Latin American Political Outlook is the yearly publication of the Political Observatory of Latin America and the Caribbean (OPALC). It includes analyses of Latin American current issues, using social sciences approaches. Directed by Olivier Dabène.

Translations from french: David De Micheli (Boston University - Paris)

• Introduction (Olivier Dabène)

Part 1 : Latin America in 2009

Countries in the headline news:

• Honduras (Cecilia Baeza)
• Cuba (Marie-Laure Geoffray)
• Bolivia (Veronica Calvo)

Countries facing history :

• 1969. 40 years of integration and disintegration (Olivier Dabène)
• 1979. Nicaragua (Maya Collombon)
• 1989. Chile under the Concertación rule (Patricio Scaff)

Countries at the voting booths:

• Salvador (Thierry Maire)
• Argentina (Darío Rodríguez)
• Mexico (David Recondo - Gaspard Estrada)
• Ecuador (Marie Esther Lacuisse)
• Honduras (Cecilia Baeza)
• Uruguay (Cécile Casen - Paulo Ravecca)

Part 2 : Latin America in perspectives

• The State coping with the crisis (Pierre Louis Mayaux)
• The rural Latin American world confronted with the challenges of globalization (Damien Larrouqué)
  

Part 3 : Research activities

• Doctoral Thesis (Julie Devineau)
• Master degree's final papers
• New PhD students
• Sciences Po / Colmex (David Recondo)

Part 4 : OPALC in 2009

• Opalc from 2009 to 2010

Opalc Political Outlook 2008

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