Since 1982, the Inter-American Dialogue has brought together a distinguished panel of concerned citizens from the United States, Canada, Latin America, and the Caribbean to review and make recommendations for action on hemispheric issues. The 1988 report, while it finds new impetus for peace in
Central America, focuses on the problems which still threaten peace and stability throughout the
Americas-Latin American trade debt; drug abuse; expanding populations, economic depression and political violence in Central America; and the continued threat of military intervention in the political affairs of young
democracies. "The Americas in 1988" provides in-depth discussion of each of these issues…
