Latin American Perspectives
@LAPerspectives
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A theoretical and scholarly journal on the political economy of capitalism, imperialism, and socialism in the Americas. Founded 1974.
Riverside, CA
Joined April 2010
“With Trump, polarization among Venezuelans reaches new heights.” In @NACLA, LAP Associate Managing Editor Steve Ellneranalyzes how U.S. policy has fragmented the Venezuelan opposition and reshaped diaspora politics. 🔗 https://t.co/PKFRYlVCDX
#Venezuela #LatinAmerica #NACLA
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Washington’s Venezuela policy has intensified divisions within the opposition, revealing class divides and fears over the fallout from a potential U.S. invasion.
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🇺🇸🇧🇷 LAP political report 1468: Cliff Welch explores how Trump’s rise in the U.S. has shaped Lula’s standing in Brazil — and what this says about the transnational dynamics of the far right and left. https://t.co/as8gmbFBXt
#Brazil #USPolitics #Lula #Trump #LatinAmerica
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Read @LAPerspectives issue, Latin Americans Seeking Asylum in North America, featured on Sage's new microsite, Immigrant, migrant, and refugee research. Read the issue: https://t.co/fP0uWjgiyh Explore the microsite:
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🚨New LAP podcast!🚨 LAP contributors Edgars Martínez Navarrete and Richard Stahler-Sholk join the pod to discuss the July 2024 Latin American Perspectives issue, "Indigenous Autonomies Confronting Contemporary Capitalism: Part 1. https://t.co/Zb8WEtMxKH
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New Issues of Latin American Perspectives Now Available! January 2025 (Volume 52, Issue 1) March 2025 (Volume 52, Issue 2) Available now via Sage Journals - Latin American Perspectives! https://t.co/5Zc0h94Lhi
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🚨 New article alert! 🚨 LAP associate managing editor @sellner74 dives into Trump's Latin America policy, examining its implications for the region and its rivalry with China. Don’t miss this sharp analysis in @jacobin! 👇 🔗
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Donald Trump’s recent blustery foreign policy proclamations have many pundits scratching their heads. They should be seen as part of a broader project of reasserting US hegemony in the Americas and...
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Despite broad scientific consensus & staunch public opinion against metals mining, the Bukele regime has rammed through a law on Christmas Eve to overturn El Salvador’s 2017 ban & reopen the tiny, densely populated territory to toxic extraction
⚠️🔴¡Condenamos la decisión inconsulta del gobierno de Nayib Bukele por permitir la explotación de minería metálica!🔴⚠️ A pesar de que más de la mitad de la población salvadoreña considera que la minería no es apropiada para el país, que existe crisis hídrica y que daña el
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In case you missed it, check out our May 2024 issue: 'Blue Economies and Ocean Grabbing in Latin America' Issue: https://t.co/W9B02KqKlq Podcast: https://t.co/cku72ZrkCy
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While there is much to be gained from reading Edward Said, I think it's very telling (about the class position of the majority of people in academia) that so much academic discussion the past year has revisited Said's work but less so Samir Amin's /1
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Check out our new episode of LAP Editor's Choice: Agrarian History of the Cuban Revolution w/ Joana Salém Vasconcelos https://t.co/juweg9uhyL
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Final in a three-episode series on Central America: @HilaryGoodfrien and @infrapolitics analyze Bukele’s cryptopia, Ortega’s perversion of Sandinismo, Guatemala and Honduras’ popular democratic projects, how US fuels then scapegoats mass migration—and more
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Featuring Hilary Goodfriend and Jorge Cuéllar in the final installment of a three-part series on Central America. This episode picks up with Nayib Bukele’s authoritarian crypto enthusiasm in El...
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In a darkly ironic twist, my article on far-right politics in Inland Southern California was published today by @GlobalizationsJ
https://t.co/g6R99UBAfb
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This article examines far-right, authoritarian politics among middle-class White communities of the Inland Empire region of Southern California. Grounded in a materialist theoretical framework and ...
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Check out Professor Armando Boito's insightful take on populism in Brazil 🇧🇷 This clip is from LAP's newest episode, "Reform and Political Crisis in Brazil." The full episode is available on YouTube (with English subtitles) and Spotify. 🎧 https://t.co/cEZzdJdIxV
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Important new issue of @LAPerspectives journal just dropped! Feat. my article on how the Bolivian peasant movement articulated a new Indigenous ecological politics in late 20th C🏔️🌎 Of interest to ppl working on environmental & labour histories in lat am and beyond
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Novo episódio de LAP podcast! Dando início à Segunda temporada do LAP Editor’s Choice, nos juntamos ao renomado cientista político marxista Armando Boito para discutir seu recém-lançado livro "Reform and Political Crisis in Brazil. https://t.co/F8OsLspgdz
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Excellent interview with our Associate Managing Editor, @sellner74 by @BTLRadioNews
https://t.co/p6v1uohjZE via @Shareaholic
#Venezuela #LatinAmericahttps://go.shr.lc/4ddHpd5 via @Shareaholic
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Steve Ellner discusses the results of Venezuela's July 28th election, U.S./regional response to President Maduro's claim of victory and opposition protests; as well as some of the issues in his...
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