VENEZUELA The Treasure of Estado Bolivar

VENEZUELA The Treasure of Estado Bolivar

The states of Bolivar and Amazonas in southeast Venezuela had until recent years been all but ignored. Left to their ...
ROOTS OF EMPOWERMENT:LATINO POLITICS AND CULTURES IN THE UNITED STATES

ROOTS OF EMPOWERMENT:LATINO POLITICS AND CULTURES IN THE UNITED STATES

THIS IS THE SECOND OF TWO REPORTS ON Latin American and Caribbean life in the United States. In our first ...
Miami: iLos Cubanos Han Ganado!

Miami: iLos Cubanos Han Ganado!

WHEN ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN WON THE special election to replace Rep. Claude Pepper in 1989, she was celebrated as the first ...
A Demographic Profile

A Demographic Profile

While the Latino population of the United States is some-sshat more disrsed than it was ten years ago, it remains ...
Latinos: The Complexity of Identity

Latinos: The Complexity of Identity

A small group of Dominican artists and intellectuals met in Manhattan in the closing days of 1989 to plan the ...
GEPHARDT'S PROPOSALS

GEPHARDT’S PROPOSALS

As the U.S. Congress prepares for hearings and debates about whether to approve NAFTA, environmental and public-health conditions in the ...
ECUADOR An Unquiet Disappearance

ECUADOR An Unquiet Disappearance

At 9:30 in the morning on January 8,1988, 17-year-old Santiago Restrepo and his 14-year-old brother Andr6s left their home in ...
COMRADES-IN-ARMS

COMRADES-IN-ARMS

AT THE END OF 1988, THE U .S.-SUPPORTED Contra war was winding down and thousan of Nica- raaans began flowing ...