Clippings of Latin American political, social and economic news from various English language newspapers.

Contains scholarly evaluations of books and book chapters as well as conference papers and articles published worldwide in the field of Latin American studies. Covers social sciences and the humanities in alternate years.

Research report on the status of information systems and information services in Latin America - presents a review of recent progress in the planning and development of librarys and information services in the field of science and technology, discusses national level and international technical cooperation programmes and agencies, and includes recommendations for international cooperation. List of abbreviations and acronyms, references and statistical tables.