RSSAugust 3, 2009 By Parker Moore Austrian State Radio News The Bolivian government has begun implementing provisions outlined in the new constitution that give indigenous people the chance to govern themselves. President Evo Morales, Bolivia’s first indigenous leader, enacted a decree setting ou[...]
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In Sunday’s Recall Vote, Morales’ Populist Agenda Clashes With Santa Cruz-led Eurocrats
• Results of the August 10 referendum paradoxically creates few losers • Support for the president in the midst of a resilient opposition • A call for national unity • Hope for stability far from certain On Sunday, August 10, Bolivia held a national referendum to measure the people’s conf[...]
Harvard International Review: A Resurgent Populism
Latin America: . A Resurgent Populism . By Larry Birns and Nicholas Birns . Published in the Harvard International Review (hir.harvard.edu) June 20, 2007. This piece is available on its main page:hir.harvard.edu . Council on Hemispheric Affairs director Larry Birns and Dr. Nicholas Birns, a senior [...]
June 20th, 2007 - 7:11 am § in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Front Page, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, Populism, Reports, Venezuela
Hemispheric Echoes: The Reverberations of Latin American Populism
Published in the Harvard International Review online at http://hir.harvard.edu/articles/1592/1/ A Resurgent Populism In the immediate post-Cold War world, Latin America did not ignite much diplomatic interest. Though the growth of democratic processes in formerly authoritarian countries was brusque[...]
Pragmatism vs. Populism in South America
The foreign policies of South American countries reflect the intricacies of national interests rather than any overarching ideology Correspondingly, the perception of Washington among the South American public is characterized by substantial diversity The reemergence of populism and the intriguing[...]
COHA Report: The Rebirth of Populism in Latin America Poses A Powerful Challenge to the Neoliberal Order
COHA Senior Research Fellow Dr. W. John Green is a historian of modern Latin America, who specializes in 20th century sociopolitical popular mobilizations, mechanisms and practices of local and national practices, labor and insurgent movements, and the obstacles and repression they face. Formerly a[...]