It was widely predicted that the end of the Cold War would lead to a prolonged period of US-friendly neo-liberal hegemony in Latin America. In fact, the left has re-emerged as a serious political actor. Today, leftist or 'progressive' political forces are in government in nine Latin American nations, and social movements continue to challenge neo-liberalism in several other countries.This book is a comprehensive study of the wide variety of leftist governments, parties and movements in the region, including Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Uruguay and Venezuela.It is essential for students of Latin American politics, political theory, social movements and international relations.

The New Latin American Left: Utopia Reborn (Transnational Institute)

Barrett, Patrick

Chavez, Daniel

Rodríguez-Garavito, César

History

Pluto Press

It was widely predicted that the end of the Cold War would lead to a prolonged period of US-friendly neo-liberal hegemony in Latin America. In fact, the left has re-emerged as a serious political actor. Today, leftist or 'progressive' political forces are in government in nine Latin American nations, and social movements continue to challenge neo-liberalism in several other countries. This book is a comprehensive study of the wide variety of leftist governments, parties and movements in the region, including Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Uruguay and Venezuela. It is essential for students of Latin American politics, political theory, social movements and international relations.

The history of modern Nicaragua is populated with leaders promising a new and better day. Inevitably, as Nicaragua and the Politics of Utopia demonstrates, reality casts a shadow and the community must look to the next leader. As an impoverished state, second only to Haiti in the Americas, Nicaragua has been the scene of cyclical attempts and failures at modern development. Author Daniel Chavez investigates the cultural and ideological bases of what he identifies as the three decisive movements of social reinvention in Nicaragua: the regimes of the Somoza family of much of the early to mid-twentieth century; the governments of the Sandinista party; and the present-day struggle to adapt to the global market economy. For each era, Chavez reveals the ways Nicaraguan popular culture adapted and interpreted the new political order, shaping, critiquing, or amplifying the regime's message of stability and prosperity for the people. These tactics of interpretation, otherwise known as meaning-making, became all-important for the Nicaraguan people, as they opposed the autocracy of Somocismo, or complemented the Sandinistas, or struggled to find their place in the Neoliberal era. In every case, Chavez shows the reflective nature of cultural production and its pursuit of utopian idealism.

Nicaragua and the Politics of Utopia: Development and Culture in the Modern State

Americas

Vanderbilt University Press

Callum and The Land of Gonnas is a fun story about a boy who learns that there are consequences to procrastinating. Callum is a little boy who is warned by his loved ones that putting things off will turn out to be a big mess. Callum is then escorted to The Land of Gonnas by the characters in his neglected tasks and they show him he can have more fun if he faces his chores right away. Callum and The Land of Gonnas, will help teach the lesson to do chores and tasks right away. Tasks and chores aren't fun, but in this story, we learn that if we get things done right away, tasks and chores aren't so bad.

Callum and the Land of Gonnas

Children's Books

Hawes & Jenkins

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The New Latin American Left: Utopia Reborn (Transnational Institute)

The New Latin American Left: Utopia Reborn (Transnational Institute)

Nicaragua and the Politics of Utopia: Development and Culture in the Modern State

Callum and the Land of Gonnas