In Latin America, the last two decades were characterized by two different national projects: the neoliberal paradigm based on the Washington Consensus of the 1990s and the rebirth of the left during the first decade of the 21st century. This rebirth was linked to an ongoing political, social and economic crisis in the region and was represented by two different, yet similar, agendas, in Brazil and Venezuela, led by Luis Inacio Lula da Silva and Hugo Chavez as Presidents of both nations. This book presents a balance of Lula and Chavez governments, its goals, results, impacts and prospects,...
In Latin America, the last two decades were characterized by two different national projects: the neoliberal paradigm based on the Washington Consensu...