| In Brief | 1 |
| Tracking the Economy What's a Living Wage? | 6 |
| Taking Note Regime Change in Venezuela? | 7 |
| GL | |
| Update/Colombia Plan Petroleum in Putumayo | 8 |
| Leech, Garry | |
| Update/Brazil Homeless Movement Gains Ground | 12 |
| Watson, Nicholas | |
| BEYOND REVOLUTION NICARAGUA AND EL SALVADOR IN A NEW ERA | 14 |
| The New Right and the End of National Liberation | 15 |
| Robinson, William I. | |
| The Rise and Fall of the FSLN | 21 |
| Bendaña, Alejandro | |
| Out in Public: Gay and Lesbian Activism in Nicaragua | 27 |
| Babb, Florence E. | |
| An Anatomy of Violence in El Salvador | 31 |
| Chávez, Joaquín M. | |
| War and Peace in the Bajo Lempa Region | 34 |
| Plimpton, Benjamin | |
| The Odyssey of Salvadoran Asylum Seekers | 38 |
| Coutin, Susan | |
| Reviews | 46 |
| Volk, Steven | |
| ¡YA! Youth Activism | 48 |
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