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Latin American Perspectives is a theoretical and scholarly journal for discussion and debate on the political economy of capitalism, imperialism, and socialism in the Americas. Most issues focus on a single problem, nation, or region, providing an in-depth look from participants and scholars throughout the Americas. View full journal description

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To Resist is not to Endure: Women Organizing in Resistance to Extractivism in Risaralda, Colombia

  • María Deisy Alzate Perea
  • William Avilés
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Dismantling or Drifting? The Politics of Bolsa Família’s Transformation under Brazil’s Far-Right Government

  • Carla Tomazini
  • Kimberly Bolch
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Public Discontent Yet an Incomplete Turn: How Public Opinion Limits Chile’s Shift Away from Neoliberalism

  • Kota Miura
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The Dismantling of Social Policy in Brazil Under the Bolsonaro Administration: The Critical Role of Social Mobilizations

  • Clóvis Roberto Zimmermann
  • Nelson Eugênio Pinheiro Montenegro
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Music, Politics, and Social Movements in Latin America

  • Jonathan Ritter
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Anticorruption and Imperialist Blind Spots: The Role of the United States in Brazil’s Long Coup

  • Brian Mier
  • Bryan Pitts
  • Kathy Swart
  • Rafael R. Ioris
  • Sean T. Mitchell
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Food Security, Food Sovereignty, and Urban Agriculture in Cuba

  • Hugo Goeury
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A Feminist Political Ecology on Women’s Environmental Activism from Latin America/Abya Yala

  • Evelyn Arriagada Oyarzún
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A Tale of Two Crashes: Pandemic Politics in Brazil and Peru

  • Maxwell A. Cameron
  • Veronica Hurtado
  • Paolo Sosa Villagarcia
  • Marsílea Gombata
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Pandemic States of Exception and the Alt-science of Early Treatment for COVID-19 in Brazil

  • Letícia Maria Costa da Nóbrega Cesarino
  • Victor Hugo Viegas de Freitas Silva
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Disaster Extractivism: Latin America’s Extractive Shock Therapy in the Age of COVID-19

  • James Alejandro Artiga-Purcell
  • Thomas Chiasson-LeBel
  • Fernando Leiva
  • Alejandra Watanabe-Farro
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Sólo Se Escucha El Viento (Only the Wind Is Heard)
Corazón de fábrica (Heart of the Factory)
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El Estado y la Acumulación de Capital en México con Verónica Silva

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Brazil under Bolsonaro: Social, Political, and Economic Impacts in the Country and Latin America w/ James N. Green & Tulio Ferreira

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Social Struggle in Neoliberal Central America

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Mariátegui, Critical Thinking, and Andean Futures

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Reassessing Development: Dependency Theories and Debates

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