Socialism

 Issue Editor: Arturo Ezquerro-CañeteSummary:This issue examines Paraguay’s prolonged transition from dictatorship to democracy, highlighting the enduring legacies of authoritarianism, political clientelism, and elite dominance. Through historical and political-economic analyses, contributors explore how the Colorado Party’s continued influence, state capture by economic elites, and the expansion of agro-extractivism have undermined democratic consolidation and reinforced social and territorial inequalities. Particular attention is given to agribusiness, land dispossession, and Indigenous and campesino struggles, emphasizing grassroots resistance and alternative approaches to land rights, ecological sustainability, and democratic transformation.TABLE OF CONTENTS | PURCHASE THIS ISSUE

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

November 2024 Volume 51 Number 6Issue Editors: Daniela Andrade and Sergio CoronadoSummary:This issue of Latin American Perspectives examines the rise of authoritarian populism in Latin America and the Caribbean and its relationship to rural politics, social movements, and struggles for emancipation. Through regional analysis and case studies from Brazil, Bolivia, Guatemala, and Venezuela, contributors explore how political transitions, agribusiness expansion, and extractivism have shaped rural communities and intensified tensions between governments and grassroots movements. Highlighting strategies of resistance and alternative political practices, the issue considers the role of rural movements in advancing food sovereignty, agrarian justice, and transformative approaches to development beyond state-centered politics.  TABLE OF CONTENTS | PURCHASE THIS ISSUE PodCast

 Issue Editors: Edgars Martínez Navarrete and Richard Stahler-SholkSummary:This issue of Latin American Perspectives, the first of a two-part series, examines Indigenous autonomy movements across Latin America as forms of resistance to neoliberal capitalism, extractivism, and territorial dispossession. Through theoretical analyses and historical case studies, contributors explore diverse approaches to self-determination, communal governance, and the defense of Indigenous territories and identities. Highlighting the experiences of movements such as the Zapatistas, the Purépecha community of Cherán, and the Mapuche, the issue examines the tensions between Indigenous autonomy and state institutions while considering alternative visions of development rooted in collective rights, decolonial perspectives, and social justice.  TABLE OF CONTENTS | PURCHASE THIS ISSUE PodCast

  Issue Editors: Edgars Martínez Navarrete and Richard Stahler-SholkSummary:This issue of Latin American Perspectives, the first of a two-part series, examines Indigenous autonomy movements across Latin America as forms of resistance to neoliberal capitalism, extractivism, and territorial dispossession. Through theoretical analyses and historical case studies, contributors explore diverse approaches to self-determination, communal governance, and the defense of Indigenous territories and identities. Highlighting the experiences of movements such as the Zapatistas, the Purépecha community of Cherán, and the Mapuche, the issue examines the tensions between Indigenous autonomy and state institutions while considering alternative visions of development rooted in collective rights, decolonial perspectives, and social justice.     TABLE OF CONTENTS | PURCHASE THIS ISSUE PodCast

  Issue Editors: Nemer E. Narchi, Gustavo G. M. Moura, and George Leddy Summary:This issue of Latin American Perspectives critically examines the expansion of the blue economy in Latin America, exploring the contradictions between promises of sustainable ocean development and the realities of capitalist accumulation, environmental degradation, and social dispossession. Through case studies from Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Chile, Ecuador, Cuba, and Uruguay, contributors investigate how policies promoting industrial fishing, aquaculture, tourism, marine conservation, and coastal infrastructure development contribute to ocean grabbing, the privatization of marine resources, and the displacement of Indigenous, Afro-descendant, and small-scale fishing communities. The articles highlight the historical and contemporary processes shaping coastal territories, the unequal distribution of environmental and economic burdens, and the strategies of resistance developed by marginalized communities. Emphasizing the principles of blue justice and social oceanography, the issue advocates for alternative approaches to marine governance that recognize traditional knowledge, cultural identities, collective territorial rights, and community participation, challenging dominant development models and envisioning more equitable and ecologically sustainable relationships with the ocean.     TABLE OF CONTENTS | PURCHASE THIS ISSUE PodCast

Political developments in Brazil in February of 2024 have raised hopes that the perpetrators of the attempted coup of January 8th 2022 in Brasilia will finally be brought to justice. It is perhaps serendipitous that publication of our current Latin American Perspectives issue, though delayed by a few months, should come to press at this moment. Contained within its pages readers will find many articles which discuss some of the most important events and topics leading up to the coup attempt as well as its repercussions. In this issue readers will find information about a variety of crucial topics important for understanding the current state of Brazil, as well as gain insights into its future direction. Articles detail the political rise of Bolsonaro and his administration and the American involvement in the “long coup” which targeted the PT and Dilma Roussef which ultimately helped to place Bolsonaro in the presidency. Also discussed is the rise of the “new right”, a hybrid of neoconservative ideologies with neoliberal economic philosophies, as well as the contradictions between Bolsonaro’s populist nationalist rhetoric and the purposeful dismantling of the social welfare infrastructure while submitting to international economic interests, and the market capitalization of healthcare and [...]