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Ecuador: Will Correísmo succeed in surfing the second progressive wave?

Ociel Alí López — With two weeks to go before Ecuador's presidential elections, what obstacles does Correísmo face in defeating its right-wing opponents? Will Luisa González become Ecuador's first elected woman president?
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Is socialism still on Venezuela's horizon?

In a hypothetical therapy session, Andreína Chávez looks at how the Venezuelan government could deal with traumatic events and focus on the path forward.
Plan Pueblo a Pueblo food distribution activity at Mateo Liscano School, Quibor, Venezuela. Photo by Gerardo Rojas.

‘Where danger lies…’: The communal alternative in Venezuela

Chris Gilbert — To frame the ecological promise of Venezuela’s communal project, it is useful to consider some of its main features, and contrast them with the capital system.
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Prioritizing U.S. imperialism in evaluating Latin America’s Pink Tide

Steve Ellner — Two conflicting leftist positions on Latin America’s wave of progressive governments known as the Pink Tide have become increasingly well-defined over the last two decades.
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Latin America’s new Right, “campism” and the need to de-hipsterise the Left: An interview with Pablo Stefanoni

Pablo Stefanoni discusses the situation in South America after the Brazilian elections, the challenges posed by the far-Right, the impact of the Ukraine war and prospects for the Left.

The Latin American left’s setbacks: What does it all mean?

Interview with Steve Ellner by Alan Freeman

Venezuela defines the future of the region

By Claudio Katz, translation by Nicolas Allen

Is Latin America still the US’s 'backyard'?

By Alexander Main September 17,