By What Right? U.S. Foreign Policy 1945-83

By What Right? U.S. Foreign Policy 1945-83

In September, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights ordered the Venezuelan government to allow opposition politician Leopoldo López to run ...
Containment and the Third World

Containment and the Third World

In his address to the United Nations in Sep- tember 1983, President Reagan-echoing John Foster Dulles-urged the world to choose ...
New Resources

New Resources

MEXICO AND MEXICAN-U.S. RELATIONS Tommie Sue Montgomery, ed., Mexico Today (Institute for the Study of Human Issues, 1982). $6.95, paper, ...
Visions of America

Visions of America

Since the beginning, U.S. international rela- tions have had the intensity of a crusade. To ex- plain this, one must ...
Costa Rica: See Saw Diplomacy

Costa Rica: See Saw Diplomacy

There was much snickering when government posters cropped up all over San Jos6 shortly be- fore Reagan's arrival last Decem- ...
Venezuelan Elections: Madison Avenue Style

Venezuelan Elections: Madison Avenue Style

Venezuelans are preparing to go to the polls on December 4 to elect their sixth consecutive presi- dent since overthrowing ...
A Growing Movement: Latin American Feminism

A Growing Movement: Latin American Feminism

A powerful new political force is on the horizon in Latin America. In recent years, religious, labor and human rights ...
A Guide to Basics

A Guide to Basics

Foreign policy is the web of guidelines and plans that a government weaves to manage its relations with the rest ...