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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

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Response to Hale

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