Recently added articles from MACLAS Latin American Essays:
The Honduran poverty-reduction strategy.
Mar 01, 2002; ... In the aftermath of Hurricane Mitch, which caused an estimated $3.8 billion in damages to the economy in October 1998 (Honduras 1999:4), (2) Honduras was declared eligible for external debt relief under the Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative adopted in 1996 by the ...
Finding an alliance: rethinking Argentine-United States Cold War relations.
Mar 01, 2002; ... In Argentina, the end of the Cold War coincided with Carlos Menem's election to the presidency. A charismatic leader, Menem brilliantly integrated disparate and often conflicting strands of the Peronist movement into his politics. He campaigned against the post-dictatorship Radical Party ...
Rashomon in the Zocalo: writing the history of popular political culture in nineteenth century Mexico.
Mar 01, 2002; ... Introduction Those of us who study the political culture of nineenth century Mexico often lament the absence of archival documentation and the elusiveness of that which we know must exist somewhere, but just cannot find ... yet. Further frustration arises in the study of the ...
The fragmented pysche of Mexico: the narrative structure of La muerte de Artemio Cruz through the lens of Francisco Gonzales Pineda.
Mar 01, 2002; ... Upon reading Carlos Fuentes's novel La muerte de Artemio Cruz (1962) for the first time, many readers find themselves confused, frustrated, and even lost, due to its complex narrative structure. With each chapter divided into three parts (Yo, Tu, El) the reader is left searching for an ...
Prostibulos y subversion en "La Gringa" de Gloria Pampillo.
Mar 01, 2002; ... Seleccionar una escritora argentina contemporanea cuya ficcion feminista evidencie originalidad estilistica y relevancia tematica constituye una tarea dificil, pues muchas han demostrado exitosamente gran creatividad en ambos aspectos literarios. Si bien autoras como Luisa Valenzuela, ...