July 2026 Volume 53 Number 4
Issue Editors: Kemy Oyarzún and Edgars Martínez Navarrete
Summary:
This issue of Latin American Perspectives, the second of a two-part series, continues the examination of Chile’s neoliberal democracy and the tensions between social mobilization and institutional political change. Through analyses of Indigenous territorial rights, intercultural education, economic dependency, labor movements, and cultural politics, contributors explore how colonial and authoritarian legacies continue to shape the country’s political and social structures. Particular attention is given to the contested memory of the October 2019 uprising, the persistence of institutional barriers to democratic participation, and the historical relationship between religion and left-wing politics. The issue highlights how grassroots struggles continue to challenge entrenched hierarchies despite efforts to contain and institutionalize demands for structural transformation.
