Category: Latin America

Openings and Labyrinths of Latin America’s Left

Openings and Labyrinths of Latin America’s Left

By Benjamin Dangl Published on May 17, 2016 Source: Toward Freedom The new Latin American left, in all its shades of red or pink, has lately been experiencing perhaps its roughest string of months since it came to power. From embattled Venezuela to the possible political death of the Workers’ Party in Brazil, from the…

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The Right Rises Up as Latin American Left Faces Setbacks

The Right Rises Up as Latin American Left Faces Setbacks

By Benjamin Dangl Source: Toward Freedom Published on April 20, 2016 Fidel Castro, in an address to the Cuban Communist Party congress yesterday, spoke of his own mortality, mentioning that soon he will be 90, “but the ideas of Cuban communism will endure.” Earlier this week, Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff was the victim of right wing parliamentary coup efforts;…

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While Left Governments in South America Face Setbacks, Gains of Progressive Period Likely to Endure

While Left Governments in South America Face Setbacks, Gains of Progressive Period Likely to Endure

By Benjamin Dangl Published on December 7, 2015 Source: Toward Freedom It’s hard to tell before the dust settles, and the situation in each country is unique, but it’s very likely that 2015 will be viewed as a critical year for leftist governments in South America. Chavismo took a blow yesterday in the country’s Parliamentary…

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Dancing with Dynamite in Latin America: Looking Back at Half a Decade of Political Struggle

Dancing with Dynamite in Latin America: Looking Back at Half a Decade of Political Struggle

By Benjamin Dangl Published on November 10, 2015 Source: Toward Freedom This month marks five years since the publication of my bookDancing with Dynamite: Social Movements and States in Latin America, (AK Press). Thanks to everyone who has read, borrowed, pirated, or stolen it. The dance with dynamite between social movements and states in Latin…

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Eduardo Galeano’s Words Walk the Streets of a Continent

Eduardo Galeano’s Words Walk the Streets of a Continent

By Benjamin Dangl April 13, 2015 Source: Toward Freedom The world lost one of its great writers today. Uruguayan author Eduardo Galeano died at age 74 in Montevideo. He left a magical body of work behind him, and his reach is as wide as his continent. During Argentina’s 2001-2002 economic crisis, Galeano’s words walked down…

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Washington Should Follow Latin America’s Lead in Condemning Israel’s War on Palestine

Washington Should Follow Latin America’s Lead in Condemning Israel’s War on Palestine

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