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El precio del fuego: Las luchas por los recursos naturales y los movimientos sociales en Bolivia - Benjamin Dangl
En los ultimos años han surgido nuevos movimientos sociales en Bolivia por el "precio del fuego", por el acceso a elementos basicos para la superviviencia, como el agua, el gas, la tierra, la coca, el empleo y otros recursos. Desde los principios de la colonización española hasta las politicas mas recientes y desafios de la administración de Evo Morales, El precio del fuego ofrece...
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From Rebellion to Reform in Bolivia: Class Struggle, Indigenous Liberation, and the Politics of Evo Morales - Jeffery R. Webber
Evo Morales rode to power on a wave of popular mobilizations against the neoliberal policies enforced by his predecessors. Yet many of his economic policies bear striking resemblance to the status quo he was meant to displace. Based in part on dozens of interviews with leading Bolivian activists, Jeffery R. Webber examines the contradictions of Morales' first term in office.
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Jose Carlos Mariategui: An Anthology - Harry E. Vanden (Editor), Jose Carlos Mariategui, and Marc Becker (Editor)
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José Carlos Mariátegui is one of Latin America's most profound but overlooked thinkers. A self-taught journalist, social scientist, and activist from Peru, he was the first to emphasize that those fighting for the revolutionary transformation of society must adapt classical Marxist theory to the particular conditions of Latin America. He also stressed that indigenous ...
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Pensar Las Autonomias - John Holloway (Contributor) and Raul Zibechi (Contributor)
Pensar las autonomías reúne los trabajos de John Holloway, Ana Esther Ceceña, Raúl Zibechi, Raquel Gutiérrez Aguilar, Gilberto López y Rivas, Massimo Modonesi, Claudio Albertani, Benjamin Arditi, Ezequiel Adamovsky, Francisco López Bárcenas, Gustavo Esteva, Hernán Ouviña, Mabel Thwaites y Sergio Tischler.

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Latin American Social Movements Pack - Raul Zibechi, Ramor Ryan, Jeff Conant, and Benjamin Dangl
You've probably noticed we've released a whole bunch of great Latin America-related titles in the last year or two! So in case you're having trouble keeping up, we have assembled this package to bring you up to speed. While it's by no means a comprehensive overview of social movements in Latin America today, this package is a good starting point, and includes (we think!) some truly excellent writing on event...
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Autonomias y Emancipaciones: America Latina en Movimiento - Raul Zibechi
Autonomías y Emancipaciones es un nuevo mapa de nuestra América, es el mapa de "los de abajo", el cual nos ayuda a observar las fronteras políticas entre autonomía y hegemonía, entre las formas verticales y tradicionales de hacer política del Estado y las formas horizontales que van generando los movimientos sociales a lo largo y ancho de este continente donde...
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Revolutionary Doctors: How Venezuela and Cuba are Changing the World's Conception of Heath Care - Steve Brouwer
Revolutionary Doctors gives readers a first-hand account of Venezuela's innovative and inspiring program of community healthcare, designed to serve—and largely carried out by—the poor themselves. Drawing on long-term participant observations as well as in-depth research, Brouwer tells the story of Venezuela's Integral Community Medicine program, in which doctor-teachers move into the count...
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To Die in Mexico: Dispatches from Inside the Drug War - John Gibler
Combining on-the-ground reporting and in-depth discussions with people on the frontlines of Mexico's drug war, To Die in Mexico tells behind-the-scenes stories that address the causes and consequences of Mexico's multibillion dollar drug trafficking business. John Gibler looks beyond the myths that pervade government and media portrayals of the unprecedented wave of violence now pushing Mexico to the ...
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I, Rigoberta Menchu - Rigoberta Menchu
The best-selling account of the life of Latin American peasant woman and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.

Now a global bestseller, the remarkable life of Rigoberta Menchú, a Guatemalan peasant woman, reflects on the experiences common to many Indian communities in Latin America. Menchú suffered gross injustice and hardship in her early life: her brother, father and mother were murdered b...
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Venezuela: Revolution as Spectacle - Chaz Bufe (Translator) and Rafael Uzcategui
Both leftist supporters and rightist opponents of the Chávez government will be outraged by the book's premise that the Chávez regime is neither dictatorial nor revolutionary, but rather is one of a long line of Latin American populist regimes that are ultimately subservient to the U.S. government and to the transnational corporations.

This well documented book covers a wide range of top...
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