Elections in Venezuela and Chile Advance Left Agenda and Latin American Economic Integration

Elections in Venezuela and Chile Advance Left Agenda and Latin American Economic Integration

In late November, it appeared the right in Latin America might be taking the initiative, but the elections in Venezuela ...
The Other September 11: The Legacy of Chilean Socialism and Salvador Allende

The Other September 11: The Legacy of Chilean Socialism and Salvador Allende

The coup d'etat by General Augusto Pinochet in Chile on September 11, 1973 transformed the history of socialism. Almost a ...
A Cuban Spring?

A Cuban Spring?

This is a fruitful period of experimentation and debate in Cuba. It is now almost seven years since Raúl Castro ...
A Cuban Spring?

A Cuban Spring?

  This is a fruitful period of experimentation and debate in Cuba. It is now almost seven years since Raúl ...
The Historic Strategies of the Latin American Left

The Historic Strategies of the Latin American Left

  The New Mole: Paths of the Latin American Left, by Emir Sader, Verso, 2011, 180 pp., $26.95 (hardback)       ...
The Global Revolt and Latin America

The Global Revolt and Latin America

Along with the Arab Spring, the indignados movement of Spain, and Occupy Wall Street, Latin America also played a role ...
Hank Frundt, ¡Presente!

Hank Frundt, ¡Presente!

Henry J. Frundt, 70, died of cancer September 16 at his home in Montclair, New Jersey. Hank had been a ...
Update: Communitarian Socialism in Bolivia

Update: Communitarian Socialism in Bolivia

When Bolivia's president, Evo Morales, was sworn in to a second term in January, he proclaimed Bolivia a plurinational state ...
Ecuador's President Correa Faces Off With Indigenous and Social Movements

Ecuador’s President Correa Faces Off With Indigenous and Social Movements

Beginning his fourth year as president of Ecuador, Rafael Correa confronts a major challenge from some of the very social ...
Et Tu, Daniel? The Sandinista Revolution Betrayed

Et Tu, Daniel? The Sandinista Revolution Betrayed

Daniel Ortega's presidency, the "second stage of the Sandinista Revolution," as he called it, has been characterized by sectarianism, authoritarianism, ...
Et Tu, Daniel? The Sandinista Revolution Betrayed

Et Tu, Daniel? The Sandinista Revolution Betrayed

Upon his inauguration as Nicaraguan president in January 2007, Daniel Ortega asserted that his government would represent “the second stage ...
Treating Bolivia as a Sovereign Partner

Treating Bolivia as a Sovereign Partner

A progressive U.S. policy toward bolivia must confront three major thrusts of Washington’s current Latin America policy: (1) the war ...
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