
Ecuador’s Dilemma
The main lesson of correísmo is that no project of transformation, if it wants to sustain and even deepen social change, can weaken the people who propel it forward.
The main lesson of correísmo is that no project of transformation, if it wants to sustain and even deepen social change, can weaken the people who propel it forward.
Since August 2018, one of the most important political processes of the last few decades has been taking place in Cuba: a public debate over a proposed constitution.
Reliance on resource rents keeps Latin American countries stuck in relations of dependency and undermines the core leftist goal of equality. The left must find another way.
In the nearly fifteen years since it took power, the Uruguayan left has enjoyed broad legislative and economic success. But now its momentum may be stalling.
If the Cuban government focuses solely on economic reforms and limits political reform to cosmetic or ineffectual changes, it will be like cast iron: hard but brittle.
To confront the newly powerful extreme right in Latin America, the left needs a clear-eyed understanding of its time in power.
Introducing the special section of our Winter issue.