Nicaragua

Nicaragua

Since the publication of our issue "Crisis in Nicaragua" (Nov-Dec 1978), events in that Central American country contin- ue to ...
Mexican Oil

Mexican Oil

The Mexican oil bonanza began in 1976 when the new President, Jose L6pez Portillo, went exploring with nothing more than ...
Liberalization on Trial: The Workers' Movement

Liberalization on Trial: The Workers’ Movement

The owners of Brazil's automobile and other metal-related industries were caught off guard May 12, 1978, when 3,000 workers at ...
Don't Believe in Miracles

Don’t Believe in Miracles

The U.S. government lost a steadfast ally when the ex-Shah of Iran was forced into exile. The repercussions of that ...
Readers Respond

Readers Respond

Changes- Pro and Con This is my fifth year as a sub- scriber, and I would like to take this ...
Guatamela

Guatamela

Early this spring, almost 1,000 representatives of popular organi- zations gathered in Guatemala City to found the Democratic Front Against ...
Resource Update

Resource Update

IMPERIALISM James Petras, Critical Perspectives on Imperialism and Social Class in the Third World (Monthly Review Press, 1978), $15.00, cloth, ...
The Amazon: Development or Destruction?

The Amazon: Development or Destruction?

In the course of the 1970's-which, historically speaking, means almost overnight--the Brazilian Amazon has become a full-fledged frontier. Across an ...