Despite Ortega’s many flaws, the return of the Sandinistas to power creates the possibility that his challenge to the “savage capitalism” of the previous regime can genuinely benefit Nicaragua’s poor.
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The World Bank should get a failing grade for its rankings of countries that violate workers’ rights.
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The collapse of talks at the World Trade Organization is a victory for the global justice movement, but also presents new challenges.
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A campaign of fear may have kept Mexico locked into the status quo.
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Bush won’t cheer a progressive win in Mexico’s presidential election, but the rest of us should.
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Railing against Bolivia’s oil and gas nationalization, the media’s “free trade” ideologues value markets over democracy.
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Would a Win By Ollanta Humala Be Another Step Forward for the Latin American Left?