Voices of Mexico no. 36
Our Voice
Of all the possible options far its bilateral relations with Cuba, the United States picked a peculiar normative strategy: the Helms-Burton Act. This piece of legislation establish es that all companies which benefit from the use of property in Cuba confiscated from U.S. citizens (many of whom are former Cuban nationals) in the first years of the Revolution may be sued for damages in U.S. courts; among other things, it also denies visas to businessmen who invest in Cuba and block, the importation of products with Cuban content. This law has been enacted during the U.S. election campaign, when quick answers are more "successful" than well-thought-out, long-term decisions. In this case, the dynamic of the ephemeral victory won out, reflected immediately in the electoral opinion polls.
Editorial
Our Voice
Paz Consuelo Márquez Padilla
Politics
Political Culture in Mexico
Paradoxes at the End of the Century
Federico Reyes Heroles
The Political Reform of the Mexican State
Roberto J. Gutiérrez López
XIII Meeting of the Mexico-United States
Binational Commission
United States Affairs
The 1996 U.S. Presidential Elections
Implications for Mexico
Barbara A. Driscoll
Racism and Early U.S. Foreign Policy
José Luis Valdés-Ugalde
Migration
The Discovery of Great Manhattitlan
Luz María Valdés
Economy
Economic Change and
Labor Market lntegration in North America
Elaine Levine
Oil and Natural Gas
A Legal Dispute Brewing in the Gulf of Mexico
Jorge A. Vargas
In Memoriam
Jaime García Terrés
Untiring Cultural Promoter And Outstanding Poet
Diego I. Bugeda Bernal
Julian Samora. A Silent Warrior
Elsie Montiel
Lola La Grande. Singer of the Mexican Spirit
Elsie Montiel
Canadian Issues
An lnterview with Barbara McDougall
Julidn Castro Rea
Ecology
Mexico's Floristic Diversity
Rodolfo Dirzo
Medicinal Plants in Mexico
Edelmira Linares
Robert Bye
Reviews
The Culture of Depression
Graciela Martinez-Zalce
End-of-Century Mexicans
Mario C. Constantino Toto
On the Tracks of Migration and Cooperation
Dolores Lntapi Ortega
The Splendor of Mexico
Mexican Candies
A Bit of Edihle History
Lynn Wehnes
Land Use and the Restoration of the Ex-Convent of Santo Domingo de Guzmán, Oaxaca
Enrique Ferndndez Ddvi!a
Alhrecht Dürer in the National Library
Luis Roberto Torres Escalona
Science, Art and Culture
Luis Roberto Torres Escalona
Creator of Visual Parables
The Morphology and Functions of the Brain
Guillermo Gutiérrez Ospina
The Pre-Columbian Dog
Raúl Valadez Azúa
On Nahuatl Wisdom
Alfonso de María y Campos
News From Aztlan
Diego I. Bugeda Bernal