Rev. and updated translation of: La nueva izquierda en América Latina. 2005.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-288) and index.
Utopia reborn? : introduction to the study of the new Latin American left / César Rodríguez-Garavito, Patrick Barrett and Daniel Chavez -- Brazil : Lula's government, a critical appraisal / Félix Sánchez, João Machado Borges Neto and Rosa Maria Marques -- Venezuela : populism and the left : alternatives to neo-liberalism / Edgardo Lander -- Uruguay : the left in government : between continuity and change / Daniel Chavez -- Colombia : the new left : origins, trajectory and prospects / César Rodríguez-Garavita -- Argentina : the left, parties and movements : strategies and prospects / Federico L. Schuster -- Mexico : yearnings and utopias : the left in the third millennium / Armando Bartra -- Bolivia : the left and the social movements / Luis Tapia -- Promises and challenges : the Latin American left at the start of the twenty-first century / Atilio A. Boron -- Depolarised pluralities : a left with a future / Boaventura de Sousa Santos