Unscrupulous agents prey on young Dominican players. It's time to clean up their mess, writes University of Pittsburgh's Rob Ruck in the Summer 2011 issue of Americas Quarterly.
Central America & Caribbean
Speaking at a COA event, Ambassador William Brownsfield explored security in the Central American context.
COA's Eric Farnsworth writes in a letter to the Financial Times that drug-related violence in Central America "is not just a security threat, it is also a growing threat to democracy itself."
"We are losing Central America. It's time to fight to win it back," writes COA's Eric Farnsworth in The Miami Herald.
In an article for The Huffington Post, AS/COA's Christopher Sabatini argues that U.S. foreign policy toward Latin America should "move on from focusing on internal politics or development objectives to understanding the nature of shifting international coalitions."
In an article for The Huffington Post, COA's Eric Farnsworth looks back at some of the most important stories coming out of the Americas in 2010, from Latin America's economic rise to elections that took place in the region.
Review 81 - Bob Marley and His Legacy, guest-edited by Lorna Goodison (From Harvey River) and Christopher Winks (Queens Colleges, CUNY), is comprised of a creative section featuring texts by associates of Bob Marley as well as writers who have written on and/or been influenced by him, including Jacqueline Bishop, Chris Blackwell, Kwame Dawes, Christopher John Farley, Herbie Miller, Shara McCallum, and Klive Walker.