Fujimori’s Rentless Pursuit of Re-election
On April 9, 2000, Peruvians will go to the polls to elect a new president and Congress. But chances are ...
The Crisis of the Latin American University
The first student movement demanding radical reform emerged in Latin America in 1918. The expansion of the middle classes into ...
The Growth of the Uruguayan Left
MONTEVIDEO—Hopes that the left-wing alliance between the the Frente Amplio and the Progressive Encounter (FA-EP) would win national elections were ...
The Future of Education and the Future of Work
One cannot talk about the future of education without talking about the future of work. There are immediate questions of ...
Book Review Essay: Fear as a Way of Life: Mayan Widows in Rural Guatemala
It is fitting that Linda Green's book on Mayan widows comes out at the end of the century. This tour ...
Student Activism in Chile’s Universities
"It's a national disgrace! There's money for Pinochet and not for education!" With this angry message, the students of Santiago's ...
The Decline of the Social Sciences in Peru
The first university in Peru, San Marcos National University, was founded in 1551, just a few years after the arrival ...
