Making the World Bank More Accountable: Activism in the North

Making the World Bank More Accountable: Activism in the North

In early October last year, over a thousand marchers left Dupont Circle and proceeded up Connecticut Avenue to the Washington ...
Local NGOs in Peru Devise an Alternative Anti-Poverty Program

Local NGOs in Peru Devise an Alternative Anti-Poverty Program

In the wake of the structural-adjustment program implemented by President Alberto Fujimori in August, 1990, the number of Peruvians living ...
Newsbriefs

Newsbriefs

KEY MEMBERS OF CLINTON'S LATIN AMERICA POLICY STAFF RESIGN WASHINGTON, D.C., APRIL 3, 1996 Several key Latin America pol- icy ...
Letters

Letters

Lori Berenson As the parents of Lori Berenson, we would like to comment on the Taking Note editorial, "Lori Berenson ...
An Interview with Rigoberta MenchĂș Tum

An Interview with Rigoberta MenchĂș Tum

Rigoberta Menchu Turn, a Quich6 Maya, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1992 in recognition of her work on behalf ...
Anti-Poverty Programs: Making Structural Adjustment More Palatable

Anti-Poverty Programs: Making Structural Adjustment More Palatable

Social-investment funds have been implemented regionwide to combat the rising poverty associated with structural adjustment. These funds do little, however, ...
Haiti: Disarmament Derailed

Haiti: Disarmament Derailed

The disarmament process stopped before it actually started. Haiti's paramilitary and ex-military forces remain heavily armed, and ongoing impunity allows ...
Reviews

Reviews

The Murals of Revolutionary Nicaragua, 1979-1992 by David Kunzle with an introduction by Miguel D'Escoto, University of California Press, 1995, ...