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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>
	<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 12:27:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Empire building and rule: U.S. and Latin America</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2003 17:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Petras</dc:creator>
		
	<category>United States</category>
		<guid>https://petras.lahaine.org/empire-building-and-rule-us-and-latin-america/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	June 25, 2003
	Fifty years ago the Economic Commission on Latin America (CEPAL) described the world economy in terms of center and periphery, twenty years later world-system theorists added a semi-periphery. These terms, long devoid of [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Present situation in Latin America</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2003 19:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Petras</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Latin America</category>
		<guid>https://petras.lahaine.org/present-situation-in-latin-america/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	Introduction
	The uneven development of the class-ethnic struggle and the contradictions within the social movements.
	The right turn of former leftist or populist electoral parties and their alliance with US imperialism
	The decline of the neo-liberal socio-economic model [...]]]></description>

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		<title>U.S.&#8217;s ratings of Latin American regimes</title>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/uss-ratings-of-latin-american-regimes/</link>

		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2003 19:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Petras</dc:creator>
		
	<category>United States</category>
		<guid>https://petras.lahaine.org/uss-ratings-of-latin-american-regimes/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	The criteria that used to judge regimes is their willingness to follow the Wall Street-Washington neo-liberal policies, their ability to implement them and their ability to secure political legitimacy.  The establishment rankings have changed [...]]]></description>

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