Taking Note
Democracy and Violence "The constitution is made ofpaper, but the bayonet is made of steel. " (Haitian proverb) HAITI'S DILEMMA ...
Through the Looking Glass
FIVE HUNDRED YEARS AGO Callicoatl sailed across the ocean in three Aztec boats and found a new conti- nent, a ...
HAITI The Elite’s Revenge
For many Haitians, the presidency of Father Jean-Bertrand Aristide marked a joyous new beginning, a "second in- dependence." The first ...
CULTURAL POLITICS OF THE LEFT
NATIONALISTS MAY FOCUS ON CULTURE rather than economic or political issues for tactical reasons. But it is not tactics that ...
MAN OF THE PEOPLE
Nowhere was Aristide's popularity and skill as an orator more evident than when he opened the gates of the white-washed ...
Ecuador’s Pan-Indian Uprising
ON MAY 27, 1990, ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY Indians occupied Santo Domingo Cathedral in the heart of the old city ...
Maya Nationalism
ONE WOULD HARDLY HAVE EXPECTED Maya self-determination to be the rallying cry to rise out of the ashes of Guatemala's ...
Indian Summer , Canadian Winter
THE DRAMA BEGAN IN JUNE 1990 IN WIN- nipeg, the capital city of the province of Manitoba. A fluke of ...
