Table of Contents Spring 2009

Volume 3, Number 2

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26 Markets, States
and Neighbors
Javier Corrales
Latin America 25 years
from now: it’s not all gloom
and doom, but close.

90 Dispatches from the Field:
Rio de Janeiro
Enrique Desmond Arias
tracks politics, violence and
militia squads in Rio’s slums.
94 Tongue in Cheek

32 Untapped
lisa visCidi
With new energy alternatives
still decades away, the
hemisphere’s oil reserves
remain crucial.

13 Panorama
Bringing back a kids’ classic
in Colombia; 10 things to
do in Santiago, Dominican
Republic; Pedro Almodóvar’s
newest film; Friday night
cheap flicks in Mexico City;
Tracking police corruption;
New on americasquarterly.org.

18 Hard Talk Should presidents be allowed unlimited terms in office? Patricio Navia and Steven Griner argue the point.

97 Policy Updates
Luis de la Calle looks at regional
trade. Alice Kang and Aili
Tripp point to trends in female
legislative representation. Joel E.
Starr on Obama and the Americas.

Departments

3 From the Editor

10 Interview AQ talks to Carolyn Gomes of Jamaica, winner of the 2008 United Nations Human Rights Prize for her crusade against extra-judicial killings.

22 Innovators/Innovations
Monica Carrillo stands up for
Afro-Peruvians. Camilo Soares,
Paraguay’s student activist-turned-
politician. Marcio Schittini and
Luiz Felipe Pereira find ways to
turn sewage and biomass into
energy. Rodrigo Bellot paves
the way for a new generation
of Bolivian filmmakers.

101 Fresh Look Reviews Julia Preston looks at four new books exploring the immigration crisis in the U.S., New York Times reporter Larry Rohter’s memoir on Brazil is reviewed by Joshua Goodman.

in our
next
issue:

Human Rights Today: The Inter-American Human Rights system turns 50 this year, and AQ is dedicating its Summer issue to the topic. Since its creation, the Inter-American system has played a key role in the expansion of human rights, from its support for victims under the military governments of the 1970s and 1980s, to its work on freedom of expression in the late 1990s. Santiago Cantón, Claudio Grossman and Susana Villarán, among others, explore its evolution and challenges.