A U.S. Trade Unionist Chats with Her Venezuelan Counterparts and Finds Democratic Common Ground
Last October I arrived in Venezuela a few days prior to the election to try to get a sense of ...
Just How Radical Is President Nicolás Maduro?
The underlying message of Maduro’s campaign was that he was closely tied to the Chávez legacy and would continue where ...
Women and Chavismo: An Interview with Yanahir Reyes
“I feel that women today have more self-esteem, more strength. They are familiar with this topic of rights, and this ...
Communes in Progress: An Interview With Atenea Jiménez
“President Chávez launched the idea of the commune and has promoted its construction. But we are also governing in a ...
The Communal State: Communal Councils, Communes, and Workplace Democracy
The character of the Bolivarian process—Chavismo—lies in the understanding that social transformation can be constructed from two directions, “from above” ...
Introduction: Chavismo After Chávez
It is not the intention of this report to pass final, or even interim, judgment on the 14-year presidency of ...
Contested Development: The Geopolitics of Bolivia’s TIPNIS Conflict
The protracted conflict over construction of a highway through the Isiboro-Sécure Indigenous Territory and National Park (TIPNIS) in the Bolivian ...
Mexico: Prosperous, Competitive, Undergoing an Economic Renaissance?
It was startling to find the New York Times situating Mexico at the top of a list of five Latin ...
