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Blueprints and Blockades: Latin America's Planning Wins—and the Times They Were Stopped

Latin America did not lack planners or plans. It lacked uninterrupted time. Over the last century, the region produced sophisticated projects in transport, health, energy, and social protection. Many took root and quietly improved daily life. Others were intercepted—often by U.S.

Jun 11, 202524 min

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Breaking the Monopolies: Árbenz, the Atlantic Corridor, and the Coup That Rewrote Guatemala

Jacobo Árbenz did not try to build utopia. He tried to build a country that could set its own prices. His program—land reform backed by logistics—attacked the chokepoints that kept Guatemala poor: a foreign‑owned port, a foreign‑owned railway, and idle estates that treated peasants as labor.

Jun 6, 202518 min