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Latin America

  • Bush’s Latin American Spring Break

    by Mark Engler March 7, 2007
    by Mark Engler March 7, 2007

    The President’s trip south of the border will do little to sway a region that is demanding fairer economic policies.

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  • Grading the Obama Administration on Honduras: D

    by Mark Engler January 20, 2010
    by Mark Engler January 20, 2010

    How the White House botched its response to the Honduran coup.

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  • Will the Winds of Change Reach El Salvador?

    by Mark Engler March 2, 2009
    by Mark Engler March 2, 2009

    The prospect of progressive leadership coming to power in El Salvador’s March 15 presidential elections should prompt new U.S. policy toward Central America.

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  • Can the Left Win in El Salvador?

    by Mark Engler January 15, 2009
    by Mark Engler January 15, 2009

    A Joint Report on the 2009 Presidential Elections in El Salvador, With a Contribution by Mark Engler.

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  • Obama Should Stay Tough on Trade

    by Mark Engler July 18, 2008
    by Mark Engler July 18, 2008

    The general elections are not time for an embrace of the “corporate globalization” agenda for the Americas.

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  • Latin America Banks on Independence

    by Mark Engler February 1, 2008
    by Mark Engler February 1, 2008

    The new Bank of the South assaults neoliberal economics.

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  • Progressive Good Tidings of 2007

    by Mark Engler December 22, 2007
    by Mark Engler December 22, 2007

    Along with political challenges, the past year offered some hopeful advances—many of which came just in last few weeks.

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The Author

Mark Engler is a writer based in Philadelphia, an editorial board member at Dissent, and co-director of the Whirlwind Institute, a social change strategy center. His latest book, written with Paul Engler, is This Is An Uprising: How Nonviolent Revolt Is Shaping the Twenty-first Century (Nation Books). Mark’s full bio is available here.

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Democracy Uprising
  • About
    • About Mark Engler
    • About Democracy Uprising
  • Books
    • This Is An Uprising
    • How To Rule the World
  • Topics
  • Translations
  • Appearances
  • Archive
    • 2023-2025
    • 2021-2022
    • 2019-2020
    • 2017-2018
    • 2015-2016
    • 2013-2014
    • 2011-2012
    • 2009-2010
    • 2007-2008
    • 2005-2006
    • 2003-2004
    • 1999-2002