Cuban workers and students have started to speak out against the failures of the revolution and the lack of changes. Recent pools indicate that the majority of Cubans are unhappy with the level of personal and economic freedom. Read the entire article in the Spring 2008 issue of Americas Quarterly.

Ignacio Labaqui reviews  Dante Avaro's assessment of income inequality in Latin America and his proposed policy that reduces such inequality without compromising economic growth.

100,000 Bolivians, many of them undocumented immigrants, live and work in São Paulo, re-creating a Bolivian community in the midst of Brazil's industrial capital. Read the full article in the Spring 2008 issue of Americas Quarterly.

The first step in designing effective programs to reduce poverty in the region is to figure out the real numbers. Unfortunately, that's harder than it looks, writes Sanjay G. Reddy. Read the full article in the Spring 2008 issue of Americas Quarterly.

In a recent referendum, Costa Ricans narrowly voted in favor of joining the Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement. Costa Rica,the first country to hold a public vote on whether to join, was deeply divided. During AS/COA's Latin American Cities Conference in San Salvador, participants discussed DR-CAFTA as an engine for Central American economic growth. 

Over 300 private sector representatives and government officials gathered in El Salvador to analyze growth prospects and the new opportunities created by DR-CAFTA at the first AS/COA Latin American Cities Conference in Central America.

This issue showcases selections of fiction, poetry, creative essays and images by writers and artists from the Caribbean and its diaspora.