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Today, with left-wing and progressive forces running many governments throughout the continent, a diverse range of political commentators, activists, and academics debate here which way forward for Latin America. Can urgently needed social change be achieved through reform or only through revolution? Edited by leading Cuban political analyst Roberto Regalado.

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With Latin America's Left in the ascendancy, controlling a growing number of national and local governments, this timely collection of essays aims to analyze rigorously the present historical moment and to chart possible futures. The book's theme comes from the question posed by Rosa Luxemburg in her famous turn-of-the-past-century pamphlet Reform or Revolution? Luxemburg was solidly for the latter; the comparative inadequacy of complacent half-measures is outlined in these pages as well. The topic is addressed from a variety of Marxist perspectives by ten scholars and policymakers: Bolivia's Hugo Moldiz, Brazil's Valter Pomar, Chile's Esteban Silva, Colombia's Jaime Caycedo, Cuba's Roberto Regalado, Ecuador's German Rodas, Mexico's Beatriz Stolowicz, Nicaragua's Carlos Fonseca (son of the Sandinista founder and hero), Panama's Nils Castro, and Venezuela's Amilcar Figueroa. Their essays amply refute any reductionist notions of the Left in Latin America by reflecting a rich spectrum of diversity of thought. A strong addition to the publisher's excellent catalog of works of progressive political theory, though the book would be that much stronger, as always, if it had an index. Recommended for academic libraries serving students of political science and journalism.-Bruce Jensen, Rohrbach Lib., Kutztown, PA (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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Robert Regalado is one of Cuba's prominent intellectuals and commentators who has studied and written on Latin American politics for more than three decades. He was the author of "América Latina Entre Siglos" (also published by Ocean Press in English as "Latin America at the Crossroads"). He recently published: Encuentros y desencuentros de la izquierda latinoamericana.