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Argues that the article, "Democracy Undermined," by Forrest Colburn & Alberto Trejos (summer 2010 issue of Dissent) contains meaningless generalizations & factually untrue statements. Colburn & Trejos malign Latin American governments without presenting any real evidence or naming any credible sources. In addition, they resort to overblown rhetoric like comparing Bolivian activists with Nazi "brown shirts" & accusing Bolivia's progressive leader, Evo Morales, of mismanaging the economy even though the country's annual growth is the highest it has been in decades. J. Lindroth

Cyborgs in Latin America explores the ways cultural expression in Latin America has grappled with the changing relationships between technology and human identity. The book takes a literary and cultural studies approach in examining narrative, film and advertising campaigns from Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Mexico and Uruguay by such artists as Ricardo Piglia, Edmundo Paz Soldán, Carmen Boullosa and Alberto Fuguet among others. Using and criticizing theoretical models developed by Katherine Hayles, Donna Haraway, Gilles Deleuze and Michel Foucault, the book will appeal to specialists and students of Latin American Studies; Posthuman Theory; and Literature, Science and Technology Studies.

US foreign policy and other issues; 7 articles. The year of elections in Brazil, and the situations in Peru, El Salvador, Argentina, Panama, and Nicaragua.