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Solidarity: A Middle Ground for a New Era
by Teo BallvéShould constructive criticism of Latin America's left-leaning governments play a role in North American solidarity activism? Can this criticism be made without playing into the hands of reactionaries? Can critiques be made without reproducing paternalistic North American finger wagging? Yes, but with an important caveat.
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From Colombia to Guatemala: Carnival Takes Back the Streets
by Susan Fitzpatrick Behrens
For centuries, carnivals throughout Latin America have given revelers the chance to enjoy a brief suspension of a typically rigid social order. A group of activists have been using the carnival model as a collective weapon of peaceful transformation against violence, fear, and silence. From Colombia to Guatemala, the carnival is taking back the streets one block at a time, and what began as a carnival procession has turned into a movement.
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Beyond the Four Freedoms: Obama and Sovereignty
by Greg Grandin
To get a sense of what Barack Obama's foreign policy will be, we should watch Latin America. The region has long lived like the proverbial canary in a coal mine, a reliable indicator of what's in store for the rest of the world when circumstances prompt Washington to shift diplomatic direction. There's been much talk lately about Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the New Deal, some of it generated by Obama himself, who has cited FDR's Four Freedoms-of speech and religion and from want and fear-to signal what his diplomatic priorities will be.
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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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NACLA Seeks Research Associates
The North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA) seeks volunteer Research Associates with background in Latin American studies and/or journalism to periodically contribute written articles for NACLA's website.
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New Report on Elections in El Salvador
Presidential elections are taking place in El Salvador on Sunday, March 15 and recent polls have shown that the ARENA party's 20-year rule may be coming to an end. Download this important analysis by NACLA, CISPES, and Upside Down World today! (PDF, 708kb):
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