JoAnn Kawell

Among the forms of knowledge—sciences—developed in the Americas before the arrival of the Europeans were sophisticated agricultural systems. The Incas, ...

Peru and Bolivia both produce some refined cocaine for sale in international markets, but their main role in the international ...

Central America and the island nations of the Caribbean primarily play a support role in the international drug industry, serving ...

Scientist David Sands calls the microscopic life form a “silver bullet,” a sure-fire weapon that would win the war on ...

Colombia’s drug industry is the most complete and diversified in the world: Colombia is the world’s only important producer of ...

The United States is best known as the world’s largest market for drugs and, of course, as the main promoter, ...

Economist Pierre Salama has listed the problems that the study of the production, distribution and use of drugs presents for ...

The View from New York City and Reaction to the September 11 Attacks from Around the Americas By JoAnn Kawell ...

In Latin the word scientia means "knowledge––and our word "science" means, at base, "systems of knowledge" and "ways we come ...

This NACLA Report focuses on privatization—the conversion of public entities into privately-owned, profit-oriented businesses. As Bea Edwards details in her ...

In the Americas, the production and sale of illicit drugs generates tens of billions of dollars a year—perhaps far more ...

What—according to U.S. officials—is the face of terrorism in Latin America? What role is Latin America likely to play in ...