María Esperanza Casullo is a political scientist and the author of Por Qué Funciona El Populismo? (Why Does Populism Work?) She can be followed on Twitter here.

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Is the Biden Administration Quietly Pursuing an Imperialist Foreign Policy?
Pulitzer-winning author Greg Grandin explores how the State Department has adopted a "sleeper Monroe Doctrine" in Latin America.
María Esperanza Casullo
Announcing In These Times’ New Agreement with the National Writers Union
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