Latin American Left

Hacer o
no hacer: los gobiernos progresistas de Argentina, Brasil y Uruguay frente a las
privatizaciones enero de 2007
Por Daniel Chavez
Las privatizaciones ponen a los gobiernos progresistas ante un dilema. Así lo pone de manifiesto este artículo, que presenta un panorama comparativo de las diversas posiciones asumidas por los gobiernos de Argentina, Brasil y Uruguay ante la disyuntiva de Estado versus mercado y de las perspectivas de gestión de las empresas públicas, especialmente en la provisión de servicios.
Publicado en Privatizaciones, 15 años después, Nueva Sociedad 207, Enero/ Febrero 2007

Creación del partido único: ¿Aborto del debate sobre el Socialismo del Siglo XXI?
Edgardo Lander, 25 December 2006
Those who do not learn from history
By Edgardo Lander
Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez followed his re-election in December by announcing a new political party to be 'with him in government'. Edgardo Lander, a Venezuelan academic who has played an active part in the country's revolutionary process, explains his doubts about such an approach to building socialism for the 21st century.

Mexico and its two governments, two different projects for the country 4 December 2006
Manuel Pérez Rocha L. and Andrés Peñaloza Méndez
Felipe Calderon of the conservative pro-US National Action Party (PAN) was sworn in as Mexico’s president after the Federal Tribunal rejected the opposition’s demand for a full recount of the votes, despite serious evidence of fraud. The legitimate government, argue the authors, is the people’s government established by the left, and the legitimate president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.

Confrontation in Bolivia over Agrarian Reform 5 December 2006
By Roger Burbach

Tropical Blair or Axis of Hope? December 2006
By Hilary Wainwright
Hilary Wainwright returns form Sao Paolo to report on how social movements are preparing for President Lula's second term

Popular revolt in Oaxaca
Luis Hernández Navarro
Transnational Institute, 16 November 2006

Lula without illusions 31 October 2006
By Hilary Wainwright

Introduction to Brazilian edition of In the Eye of the Storm: Left-wing activists discuss the political crisis in Brazil - in Spanish and Portuguese
Marcos Arruda, October 2006

Lula's Presidential Victory in Brazil Opens up Challenge From Below 30 October 2006
By Roger Burbach

International seminar: The Economic Policies of the Latin American Left in Government
Centro de Formación para la Integración Regional
Av. Joaquín Suárez, 3568 Montevideo, Uruguay
25-27 October 2006

Roger Burbach Bachelet refuses to budge in Washington The Guardian, 9 June 2006

Roger Burbach Bush Squares Off with Bolivia and Venezuela over Hemispheric Model 26 May 2006

Roger Burbach Bolivia's Radical Realignment Under Evo Morales 5 May 2006

Research Project:
The Economic Policies of the Latin American Left in Government
La política económica de la izquierda latinoamericana en el gobierno
TNI New Politics Programme, April 2006
The Madison Dialogue, a network of researchers and political activists from Latin America sponsored by TNI New Politics Programme and the Havens Center of the University of Wisconsin-Madison is launching a new comparative research project focused on the economic policies of the progressive governments of the region: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Venezuela, Bolivia and Uruguay. The project is coordinated by TNI Fellow Daniel Chavez.

Participation lite: the watering down of people power in Porto Alegre May 2006
Daniel Chavez

Venezuela's new model army April 2006
Hilary Wainwright

In the Eye of the Storm:
Left-wing activists discuss the political crisis in Brazil
Edited by Hilary Wainwright and Sue Branford
TNI, January 2006

En el ojo del huracán:
Visiones de militantes de izquierda sobre la crisis política de Brasil
Editado por Hilary Wainwright y Sue Branford
TNI, enero de 2006

Hilary Wainwright The Lesson From Lula: South America's New Generation of Leftwing Leaders Would Do Well to Heed Brazil's Experience (with Sue Branford) The Guardian, 21 December 2005

Seven theses on Latin American social movements and political change - A tribute to André Gunder Frpk (1929-2005) October 2005
Kees Biekart

A Summary Execution. Hilary Wainwright interviews Celso Amorin, Brazil's foreign minister, 30 September 2005

Hilary Wainwright Lula's lament TNI Website, 21 September 2005
The success of the Brazilian Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT), or Workers Party, acted as a beacon to the left worldwide. Now it has been revealed that it was governing on the basis of systematic corruption. Hilary Wainwright reports on how the quest for power perverted the PT and subverted democracy

La nueva izquierda en América Latina
Sus orígenes y trayectoria futura
César A. Rodríguez Garavito, Patrick S. Barrett, Daniel Chavez (eds.)
Grupo Editorial Norma, April 2005

Democratise Democracy. Towards Participatory Budgeting in Uruguay [PDF document]
TNI Website, August 2004
Policy research working document by Daniel Chavez
On 31 October 2004 Uruguay will have a crucial election. According to recent polls a coalition of progressive parties and movements will win the national government. As a contribution to the programmatic debate and drawing on previous investigations on participatory democracy conducted by several researchers in the framework of TNI New Politics Project, Daniel Chavez prepared a working document towards the creation of a nation-wide participatory budgeting system. With supporting research by economists, lawyers and social scientists from Delaraiz, an Uruguayan co-operative of young researchers, a comprehensive proposal is expected to be ready before the end of November. Delaraiz's work is being supported by TNI Young Fellows Programme.

Daniel Chavez The PT loses Sao Paulo and Porto Alegre:
The end of a cycle for the Brazilian Left? TNI Website, 2 November 2004

Patrick Bond Assessing the Latin American Left (part 2) TNI Website, 23 June 2004
Report on the conference The New Latin American Left: Origins and Future Trajectory. In this second part Bond reports on four countries that were recently captured by leftists (Venezuela, Brazil and Ecuador), or are about to be (Uruguay).

Patrick Bond Assessing the Latin American Left (part 1) Znet, 11 May 2004
Report on the conference The New Latin American Left: Origins and Future Trajectory. The dissatisfaction with the disastrous neo-liberal policies in Latin America and the failure of democratic reforms have pushed people to rethink their political strategies and the new wave of Left governments and movements has spread throughout the region. Representatives of movements and parties from ten Latin American countries gathered at the conference "The New Latin American Left: Origins and Future Trajectory", organised by TNI and the Haven's Center at the University of Wisconsin. Patrick Bond reports.

Marcos Arruda O PT como poder e contra-poder ALAI, América Latina en Movimiento, 26 February 2004
With the fears of Brazil's Lula government distancing itself from its electorate, Arruda advocates stronger citizen participation, a government which responds to the daily needs of its citizens.

Daniel Chavez Brazil 2002: The Victory of the da Silvas TNI Website, 31 October 2002

Tom Blickman Hope Triumphed Over Fear. Lula Wins Presidential Elections in Brazil TNI Website, 28 October 2002

Martha Harnecker Forging a Union of the Party Left and the Social Left TNI Website, January 2002

Kintto Lucas Ante el II Congreso Nacional de Pachakutik en Ecuador. Miguel Lluco dice sus verdades 30 August 2001

Marta Harnecker América Latina: Tarea estrategica: Articular izquierda partidaria e izquierda social para construir un gran bloque social antineoliberal Trabajo para el foro mundial de alternativas. Investigación: "El mundo visto desde sus pueblos", 21 August 2001

Hilary Wainwright Home Thoughts from Brazil Red Pepper, March 2001