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Patrick Barrett
Patrick Barrett, Ph.D., is the administrative director of the A. E. Havens Center for Social Justice at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He writes and teaches about US and Latin American politics. He is co-editor of The New Latin American Left: Utopia Reborn. The views and opinions expressed in this article are his own and do not necessarily reflect those of the Havens Center. He can be reached at [email protected].