Reviews
Where the Boys are: Cuba, Cold War America and the Making of a New Left by Van Gosse, Verso, 1994, ...
A Chronicle of Death Foretold: State-Sponsored Violence in Colombia
An official script that attributes political violence in Colombia to an all-powerful drug mafia has shielded the true identity of ...
Newsbriefs
BORDER WAR BETWEEN ECUADOR AND PERU THE ANDES, FEBRUARY 10, 1995 pproximately 130 casual- ties-the numbers are dis- puted-have been ...
Taking Note
From Santo Domingo to Mexico: The Changing Face of Intervention As we commemorate the 30th anniversary of the U.S. invasion ...
Letters
Human Rights in Chile Marjorie Agosin's claim ["Patchwork of Memory," May/June, 1994] that the arpillera (testimonial tapestry) workshops ended because ...
The Evolution of Latin American NGOs
In Latin America, NGOs have historical roots in the Catholic Church's fear of social unrest. In the 1950s, the Church ...
Parks, People and Power: The Shifting Terrain of Environmentalism
In the wake of the 1988 assassination of Chico Mendes, the way Northern environmentalists talk about Latin American environmental problems ...
A Mixed Blessing: The NGO Boom in Latin America
It is often assumed that the growth of NGOs in Latin America reflects a strengthening of civil society. But in ...
