GETTING OUR WAY Clinton’s Latin America Policy
In early August, the Clinton Administration announced that it was lifting a 20- year ban on the sale of major
The Peruvian Crucible: Reflections of a Hostage
On December 17, 1996, as I was making small talk with other guests on the patio of the residence of
Election Day in Chiapas: A Low-Intensity War
That morning, in an act of military precision, ten Zapatista sympathizers drove into San Andras, jumped onto the kiosk where
Development Aid: Some Small Steps Forward
The commitment of some Clinton Administration appointees to a more participatory approach to development has given significant space to some
Meanwhile, in Bolivia
The political battle waged on Capitol Hill fails to take into account the drug war's toll on human rights and
Taking Note
The Rise of the Aztec Sun When the governor-elect of Mexico's Federal District, Cuauhtemoc Cardenas, was asked how he cast
The Only War We’ve Got”. Drug Enforcement in Latin America
To date, U.S. taxpayers have provided nearly $290 billion for the war on drugs, yet cocaine and heroin are more
The Growing Traffic in Arms
Two major policy issues, representing opposite ends of the technology spectrum, are fueling an ongoing political debate in Washington. At
Clinton, NAFTA and the Politics of U.S. Trade
Clinton has taken some small steps to mollify trade unionists and environmentalists, but the primary focus of his trade policy
Reviews
Gender Politics in Latin America: Debates in Theory and Practice by Elizabeth Dore (ed.), Monthly Review Press, 1997, 251 pp.,
Newsbriefs
Haitian Putchist Hits Florida Jackpot MIAMI, AUGUST 4, 1997 olonel Carl Dorelien, a high-ranking officer of Haiti's bloody military junta
Waving the Big Stick: The Helms-Burton Affair
Helms-Burton is not a rational piece of legislation. It clearly violates international law and various treaties the United States has
