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Neo‐extractivism, (de)growth and resurgent pink tide governments in Latin America
Mark Hawkins
Geography Compass·2024·1 citations
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The 21st century in Latin America began with a widespread shift to the left politically, a phenomenon called the ‘pink tide’. Following a period of right‐wing re‐ascendancy, left wing governments are again gaining traction across the continent. This article analyses the end of the last pink tide via a dialogue between the post‐extractivism and degrowth literature by examining Bolivia, Ecuador, and Brazil. This is done through a look at the impacts of both economic growth as a normative policy aim and extractivism as the engine to produce this growth on political developments in these countries. In the tradition of Gramsci this is interpreted as a hegemonic force, recast here as growth‐through‐extraction, that serves to perpetuate the interests of wealthy classes despite political changes. This article concludes with a brief analysis of how academic debates and political processes have moved on since Escobar 2015 and what this might mean for the new left‐wing governments of Latin America.
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View paper →La ultraderecha continental: un análisis de los discursos de Donald Trump, Jair Bolsonaro y Javier Milei
Lucía Caruncho
Colombia Internacional·2025
Objective/context: The article explores the content associated with American far-right presidential leaderships based on the analysis of the inauguration speeches of Donald Trump in the United States (2017), Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil (2019) and Javier Milei in Argentina (2023). Methodology: From a sociosemiotic perspective, verbal resources (rhetorical techniques, type of communication, key categories) and non-verbal resources (tone of communication, image, positioning, structuring signifier) are examined. The purpose is to identify the presence or absence of key elements generally associated with the far right (reactionism, punitivism, conservatism, anti-politics, and nationalism) and the dominant meanings that guide and build leadership relationships. Conclusions: The presidential speeches share the anti-political sentiment but differ with respect to the importance of conservatism and nationalism in particular (much clearer in Trump and, in different degree, Bolsonaro than in Milei). However, the punitive aspect is not central to their speeches and they are not explicitly reactionary. Originality: Despite being an exploratory study, it advances knowledge of an agenda in development: the continental extreme right. Likewise, it encourages the construction of comparative studies that contribute to the formation of a cumulative and articulated theory in consideration of the particularities of the American continent.
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View paper →The IMF, the World Bank, and U.S. Foreign Policy in Ecuador, 1956-1966
Jon V. Kofas
Latin American Perspectives·2001·33 citations
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