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Spring 2006
37:2

April 2006

From the President
by SONIA E. ALVAREZ

LASA to President Bush

From the Incoming President
by CHARLES R. HALE

From the Associate Editor
by ARTURO ARIAS

ON THE PROFESSION

La construcción de significado en la historia
by MIGUEL LEÓN-PORTILLA

Revisioning Latin American and Caribbean Studies: A Geopolitics of Knowledge Approach
by ARTURO ESCOBAR

DEBATES / Tumultuous Times: LASA in the 1960s

Some Personal Trivia about the Early Days
by RICHARD N. ADAMS

Words From the Eighth President of LASA
by PAUL DOUGHTY

Lest We Forget: Women’s Contribution to Making LASA an Organization for all Its Members by One of the First Women to Serve on the LASA Executive Council (1973-1975)
by MARGARET E. CRAHAN

Memoirs from LASA’s 14th President
by PETER H. SMITH

The Legacy of the Sixties and its Impact on Academics
by RONALD H. CHILCOTE

Comments on the Presentations about LASA in the 1960s
by TERRY KARL

DEBATES / The Never-Ending Cold War: The United States, Cuba, and LASA’s Battle for Academic Freedom

U.S.-Cuban Relations and U.S.-LASA Relations
by JORGE I. DOMÍNGUEZ

The Center for Cuban Studies
by SANDRA LEVINSON

Suing the U.S. Government
by WAYNE SMITH

POLITICAL COMMENTARY

¡Más político que cultural! o ¿Cómo llegó en Chile una mujer a la Presidencia?
by MARCELA RÍOS TOBAR

ON LASA2006

Final Report of the LASA2006 Program Co-Chairs
by FRANCES R. APARICIO AND AMALIA PALLARES

Report of the LASA Business Meeting

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