Judith E. Matloff
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Reading Between the Lines
S OMETIMES I THINK I'm crazy when I hear the Fl Salvadorean and U.S. governments deny killings by the National
Source Confirms Massacre Report In El Salvador
A French press correspondent in Quito. Ecuador yesterday confirmed reports that the El Salvadoran military killed 1500 El Salvadoran for
Mexican Poet Carlos Fuentes: At Home Abroad
He's a world-reknowned writer, has been a diplomat, and is now a Fellow at Dartmouth College. For many people, Carlos
Epiphanic Moments
U NLIKE SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR or Gerda Lerner, Jane O'Reilly will probably not go down in history as one of
Somewhere in Argentina...
Every Thursday the women stand in silent protest by the president's palace in Buenos Aires, Argentina. They don't do much--just
Revolution in a Revolution
"I USED TO BE passive," the Nicaraguan woman in fatigues holding a menacing machine gun says, "until I fought in
The New Heart of Darkness
A CCORDING TO SHIVA and V.S. Naipaul, Mistah Kurtz--he ain't dead. His capacity for barbarism is alive in African dictators
The Day of the Hydra
F ELIX MALDONADO woke up one morning to find he lost his face and name. Or rather, Felix Maldonado woke
The Sound is God
For most Americans, Indian music is one of those fads that went out with the '60s. It conjures up images
Visiting Artist Louise Nevelson Discusses Sculpture And Life
"Art is the transcending of materials and presence--it is the highest place we can go," Louise Nevelson, one of America's