Steve Ellner
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Venezuela’s presidential elections: Maduro plays hardball but there are drawbacks
Steve Ellner lays down the political stakes and US meddling ahead of Venezuela's electoral race.
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Objective conditions in Venezuela: Maduro’s defensive strategy and contradictions among the people
Steve Ellner — The war on Venezuela, along with other unfavorable conditions, lent itself to Maduro’s defensive strategy. However, that approach was not without a major risk.
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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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Brazil: What Washington most fears in president-elect Lula
Steve Ellner - What has Washington most worried is the reemergence of a powerful non-aligned movement and the prospect that a progressive like Lula be situated at its helm.