Washington and the Caudillos: Calculation and Miscalculation in Managua
As foreign reporters descended upon Managua during the runup to last falls presidential election between Sandinista leader Daniel Ortega and
A President Like You”: Fujimoris Popular Appeal
In the 1990 presidential election, political unknown IAlberto Fujimori conducted a deliberately simple campaign, in sharp contrast to the multimillion-
Chavismo at the Crossroads: Hardliners, Moderates and a Regime under Attack
On Monday, April 15, the day after his dramatic return to power, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez called for a national
THE EMERGENCE OF THE FRENTE AMPLIO
The modern history of Uruguay began in 1904 with the inauguration of Jose Batlle y Ord6fiez as president. A towering
Toward a New Democratic Manifesto
As the old orthodoxies fade, many progressive analysts and activists have become ambivalent about the most efficacious paths to social
Colombia: The Right Gathers Momentum
In the countdown to the May 26 presidential elections, Colombians are bracing for increasing violence while support grows for independent
Political Storms of 1994
On November 28, 1993, when Luis Donaldo Colosio was unveiled as the presidential candi- date of the governing Institutional Revolution-
Opposition in Mexico
THE PRO-NAFTA FORCES IN WASHINGTON tend to discount the notion that free trade could face significant opposition insi'de Mexico. They
Rules of the Game: Nicaragua’s Contentious Constitutional Debate
When the Sandinista Revolution triumphed in 1979, Nicaragua had already gone through10 constitutions, generated and discarded by a
The Candidates
As the presidential campaign took shape, two candidacies emerged from the broad coalition behind incumbent president Guillermo Endara: Mireya Moscoso
The Two Caudillos
In the end it was their common enemy and perennial nemesis, Jos Francisco Pefia G6mez, who brought Joaquin Balaguer and
What do Haitians Want from the U.S.?
On October 11, the United States carrier ship USS Harlan County W ha arrived in the bay of Port-au-Prince with
