Emelio Betances, Professor of Sociology and Latin American Studies, published a Spanish language edition of The Catholic Church and Power Politics in Latin America: The Dominican Case in Comparative Perspective (Rowman and Littlefield, 2007). Translated by the Argentine poet Esteban Moore, the Spanish edition is titled La Iglesia Católica y la politica del poder en América Latina: el caso dominicano en perspectiva comparada and was published by Funglede, 2009. Betances's book examines the mediator role played by the Catholic Church in Latin American political conflict since the 1960s, finding the Dominican case notable in the extent to which the Church's role became institutionalized.