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This text was first published in the Mexican daily El Día in June 1965, after my return from Brazil where I had lived through the military coup that overthrew democratic president Goulart, this newspaper article has been translated and reproduced numerous times in many countries over several decades. In my attempt to ‘deconstruct’ hegemonic thinking in the social sciences of the 1960s I must have hit a raw nerve, considering that this piece is probably my most successful text so far.
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This is a substantially revised and enlarged version of “Siete Tesis Equivocadas sobre America Latina,” which appeared in June 1965 in the Mexican daily, El Día. An English version of this article, translated by Otto Feinstein, appeared in: New University Thought, Vol. IV, No. 4 (Winter 1966/67): 25–37; and the present text is based on this version, with substantial additions and minor revisions by the author. Published in James Petras and Maurice Zeitlin (Eds.), 1968: Latin America, Reform or Revolution? A Reader (New York, Fawcett Publications): 13–31.
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Stavenhagen, R. (2013). Seven Fallacies About Latin America (1965). In: Pioneer on Indigenous Rights. SpringerBriefs on Pioneers in Science and Practice, vol 2. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-34150-2_3
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