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Race Against Death

From the introduction to a new edition of By Night in Chile, a novella by Roberto Bolaño that was published in 2000 by Editorial Anagrama. The book was translated from…

The Scarlet Debtor

by Jeff Madrick,

Debt forgiveness is one of the most important innovations of modern capitalism, but it is a fairly recent one. Though the Constitution gives Congress explicit authority to enact “uniform Laws…

Weekly Review

by Paul Ford,

In Iraq a car bomb killed 16 people and wounded 90, 14 bodies were found stacked in a hole, 5 U.S. troops were killed, and Saddam Hussein was boycotting his…

Weekly Review

by Roger D. Hodge,

A Dutch archaeologist claimed to have identified a papyrus containing the signature of Cleopatra; the document, which dates from 33 B.C., was written by a secretary, except for one word,…

The revolution will be evangelized

by Harper’s Staff,

Multiple-choice human rights

Translated by Jennifer Barton,

Language, lies, and Latin democracy

Uncle Sam, Stay Home

by Carlos Fuentes,

Adapted from a speech given by Carlos Fuentes in May 1988 at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. Fuentes’s latest novel, VLAD, will be published in English by Dalkey Archive…

Through gringo eyes

by Edward W. Said,

With Conrad in Latin America

Foggy Bottom agit prop

by Johnathan Miller,

To nurture Latin democracy

by Mario Vargas Llosa,

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Race Against Death

The Scarlet Debtor

Weekly Review

Weekly Review

The revolution will be evangelized

Multiple-choice human rights

Language, lies, and Latin democracy

Uncle Sam, Stay Home

Through gringo eyes

Foggy Bottom agit prop

To nurture Latin democracy

June 1987

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