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...political side too, the Administration seemed to be going through preparatory exercises and building a case for intervention. Madeleine Albright, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., announced that Washington had signed up 12 Latin-American and Caribbean countries to contribute troops to a post- Cedras peacekeeping force in Haiti. (She may have gone too far. A White House official later said the 12 "were countries with whom we have had conversations. They have not necessarily agreed to participate.") Meanwhile, the State Department put out additional reports of murders and rapes committed by the Haitian regime...
Indeed, the bandoneon (an instrument similar to the accordion, but more challenging to play and used almost exclusively in tango music) is not an instrument with mass appeal, and Latin-American tango music...well, let's just say that it's not suprising that Piazzolla doesn't have the same sort of following that Prince...
...When I first arrived, here, I thought there was a lack of courses offered in Latin-American studies, and I did feel frustrated," says Alejandro Ramirez '94, president of the Harvard University Mexican Association...
...Latin American countries. As I've been here, [though], I've seen a real effort on Harvard's part," Ramirez says. "For instance, Professor [John H.] Coatsworth is here now, offering a new course, I've just found out the university is planning to open a center for Latin-American studies...
...professors that teach Latin-American courses are some of the best in the world," said Edmundo Gonzales '95, former president of the Forum on Hispanic Affairs. "I'm quite satisfied...