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The scandalous position of the SÃ£o Paulo forum on Nicaragua

Ernesto Herrera — 2018-10-26T05:15:15Z

July 2018, Havana. On the podium of Heads of State: Miguel DÃaz Canal, RaÃºl Castro (President-Elect and President of Cuba), Nicolás Maduro (Venezuela), Evo Morales (Bolivia), Salvador Sánchez Cerén (El Salvador) opened the sessions of the XXIV SÃ£o Paulo Forum (SPF), the annual summit of Latin American progressivism.

- IV525 - October 2018 / Latin America, Future of socialism (Latin American debate), Nicaragua

Assessing the Pink Tide

Jeffery R Webber — 2017-04-20T09:13:46Z

Assessing the Pink Tide
Pink Tide governments delivered much-needed reforms. But they also defanged the movements that brought them to power.

- IV507 - April 2017 / Brazil, Venezuela, Argentina, Latin America, Ecuador, Bolivia, Future of socialism (Latin American debate)

The Bolivarian Process without Chávez: 2013 a year of uncertainty, 2014 a year of definitions

2014-01-30T15:25:59Z

When on the night of December 8, 2012 Commander Chávez warned something unexpected could happen, many who refused to believe were forced to recognise the gravity of the situation. The Bolivarian process began to live his biggest test in 14 years. A situation that no one wanted pushed us into a time of big challenges. One that would test the ability of the leadership chosen by Chávez to continue the project. The strength of the project itself would also be tested, and above whether it was ready to move forward at pace set by its driving force: the Bolivarian People.

- IV468 - January 2014 / Venezuela, Future of socialism (Latin American debate)

The Politics of Extractivism

Devin Beaulieu and Nancy Postero — 2013-12-20T15:04:47Z

GeopolÃtica de la Amazonia: Poder hacendal-patrimonial y acumulación capitalista (Geopolitics of the Amazon, Landed Hereditary Power and Capitalist Accumulation, 2012) is the latest defense of the politics and policies of Evo Morales' leftist government by its premier intellectual, vice-president Alvaro GarcÃa Linera. As the eloquent public spokesman for Morales' governing strategy since the election of the Movement towards Socialism (MAS) in 2005, GarcÃa Linera has made a name for himself in Latin American leftist thought and political theory. [1]

- Reviews section / Ecology and the Environment, Bolivia, Future of socialism (Latin American debate), Indigenous struggles, Reviews

Neoliberal strategy failing in Cuba

Pedro Campos — 2011-03-15T07:11:33Z

In an update to his article "What the reforms may bring" Pedro Campos looks at the situation in Cuba today.

- IV434 - March 2011 / Cuba, Latin America, Future of socialism (Latin American debate)

Chavez calls for Fifth International

François Sabado — 2009-11-26T18:59:51Z

During an international meeting of left parties held in Caracas from 19-21 November, 2009, Hugo Chavez launched a call for a Fifth Socialist International which, according to him, should bring together left parties and social movements. According to the president of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela, the Fifth International must be “an instrument for the unification and the articulation of the struggle of the peoples to save this planet”. In a world political situation marked by a total crisis of the capitalist system, this is a fact important enough to be underlined.

- IV418 - November 2009 / New parties of the left, Future of socialism (Latin American debate), Debate section

The socialist project has been betrayed and must be reinvented in the 21st century

Éric Toussaint — 2009-04-11T17:58:46Z

Éric Toussaint argues in favour of globalising the anti-capitalist Left and against the social-liberal or social democrat Left, as is to be found in governments such as those of Lula, Gordon Brown, Daniel Ortega or José-Luis Zapatero.

- IV411 - April 2009 / Future of socialism (Latin American debate), Global Justice

Opportunities and obstacles in Venezuela – revolutionary militants gather in Caracas

Stuart Piper — 2007-09-30T15:33:10Z

“Huge opportunities, very great dangers!” That's how one of President Chavez' closest advisers summed up the current situation facing Venezuela's Bolivarian revolution. Haiman el Troudi was addressing a seminar organised by the Fourth International in Caracas in August, to discuss the challenge of socialism in the 21st century, both in Venezuela and in the rest of the region.

- IV392 - September 2007 / Fourth International, Venezuela, Future of socialism (Latin American debate)

Strategies of the Left in Latin America

Claudio Katz — 2007-07-22T16:45:31Z

The call to build socialism of the twenty-first century has re-opened the strategic discussion on the Latin American left. Once again characterizations of socialism and courses of action are being analyzed to advance the socialist objective.

- IV391 - July-August 2007 / Latin America, Future of socialism (Latin American debate)

Twelve comments plus one more, to continue the debate with John Holloway

Daniel Bensaïd — 2006-09-16T18:49:00Z

Daniel Bensaid continues the debate on whether the left can change the world without taking power.

- Daniel Bensaïd archive / Future of socialism (Latin American debate), Daniel Bensaid