... criminal justice police race Latin America Argentina Brazil United States 291 A few years back, when I interviewed a former Argentine official who had been brought in during the mid-1990s to clean house in the notoriously corrupt and violent police department of Buenos Aires province, he spoke...

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...José C. Moya The idea of Latin America has shifted over time, from bulwark against Yankee imperialism to unique ethnic and cultural mix. But it has always framed the region as an antimodern foil to the West. Latin America: The Allure and Power of an Idea , by Mauricio Tenorio-Trillo...

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...Matthew E. Carnes The most important question concerning labor in Latin American today is how … to achieve a meaningful incorporation of all citizens of working age and ability in the workforce. Visit any of the great Latin American cities whether Bogotá or Buenos Aires, Lima or Mexico City...

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...Michael Shifter Washington's policy of isolating Cuba succeeded only in alienating most of Latin America. Obama's new course has been welcomed, though other irritants, such as US immigration policy, remain. © 2020 Current History. All rights reserved. 2020 The Regents of the University...

...Paulo Drinot A new book tries to explain historical variations in the rise of the state in four Latin American countries. The author's inclination to reduce history to data results in much of the story being left out. © 2020 Current History. All rights reserved. 2020 The Regents...

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... for Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico reveal two main factors that explain this phenomenon: a fall in the premium that favors skilled over unskilled labor, and more progressive government transfers targeting the poor. Latin America s Inequality Success Story noRa lustig Latin America was already a region of sharp...

... while fostering a vibrant democracy. If the twenty-first century was really to be the Century of the Americas, Brazil was poised to lead the way. Its star power had few peers. While Brazil basked in effusive praise, Mexico, the other Latin American titan, was portrayed in markedly negative, sometimes...

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...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...

...Adam Isacson At a time when few traditional armed conflicts are under way, internal threats continue to anchor the missions of most Latin American and Caribbean militaries. © 2011 Current History. All rights reserved. 2011 The Regents of the University of California Hugo Chávez...

...George W. Leeson The next 40 years … are projected to witness a veritable explosion in the number and proportion of older people in the region. © 2011 Current History. All rights reserved. 2011 The Regents of the University of California demographic transition Latin America demography...

...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. What if Latin America Ruled the World? How the South Will Take the North Through the 21 st Century , by Oscar...

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