Real World Latin America

Date of publication:

September 2008

ISBN:

978-1-878585-73-8

Pages:

198

Price:

$29.95

• About
• Table of Contents

• Contents
• Introduction Alejandro Reuss
• Chapter One: The Politics of Left and Right
  • Breaking With the Past: An Interview with Margarita Lopez Maya Fred Rosen
  • Cuban Development in the Bolivarian Matrix Pedro Monreal
  • The Jamaican Moment: New Paths for the Caribbean Brian Meeks
  • Neither Left Nor Right: Sandinismo in the Anti-Feminist Era Karen Kampwirth
  • Latin America's Left Off Track Matias Vernengo
  • By Means Legal and Otherwise: The Bolivian Right Regroups Bret Gustafson
• Chapter Two: Armed Forces, Violence, and Human Rights
  • Laws and Injustice: Fighting for Human Rights in Mexico Chris Tilly and Marie Kennedy
  • Free Markets and Death Squads Ricky Baldwin
  • Politics as Organized Crime in Colombia? Forrest Hylton
  • The Falcon Remembered Karen Robert
• Chapter Three: Latin America, Neoliberal Policy, and the Global Economy
  • Is Chile a Neoliberal Success? James M. Cypher
  • From NAFTA to the SPP Katherine Sciacchitano
  • CAFTA's Debt Trap Aldo Caliari
  • Middle Powers: IBSA and the New South-South Cooperation Gladys Lechini
• Chapter Four: Alternative Approaches to Economic "Development"
  • Anti-Neoliberal Backlash: Leaving the World Bank and IMF Behind Alejandro Reuss
  • Turning Gas Into Development in Bolivia Aaron Luoma and Gretchen Gordon
  • Venezuela's Cooperative Revolution Betsy Bowman and Bob Stone
  • From Resistance to Production in Argentina Chris Tilly and Marie Kennedy
  • Keeping Fair Trade Fair in Mexico Hope Bastian
• Chapter Five: Social Movements
  • Oaxaca's Dangerous Teachers David Bacon
  • Time of the Snails: Resistance and Autonomy in Chiapas Richard Stahler-Sholk
  • Brazil's Landless Hold Their Ground Harry E. Vanden
  • Bolivian Women's Organizations in the MA S Era Karin P. Monasterios
  • Out in Public Florence E. Babb
  • Puerto Rico's Social Movements: Decolonizing Step-by-Step Michael Gonzalez-Cruz
• Chapter Six: Migration
  • The Migrants Will Be Heard: An Interview with Ruben Martinez Deidre McFadyen
  • Dreams and Borders Chris Tilly and Marie Kennedy
  • Immigrants and the Labor Market Esther Cervantes
  • The Anti-Immigration Movement: From Shovels to Suits Solana Larsen
• Chapter Seven: Latin America and the United States
  • Closing the "Seams": U.S. Security Policy in the Americas Adam Isacson
  • U.S. Policy on Cuba Beyond the Last Gasp Philip Brenner and Marguerite Jimenez
  • Democracy and Plan Colombia Hector Mondragon
  • Another SOA? U.S. Police Academy in El Salvador Worries Critics Wes Enzinna
• Chapter Eight: Natural Resources, Land, and Environment
  • Struggle for Latin America's Water Maude Barlow and Tony Clarke
  • Blood on the Palms: Afro-Colombians fight Biofuel Plantations David Bacon
  • Multinational Gold Rush in Guatemala Benjamin Witte
  • A Rare Happy Ending: Pinones Versus the Developers Candida Cotto