Auteur: Cole Blasier

<b>Cole Blasier (Editor) </b><br> <b>Cole Blasier</b>, Professor of Political Science at the University of Pittsburgh, is author of <i>The Giant's Rival: The USSR and Latin America</i>. Blasier studied or taught at Universities in Chile, Colombia, and Mexico and served as a career foreign service officer in Belgrade, Bonn, Moscow, and Washington. Because of long first-hand experience in official Washington and Moscow and extensive residence in Latin America, Blasier is uniquely qualified to appraise this complex arena of conflict.<br><br><b>Carmelo Mesa-Lago (Editor) </b><br> <b>Carmelo Mesa-Lago</b> is distinguished service professor emeritus of economics and Latin American studies at the University of Pittsburgh. He has published about 90 books in seven languages in 39 countries and received many awards, including the ILO International Prize on Decent Work (shared with Nelson Mandela) for his work on social protection in the world.<br><br>