, 34
Haiti, 107, 108, 123–25, 207–8
Halley’s Comet, 25
Ham, Clifford D., 71
Hammett, Dashiell, 146
Hanna, Mark, 8
Hanwell, 89
Hatfield, Captain, 68
Havana, 22–23, 61, 137, 159, 165, 168, 169, 170, 175, 176, 180, 181, 191, 275
Hayworth, Rita, 139
Hearst, William Randolph, 25, 120
Hellman, Lillian, 146
Hemingway, Ernest, 109–10
Hernández, José Gregorio, 241, 242
Hernandez Martínez, Maximiliano, 91, 103–4
Herrara y Reissig, Julio, 10
Higueras, 196
Hill, Joe, 37–38
Hill, Robert, 151
Hiroshima, 126
Hitler, Adolf, 102–3, 104, 109, 126
Hochschild, Mauricio, 123, 129, 130
Hollywood, 49, 86, 89, 90, 122, 131, 139, 146, 173
Hombrito Valley, 165
Honduras, 68, 152, 190, 206–7, 220, 268
Hopper, Hedda, 144
House Un-American Activities Committee, 145, 146
Houston, 198, 203
Hoyos Rubio, Rafael, 261
Huamanga, 225
Huautla, 33
Huayanay, 223
Huayanay Indians, 224
Huerta, Victoriano, 31, 32, 33, 34, 39
Huichol Indians, 277
Hull, Cordell, 107–8
Humbug, Wily, 177–78
Hurricane Flora, 179–80
Hutton, Barbara, 169
Hyppolite, Hector, 124
Ilopango, 11, 46, 85
Imbert, Toni, 184, 189, 190, 191
Inca Indians, 27
the Indians, 7, 8–9, 14, 20, 23, 26, 40, 55, 105, 111, 220, 222, 225, 226, 250, 255, 273; see also specific tribes
International Harvester Company, 15, 59
International Monetary Fund, 247, 270
International Nickel Company, 273
International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation (ITT), 209, 212–13
Iquique, 12
Iquitos, 19
Iran, 151
Italy, 270
Itriago, Deogracias, 15
Ixcán, 219
Izalco, 91
Jalisco, 67
Japan, 126, 270
Jarquín, Tranquilano, 88
Jesus Christ, 5, 79–80, 142–43
Jinotega, 247
Jinotepe, 247
John Paul II, Pope, 268, 270
Johnson, Lyndon B., 186, 190
Jonacatepec, 32
Juayúa, 91
Juazeiro do Norte, 63
Jucumani Indians, 187
Juiz de Fora, 186
Kahlo, Frida, 77
Kaplan, Raymond, 145
Kazan, Elia, 146
Keaton, Buster, 49, 89–90, 145
Kennedy, John F., 174, 177, 183
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 198–99
Kissinger, Henry, 209
Knox, Philander, 19, 30
Ku Klux Klan, 121
Kun, Béla, 108
La Bermuda, 263, 264
Laghi, Pío, 234
La Cuaira, 17
Laime Indians, 187
La Ligua, 265
Lam, Wilfredo, 12
Lampião, 30, 63–64, 77–78, 114
Landes, Ruth, 114
Lane, Arthur Bliss, 96, 97
La Paz, 8, 81, 129, 130, 141, 187, 196, 197, 244, 252
La Perla, 233
La Plata, 234
La Prensa (newspaper), 269
Lara, Agustín, 110
Laugerud, Kjell, 218–19
Leavenworth, 52
Legion of Decency, 144
Lenin, V. I., 61–62
Lennon, John, 259
León, 44, 158, 247
Liberty jail, 230, 231
Life of Jesus (White), 78
Light and Power Company (Brazil), 21
Lima, 202, 224, 225, 266
Limelight (film), 145
Lindbergh, Irving, 71
Lionza, María, 241–42
Liallagua, 192, 194
Lobato, Monteiro, 109
Lodge, Henry Cabot, 151, 152
London, 99, 145, 270
Look (magazine), 127
Lopez, Santos, 87, 97, 182
López Antay, Joaquín, 225
Lopez Pérez, Rigoberto, 158
Losey, Joseph, 232
Los Olvidados (film), 140
Lourenço, José, 108–9
Lucío, Saint, 162
Lugo, Ismael de, 175
Lugones, Leopoldo, 82
Lumière brothers, 3
Luxemburg, Rosa, 56
Luz, Gregoria, 33
MacArthur, Douglas, 127
McCarthy, Joseph, 131, 145, 146, 147
McCloy, John, 131
McCoy, Frank, 71
Machado, Cerardo, 76
Machu Picchu, 27
McNamara, Robert, 185
Madame Satan, 117
Madero, Francisco, 26, 31, 32
Madrid, 103, 109, 229, 245
Magaña, Gildardo, 31
Magdalena River, 135
Majagual, 161
Malvinas War, 261
Mamatoco, 254
Manabí, 28–29
Managua, 19, 71, 92, 94, 96, 97, 119, 208, 210, 211, 235, 244, 248, 249, 268, 269
Manaos, 19, 221
The Man Nobody Knows (Barton), 79
Mao Tse-tung, 137
Mapuche Indians, 251
Maracaibo, Lake, 227
Maracay, 98
Marcha (magazine), 232, 274
María Barzola Pampa, 123
Mariani, María Isabel de, 234–35
Mariátegui, José Carlos, 55
Marijuana traffickers, 254
Marino Torralvo, Miguel, 14–15
Mármol, Miguel, 11, 46–47, 85, 91, 92, 93, 96–97, 104, 125–26, 153–54, 182–83, 220–21, 275–76
Mármol, Santos, 11
Mármol, Tomasa, 11
Marshall, George, 119, 131, 134
Martí, Farabundo, 91
Martinique, 7
Marx, Karl, 238
Masamaclay, 98
Masaya, 247
Matagalpa, 235
Matthews, Calvin B., 93, 94
Maurer, Cardinal, 195, 205
Mauricio Colony, 22
Maya Indians, 15, 16
Maya-Quiché Indians, 251, 252, 256
Mazatenango, 153
Medellín, 101, 155, 254
Mella, Julio Antonio, 76, 77
Memphis, 50, 198
Menchú, Patrocinio, 251–52
Menchú, Rigoberta, 251, 256
Méndez, Aparicio, 229–30
Menéndez, General, 233, 234
Mérida, 15–16, 58, 269
Mexico, 3, 15–16, 23–27, 31–35, 37, 38–42, 44–45, 47, 54–55, 56, 57–61, 67, 70, 72–73, 76–77, 90, 110–13, 140, 179, 200–202, 226, 227, 267, 274–75, 277
Mexico City, 23–25, 26, 31, 32, 39–40, 47, 57, 59–61, 72, 76, 77, 90, 110, 111, 112, 140, 200, 201, 202, 274
Miami, 217
Miranda, Carmen, 117, 131
Mississippi, 121
Mistral, Gabriela, 69
Mitrione, Dan Anthony, 208
Modotti, Tina, 76–77
Monroe, Marilyn, 139
Montaño, Otilio, 39
Montevideo, 4, 10, 35, 36, 208, 231, 232, 257, 278
Montserrat, 118
the Moon, 203
Moral Meditations (Trujillo), 159
Mora Otero, José, 190
Moreau, Alicia, 239–40
Morelos, 26, 39, 41, 42, 47
Moreno, Gabriel Rene, 18
Morgan, John Pierpont, 4, 25
Moscow, Idaho, 145
Mossadegh, Mohammed, 151
Mount Rouis, 124
Mourão Filho, Olympic, 108, 186
Movimiento (newspaper), 237
Mussolini, Benito, 104, 126
Muy Muy, 68
Nagasaki, 126
Nahuizalco, 91
Ñancahuazú River, 192, 195
Nation (magazine), 70–71
Nayarit, 277
Neruda, Pablo, 103, 118, 135–36, 215, 216
Neto, Coelho, 51
New Orleans, 43, 64
New York, 4, 18, 64, 65, 79, 80, 85, 120, 121, 125, 246, 259
Nicaragua, 19, 30–31, 44, 62, 68–71, 86–88, 92–93, 94, 96–97, 119, 152, 158, 182, 190, 210–12, 235–37, 244, 247–50, 257, 258, 267–70, 271, 272, 275, 278
Niemeyer, Oscar, 170, 171
Nieve, Bola de, 181
Nimuendajú, 13
Niquinohomo, 30
Nixon, Richard M., 144, 150, 157, 209
Nóbregas family, 29
North American Rangers, 16
Northwestern University, 79
Novak, Kim, 173
O, Genovevo de la, 39
O, María la, 106–7
Obando, Monseñor, 269–70
Obregón, Álvaro, 58, 72
Oehoa, José Antonio, 179
Ocumicho, 227
Odets, Clifford, 146
Odría, Manuel Arturo, 224
The Oil Scandal (Lobato), 109
Onetti, Juan Carlos, 229
Opazo Santander, Tomás, 215
Organization of American States, 152
Orozco, José Clemente, 24–25, 59, 60, 61
Ortez, Miguel Ángel, 86
Ospina Pérez, Mariano, 134
Oswald, Lee Harvey, 183
Oxford, Miss., 121
Ozama River, 189
Padilha, María, 116
Pajeú de Flores, 29
Pajeú River, 29
Panama, 7–8, 184–85, 225, 229, 245, 255, 260
Panama Canal, 7–8, 70, 184–85, 245
Panama City, 7, 8, 245
Pan-American Conferences, 131, 152, 177
Pando, José Manuel, 8–9
Pantamillo, 140
Paraguay, 13–14, 94, 95, 98, 156, 190, 257–58
Paraíba, 29
Parana River, 35–36, 91
Paris, 11, 18, 60, 66, 83, 250, 276
Parral, 58
Pastora, Edén, 244, 268
Pataca family, 29
Patagonia, 53, 56
Patiño, Simón, 18, 81, 123, 129–30, 197–98
Patiño family, 197
Patiño Mines, 123, 130
Patiocemento, 192
Patoruzú (comic-strip character), 102
Patton, George, 45
Paz Estenssoro, Víctor, 141, 187
Pearl Harbor, 120
Peking, 137
Pelé (soccer player), 166
Pelée volcano, 7
Peñaranda, Enrique, 123