Interview: Agrarian Political Economy of Left-wing Governments in Latin America with Leandro Vergara-Camus

By Jo Tomkinson|May 5, 2017|Journal of Agrarian Change|0 comments

This post is part of the Journal of Agrarian Change blog, hosted on the Development Studies at SOAS blog. The Journal of Agrarian Change has recently published a Special Issue entitled, ‘Peasants, Agribusiness, Left-wing Governments and Neo-Developmentalism in Latin America: Exploring the Contradictions’ (JAC Vol. 17, No. 2, April 2017), edited by Cristóbal Kay and Leandro Vergara-Camus. In this interview, Leandro Vergara-Camus (Senior Lecturer, Development Studies at SOAS) talks about the

Venezuela’s Chavismo at a Crossroads after Landslide Opposition Victory

Ryan Brading is a Teaching Fellow in the Department of Development Studies at SOAS. He is author of the 2013 book Populism in Venezuela. His research interests include populist politics in Latin America and East Asia. December elections leave Chavismo in disarray The death of the charismatic President Hugo Chávez in March 2013 left an emotional, political and institutional vacuum in Venezuela. Chávez’s fiery rhetoric and alpha male persona captured