Latin America
March 1999
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Title: Letters to the Editor: Does China Threaten India?
Author: Pratap Bhanu Mehta
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Title: Letters to the Editor: Does China Threaten India?
Author: Karan Jain
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Title: Judging the General: Pinochet's Past and Chile's Future
Author: Arturo Valenzuela
"Whatever the ultimate fate of the aging general, the reaction in Chile to Pinochet's arrest in London suggests that the country needs to address more fully the legacies of the past. . . At the end of the century Chile has found once again the virtues of a democratic political order. . . But Chile still needs to deal with its historic memories, to come to terms with its own 'Vichy,' in order to achieve true reconciliation."
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Title: Economic Crisis in Latin America: Global Contagion, Local Pain
Author: James E. Mahon, Jr.
"The late 1990s were supposed to be the years in which the long period of austerity and adjustment to world market norms would pay off for the majority of Latin America's people. The post-Russia crisis has shaken this faith. Like [Brazilian President Fernando Henrique] Cardoso, many Latin Americans again wonder if the region is the innocent victim of irrational forces."
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Title: A Delicate Game: The Politics of Reform in Brazil
Author: Alfred P. Montero
Only months after his reelection, President Fernando Henrique Cardoso faces a long-feared currency crisis and a political revolt by several of the country's governors. In the balance hangs the eighth-largest economy in the world.
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Title: Colombia at War
Author: Michael Shifter
"President Andrés Pastrana's peace effort, "if it goes forward at all, will do so only by fits and starts, with inevitable setbacks and countless frustrations. Its success or failure will depend ultimately on Colombians and their sense of exhaustion with unremitting violence; they will need to bring sustained political and social pressure to bear on the government and the insurgents to produce a settlement."
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Title: Venezuela's "Peaceful Revolution"
Author: Jennifer L. McCoy and Harold Trinkunas
"Hugo Chávez faces a host of difficult economic and political problems. The gap between his campaign promises and the economic realities of Venezuela appears unbridgeable. Arguments over the process of convening a constituent assembly have generated intense political disagreement among political parties and in civil society. However, the presidential elections were universally viewed as legitimate, and Ch?vez was the unquestioned winner."
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Title: Haiti and the Limits to Nation-Building
Author: James R. Morrell, Rachel Neild, and Hugh Byrne
"The international effort to consolidate democracy and promote development in Haiti following the 1994 intervention has been comprehensive and ambitious. . . Ultimately, [however,] the building of democracy and long-term socioeconomic development must be a domestic project driven by Haitian political leaders."
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Title: Women in Latin America: Unequal Progress toward Equality
Author: Mala Htun
"The status of women in Latin America is generally improving. Women's basic opportunities have increased from a few decades ago, which can be seen in better health, higher levels of educational attainment, and greater access to economic resources. . .Some governments have [also] made major advances in the areas of legal reform, violence against women, and education. Still, many new laws and policies are not enforced or implemented, leaving an immense variation in women's status between and within countries."
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Title: Book Reviews
On Immigration and the Americas
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Title: The Month in Review
January 1999
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Title: Perpectives
Puerto Rico's Redress of Grievances
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Title: Latin America
A map of Latin America.
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