Stephen Kinzer

Unification has proved a mixed blessing for long-prosperous Germany. Unless progressive leadership can be found, neo-Nazis may fill the void

While all around it dictatorships weaken and fall, Guatemala’s government maintains its ironfisted rule.

In Nicaragua , battered by warfare and economic disaster, support for President Anastasio Somoza is virtually nonexistent. But the forces allied against the dictator are by no means united among themselves.

Castro faces his country's difficulties