| In Brief | 1 |
| Open Forum | 4 |
| Volk, Steven | |
| Taking Note | 7 |
| MO | |
| CRISIS in the Americas Argentina Columbia Venezuela | 8 |
| The Remarkable Fall and Rise of Hugo Chávez | 9 |
| Rosen, Fred & Ellner, Steve | |
| Venezuela: "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" | 16 |
| Beasley-Murray, Jon | |
| Venezuela's Oil Reform and Chavismo | 21 |
| López-Maya, Margarita & Lander, Luis | |
| New Colombian President Promises More War | 24 |
| Hagen, Jason | |
| Why Argentina Crashed and Is Still Crashing | 30 |
| Hershberg, Eric | |
| Cutbacks Threaten Argentina's Children-and Future | 34 |
| Gaudin, Andrés | |
| "Throw Them All Out": Argentina's Grassroots Rebellion | 38 |
| Burbach, Roger | |
| Book Review | 48 |
| Gallo, Carmenza |
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