The Latin American Studies Program at Birmingham-Southern College is pleased
to announce the publication of the 1996 Symposium Proceedings: "Current
Challenges in Latin American Research." This publication includes an
interdisciplinary collection of papers presented at the Fourth Annual Latin
American Studies Symposium which took place on our campus last year. Through
a grant from Vulcan Lands, Inc., we are able to offer a limited number of
copies of this publication to the academic community FREE OF CHARGE. If you
would like to order a copy of the 1996 proceedings, please send us an e-mail
(LAS@bsc.edu) with your mailing address.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
"The PRI and Drug Trafficking: A Cancerous Combination" (Mary Kent Harrison)
"Leftist Governments, Conservative Policies: Maintenance of Power by Costa
Rica's PLN" (Orlando Sanchez)
"Contemporary U.S.-Cuban Relations: U.S. Policy Versus the NAFTA Partners"
(David J. Mancuso)
"Behavioral Differences in Leaf-Cutting Ants in Meadows and Forested Areas"
(Derek J. Licina)
"A Study of Six Pioneer Plant Species in Cloud Forest Gaps"
(Vanessa Coral Woolery and Aaron Knop)
I look forward to hearing from you and mailing you a copy of the
proceedings.
Gamaliel Perruci
Director, Latin American Studies Program
Birmingham-Southern College
e-mail: gperruci@bsc.edu