Social Movements and State Power: Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Ecuador

by Henry Veltmeyer and James F. Petras

The 2003 electoral victory of Lucio Gutierrez in Ecuador was met with the same sense of optimism that greeted the election of Ignacio 'Lula' da Silva in Brazil, and Hugo Chavez in Venezuela. Gutierrez's victory was viewed as a major advance for the country in its 500 year-long struggle for freedom and democracy. In Bolivia, Evo Morales similarly came within an electoral whisker of achieving state power in 2002, and in 2003 Nestor Kirchner became President...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745324223
• ISBN13: 9780745324227
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.5"