A new wave of reform in Latin America...From Allende to Morales and Lugo.

dublin | rights and freedoms | event notice Monday August 25, 2008 10:56 by events@lasc.ie - LASC

Public Debate with Hugh O’Shaugnessy .

President Fernando Lugo.

After the bloody US-sponsored crush of democratic alternatives of social reform in Latin America during the ‘70s and the following decades of dictatorship and military rule, a new wave of reform has swept the continent in the wake of the 21st Century challenging Neoliberal orthodoxy and the so-called “End of History”.

How much room for social reform have the Latin American “progressive” regimes? What are the continuities of social reform for the last half a century? What is the novelty –if there is any- on the new wave of reform?

Hugh O’Shaugnessy is a reporter with four decades of experience covering Latin American issues. He has corresponded regularly to The Observer and the Financial Times.

WHEN: September 4th, 19:00
WHERE: Wynn’s Hotel, 35/39 Lwr. Abbey Street, Dublin 1