Spring 2006 37:2
April 2006
From the President
by SONIA E. ALVAREZ
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