Category: Latin America
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Has the Giant Awoken?
Understanding the Mass Protest Movement in Brazil with three Brazilian activists: Rubem Silva, Mariana Faraz Duarte and Samia Bomfim. Watch video »
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Brazil: Private Transit, Public Protests
São Paulo has some of the worst traffic in the world. Workers’ daily commutes can be over two hours – one way – without ever leaving the city. Rain or … Keep reading »
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Hugo Chávez and the Bolivarian Revolution: Legacy and Challenges
The death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez has prompted the international left to acknowledge two key features about him and Venezuela’s Bolivarian Revolution. The first is Chávez’s commitment to fighting … Keep reading »
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Chronicle of a Death Foretold: The Post-Chávez Venezuelan Conjuncture
On live television, Venezuelan Vice-President Nicolás Maduro choked on his words. Hugo Chávez, the improbable President, born in the rural poverty of Sabaneta, in the state of Barinas, in 1954 … Keep reading »
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A Posthumous Message to Hugo Chávez
Dear Hugo, Who would think that the man, full of vitality, who I met nearly 11 years ago in an airplane that flew us toward El Vigía, and who was … Keep reading »
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Working-Class Response to Devaluation Measures in Venezuela
We agree that the government decision to devalue the Bolivar can be an important step toward providing greater funds for social programs and the state budget at all levels, reducing … Keep reading »
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Learning to Govern Ourselves: Venezuela’s National Network of Commoners
News of the deterioration of Chávez’s health has Venezuelans increasingly worried. While top government officials and opposition members were meeting behind closed doors in early December to discuss their next … Keep reading »
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21st Century Eco-Socialism? Struggles over Nature in Venezuela
Santiago Arconada was the first Community Coordinator for the Caracas metropolitan region of HIDROCAPITAL, the city’s water utility, and subsequently held several prominent positions in HIDROVEN, the national water company. … Keep reading »
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Haiti’s New Dictatorship
What constitutes a dictatorship? Haiti had an election in 2006, which the popular candidate won. It had an election in 2011, which had one of the lowest turnouts in recent … Keep reading »
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Venezuelan Opposition Fails to Make Counterproposal
The Plan of the Nation for the 2013-2019 period, proposed by President Hugo Chavez last June in the context of his socialist platform for the 2012 presidential election, stopped being … Keep reading »
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Puerto Rico Elections: New Partido del Pueblo Trabajador to Challege Neoliberal Parties
After years of strategic dialogue and an arduous process of electoral inscription, Puerto Rico can now count on an organized alternative, a political party that is committed to defending the … Keep reading »
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Paramilitarism in the Age of Democracy
On August 20, 2012, retired Colombian military general Mauricio Santoyo, former security chief for ex-president Alvaro Uribe, pled guilty to working with the right-wing paramilitary organization, the United Self Defence … Keep reading »