It might be only a matter of definitions; but it is probably about something else too.
How come that there was such a widespread consensus around the idea that the so-called Pink Tide in Latin America was already a thing of the past by 2015 and more so that it had actually [...]
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After an overview of early Latin American independence struggles from the slave revolution in Haiti (1791-1803), immortalised by C.L.R. James in The Black Jacobins, we examine in this course on Modern Revolutions in Latin America at WEA Sydney the history and influence of seven [...]
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In a recent paper I argue that Anglophone research on territory, particularly in human geography, has been too constrained to ideas and practices based on the experiences of the modern, Eurocentric state. In contrast, Latin America provides an alternative starting point for understanding [...]
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After an overview of early Latin American independence struggles from the slave revolution in Haiti (1791-1803), immortalised by C.L.R. James in The Black Jacobins, we examine in this course on Modern Revolutions in Latin America at WEA Sydney the history and influence of seven iconic [...]
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Here is a short version of a paper presented at the 9th Australian International Political Economy Network (AIPEN) Workshop, 8–9 February 2018 at Monash University, Melbourne
Uruguyan novelist and historian Eduardo Galeano (1940–2015) wrote more than 40 books. Monthly Review lauded [...]
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Examine the history and influence of six iconic revolutions: Mexico (1910-1920), Bolivia (1952), Cuba (1959-continuing), Chile (1970-73), Grenada (1979-83) and Nicaragua (1979-1990), and finally the “Pink Tide” movement led by the Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela from 1998-present at the [...]
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Modern Colonial Geographies in Latin America: The Mirage of the Civilising City and the Archaic Countryside “Wanting to be modern seems crazy: we are condemned to be so, given that the future and the past are prohibited” — Octavio Paz (1966: 5)
Invitation to [...]
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The left’s strategic setbacks in Venezuela, Bolivia, Brazil and Argentina since 2015 have rekindled the debate about how leftist Latin America’s governments really have been. This debate has been dominated by two broadly defined positions: Traditional-Marxist and liberal-democratic. [...]
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