South America, Central America and the Caribbean 2027

PART ONE: Topical Essays The Caribbean Court of Justice: Furthering Independence and Decolonization? Dr SAFIYA ALI Latin America’s Energy Crisis Prof. LISA M. GLIDDEN Republicanism, Reparations and Reform: Will the Commonwealth Caribbean Become `Totally Free’? Prof. PETER CLEGG The Caribbean and China: Evolving Relations, A Caribbean Perspective Dr ANTONIO ALLEYNE Religion in Latin America and the Caribbean: Past, Present and Possible Futures MANOELA CARPENEDO PART TWO: Country Surveys ANGUILLA History MARK WILSON Economy MARK WILSON ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA History MARK WILSON Economy MARK WILSON ARGENTINA History Dr CHRISTOPHER WYLDE Economy Dr CHRISTOPHER WYLDE ARUBA THE BAHAMAS History Prof. ANNE ULENTIN Economy Prof. OLIVIA SAUNDERS BARBADOS History Dr HENDERSON CARTER Economy DELISLE WORRELL BELIZE History PHILIP CASTILLO Economy PHILIP CASTILLO BERMUDA BOLIVIA History Dr ANGUS McNELLY Economy Dr ANGUS McNELLY BONAIRE BRAZIL History Prof. FRANCISCO PANIZZA Economy Prof. MAURO RODRIGUES THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS THE CAYMAN ISLANDS CHILE History Dr MATTHIAS ERLANDSEN Economy Dr IVAN LUZARDO-LUNA COLOMBIA History JORGE LUIS FABRA-ZAMORA and ANDRÉS MOLINA-OCHOA Economy Dr IVAN LUZARDO-LUNA COSTA RICA History Dr DAVID DÍAZ ARIAS Economy Dr ANTHONY GOEBEL McDERMOTT CUBA History Dr STEPHEN WILKINSON Economy Dr EMILY MORRIS CURAÇAO DOMINICA History MARK WILSON Economy MARK WILSON THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC History DAVID LEA Economy DAVID LEA ECUADOR History Dr MARC BECKER Economy Dr ESTEBAN NICHOLLS ANDRADE EL SALVADOR History HILARY GOODFRIEND Economy HILARY GOODFRIEND THE FALKLAND ISLANDS FRENCH GUIANA History Dr NATHALIE MRGUDOVIC Economy Dr NATHALIE MRGUDOVIC GRENADA History MARK WILSON Economy MARK WILSON GUADELOUPE History Dr NATHALIE MRGUDOVIC Economy Dr NATHALIE MRGUDOVIC GUATEMALA History Prof. MICHAEL E. ALLISON and Dr LUCAS PERELLÓ Economy Prof. MICHAEL E. ALLISON GUYANA History Dr DIANNA DASILVA-GLASGOW Economy Dr THOMAS SINGH HAITI History Dr STEPHEN WILKINSON Economy CARL-HENRI PROPHÈTE HONDURAS History Dr ANDRÉS LEÓN ARAYA Economy Prof. ROBERT E. LOONEY JAMAICA History Dr CAROL NELSON Economy Dr CHRISTINE CLARKE MARTINIQUE History Dr NATHALIE MRGUDOVIC Economy Dr NATHALIE MRGUDOVIC MEXICO History Prof. FRANCISCO E. GONZÁLEZ Economy Prof. FRANCISCO E. GONZÁLEZ MONTSERRAT History MARK WILSON Economy MARK WILSON NICARAGUA History Prof. ROBERT E. LOONEY Economy Prof. ROBERT E. LOONEY PANAMA History Prof. JULIE M. BUNCK Economy Prof. JULIE M. BUNCK PARAGUAY History Prof. PETER LAMBERT Economy FABIOLA MARTÍNEZ CABRERA PERU History Dr RONALD BRUCE ST JOHN Economy Dr ESTEBAN NICHOLLS ANDRADE PUERTO RICO History Prof. EMILIO PANTOJAS GARCÍA Economy Dr MIGUEL A. RIVERA-QUIÑONES SABA SAINT-BARTHÉLEMY SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS History MARK WILSON Economy MARK WILSON SAINT LUCIA History MARK WILSON Economy MARK WILSON SAINT-MARTIN SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES History MARK WILSON Economy MARK WILSON SINT EUSTATIUS SINT MAARTEN SOUTH GEORGIA AND THE SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS SURINAME History Prof. WIL HOUT Economy Prof. WIL HOUT TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO History Dr RADICA MAHASE Economy KEVIN BALDEOSINGH THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS THE UNITED STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS URUGUAY History Prof. FRANCISCO PANIZZA Economy Prof. FRANCISCO PANIZZA VENEZUELA History Prof. Dr ANNA AYUSO and Prof. Dr SUSANNE GRATIUS Economy Prof. Dr ANNA AYUSO and Prof. Dr SUSANNE GRATIUS PART THREE: Regional Information REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS MAJOR COMMODITIES OF LATIN AMERICA RESEARCH INSTITUTES SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY (BOOKS) SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY (PERIODICALS) INDEX OF REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Biography

Europa Publications’ regional publications are compiled by a team of editors and researchers, with introductory and country-specific material provided by specialists in their field: Dr Safiya Ali. Lecturer in Law at the University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago, and Attorney-at-Law specializing in international law, international organizations and regional integration. Dr Antonio Alleyne. Lecturer in Economics at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados. Prof. Michael E. Allison. Professor and Chair of Political Science at the University of Scranton, Scranton, PA, USA. Prof. Dr Anna Ayuso. Senior Research Fellow at Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB), Barcelona, Spain. Kevin Baldeosingh. Writer specializing in the economic history of Trinidad and Tobago. Dr Marc Becker. Professor of History, Latin American History, at Truman State University, Kirksville, MO, USA. Prof. Julie M. Bunck. Professor of Political Science at the University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA. Dr Manoela Carpenedo. Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Groningen, Netherlands. Dr Henderson Carter. Head of the Department of History and Philosophy in the Faculty of Humanities and Education at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, Barbados. Dr Philip J. Castillo. Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Management and Social Sciences, University of Belize, Belmopan, Belize. Dr Christine Clarke. Deputy Dean and Senior Lecturer in the Department of Economics, University of the West Indies at Mona, Jamaica. Prof. Peter Clegg. Professor in Politics and International Relations and Head of the School of Social Sciences at the University of the West of England, Bristol, United Kingdom. Dr Dianna DaSilva-Glasgow. Senior Lecturer and Dean in the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Guyana, Georgetown, Guyana. Dr David Díaz Arias. Full Professor in the School of History at the University of Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica. Dyon Elliott. Writer and researcher specializing in Belizean affairs. Dr Matthias Erlandsen. Independent researcher in Latin American affairs. Prof. Jorge Luis Fabra-Zamora. Associate Professor at the University at Buffalo School of Law, New York, USA. Prof. Lisa M. Glidden. Professor of Politics and Director of Global and International Studies at the Great Lakes Institute, State University of New York (SUNY), Oswego, New York, USA. Dr Anthony Goebel McDermott. Full Professor in the School of History at the University of Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica. Prof. Francisco E. González. Senior Associate Professor in International Political Economy and Latin American Politics at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, Washington, DC, USA. Dr Hilary Goodfriend. Postdoctoral Researcher in the Institute of Geography at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico, member of the North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA) editorial collective and editor for the Latin American Perspectives journal. Prof. Dr Susanne Gratius. Professor of International Law at the Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain. Prof. Wil Hout. Professor of Governance and International Political Economy in the International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands. Prof. Peter Lambert. Head of the Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies (PoLIS) at the University of Bath, United Kingdom. David Lea. Writer and analyst on Europe and the Spanish-speaking world. Dr Andrés León Araya. Assistant Professor in the Department of International Studies at Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA. Prof. Robert E. Looney. Late Distinguished Emeritus Professor, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, USA. Dr Ivan Luzardo-Luna. Senior Fellow in the Department of Economics at the University of Pennsylvania, PA, USA. Dr Radica Mahase. Senior Lecturer in History at the College of Science, Technology and Applied Arts of Trinidad and Tobago, Chaguanas, Trinidad and Tobago. Fabiola Martínez Cabrera. Research Assistant in the Center for Latin American Studies at Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA. Dr Angus McNelly. Lecturer in International Development (Politics) at King’s College London, United Kingdom. Dr Andrés Molina-Ochoa. Assistant Professor of Philosophy at South Texas College, TX, USA, and member of the Research Group in Theory of Law and Legal Education. Dr Emily Morris. Honorary Senior Research Associate in the Economic Development of Latin America and the Caribbean at University College London’s Institute of the Americas, United Kingdom. Dr Nathalie Mrgudovic. Political Scientist specializing in the French Overseas Territories. Dr Carol Nelson. Lecturer in the Department of Government, University of the West Indies at Mona, Jamaica. Dr Esteban Nicholls. Associate Professor in Social and Global Studies at the Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar, Quito, Ecuador. Prof. Francisco Panizza. Professor of Latin American and Comparative Politics at the London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom. Prof. Emilio Pantojas García. Senior Researcher and Professor of Sociology at the Institute of Caribbean Studies, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, Puerto Rico. Dr Lucas Perelló. Assistant Professor of Political Science at Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA. Carl-Henri Prophète. Former Deputy Director of the Economic Analysis Department at the Central Bank of Haiti; Economic Consultant; Lecturer in Economic Policy at Quisqueya University, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Dr Miguel A. Rivera-Quiñones. Project Lead, EU-AU Climate Deal Negotiations Research in the Department of Economics and Business Economics at Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands. Prof. Mauro Rodrigues. Professor in the Department of Economics, University of São Paulo, Brazil. Prof. Olivia Saunders. Professor of Banking, Finance and Economics in the Faculty of Business Studies at the University of The Bahamas. Dr Thomas B. Singh. Director of the GREEN Institute and Senior Lecturer in the Department of Economics at the University of Guyana, Georgetown, Guyana. Dr Ronald Bruce St John. Independent scholar specializing in the political economy of developing states. Prof. Anne Ulentin. Lecturer in the Department of English Studies, Faculty of Languages, Cultures and Communication at the Université Clermont-Auvergne, France. Dr Stephen Wilkinson. Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at the University of Buckingham, United Kingdom. Mark Wilson. Writer and researcher specializing in Caribbean affairs. DeLisle Worrell. International economic consultant, member of the Bretton Woods Committee, Washington, DC, and of the Bermuda Financial Policy Council, and former Governor of the Central Bank of Barbados. Dr Christopher Wylde. Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations in the Department of Business, Law and Society at St Mary’s University, Twickenham, United Kingdom. Dr Harold A. Young. Lecturer in Political Science at the University of Belize, Belmopan, Belize.