Winter 2007 38:1
January 2007
From the President
by CHARLES R. HALE
From the Associate Editor
by ARTURO ARIAS
ON THE PROFESSION
Los Estudios Latinoamericanos y del Caribe en Montréal
by VÍCTOR ARMONY
Centering the Periphery: Non-Latin Latin Americanisms
by JEFFREY LESSER
Some of the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Programmes in Canada
by ROSARIO GOMEZ
DEBATES / For and Against Chávez: The Debate Continues
Countervailing Powers
by GREG GRANDIN
A View from the Barrios: Hugo Chávez as an Expression of Urban Popular Movements
by SUJATHA FERNANDES
Social Spending and Democracy: The Case of Hugo Chávez in Venezuela
by JAVIER CORRALES and MICHAEL PENFOLD
Sharing the Oil Wealth? Appraising the Effects of Venezuela’s Social Programs
by FRANCISCO RODRÍGUEZ
Venezuela After the 2006 Elections
by JENNIFER MCCOY
POLITICAL COMMENTARY
The Peruvian Truth Commission’s Centro de Información para la Memoria Colectiva y los Derechos Humanos
by CHARLES F. WALKER
ON LASA2007
Report from the Program Chairs
by NEIL HARVEY and MARÍA SOCORRO TABUENCA