For a period, left-of-center governments in Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Ecuador, Bolivia, and Venezuela formed what the media called a “pink tide” that concretized the World Social Forum (WSF) slogan: “Another world is possible.”  ..…

Not only did the reverse turn out to be the case after negotiation—51 percent private and 49 percent public ownership—but also large sums in the YPFB reserves and infrastructure were simply handed over gratis to transnationals such as British Petroleum and Enron.28 Subsequently, in 1999, Sánchez de..…

Pedro Fuentes and Tiago Madeira, leaders of a revolutionary current associated with radical parties such as the Party of Socialism and Liberty in Brazil and Marea Socialista (Socialist Tide) in Venezuela, raised support for Sanders to a crucial test for the international left:  . ..…