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	<title>The Official James Petras website</title>
	<link>https://petras.lahaine.org</link>
	<description>United States, Latin America, Middle East, Analysis</description>
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		<title>[Book] Politics and Social Forces in Chilean Development</title>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/book-politics-and-social-forces-in/</link>

		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Sep 2024 23:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Petras</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Latin America</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[	
	by James Petras  (Author)
	
	
	Hardcover Paperback eBook 
	
	Price: $49.95 / &#163;42.00
	Publication Date: Sep 2020
	Edition: 1st Edition
	
	
	Title Details:
	Rights: World
	Pages: 392
	ISBN: 9780520306721
	Trim Size: 6 x 9
	
	
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	About the Book
	
	The feature of Chilean development that explains its exceptional nature [...]]]></description>

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		<title>U.S. Offensive in Latin America. Coups, Retreats, and Radicalization</title>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/u-s-offensive-in-latin-america/</link>

		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Sep 2024 22:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Petras</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Latin America</category>
		<guid>https://petras.lahaine.org/u-s-offensive-in-latin-america/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	

	James Petras has worked with the Brazilian Landless Workers Movement for the last eleven years in addition to his work with the unemployed workers&#8217; movement in Argentina. He is coauthor, with Henry Veltmeyer, of Globalization [...]]]></description>

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		<title>United States and Venezuela:  A Historical Background</title>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/united-states-and-venezuela-a-historical/</link>

		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2019 14:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Petras</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Latin America</category>
		<guid>https://petras.lahaine.org/united-states-and-venezuela-a-historical/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	In 1823 US President Monroe declared, in his name, the ‘Monroe Doctrine” – the US right to keep Europeans out of the region, but the right of the US to intervene in pursuit of its [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Why Venezuela has not been Defeated</title>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/why-venezuela-has-not-been-defeated/</link>

		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2019 16:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Petras</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Latin America</category>
		<guid>https://petras.lahaine.org/why-venezuela-has-not-been-defeated/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	In fact, most of the US induced ‘regime changes’ has strengthened the support for the Chavez – Maduro government.
	Read essay [PDF]

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		<title>The Recolonization of Latin America and the War on Venezuela</title>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/the-recolonization-of-latin-america-and/</link>

		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2019 14:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Petras</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Latin America</category>
		<guid>https://petras.lahaine.org/the-recolonization-of-latin-america-and/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	The second decade of the 21st century has witnessed, in word and deed, the most thorough and successful US  recolonization of Latin America,  and its active and overt role as colonial sepoys of [...]]]></description>

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		<title>US &#8216;Regime Changes&#8217;:  The Historical Record</title>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/us-regime-changes-the-historical-record/</link>

		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2019 22:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Petras</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Latin America</category>
		<guid>https://petras.lahaine.org/us-regime-changes-the-historical-record/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	We will proceed to examine the consequences and impact of US intervention in Venezuela over the past half century.
	We will then turn to examine the success and failure of US ‘regime changes’ throughout Latin America [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Peculiarities of US Imperialism in Latin America</title>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/peculiarities-of-us-imperialism-in-latin/</link>

		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2019 23:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Petras</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Latin America</category>
		<guid>https://petras.lahaine.org/peculiarities-of-us-imperialism-in-latin/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	Venezuela, the current target of US, President Donald Trump, is a case illustrating the ‘peculiarities’ of imperialist politics.  We will proceed to outline the background, techniques and impact of the imperial power grab.
	Read essay [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Brazil’s Neo-Liberal Fascist Road to Power</title>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/brazils-neo-liberal-fascist-road-to/</link>

		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2018 16:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Petras</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Latin America</category>
		<guid>https://petras.lahaine.org/brazils-neo-liberal-fascist-road-to/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	We shall proceed by outlining the socio-economic events and policies of Brazil which led up to rise of the highly authoritarian, neo-liberal Bolsonaro regime.  We will then discuss if similar circumstances are emerging elsewhere [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Latin America:  Rightwing Interlude and the Death Rattle of Neoliberalism</title>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/latin-america-rightwing-interlude-and-the/</link>

		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2018 21:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Petras</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Latin America</category>
		<guid>https://petras.lahaine.org/latin-america-rightwing-interlude-and-the/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	By early 2018 the entire neo-liberal  edifice was crumbling, the promises and predictions of a neoliberal success story were forgotten.  The ‘naysayers’ were in ascendancy.
	This paper will discuss the recent rise of a [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Latin America in the Time of Trump</title>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/latin-america-in-the-time-of/</link>

		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2018 13:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Petras</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Latin America</category>
		<guid>https://petras.lahaine.org/latin-america-in-the-time-of/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	President Trump does not feel obligated to attend, because the agenda, decisions and outcome already had been decided in accordance with the best interests of the empire.  Former Secretary of State Tillerson made clear [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Latin America:  The Pendulum Swings to the Right</title>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/latin-america-the-pendulum-swings-to/</link>

		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Dec 2017 15:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Petras</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Latin America</category>
		<guid>https://petras.lahaine.org/latin-america-the-pendulum-swings-to/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	Who are their international allies and adversaries?  Having taken power, how have the rightist regimes performed and by what criteria is success or failure measured?
	Read essay [PDF]

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		<title>Why the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) Won the Election</title>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/why-the-united-socialist-party-of/</link>

		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Oct 2017 17:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Petras</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Latin America</category>
		<guid>https://petras.lahaine.org/why-the-united-socialist-party-of/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	The US government, under Presidents Obama and Trump, backed gangs of violent demonstrators, who rampaged through the streets, as ‘the true democratic representatives’ of the will of the voters. Secretary General of the Organization of [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Latin America in Search of an Alternative</title>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/latin-america-in-search-of-an/</link>

		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jun 2017 23:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Petras</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Latin America</category>
		<guid>https://petras.lahaine.org/latin-america-in-search-of-an/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	The financial media present the ‘right’s’ socially regressive policies and strategies as ‘reforms’, a euphemism for the re-concentration of wealth, profits and property into the hands of foreign and domestic oligarchs.
Leftwing intellectuals and journalists paint [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Peace Accords or Political Surrender? Latin America, the Middle East and Ukraine</title>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/peace-accords-or-political-surrender-latin/</link>

		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Mar 2017 23:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Petras</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Latin America</category>
	<category>Analysis</category>
		<guid>https://petras.lahaine.org/peace-accords-or-political-surrender-latin/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	In recent times, &#8216;peace accords&#8217; (PAs) have become a common refrain across the world. In almost every region or country, which are in the midst of war or invasion, the prospects of negotiating &#8216;peace accords&#8217; [...]]]></description>

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		<title>The &#8216;Worker President&#8217; and the Banker Regime: Brazil under Lula DaSilva 2003-2010</title>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/the-worker-president-and-the-banker/</link>

		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2016 14:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Petras</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Latin America</category>
		<guid>https://petras.lahaine.org/the-worker-president-and-the-banker/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	The leading international figures in this deceptive leftwing punditry include the famous Noam Chomsky, once eulogized by the New York Times (NYT) as &#8216;America&#8217;s most important public intellectual&#8217;.  Such effusion is not surprising: Professor [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Overview of Class Struggle</title>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/overview-of-class-struggle/</link>

		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2016 12:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Petras</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Latin America</category>
		<guid>https://petras.lahaine.org/overview-of-class-struggle/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	In general terms the countries with relative higher levels of urbanization and industrialization, experience the greatest urban centered struggles - as is the case with Argentina, Venezuela and Chile but not Brazil and Mexico.
	Among the [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Brazil: The Billion Dollar Coup</title>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/brazil-the-billion-dollar-coup/</link>

		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2016 07:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Petras</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Latin America</category>
		<guid>https://petras.lahaine.org/brazil-the-billion-dollar-coup/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	This &#8216;legislative coup d&#8217;état &#8216;eliminated the democratically-elected &#8216;political intermediaries&#8217; and installed a regime directly controlled by the CEO&#8217;s of leading multi-nationals. The corporate composition of the post-coup regime insured there would be a radical restructuring [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Washington&#8217;s &#8216;New Managers&#8217; in Latin America: Oligarchs, Bankers and Swindlers</title>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/washingtons-new-managers-in-latin-america/</link>

		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2016 00:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Petras</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Latin America</category>
		<guid>https://petras.lahaine.org/washingtons-new-managers-in-latin-america/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	The US financial media has once again provided a political cover for the vilest crimes committed by the &#8216;new managers&#8217; as they launch their offensive against labor and in favor of the foreign and domestic [...]]]></description>

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		<title>The Class Struggle in Mexico</title>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/the-class-struggle-in-mexico/</link>

		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2016 14:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Petras</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Latin America</category>
		<guid>https://petras.lahaine.org/the-class-struggle-in-mexico/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	The correlation of forces shifted dramatically in favor of peasant armies, led by Emilio Zapata and Pancho Vila.  The subsequent counter-revolution, from the 1920&#8217;s to mid-thirties temporarily reversed the process and witnessed the rise [...]]]></description>

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		<title>The Left: Business Accommodation and Social Debacle</title>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/the-left-business-accommodation-and-social-debacle/</link>

		<pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2016 17:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Petras</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Latin America</category>
		<guid>https://petras.lahaine.org/the-left-business-accommodation-and-social-debacle/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	Two year earlier, my colleague, Henry Veltmeyer, and I had published Cardoso&#8217;s Brazil:  A Land for Sale (Rowman and Littlefield, Lanham MD 2003) where we described how President Cardoso had sold off the major [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Class Struggle in Latin America</title>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/class-struggle-in-latin-america/</link>

		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2016 09:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Petras</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Latin America</category>
		<guid>https://petras.lahaine.org/class-struggle-in-latin-america/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	A search of the major development journals and yearbooks over the past thirty years fails to turn-up a single systematic study of the role of the class struggle in the formation of the state, productive [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Twilight of the Idols:  Rise and Fall of the Personalist Left</title>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/twilight-of-the-idols-rise-and-fall-of-the-personalist-left/</link>

		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2016 12:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Petras</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Latin America</category>
		<guid>https://petras.lahaine.org/twilight-of-the-idols-rise-and-fall-of-the-personalist-left/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	They fell because they lost competitive elections, not because of US invasions or military coups.  These same leftist leaders, who had successfully defeated coups and withstood gross US political intervention via AID, NED, the [...]]]></description>

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