Shifting Alliances: Party Politics in Argentina
President Menem and his Peronist party have ruled Argentina unchallenged for nearly a decade. An electoral alliance that formed last ...
Menem’s Great Swindle: Convertibility, Inequality and the Neoliberal Shock
Punished by years of high inflation, Argentines enthusiastically supported Menem's anti-inflationary Convertibility Plan. The government, however, utilized the success of ...
Argentine Labor: A Movement in Crisis
Since the military took power in 1976, there has been a systematic effort to undermine the power of the labor ...
Reflections on Contemporary Argentine Culture
The social and cultural project set in motion by the military regime has been consolidated under Menem. The cultural dislocation ...
UNDER FIRE: Menemismo and the Politics of Opposition in Argentina
While more than 90,000 people were being evacuated in Argentina due to floods provoked by El Nifio, a political joke ...
Mercosur: The Prospects for Regional Integration
Although many observers are optimistic about its future, tensions among national constituencies as well as those between Mercosur and other ...
Taking Note
Impunity & The Murder of Monsignor Gerardi The brutal murder of Guate- malan Bishop Monsignor Juan Gerardi Conedera on April ...