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This Central Intelligence Agency conference report, dated October 1995, contains the proceedings of a conference on ethnic conflict held 30 September to 1 October 1993. The CIA's Geographic Resources Division sponsored it. Academic geographers, anthropologists and US Government officials presented papers on ethnic and territorial conflict in Eastern Europe, Western Europe, the former Soviet Union, Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, Asia and South Asia. They also discussed what these conflicts mean for US policy. The document contains no UFO material.
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C00123268 Russell, Philip L., The Chiapas Rebellion. Austin Urban, Greg and Joel Sherzer, eds., Nation-States and Texas: The Mexican Resource Center, 1995. The Indians in Latin America. Austin: The University of author is ajournalist with years of experience in Mex- Texas Press, 1991. A collection of 12 essays describ- ico who presents detailed background information on ing various aspects of the relationship of Latin Ameri- the long-term abuses of Indian rights in Chiapas. The can Indians with the state. These essays provide a book is current through the August 1994 presidential theoretical framework for analysis of Indian responses elections. to conflict with national governments. Schmink, Marianne and Charles H. Wood, eds., Fron- Winant, Howard, "Rethinking Race in Brazil," Jour- tier Expansion in Amazonia. Gainesville: University nal of Latin American Studies, 24:1 (February 1992), of Florida Press, 1984. A collection of 20 papers from pp. 173-92. The author argues that racism exists inde- the Second Conference on the Amazon, held at the pendently of class in Brazil. Black political organiza- University of Florida in 1982. The focus of the papers tions are named, and the emergence of the race issue is is on colonization policies of the Amazonian nations, explored. The paper concludes that politicization of and some papers have become widely cited near clas- race has become a fact of life in Brazil. sics. Yelvington, Kelvin, ed., Trinidad Ethnicity. Knoxville: Starn, Orrin, "New Literature on Peru's Sendero The University of Tennessee Press, 1993. This book Luminoso," Latin American Research Reiew, 27:2 contains 12 essays that cover various aspects of ethnic (1992), pp. 2 12-226. A comparative review of six relations and ethnicity in Trinidad and Tobago. Offer- recent (1989-91) books on Peru's Maoist guerrilla ings range ftom social and political topics to literature movement. Five of the six books reviewed are pub- and music. lished in Spanish in Peru. This review notes the lack "utml:My oeeta of "any appeal to 'Indianness' in Sendero's official Zapeta, Estuardo, "Guatema Maya Movemnt at ideology" cited by "many recent observers." the Political Crossroads," Abya Yala News, 8:3 (Fall 1994), pp. 10-13. Analysis of the Maya Indian politi- Stavenhagen, Rodolfo, "Challenging the Nation-State cal movement in Guatemala. Concludes that the in Latin America," Journal of International Affairs," movement has great potential for gaining political 45:2 (Winter 1992), pp. 421-440. This brief paper by power but so far falls short of achieving its promise. one of Mexico's most highly regarded social scientists The Army is a significant barrier to achievement of presents a clear and succinct survey of changing rela- true power. tions between the state and Indians in Latin America. This article provides important background for under- standing current state-Indian relations in the region. 95
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. 205 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.