NACLA Report on the Americas, Volume 48, Issue 4 (2016)

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Right Turn: The New and the Old in Latin America’s Right-Wing Revival

Editors’ Note

Editorial
Right Turn
Joshua Frens-String & Alejandro Velasco
Pages: 301-302
Published online: 02 Dec 2016
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Around the Region

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War and Democracy in Colombia
Guerrilla demobilization or otherwise, Colombia will remain a country with deep social conflicts and a far cry from a functioning democracy.
Ross Eventon
Pages: 303-306
Published online: 02 Dec 2016
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Oaxaqueños Confront Mexico’s Educational Reforms
Education workers have galvanized a larger movement against Enrique Peña Nieto’s neoliberal restructuring.
Deborah Poole & Gerardo Rénique
Pages: 307-310
Published online: 02 Dec 2016
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Rio’s Olympic Hangover
The mismanagement of Rio's 2016 Olympics may be a sign of things to come under new president Michel Temer.
Brian Mier
Pages: 311-314
Published online: 02 Dec 2016
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No, Honduras Isn’t Necessarily Getting Safer
Despite cheerleading from some, U.S. security aid to Honduras continues to sow violence.
Dan Beeton & Rebecca Watts
Pages: 315-318
Published online: 02 Dec 2016
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Featured Forum

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A New Agenda in U.S.-Latin American Relations
Linda Farthing, Christy Thornton, Alexander Main & Joseph Nevins
Pages: 319-327
Published online: 02 Dec 2016
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Inside the Mind of Latin America’s New Right
If the rhetoric of Latin American elites is any evidence, neoliberalism is alive and well, despite a decade and a half of Left governance.
Barry Cannon
Pages: 328-333
Published online: 02 Dec 2016
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21st Century Golpismo: A NACLA Roundtable
Six Latin Americanist scholars reflect on the ousters of presidents Manuel Zelaya, Fernando Lugo, and Dilma Rousseff—and the emergence of the “parliamentary” or “soft” coup as a new technique to thwart the consolidation of social and economic rights in the region.
Bryan Pitts, Rosemary Joyce, Russell Sheptak, Kregg Hetherington, Marco Castillo & Rafael Ioris
Pages: 334-345
Published online: 02 Dec 2016
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Holy Ghosts of Brazil’s Past
The reactionary “Bullets, Beef, and Bibles” caucus in Brazil’s national legislature reveals what is new, and not-so-new, about Brazil’s new Right.
Benjamin A. Cowan
Pages: 346-352
Published online: 02 Dec 2016
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Honduras: Reinventing the Enclave
Authoritarian neoliberalism is alive and well as the “model cities” initiative that took hold after Honduras’ 2009 coup moves forward.
Beth Geglia
Pages: 353-360
Published online: 02 Dec 2016
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Argentina Turns Right, Again
In Mauricio Macri’s Argentina, the contradictions between “new Right” discourse and “old Right” actions come into focus.
Maria Esperanza Casullo
Pages: 361-366
Published online: 02 Dec 2016
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Whither Venezuelan Bolivarianism?
How are shifting regional political dynamics and a domestic economic crisis reshaping Venezuela’s international agenda?
Timothy M. Gill
Pages: 367-371
Published online: 02 Dec 2016
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Evo’s Bolivia at a Political Crossroads
Taking stock of Bolivia’s changing political environment after Evo Morales’ 2016 referendum defeat
Emily Achtenberg
Pages: 372-380
Published online: 02 Dec 2016
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The End of a Progressive Cycle?
Recent defeats of progressive governments in Latin America represent a setback for Left projects of regional integration and economic justice, but they don’t mean a return of right-wing hegemony.
Alexander Main & Gustavo Codas
Pages: 381-384
Published online: 02 Dec 2016
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Hispanic Conservatism: Its Rise—and Fall?
Latinxs have played a central role in modern U.S. conservative politics. But does Donald Trump’s racist vitriol spell an end to Hispanic conservatism?
Geraldo Cadava
Pages: 385-393
Published online: 02 Dec 2016
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Mexico: Ending the Neoliberal Nightmare
The “pink tide” passed by Mexico. However, the emergence of new social and political movements may represent a beacon of hope to revive the region’s Left.
John M. Ackerman
Pages: 394-400
Published online: 02 Dec 2016
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In Memoriam

Obituary
Remembering Nancy Stein Frappier (1947-2016)
Susanne Jonas
Pages: 401-405
Published online: 02 Dec 2016
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Arts & Reviews

Book Review
Metonomía/Metonymy
Angélica Freitas
Pages: 406-407
Published online: 02 Dec 2016
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Book Review
Review of Óscar Martínez’s A History of Violence
Deborah T. Levenson
Pages: 408-409
Published online: 02 Dec 2016
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Review of Roberto Gonzales’ Lives in Limbo
Luisa Laura Heredia
Pages: 410-411
Published online: 02 Dec 2016
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Review of Kelly Kerney’s Hard Red Spring
Myrna Ivonne Wallace Fuentes
Pages: 412-413
Published online: 02 Dec 2016
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