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Obama and the New Left in Latin America is a political radiogram of the transformations that have taken place in Latin America over the past decade, with a particular focus on the region's fraught relations with the United States. Colombian journalist Clara Nieto reflects with seasoned acuity on the new ideological movements sweeping through Brazil, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia and Argentina, as well as the evolving political landscape in her own country as it transitions from the militaristic Alvaro Uribe government to peace negotiations under President Juan Manuel Santos. This book delves into the political ascendance of Barack Obama, and his impact on hemispheric relations. Obama and the New Left in Latin America will serve as an essential guide to understanding the region's geopolitical landscape for years to come.

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Clara Nieto is a Colombian journalist and diplomat who served for eleven years as a delegate to the United Nations, and later as Colombia's representative to UNESCO in Paris, charge d'affaires in Yugoslavia, Ambassador to Cuba, as well as UNESCO's regional director in Havana. She is the author of Masters of War, first published in Colombia by Uniandes-Cerec (1999), and later in the United States by Seven Stories Press (2003), in Italy by Nuovi Mundo Media (2003), and by Random House-Mondadori (2003).

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