The topic of this book could bring skepticism. What makes the Catholic press different or relevant enough for us to be interested in it? What could we learn about the Central American crisis from the Catholic press that we do not already know? Well, plenty. This book’s sources provide a unique perspective on, among other things, the evolution of the Central American and U.S. Catholic churches, and it shows the relevance of relations between the United States and Central America outside of the framework of the state. A study of press coverage can be approached by tedious summarizing article after article, going from publication to publication and country to country. Unfortunately, this book has some of this. It is at times more descriptive than analytical, and the author can be consumed by the decision of whether each article was “fair and balanced.” But the story is intrinsically interesting, and the...

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