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Living With Lies

Disinformation and misinformation have a significant impact on societies and political systems in Latin America and the Caribbean. This issue examines the challenges of combatting fake news and how ... Ricardo Trotti, Executive Director of the Inter American Press Association, invites contributing authors to analyze issues that arise from misleading health news, disinformation surrounding political and

Migrations: The Hardships of Hope

Migration has long been a part of the political, social and humanitarian landscape of Latin America and the Caribbean. Individuals and societies confront conditions outside of their control, which ... address how volatile environments are exacerbated by factors such as problematic political systems, COVID-19 and climate change. This issue is available in Hemisphere: https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu

Perpetual Resistance: Societies and Violence in Latin America

Miguel Cruz unites top scholars to examine the complex problem from various disciplinary perspectives —history, sociology, political science, journalism, communications and public policy —to identify the ... region’s political landscape since before independence; rather than interstate, however, much of the violence plaguing the region since the twentieth century is intrastate, pitting state and non-state actors

How Free are Media in the Americas Today?

progress made over the past two decades to consolidate political rights and civil liberties in the region, the situation facing media professionals is more precarious; news outlets are closed, journalists ... significant progress made over the last twenty-five years to advance and consolidate political rights and civil liberties in the region, the situation currently facing media professionals is becoming more

How Free are Media in the Americas Today?

progress made over the past two decades to consolidate political rights and civil liberties in the region, the situation facing media professionals is more precarious; news outlets are closed, journalists ... significant progress made over the last twenty-five years to advance and consolidate political rights and civil liberties in the region, the situation currently facing media professionals is becoming more

Translational Research in Colorectal Cancer: Current Status and Future Perspectives of Multimodal Treatment Approach

. This special issue is devoted to current and emerging multimodal treatment approaches in colorectal cancer on the basis of bench to bedside philosophy, focusing on some selected topics that are both

Translational Research in Colorectal Cancer: Current Status and Future Perspectives of Multimodal Treatment Approach

. This special issue is devoted to current and emerging multimodal treatment approaches in colorectal cancer on the basis of bench to bedside philosophy, focusing on some selected topics that are both

Documented: The Colonial Archive and the Future of the Americas

uses archives to protect political continuity or institute laws. It uses the archive to categorize subjects and to follow them through key moments in their lives, such as birth or death. Not all ... societies have written archives, and those that do might dedicate more or fewer of their resources to them. But in the end, all archives exist because of political choices at certain historical moments, with

Hemisphere Volume 7 Number 1

, political, cultural an d often econom ic roles. Politicians who aspire to the highest positions m ust display som e m astery o f lettres and philosophy, a rem iniscence o f the M iddle Ages’ trivium o f gram ... coverage by the U nited States English media. Latin A m erica is moving toward free m arket dem ocracies, toward m ore o pen political systems. This is good news, and th at is the problem . G ood new is h

Volume 16, Spring 2006

, sociological and political perspectives. The contributors to this book are established researchers in the field, as well as many of the important actors in Mexico's nongovernmental organization sector. Some ... budgetary drain and potential threat to national political processes. I conclude by advocating the revamping of the military into a smaller, highly mobile, technically sophisticated and totally defensive

Volume 9 Number 1, Winter/Spring 1999

, historical and political development of Haitian society, and discover various aspects of the Haitian culture. This year's program includes an optional one-week tour of Haiti. Iron Market, Port-au-Prince ... president for her version of events. Indeed, few historians and political scientists have said much at all about Gueiler's prominent role in twentieth-century Bolivian history and her important contribution

The United States and Cuba after D17

moving as quickly as many hoped toward economic and social reform, and in the political realm, Raúl Castro’s Cuba was frozen in time. US-Cuba relations suffered from similar paralysis, despite President ... political economy. Normalization of diplomatic relations and the prospect of change have produced an exciting time for scholarship and policy analysis. Florida International University (FIU) is at the

The United States and Cuba after D17

moving as quickly as many hoped toward economic and social reform, and in the political realm, Raúl Castro’s Cuba was frozen in time. US-Cuba relations suffered from similar paralysis, despite President ... political economy. Normalization of diplomatic relations and the prospect of change have produced an exciting time for scholarship and policy analysis. Florida International University (FIU) is at the

Volume 2 Number 3, Summer 1990

bipartisan budget negotiations to reduce the fiscal imbalance. The outcome of such negotiations is uncertain, given fundamental differences in tax philosophy between Democrats and Republicans, a weakened US ... welfare states to freemarket economic systems. The social, political, and economic tensions unleashed by the "adjustments" are everywhere enormous. Small Caribbean democracies, though, are facing a

Integrating Systemic Therapies into the Multimodality Treatment of Resectable Colorectal Liver Metastases

-related factors to consider in the decision-making process are disease stage and biology [ 4, 5 ]. Patients with metastatic CRC are approached with a different treatment philosophy to the majority of

Integrating Systemic Therapies into the Multimodality Treatment of Resectable Colorectal Liver Metastases

philosophy to the majority of other metastatic solid tumors. Because of the potential of cure among some of these patients, aggressive multimodality treatment strategies are frequently advocated. The most

Integrating Systemic Therapies into the Multimodality Treatment of Resectable Colorectal Liver Metastases

philosophy to the majority of other metastatic solid tumors. Because of the potential of cure among some of these patients, aggressive multimodality treatment strategies are frequently advocated. The most

Integrating Systemic Therapies into the Multimodality Treatment of Resectable Colorectal Liver Metastases

philosophy to the majority of other metastatic solid tumors. Because of the potential of cure among some of these patients, aggressive multimodality treatment strategies are frequently advocated. The most

30 Years of Reform: Decentralization, Subnational Governments and Development in Latin America

countries. m any of these countries enacted new political constitutions and economic reforms to try to modernize stagnant economies and promote social inclusion and economic development. Their administrations ... saw political, fiscal and administrative reforms as essential to improving public service delivery and making governments more accountable to their people. m ore than 30 years later, many scholars

Hemisphere Volume 6 Number 2, Summer 1994

transition, U.S. foreign policy, comparative political and economic systems, [and] revolutionary change." — Carmelo Mesa-Lago, University of Pittsburgh 300 pp. Tables, notes, bibliography, index. Cloth, $39.95 ... ovem ent. A related blind-spot is th at the solidarity m ovem ent has never acknow ledged the guerrilla role in the escalation o f political vio­ lence. I believe this is why your reviewer Walter Gillis