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Political Conflicts and the Emergence of a New Nationalism in Ecuador, Venezuela and Bolivia
By Ruth Adriana Salcedo, ICAR Certificate Student
Posted: 08/01/07

There has been a dramatic shift to left-of-center governments in recent years in South America. The triumph of the left in most countries from Argentina to Venezuela follows on the heels of two decades of debt crises, low economic growth and limited progress in reducing poverty and inequality throughout the region. From an outside perspective, it would also be straightforward simply to point to a rise in nationalism and a reassertion of the role of the State, especially in Andean countries such as Venezuela and Bolivia.The reality is more subtle and complex, and involves different external and internal factors. In particular, it involves not only a reaction against political and economic policies associated with the United States, but also more or less conflictive processes of transformation of the region’s relatively young democracies. READ MORE

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ICAR News Network South America FEATURED COMMENTARY Political Conflicts and the Emergence of a New Nationalism in Ecuador, Venezuela and Bolivia By Ruth Adriana Salcedo, ICAR Certificate Student Posted: 08/01/07 There has been a dramatic shift to left-of-center governments in recent years in South America. The triumph of the left in most countries from Argentina to Venezuela follows on the heels of two decades of debt crises, low economic growth and limited progress in reducing poverty and inequality throughout the region. From an outside perspective, it would also be straightforward simply to point to a rise in nationalism and a reassertion of the role of the State, especially in Andean countries such as Venezuela and Bolivia.The reality is more subtle and complex, and involves different external and internal factors. In particular, it involves not only a reaction against political and economic policies associated with the United States, but also more or less conflictive processes of transformation of the region’s relatively young democracies. READ MORE News Network Homepage / Armenia / 2008 Elections / Afghanistan / Diplomacy/ Egypt / Environment / Global Peace Index / Health / Immigration / Iraq / Iran / Islam / Kosovo / Nuclear Proliferation / Pakistan / Palestine-Israel / Russia / Somalia / South America / Sri Lanka / Turkey /		About ICAR Student Information Prospective Students Faculty and Staff Alumni Career Services Academic Programs Library ICAR In The News Events Technology Resources ICAR Publications Point Of View Center Center for World Religions, Diplomacy & Conflict Resolution