Table of Contents: “…Mercosur and the uncertainty of democracy / Héctor Alimonda -- Integration scenarios: projects, issues and problems in the southern cone / Elsa Laurelli -- Emergency food aid programmes : the case of Chiapas, Mexico 1994 / martha López -- Liberation leaders in foreign perceptions : thecase of Argentina's Juan perón sfter 1955 / roger Gravil -- Women metalworkers and collective bargaining in Brazil, an interview with Luci de Aguiar / Zélia Roelofse Campbell -- The former brazilian communist party and the development of Brazil's north east in an age of globalization, an interview with Roberto Freire / Zélia Roelofse Campbell -- A brazilian development model: SUDENE of Brazil's north east, an interview with Carlos José Caldas Lins / Zélia Roelofse Campbell -- Cuba: a special situation / Lucía Guerra -- Brazil'North-east -- Guatemala. …”