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Variations of democracy in Latin America

A new issue of the Journal of Politics in Latin America is out. Erin Daly (Widener): Dignity in the Service of Democracy. Gary A. Mauser and June Francis (Simon Fraser): Collateral Damage: The "War on Drugs", and the Latin America and Caribbean Region. From Re-public, a special issue on variations of democracy in Latin America. Robert Valencia on reclaiming the OAS’s future in the Americas. A review of A History of Modern Latin America: 1800 to the Present by Teresa A. Meade. From Canadian Dimension, a review of Dancing with Dynamite: Social Movements and States in Latin America by Benjamin Dangl; and an article on roads to 21st century capitalist development in Latin America. An interview with James Dunkerley on Latin American history. From Foreign Affairs, Oscar Arias on Culture Matters: Real obstacles to Latin American development. A review of Paulo Freire and the Cold War Politics of Literacy by Andrew J. Kirkendall. The left-right ideological divide has begun to narrow in Latin America as citizens and leaders increasingly choose a pragmatic approach to politics and embrace the rules of the democratic game. Latin America and Palestine: watershed or worthless? A review of The Last Colonial Massacre: Latin America in the Cold War by Greg Grandin. South America grows happily richer: Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Peru are at the forefront of an economic surge. Dakar 2011, the Most Dangerous Race: For the third year running, the grueling rally is taking place in South America — it is so lucrative that Peru, Bolivia and Brazil want in.