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Contents: The challenge in Panama, by Larry L. Pippin; Costa Rica: mighty midget, by C. Harvey Gardiner; Turmoil in the Dominican Republic, by Henry Wells; Honduras: problems and prospects, by William S. Stokes; The West Indies after the federation, by Thomas Mathews; Mexico: 1966 and beyond, by Frank Brandenburg; Cuba seven years after, by David D. Burks.

Political, economic, and social changes in the region and individual countries.

Causes of the guerrilla wars and the political instability; military and economic role played by the U.S.; 7 articles.

Central America has been one of the pioneer areas for the United Nations Children's Fund assisted pro grams. When the United Nations Children's Fund, under a broadened mandate from the United Nations, shifted the emphasis of its aid from emergency to long term and from war-torn countries to those economically less developed, Cen tral American governments immediately requested its assist ance to strengthen and extend services to children and mothers. As one of the first areas in the world to aim at the eradication of malaria and to have engaged in an inten sive campaign against malnutrition on a regional basis, the Central American experiences in these fields have become known, watched, and studied by people from many countries. Against this background, international and bilateral organi zations are working together with governments as they broaden the scope and the extent of their programs. Ten years of co-operative action have highlighted the need for train ing of personnel, both professional and auxiliary. This period has also made clear the value of more integrated programs with wider collaboration both within the ministries of government and between the international organizations.

Die Situation in Mittelamerika stellt sich für die USA relativ günstig dar: Zwar ist nicht der Sturz des sandinistischen Regimes gelungen (dieser bleibt auch weiterhin unwahrscheinlich), wohl aber seine Eindämmung; ein Übergreifen der sandinistischen Revolution auf andere Länder ist wegen der dortigen anderen Gegebenheiten nicht zu erwarten (die Anwendung der Domino-Theorie mithin falsch); die UdSSR und Kuba spielen nur eine begrenzte Rolle in der Region. Eine über das gelungene "Containment" hinausgehende Politik des "Roll back" würde eher destabilisierend wirken. (SWP-Whr)