Free Trade and Social Conflict in Colombia, Peru and Venezuela

Confronting U.S. Capitalism, 2000-2016

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Cultural Studies, Ethnic Studies, History, World History
Cover of the book Free Trade and Social Conflict in Colombia, Peru and Venezuela by René De La Pedraja, McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
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Author: René De La Pedraja ISBN: 9781476626406
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers Publication: August 26, 2016
Imprint: Language: English
Author: René De La Pedraja
ISBN: 9781476626406
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Publication: August 26, 2016
Imprint:
Language: English

Foreign capital and free trade policies have provoked fierce conflicts in South America in recent years. People in Colombia and Peru engaged in often violent clashes to defend their livelihoods against the encroachments of the free market and the impositions of Wall Street. Farmers organized to save their lands from foreign mining corporations, and cities fought to save their water from contamination. Native Americans blocked highways to preserve ancestral lands, while students paralyzed universities and called for reforms to higher education. The shift toward socialism in Venezuela, led by President Hugo Chávez, was bitterly opposed by privileged groups. Governments tried to quell the turmoil through repression, political maneuvering and propaganda. This book provides a dramatic account of the struggles.

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Foreign capital and free trade policies have provoked fierce conflicts in South America in recent years. People in Colombia and Peru engaged in often violent clashes to defend their livelihoods against the encroachments of the free market and the impositions of Wall Street. Farmers organized to save their lands from foreign mining corporations, and cities fought to save their water from contamination. Native Americans blocked highways to preserve ancestral lands, while students paralyzed universities and called for reforms to higher education. The shift toward socialism in Venezuela, led by President Hugo Chávez, was bitterly opposed by privileged groups. Governments tried to quell the turmoil through repression, political maneuvering and propaganda. This book provides a dramatic account of the struggles.

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