Diana Contreras-Garduno (Utrecht): The Inter-American System of Human Rights. Par Engstrom and Peter Low (UCL): The Impact of the Inter-American Human Rights System: Current Achievements and Future Challenges. Vasundhara Jairath (Delhi): Challenging Northern Hegemony: Toward South-South Dialogue in Latin American Studies. Jorge F. Garzon (GIGA): Multipolarity and the Future of Regionalism. Tom Long (CIDE): Coloso Fragmentado: The “Intermestic” Agenda and Latin American Foreign Policy. From Eurasia Border Review, Tony Payan (Rice): Theory-Building in Border Studies: The View from North America; Victor Konrad (Carleton): Borders and Culture: Zones of Transition, Interaction and Identity in the Canada-United States Borderlands; and Paul Ganster (SDSU): Evolving Environmental Management and Community Engagement at the U.S.-Mexican Border. Stephen Kaplan on why China is investing $250 billion in Latin America. R. Evan Ellis on the strategic relevance of Latin America for the United States. From Caribbean Business, run from Cuba, Americans cling to claims for seized property; and who claims what property seized in Cuba? Inequality becomes more visible in Cuba as the economy shifts. Mollie J. Cohen, Elizabeth J. Zechmeister and Mitchell A. Seligson on how, across the Latin America and Caribbean region, individuals of darker skin tone frequently feel discriminated against by the police.
