The Latin American Left … For More Information
Catch Late Breaking News Stories about Socialism in Latin America. Of course you’ll want to read about Cuba entering its post-Castro era.
Read Some Provocative Articles:
From Foreign Affairs, a quiet revolution: Francis Fukuyama reviews Forgotten Continent: The Battle for Latin America’s Soul.
A review of Liberty for Latin America: How to Undo Five Hundred Years of State Oppression by Alvaro Vargas Llosa.
From LRB, a review of Pirates of the Caribbean: Axis of Hope by Tariq Ali and Democracy and Revolution: Latin America and Socialism Today by D.L. Raby.
Where did Mexicans come from? They have a choice of “origin myths” — one a tale of betrayal, another a story of beauty.
From Monthly Review, an article on dual power in the Venezuelan Revolution.
From Truthdig, a review of Hugo! by Bart Jones, Changing Venezuela by Gregory Wilpert and Hugo Chavez by Cristina Marcano and Alberto Barrera Tyszka (and more).
Dumb and Dumber: What really ought to concern us about Hugo Chavez is not his strident anti-Americanism, his burgeoning friendship with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, or his flirtation with nuclear technology, but his dangerous incompetence.
Alvaro Vargas Llosa on Evo Morales, the Hugo Chavez of Bolivia.
See Different Points of View by Visiting Blogs about Socialism in Latin America
Surf Some of the Best Websites about Latin America
Political Database of the Americas
Latin American Network Information Center
The Washington Post Interactive Map of Latin America’s New Leftists
Local Experts will Help You Understand
Craig Auchter of Butler University
Steven Jones of IUPUI
