Writing composition 2

Learning a bit more on history ?

12:32PM  05 Sep 2011

Brazilian journalists Leandro Narloch and Duda Teixeira are writing a book named ‘The Politically Incorrect Guide to Latin America’, wich aims to highlight a series of little known controversies or lies, about leading figures in the history of the South America. Its authors said that the book is intended to generate discussion about issues airbrushed from history books.  

According to the new book: “It is still suspected that Eva Peron’s possessions, there were pieces of Nazi treasure, that came from rich Jewish families killed in concentration camps”. The authors write of Simon Bolivar, the hero of Latin America’s independence wars: “His greatest fear was that blacks, Indians and those of mixed race would take power and install a government.” 

The book has triggered a wave of controversy, winning praise from some historians for stimulating debate but attracting strong criticism from others for a lack of historical context or evidence to back whats written on it.

“It is not a historical guide. It is politically incorrect. We only show the unpleasant side of history’s heroes,” said Narloch, who is now planning a follow-up work about global historical figures.