Steve Ellner
Latin American extractivism – A review
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Review of Latin American Extractiv
Centre-left convergence in Venezuela: A blow to United States intervention
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By Steve Ellner
October 30, 2020 — Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal — Like other Venezuelan centrists, Claudio Fermín – a protege of neoliberal president Carlos Andrés Pérez in the early 1990s – has changed course and now vehemently opposes both US interventionism and his nation’s radical right. His changes show just how much Venezuelan politics have been transformed over the recent past. Since the attempted coup of April 2002, leftist governments have been pitted against a united opposition intent on achieving regime change by any means possible. But now such extreme polarization seems to be weakening.
The Latin American left’s setbacks: What does it all mean?
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Interview with Steve Ellner by Alan Freeman
Regime change in Venezuela: “Made in the USA”
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By Steve Ellner
February 9, 2019 — Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal republished from NACLA: Report on the Americas — Since its outset, the Trump administration has ratcheted up pressure on Venezuela and radicalized its positions. In the process, the Venezuelan opposition has become more and more associated with—and dependent on—Washington and its allies. An example is the opposition protests slated for February 4. The actions were timed to coincide with the European Union’s “ultimatum” stating that they would recognize the shadow government of Juan Guaidó if President Nicolás Maduro did not call elections within a week’s time.
The French yellow vest protests and the politics of alliances: what can be learned?
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Venezuela under siege: Challenges from within and without
Marxist theories of the state played out in Venezuela
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Critiquing Maduro from the left
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