Abstract
In this interview, Roberto Regalado discusses changes in Cuba, influences of the Soviet model, and the need for alternative forms of democratic development. He offers an overview on the history of Latin American revolutionary efforts, the new social movements, and their political impact on the thinking of traditional left parties. Regalado also reflects on the difficulties and opportunities of left and progressive governments in power and the balance of continental forces.
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References
1.Antonio Gramsci, an Italian Marxist, who wrote on building institutional power within capitalism to contest political, ideological and cultural hegemony .
2.The Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our Americas is an international co-operation organisation based on the idea of the social, political and economic integration of the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. Venezuela and Hugo Chavez were the founding force behind its creation in opposition to the IMF and US .
3.Mercosur, or the Common Market of the South, is an economic and political agreement among Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Venezuela and Bolivia. Originally created to serve the interests of free trade and neo-liberal economic policies, it has become an important institution for Latin American economic and political independence .