Issues in the Spanish-Speaking World

Providing Spanish language classes with a reference source to encourage critical thinking and debate about the important topics in Spain, Mexico and the rest of Latin and South America today, this title offers 14 chapters, each introducing a major issue in the headlines and then providing pro-and-con positions for student debate, papers and class presentations. The Basque question, indigenous rights, the Christopher Columbus controversy, bullfighting and the war on drugs in Columbia are some of the highlights. Each chapter concludes with a resource guide and helpful vocabulary to facilitate expression in Spanish is an added bonus. Designed to stretch the curriculum and challenge students, this title provides authoritative summaries written expressly to give them a solid, accessible grounding in the culture, politics, religion and society of diverse Spanish speakers.