...Pedro Cabán Hurricane Maria laid bare the painful reality that Puerto Rico is an inconsequential American territory inhabited by second-class US citizens. © 2019 Current History. All rights reserved. 2019 The Regents of the University of California Pedro Cabán Puerto Rico Caribbean...

...Frank J. Korom A new book seeks to explain how diaspora cultures interact to form new creole blends. From London to the Caribbean, carnival season can be a mashup of politics and heritage. Encountering Difference: Diasporic Traces, Creolizing Spaces , by Robin Cohen and Olivia...

... Brazil Venezuela regionalism Luis Inácio Lula da Silva Organization American States Union South American Nations Community Latin American Caribbean Nations Mercosur Hugo Chávez United States 56 Brazil s rise, coupled with the diminished influence of the United States...

...Eric Farnsworth Beijing offers to the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean the opportunity to forge a path independent of the United States and liberal economic orthodoxy. © 2011 Current History. All rights reserved. 2011 The Regents of the University of California 56 Beijing offers...

..., certainly and this is as true in the Western Hemisphere as anywhere else. Latin America and the Caribbean today are witnessing dramatic declines in both fer- tility and mortality. As a result, the aging of their populations has begun to accelerate. Yet Latin America s continuing economic and social divides...

...William W. Finan, Jr. A new book argues that Latin American countries, having left behind their banana-republic past, will serve as exemplars for developed nations to follow. Latin America Oscar Guardiola-Rivera Community Latin American Caribbean States Brazil Venezuela 83 In his...

...Sidney Weintraub All Latin American and Caribbean countries will be hard pressed to maintain satisfactory rates of GDP growth during the next two years, and perhaps longer. © 2009 Current History. All rights reserved. 2009 The Regents of the University of California Latin America...