| Newsbriefs | 1 |
| Letters | 4 |
| Taking Note | 5 |
| DM | |
| The U.S. Military Bases: Will They Stay or Go? | 6 |
| Lindsay-Poland, John | |
| The PRI's Protection Racket: Maintaining Control at the Grassroots | 10 |
| Rosen, Fred | |
| GAINING GROUND The Indigenous Movement in Latin America | 14 |
| Bolivia: Making the Leap from Local Mobilization to National Politics | 15 |
| Albó, Xavier | |
| Colombia: Confronting the Dilemmas of Political Participation | 21 |
| Murillo, Mario | |
| Ecuador: Taking On the Neoliberal Agenda | 23 |
| Pacari, Nina | |
| The World Bank's Indigenous Policy | 26 |
| Treakle, Kay | |
| Chile's Mapuches Organize Against NAFTA | 30 |
| Millaman, Rosamel | |
| Guatemala: The Struggle for Maya Unity | 33 |
| Otzoy, Antonio | |
| Brazil: The Legal Battle Over Indigenous Rights | 36 |
| Schwartzman, Stephan & Araújo, Ana Valéria & Pankararú, Paulo | |
| Reviews | 47 |
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