Vol. 60 No. 1, January - January 2008
Index
- From the editor.
- Better on the Web.
- Rich treasures.
- Size matters.
- Window on the Hemisphere.
- A brush with Mexican history.
- A wild idea for science.
- Saving trees with fish.
- Books in the barrios.
- Chichen Itza: a place of wonder by any measure, this architectural complex on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula expresses the worldview of the Maya with mathematical precision.
- Ruben Blades: Minister of Salsa: better known outside his country as a singer-songwriter and actor, this Renaissance man today speaks from a political stage, as Panama's Minister of Tourism.
- Through the eyes of the condor: in his latest project for the National Geographic Society, photographer Robert Haas spent over two years looking at Latin America from on high, with a view to capturing the region's soul.
- Rediscovering Gabriela Mistral: a new trove of the poet's papers promises to give researchers fresh insights into Latin America's first recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature.
- Partnership for education: in El Salvador, a program implemented by the Pan American Development Foundation supports schools and helps young people envision new possibilities for the future.
- Getting an early start.
- Secretary General Honored.
- Playing a role in democracy.
- Marking a decade in grand style.
- Bedeviled in La Vega.
- A grand year for Garcia Marquez.
- The value of literature.
- The mothers' poems.