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Venezuela: ‘The revolution is profoundly young’
August 16, 2009 ... overthrown in a US-backed coup that established the brutal dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, Rangel said, "the ... -
Latin America: Social Movements in Times of Economic Crises
August 17, 2009 The most striking aspect of the prolonged and deepening world recession/depression is the relative and absolute passivity of the working and middle class in the face of massive job losses, big cuts in wages, health care and pension payments and mounting housing foreclosures. The Venezuelan social movements retain their vigor in part because of the encouragement of Chavez' leadership, but the movements are also held back by powerful reformist currents in the regime. -
Reclaiming a Continent: Latin American Experiments in Democracy
August 27, 2009 ... widespread repression, torture and disappearances during a dictatorship which began in 1973, it re-emerged as a ... -
Will Venezuelan Destabilization Follow the Honduran Coup?
August 14, 2009 ... top opposition political figures to establish a de facto dictatorship. The scheme followed similar tactics against ... -
Colombian Elites Fear Bolivaran Revolution
August 25, 2009 ... in 1828 a group of conspirators in Bogotá, tiring of his dictatorship, broke into the presidential palace intent on ...