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‘We blew it up. And we’ll do it again’. ‘I don’t give a shit what you call it.’ These words, of US…
Gabriel Hetland
Gabriel Hetland is associate professor of Latin American Studies and Sociology at SUNY Albany. He is the author of the award-winning book, Democracy on the Ground: Local Politics in Latin America’s Left Turn (Columbia University Press, 2023).
Last week, Bolivia experienced yet another coup. During the afternoon of Wednesday, June 26, armed soldiers and tanks massed in La Paz’s…
Hugo Chávez died eleven years ago. The period since has been one of the most difficult in Venezuela’s history. From 2014 to…
Opposition violence and the government’s increasing authoritarianism are both to blame
Even Chavistas are fed up with the economic crisis and want change. But unlike the right, grassroots leaders are calling for more popular control and collective decision-making.
Bernie Sanders is wrong — Hugo Chávez was no dictator