Latin American Perspectives

Authors Linda Farthing and Thomas Becker join us on our inaugural episode of "Editor's Choice" to discuss their book Coup: A Story of Violence and Resistance in Bolivia (Haymarket Books 2021). Coup tells the story of the 2019 Bolivian political crisis, providing a critical analysis of the 14 years of the MAS government that preceded it as well as the MAS return to power in 2020. It includes personal stories and commentary from women and men on the streets, leaders in social movements, members of the MAS party and government, survivors of the Áñez government's abuses, and intellectuals.

Linda Farthing is a journalist and indepent scholar who reported and commented from Bolivia during the 2019-2020 coup for the Guardian, The Economist, Al Jazeera, Latino USA, NPR, and the BBC. She is the author of four books on Bolivia and a coordinating editor for Latin American Perspectives.

Thomas Becker is an activist, attorney, and acadmeic who has worked on human rights issues in Bolivia for over fifteen years. He spent much of 2019-2020 in Bolivia investigating abuses for Harvard Law School.

Coup: A Story of Violence and Resistance in Bolivia is available for purchase through Haymarket Books: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1745-coup

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Anthropologist and LAP contributing editor Adrienne Pine discusses the November 2022 issue of LAP "Social Struggle in Neoliberal Central America." Topics covered include neoliberalism and the political-economic roots of violence and conflict in Central America, criticism of prominent (mis)representations of the issues confronting the region, and a case study examining psychiatric hospitals and social movement resistance in Honduras. For additional information about contacting the journal, podcast host, or guest please contact [email protected]

The November 2022 issue of LAP can be accessed through Sage publishing: https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/lapa/49/1

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Renowned intellectual and LAP contributing editor Professor Ronaldo Munck joins us to discuss the July 2022 issue of LAP "Marxism, Critical Thinking, and Andean Futures." Topics covered include the ideas and life of twentieth-century Marxist intellectual José Carlos Mariátegui, the critical thinking of some contemporary South American intellectuals, and the relevance of theorizing Andean futures and utopias.

The July 2022 issue of LAP can be accessed through Sage publishing: https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/lapa/49/1

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Alexander Scott speaks with LAP founding editor Ronald Chilcote and coordinating editor Joana Salem Vasconcelos to discuss their double issue of LAP "Reassessing Development: Past and Present Marxist Theories of Dependency and Periphery Debates," published in January and March of 2022. Topics covered include the founding and origins of the journal Latin American Perspectives, the history of dependency theory, the importance of marxist political-economic analysis, and how scholars have begun to return to marxist theories of dependency.

The January and March 2022 issue(s) of LAP can be accessed through Sage publishing: https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/lapa/49/1

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