"FOCAL POINT: Spotlight on the Americas" - 2005
ISSN 1703-7964

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FOCAL POINT, Vol. 4, No. 10
November/December 2005
Feature articles:

• Cuba and Venezuela United? , y versión en español ¿La Unificación de Cuba y Venezuela?,
  by Ana Faya
• 29-Member FTAA: Nothing to Get Excited About ,
  by Dean Foster
• Op-Ed: Of Ideological Convergence and Power in Nicaragua,
  by Manuel Orozco
• The 2005 Argentina Election,
  by Mark P. Jones
• Prospects for CARICOM Single Market and Economy,
  by W. Salas Hamilton
• Summits in the Americas: Convergences and Divergences,
  by Julieta Uribe
• The Ibero-American General Secretariat: A starting point for coordinated policies on Cuba?,
  by Susanne Gratius
• Editorial – Mar del Plata Post Mortem and New Challenges

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FOCAL POINT, Vol. 4, No. 9
October 2005
Feature articles:

• Cuba’s Ranking in the Human Development Index of 2005
  by Carmelo Mesa-Lago
• Haitian Elections Delayed
  by Carlo Dade
• North America: In the Aftermath of Katrina
  by Olga Abizaid
• The Social Conflict in the Ecuadorian Amazon
  by Karen Andrade, Paúl Cisneros and Guillaume Fontaine

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FOCAL POINT, Vol. 4, No. 8
September 2005
Feature articles:

• Brazil: The Good News Scandal?, by Jean Daudelin
• Elba Esther Gordillo and her Future in the PRI , by Joy Langston
• Hostages of Confrontation, by Ana J. Faya
• Indigenous Summits and the Summit of the Americas: Towards Continental Integration, by Omaira Mindiola
• Hu Jintao’s Visit to North America, by Renato Balderrama
• Editorial – Summit of the Americas 2009: Champion Needed

FOCAL POINT, Vol. 4, No. 7
July/August 2005
Feature articles:

• Immigrant Remittances Flows: Where Does Canada Fit?, by Luz Rodríguez-Novoa
• Cuban Women Struggle Even After Pay Raise, by Ileana Fuentes
• Editorial – Race in the Americas: Memím Pinguín is the Least of our Worries, by Carlo Dade

FOCAL POINT, Vol. 4, No. 6
June 2005
Feature articles:

• The OAS as Democratic Policeman?, by Sean W. Burges
• A Welcome Uncertainty in Chilean Elections, by John M. Carey
• Consenso Cubano is Common Sense, by Marifeli Pérez-Stable
• FTAA Decline: Losing the Bath Water and the Baby, by Laura Ritchie Dawson

FOCAL POINT, Vol. 4, No. 5
May 2005
Feature articles:

• China in the Caribbean: A Benign Dragon?, by Dan Erikson
• Democratic Breakdown and the Role of the International Community: The Case of Ecuador, by Andrés Mejía Acosta
• Challenges for Andean Democracies, by Rodolfo Albán Guevara
• Nicaragua and the Crisis of 2005, by David Close
• Editorial - Yet Another Summit, by Eduardo del Buey

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FOCAL POINT, Vol. 4, No. 4
April 2005
Feature articles:

• Democracy and the Rule of Law in Mexico’s 2006 Presidential Elections, by Kenneth F. Greene
• The Creation of the Ibero-American General Secretariat and the Implications for Latin America, by Carlos Malamud
• Barely Squeezing Through? US Politics and the Central American Free Trade Agreement, by Eric Jacobstein
• Cuba’s Revaluation(s) of the Peso(s): Back to the Future?, by Nicholas Rowe
• Editorial - Canada’s International Policy Statement: What Does it Mean for Latin America and the Caribbean?, by John W. Graham

FOCAL POINT, Vol. 4, No. 3
March 2005
Feature articles:

• The Meeting in Waco, Op-Ed by Andrés Rozental
• Cuba in Geneva: The State of the Debate, by Ana J. Faya
• Bolivia: A Country in Constant Crisis, by Fran Espinoza
• Uruguay Shifts to the Left, by Eduardo Gudynas and Diego Martino
• The Vulnerabilities of Democracy and the Inter-American Democratic Charter, by Jennifer McCoy

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FOCAL POINT, Vol. 4, No. 2
February 2005
Feature articles:

• The Role of Canada and the Inclusion of Latin Americans of African Descent, by Judith Morrison
• Colombia-Venezuela: Trade in a Volatile Relationship, by Vladimir Torres
• Two Days in the Sun: The CARICOM Heads of Government Meeting, by Laurie Cole and Noel Waghorn
• The European Union-Cuba Relationship: More of the Same?,
  by Joaquín Roy
• The Perfect Storm: Foreign Affairs Hits an Uncharted Rock, Op-Ed by Don Mackay

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FOCAL POINT, Vol. 4, No. 1 -
January 2005
Feature articles:

• Bolivia’s 2004 Municipal Elections, by Rachel Gisselquist
• All Winners - No Losers?: Reflections on the Troubled State of Nicaragua’s Democracy, by Manuela Aguilar
• Political Instability in Ecuador: The Supreme Court, by Adrián Bonilla
• Post-MINUGUA Guatemala: Strengthening National Verification through Civilian Oversight and Social Auditing in Security and Defence, by Colleen Duggan
• Cuba: Highlights of 2004, by Cristina Warren