U.S. Offensive in Latin America
Coups, Retreats, and Radicalization
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9197860 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James Petras (0000-0002-8171-6072, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 15 |
| Publication date | 2002-05-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Monthly Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0027-0520 • E-ISSN: 0027-0520 |
| Publisher | Monthly Review Foundation (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.14452/mr-054-01-2002-05_2 |
| OpenAlex | W2000787918 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
The worldwide U.S.military-political offensiveis manifest in multiple contexts in Latin America. The U.S. offensive aims to prop up decaying client regimes, destabilize independent regimes, pressure the center-left to move to the right, and destroy or isolate the burgeoning popular movements challenging the U.S. empire and its clients. We will discuss the particular forms of the U.S. offensive in each country, and then explore the specific and general reasons for the offensive in contemporary Latin America. In the concluding section we will discuss the political alternatives in the context of the U.S. offensiveThis article can also be found at the Monthly Review website, where most recent articles are published in full.Click here to purchase a PDF version of this article at the Monthly Review website
Context (archaeology) · Empire · Latin Americans · Media studies · Offensive · Operations research · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Radicalization · Sociology · Engineering · History · International Relations in Latin America · Law · Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America
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| Citations per year | 0.48 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2003 - 2018 (16) |
| Highly cited | No |