On the Record

On the Record

Adopt-a-Contra "I felt important in Honduras," says James Adair, a 36-year-old Houston adventurer who recently spent six weeks there accompanying ...
In Review

In Review

Democracies and Tyrannies of the Caribbean by William Krehm. Law- rence Hill, 236 pp. $9.95 (paper). William Krehm, a "Roosevelt ...
WEARING DOWN THE ENEMY An Interview with the FMLN

WEARING DOWN THE ENEMY An Interview with the FMLN

FMLN commander Ana Guadalupe Martinez, of the People's Revolution- ary Army (ERP), was interviewed in Panama on June 27, eight ...
MARE NOSTRUM U.S. Security Policy in the English-Speaking Caribbean by George Black

MARE NOSTRUM U.S. Security Policy in the English-Speaking Caribbean by George Black

IN THE SUMMER OF 1897, GREAT BRITAIN celebrated the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria. The British Empire was at its ...
Taking Note

Taking Note

ITEM: DECEMBER 4, 1980. SANTIAGO NON- ualco, El Salvador. Four U.S. churchwomen are ab- ducted from their Toyota van, raped ...
ARGENTINE DEBT Playing by the Rules

ARGENTINE DEBT Playing by the Rules

U.S. banks got another last minute reprieve in June, when Argentina agreed to implement yet another IMF adjustment program. The ...
IMMIGRATION INS Ups the Ante

IMMIGRATION INS Ups the Ante

"The U.S.-Mexican border has be- come a hot spot for armed political unrest and violent drug trafficking. Because of the ...