| TAKING NOTE: Fear and Loathing in Latin America | 3 |
| Beck, Marshall | |
| OPEN FORUM: Creeping Militarization in the Americas | 4 |
| Huagaard, Lisa & Olson, Joy & Isacson, Adam | |
| UPDATE: Chávez Confirmed, Venezuela Still Divided | 8 |
| Rosen, Fred | |
| UPDATE: Dominican Republic:From Poster Child to Basketcase | 11 |
| Barrios, Luis & Brotherton, David C. | |
| Bolivia Fights Back | 14 |
| The Roots of Rebellion, I. Insurgent Bolivia | 15 |
| Hylton, Forrest & Thomson, Sinclair | |
| The Roots of Rebellion, II. Reclaiming the Nation | 19 |
| Cusicanqui, Silvia Rivera | |
| The Consequences of Neoliberal Reform | 23 |
| Arze, Carlos & Kruse, Tom | |
| Towards an Andean Rural Development Paradigm? | 28 |
| Healy, Kevin | |
| The Beat Goes on: The U.S. War on Coca | 34 |
| Ledebur, Kathryn & Farthing, Linda | |
| IN BRIEF | 42 |
| TRACKING THE ECONOMY Ecuador's Dollar Doldrums | 47 |
| Larrea, Carlos | |
| ¡YA! YOUTH ACTIVISM Gringotón | 48 |
| Ballvé, Teo |
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