| In Brief | 1 |
| Open Forum: Globalizing Liberation | 4 |
| Navarro, Luis Hernández | |
| Taking Note | 5 |
| JMB | |
| The Transformative Power of Art: Mexico's Combat Cartoonist | 6 |
| Barajas, Rafael | |
| Hugo Chávez Venezuela's Redeemer? | 15 |
| Burt, Jo-Marie & Rosen, Fred | |
| The Two Faces of Hugo Chávez | 18 |
| Márquez, Gabriel García | |
| Refounding the Republic: The Political Project of Chavismo | 22 |
| Lander, Luis E. & López-Maya, Margarita | |
| Polarized Politics in Chávez's Venezuela | 29 |
| Ellner, Steve | |
| Magical Illusions or Revolutionary Magic: Chávez in Historical Context | 34 |
| Coronil, Fernando | |
| Reviews | 48 |
| Godoy-Anativia, Marcial |
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