Americas Quarterly

Table of Contents Fall 2009
Volume 3, Number 4

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30 Our Man in Haiti GARRY PIERRE-PIERRE Bill Clinton’s newest mission.

Departments

3 From the Editor
6 Letters to The Editor

12 Interview Wyclef Jean on the social responsibility of celebrity.

15 Panorama Cartagena Music Festival, Vancouver Winter Olympics, travel tips in Asunción, and more.

24 Innovators/Innovations Un Techo Para Mi País builds new homes for Latin Americans. Adrián Pérez crosses the party divide in Argentina. Sofia Maldonado of Puerto Rico skates into the world of art and high fashion.

Núria Homedes on access to
health care. Jorge Fábrega on
Chilean educational reform.

116 Dispatches from the
Field: Honduras
Months after the coup,
most Hondurans resent the
international outcry.

127 Fresh Look Reviews Miguel Centellas on Bolivia’s new political elite, Gary Bland looks at the reasons behind a local upheaval, Gabriel Marcela examines China’s Latin America strategy, and Jorge Pontual on tourism in Rio’s slums.

20 Hard Talk Hector Morales and Carlos Alberto Montaner debate: should the OAS have re-admitted Cuba?

123 Policy Updates Coletta A. Youngers and John M. Walsh on decriminalizing drugs. Antonio Ugalde and

136 Just the Numbers Surf’s up: the region’s most popular websites.

in our next issue:

The Hemisphere’s Next Generation of Leaders:

AQ asks the region’s emerging business entrepreneurs, social activists and political leaders about their demands, challenges, visions, and how think they represent a change from the past. Also, a multi-country survey on youth’s attitudes toward the future, democracy and the political elite.