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Znet Article Fernandes: Obama and The Future of Cuban/US Relations

Znet Article, May, 13 2009 Sujatha Fernandes
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Early on in the primary debates with Hillary Clinton, Obama had said he would be willing to open dialogue with Cuban leader Raul Castro if he was elected.

Znet Article Fernandes: Latin America Looks towards European Union

Znet Article, August, 15 2008 Sujatha Fernandes
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Latin America, once thought of as America’s “backyard,” has been moving further out of the orbit of the United States in the last ten years or so. As the testing ground for Washington-imposed neoliberal policies, Latin America has now become the l...

Znet Article Fernandes: Where is the “Right” in Latin America’s Left Turn?

Znet Article, June, 02 2008 Sujatha Fernandes
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A few weeks, the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) handed down the results of a forensic audit of the files found on laptops that were reportedly seized during a raid on a rebel encampment of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of C...

Znet Article Fernandes: The Gender Agenda of the Pink Tide in Latin America

Znet Article, October, 04 2007 Sujatha Fernandes
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With the election of leftist leaders in many parts of Latin America, the subject of women seems to be coming up more frequently in public discourse. Hugo ChÃ

Znet Article Fernandes: Democracy and Constitutional Reform

Znet Article, June, 06 2007 Sujatha Fernandes
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After gathering proposals during a six-week trip around the country, members of Bolivia's National Constituent Assembly met on April 30, 2007, to present the proposals and draft recommendations for synthesizing these proposals into a new constitut...

Znet Article Fernandes: A View from the Barrios

Znet Article, April, 07 2007 Sujatha Fernandes
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Published in LASA Forum, Winter 2007 The radical trajectory of president Hugo Chávez in Venezuela has been a highly controversial topic among Latin Americanists, democratization experts, policy makers, and activists. Some lament what they see as...

Znet Article Fernandes: Political Parties and Social Change

Znet Article, March, 19 2007 Sujatha Fernandes
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Since Hugo Chávez of Venezuela proposed the dissolution of the 24 parties that support his government and the formation of a single party on December 15, 2007, there has been much debate among the parties involved. According to Chávez, the propo...

Znet Article Fernandes: Savvy Marketing or Debating the Issues

Znet Article, January, 11 2007 Sujatha Fernandes
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As several more leftist leaders were elected or re-elected during recent elections in Latin America, what kinds of changes have there been in their campaigns? On December 3, radical leftist president Hugo Chávez was reelected in Venezuela with 62...

Znet Article Fernandes: With or Without Fidel

Znet Article, October, 29 2006 Sujatha Fernandes
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For the first time ever on July 31, Fidel Castro, chief comandante of the Cuban Revolution, temporarily relinquished power. Incapacitated with severe intestinal bleeding, Fidel underwent emergency surgery and his brother Raúl Castro assumed the p...

Znet Article Fernandes: Way Forward for the Left?

Znet Article, August, 09 2006 Sujatha Fernandes
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Following the rejection by the Mexican Electoral Tribunal this past Saturday August 6 of a full recount of the vote from Mexico’s recent elections, protesters have taken to the streets in support of center left PRD (Democratic Revolution P...

Znet Article Fernandes: Down the Peninsula

Znet Article, July, 26 2006 Sujatha Fernandes
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The southwestern peninsula of Trinidad is an area of pristine beauty and wilderness. Winding roads pass through small fishing villages, mangrove swamps, large expanses of thickly forested coconut plantation, herds of buffalypso, and sheltered beac...

Znet Article Fernandes: Trade Treaties and Challenging US Hegemony in the Americas

Znet Article, June, 12 2006 Sujatha Fernandes
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Venezuela’s president Hugo Chávez, Brazil’s president Lula Inacio da Silva, and Nestor Kirchner, president of Argentina, met in Sao Paulo, Brazil on April 26 to discuss possibilities for integration and collaboration. On April 29,...

Znet Article Fernandes: Beyond the World Social Forum

Znet Article, April, 06 2006 Sujatha Fernandes
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This past January, regional social forums were celebrated in Caracas, Venezuela and Bamako, Mali. Another regional forum happened in Karachi, Pakistan in March. The regional forums have their origin in the World Social Forum (WSF), a meeting of so...

Znet Article Fernandes: Growing Movement of Community Radio in Venezuela

Znet Article, December, 24 2005 Sujatha Fernandes
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Four young people sit around a large table, writing furiously amid piles of notes, cans of soda, and scrunched up papers. They could be kids doing their homework or studying for exams. But these young women from the shantytowns, aged between 17 an...

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