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Mark Engler is a writer based in New York City and senior analyst with Foreign Policy In Focus. He is author of How to Rule the World: The Coming Battle Over the Global Economy (Nation Books, 2008).

Mark also serves as a commentator for the Institute for Public Accuracy and for the Mainstream Media Project.

An activist originally from Des Moines, Iowa, Mark has previously worked with the Arias Foundation for Peace and Human Progress in San José, Costa Rica, and is a member of the National Writers Union (UAW, Local 1881).

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    2006 ARTICLES | JANUARY-JUNE

    Articles are listed in reverse chronological order.


    Mexico's Left Turn Mexico's Left Turn
    By Mark Engler
    Published on June 29, 2006

    Bush won't cheer a progressive win in Mexico's presidential election, but the rest of us should.

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    Additional Links: TomPaine.com



    Introduction to 'The Republicans' Introduction to "The Republicans"
    By Mark Engler
    Published on June 16, 2006

    A book of photographs by Steve Simon.

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    Globalization's Watchdogs Globalization's Watchdogs
    By Mark Engler
    Published on May 26, 2006

    Railing against Bolivia's oil and gas nationalization, the media's "free trade" ideologues value markets over democracy.

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    Additional Links: Foreign Policy in Focus
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    The Birth of The Burning Bush The Birth of The Burning Bush
    By Paul Engler
    Published on May 30, 2006

    How the Center for the Working Poor began.

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    Additional Links: Center for the Working Poor



    The Latin American Roots of Empire The Latin American Roots of Empire
    By Mark Engler
    Published on May 8, 2006

    A review of Empire's Workshop by Greg Grandin.

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    Additional Links: MotherJones.com
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    Peru's Populist Gamble Peru's Populist Gamble
    By Mark Engler
    Published on April 18, 2006

    Would a Win By Ollanta Humala Be Another Step Forward for the Latin American Left?

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    Additional Links: The Nation
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    Bolivia and the Progressive Mandate in Latin America Bolivia and the Progressive Mandate in Latin America
    By Mark Engler and Benjamin Dangl
    Published in the March 2006 issue of Z Magazine

    What will Evo Morales learn from leftist governments in Argentina, Brazil, and Venezuela?

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    More To Be Done On Debt Relief More To Be Done On Debt Relief
    By Mark Engler
    Published on March 30, 2006

    If you think the third world debt crisis was solved at the meetings of G8 leaders last summer, think again.

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    Additional Links: TomPaine.com
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    Politicizing U.S. Aid Politicizing U.S. Aid
    By Mark Engler
    Published on March 21, 2006

    Under Bush's new Director of Foreign Assistance, Randall Tobias, U.S. foreign assistance will be more overtly political than ever. Can progressives in good conscience demand increased aid?

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    Additional Links: MotherJones.com
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    Latin America Unchained Latin America Unchained
    By Mark Engler
    Published on March 16, 2006

    Will the U.S. lose its influence over countries that have paid off their IMF loans?

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    Additional Links: TomPaine.com
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    CAFTA's Corpse, Revived CAFTA's Corpse, Revived
    By Mark Engler
    Published on March 1, 2006

    New disputes are calling into question what the Central American Free Trade Agreement will look like in practice.

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    Additional Links: The Nation
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    When the Dollars Stop Making Sense How Costly Is Too Costly?
    By Mark Engler
    Published on February 23, 2006

    Finding the tipping point for Vietnam -- and for Iraq.

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    Truth Versus Superpower Truth Versus Superpower
    By Mark Engler
    Published on January 1, 2006

    Defying the Bush Administration's neoconservative worldview, El Salvador's historic Truth Commission Report has once again become a living document.

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    Additional Links: New Internationalist
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