The Perils of Magical Realism A Talk with Costa Rica's Ex-President By Forrest D. Colburn Escazú DURING THE 1980s democracy unexpectedly blossomed in Latin America. Country...
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Spirals of Suspicion Revolution and War By Stephen M. Walt Cornell. 365pp. $35.00. Reviewed by Forrest D. Colburn Visiting Associate Professor. Woodrow Wilson School of Public and...
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BLAMING SALINAS Anger at El Tajin by FORREST D. COLBURN Papantla El Tajin, located in the northern part of the Mexican state of Veracruz, is the most spectacular pre-Hispanic center on the Gulf...
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WOOING THE UNDECIDED Turning to the Voters in Nicargua BY FORREST D. COLBURN Since their Revolution a decade ago, Nicaraguans have on numerous occasions said "The next few months are...
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A SORRY RECORD Nicaragua's Economic Boogie-Woogie BY FORREST D COLBURN Managua A European economist working here recounts the lament of a government official: "Our economy is like a...
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A NEW AUSTERITY Cuba Chases the Dollar BY FORREST D. COLBURN Havana The peso notes here portray different bearded guerrilla leaders of the Revolution—Camilo Cienfuegos, Ernesto "Che"...
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TOO MUCH GOVERNMENT How 'La Crisis' Is Crippling Mexico BY FORREST D COLBURN Hermosillo Mexico's most prestigious daily, Exc&sior, publishes a magazine of news and commentary every Thursday...
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THE CORN ISLANDS A Sandinista Failure by forrest d- c°lburn Great Corn Island Forty miles off Nicaragua's east coast lie two of the country's beautiful backwaters, the Corn Islands. Their name...
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PROMISE IN THE CARIBBEAN Democratic Breezes on St. Kitts-Nevis BY FORREST D. COLBURN Tucked into the eastern Caribbean are the tiniest nations in the world—St. Kitts-Nevis, Barbados, St. Lucia,...
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