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"Revolutionary Legacies in the 21st Century"
March/April 2009: On the occasion of the Cuban Revolution's 50th anniversary, this Report examines legacies of revolution throughout Latin America. Besides the Cuban landmark, the year 2009 also marks other important anniversaries in the Americas: Hugo Chávez's Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela is now a decade old; the Sandinista revolution in Nicaragua took place 30 years ago; and Mexico is approaching the centennial of its 1910 revolution, as well as the bicentennial of its War of Independence. These anniversaries represent an auspicious moment for us to pause and critically reflect on how the region's revolutionary past lives in the present. This is a particularly useful task today, given the unprecedented political changes under way, with eight South American and, possibly by April, two Central American countries having elected governments generally considered left or center-left.
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El Salvador Left Poised for Election Victory
by Erica Thompson
Polls on the March 15 presidential vote show the election will likely open a new progressive chapter in El Salvador's long, violent history of war and dictatorships with a victory by the leftist FMLN, which is promising to build a people-centered government. But the right is not taking its impending defeat lightly; it has been orchestrating a massive fear campaign and has worked feverishly to secure corporate-driven development contracts before its rule is set to expire.
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Response to Ross: A Second Look at the EZLN's Festival of Dignified Rage
by Hillary Klein
A long-time Zapatista supporter responds to an article by journalist John Ross in which he harshly criticizes EZLN spokesman Subcomandante Marcos and dismisses the Zapatistas' Dignified Rage Festival. Klein writes, "Ross criticizes the New York Times article about tourism in Chiapas as a 'self-serving hit piece' and then goes on to write a hit piece himself."
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Brazil: New Challenge from the Left?
by Max Ajl
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and his Workers' Party (PT) have faced strong criticism from the left since the beginning of Lula's first term in 2003. Although the 2010 presidential elections are still distant, some sectors disillusioned by the Lula administration are already attempting to build a left-leaning alternative to the PT. And, for now, it seems that effort is resonating with the Brazilian electorate.
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