COVID-19 CORONAVIRUS: PANDEMIC POLITICS IN LATIN AMERICA HEALTH AS ASSET, HEALTH AS RIGHT
January 2025 Volume 52 Number 1 Issue Editors: Tomás Crowder-Taraborrelli, Alexander Scott, Kristi M. Wilson, and Marina Gold Summary:This issue examines the political, economic, and social consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic in Latin America, highlighting how the crisis exposed and intensified existing inequalities and the contradictions of neoliberal capitalism. Through case studies from across the region, contributors explore the pandemic’s impact on public education, gender inequality, labor conditions, social protections, and government responses, as well as the expansion of digital capitalism and extractivism. Emphasizing the experiences of vulnerable communities, the issue considers the limitations of state responses, emerging forms of resistance, and the importance of collective action in building more equitable postpandemic futures. TABLE OF CONTENTS | PURCHASE THIS ISSUE PodCast