Machos and Machetes in Guatemala's Cane Fields

Machos and Machetes in Guatemala’s Cane Fields

Last year, at 24, Sebastián Tol was a "champion" cane cutter on the agro-export plantations of Guatemala's Pacific coast, averaging ...
A Bittersweet Tale

A Bittersweet Tale

The discovery and conquest of the New World profoundly altered ecological and human balances. Such alterations had been occurring for ...
USAID Spurs Population Relocation in Northeast Brazil

USAID Spurs Population Relocation in Northeast Brazil

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Brazilian government have devised a five-year $227 million plan to preserve ...
THE SOVIET SUGAR DADDY MYTH

THE SOVIET SUGAR DADDY MYTH

THOSE CRITICS OF CUBA WHO RECOGNIZE THE revolution's economic and social accomplishments often dismiss them as products of Soviet largess ...