Mikko Pyhälä (b. 1945) is an Ambassador Emeritus and writer of nonfiction. He is the author, with Jukka Salo, of the Finlandia Prize winning book Amazonia (1991), a study of the history and natural environment of the Amazon Basin. From 1971 to 2013 Pyhälä was posted at the Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, working part of the time on the United Nations Environment Program. In addition to focusing on Latin America, in his work he has made close studies of conflicts in Vietnam, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, India, Tibet and Portugal’s African colonies. He holds honorary doctorates and professorships at several Latin American universities. His latest book, Venezuela from Riches to Rags, came out in the autumn of 2019.
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Venezuela from Riches to Rags:
Struggle for the Rule of Law (2019)