Presidents of Central America, Mexico, Cuba, and Hispaniola

ROBERT J. ALEXANDER is Professor Emeritus of Economics and Political Science, Rutgers University. He was a member of John F. Kennedy's Task Force on Latin America where the Alliance for Progress was developed, and he is a former consultant to the American Federation of Labor and the AFL-CIO on Latin American and Caribbean organized labor. One of the country's most respected scholars of Latin American politics and economic affairs, Professor Alexander is the author or editor of forty-five earlier books, most of them focusing on Latin America and the Caribbean, including The Bolivian National Revolution, the first English-language study of that upheaval, and the history of labor and radical movements.

• Preface Panama Introduction Ricardo Alfaro Arnulfo Arias Ricardo Arias Omar Torrijos Costa Rica Introduction Jose Figueres Otilio Ulate Francisco Orlich Daniel Oduber Rodrigo Carazo Luis Alberto Monge Oscar Arias Nicaragua Introduction Arastasio Somoza Debayle Daniel Ortega Honduras Introduction Tiburcio Carias Andino Juan Manuel Gavez Ramon Villeda Morales El Salvador Introduction Reynaldo Galindo Pohl Oscar Osorio Jose Napoleon Duarte Guatemala Introduction Carlos Castillo Armas Julio Cesar Mendez Mohtemboro Mexico Introduction Miguel de la Madrid Carlos Salinas de Gortari Cuba Introduction Carlos Prio Socarras Manuel Urrutia Fidel Castro Haiti Introduction Dumarsais Estime Paul Magloire Daniel Fignole Leslie Managat Dominican Republic Introduction Joaquin Balaguer Juan Bosch Donald Reid Cabral Antonio GuzMAn Salvador Jorge Blanco