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10-26-2005, 02:41 PM #1
Venezuela’s “Demonstration Effect�: Defyin
http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/articles.php?artno=1579
Venezuela’s “Demonstration Effect�: Defying Globalization’s LogicMonday, Oct 17, 2005
By: Steve Ellner - NACLA
The continued ability of President Hugo Chávez to carry out significant reforms in the face of U.S. hostility and a fierce U.S.-supported domestic opposition has important implications for progressive Latin American struggles. Chávez’s success places in doubt the view that effective resistance by Latin American and Caribbean countries to the “free-market� neoliberal order is no longer possible.
The “no-alternatives, resistance-is-futileâ€? view is borrowed from Margaret Thatcher’s famous observation that alternatives to free-market policies no longer exist. It is reinforced by the ongoing market-based conditionality of all assistance (including debt forgiveness) from the United States and U.S.-dominated international financial institutions. That the Chávez experience goes against Thatcher’s dictumâ€â€I stay current on Americans for Legal Immigration PAC's fight to Secure Our Border and Send Illegals Home via E-mail Alerts (CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP)
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