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Dispatches from Latin America

Dispatches from Latin America

On the Frontlines Against Neoliberalism

Teo Ballve (Editor); Vijay Prashad (Editor)

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Publisher: South End Press
Format: Book
Binding: pb
Pages: 376
Released: Jan 10, 2008
ISBN-13: 9780896087682

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From the laboratory of neoliberalism—popularly known as "globalization"—Latin America has transformed itself into a launching pad for resistance. As globalization began to spread its devastation, robust and thoughtful opposition emerged in response—in the recovered factory movement of Argentina, in the presidential elections of indigenous leaders and radicals like Hugo Chavez and Evo Morales, against the privatization of water in Bolivia. Across Latin America, people are building social movements to take back control of their countries and their lives. In Dispatches from Latin America, 28 authors report on countries from Mexico to Argentina to map the contemporary political and social territory. Drawn from the pages of the well-respected NACLA Report, this collection offers a riveting series of accounts that bring new insight into the region's struggles and victories. With shrewd analysis rendered in accessible language, Dispatches lays plain the complex and vitally important conditions unfolding in 21st-century Latin America.