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About Justin Vogler

Justin Vogler works as a freelance journalist based in Chile, teaches political science in the socioeconomics department of Valparaiso University.

Articles by Justin Vogler

Tuesday 11th May

Chile and Britain: left alliances, right futures

Justin Vogler, 11 May 2010
Chile’s two decades of political experience until the election of a centre-right president in 2010 hold lessons for Britain’s divided and wounded centre-left, says Justin Vogler.
Friday 26th March

Chile: politics of an earthquake

Justin Vogler, 26 March 2010
The epic wave of destruction on 27 February 2010 has tested the character of the Chilean nation and the reputation of two of its presidents. A month on, Justin Vogler recalls the moment and assesses the tragedy's political fallout.
Wednesday 20th January

Chile’s political turn

Justin Vogler, 20 January 2010
The result of Chile’s presidential election reflects less the achievement of the rightwing candidate than the failure of the centre-left coalition, says Justin Vogler.
Tuesday 8th December

Chile’s inheritance struggle

Justin Vogler, 8 December 2009
The outcome of Chile’s presidential election is more open than at any time since its return to democracy in 1990.

Chile’s inheritance struggle

Justin Vogler, 8 December 2009
The outcome of Chile’s presidential election is more open than at any time since its return to democracy in 1990, writes Justin Vogler.
Wednesday 19th August

Chile always surprises

Justin Vogler, 19 August 2009
A young maverick leaps into Chile's elite-dominated election. The end of an era or a false dawn? 
Wednesday 1st April

Chile: the politics of patriarchy

Justin Vogler, 1 April 2009
An old, male political elite seeks to ensure the succession to the impressive Michelle Bachelet
Wednesday 17th September

Bolivia nears the precipice

Justin Vogler, 17 September 2008
A new regional body attempts to calm Bolivia’s political turmoil. A hard job in a fractured land 
Tuesday 13th November

King Juan Carlos vs President Hugo

Justin Vogler, 13 November 2007

A choleric king takes on the man who can't stop talking

 

Monday 8th October

Chile: Pinochet’s ghost, Bachelet’s swamp

Justin Vogler, 8 October 2007

The exposure of past crimes is little respite for Chile's current president

Monday 2nd April

Argentina and Britain: the lessons of war

Justin Vogler, 2 April 2007
Argentina’s democracy and commitment to global peace are the most important legacies of the Falklands war, argues Justin Vogler.
Thursday 8th March

Bienvenido, Señor Bush

Justin Vogler, 8 March 2007
A close scrutiny of George W Bush’s five-nation Latin American tour reveals the degree of political calculation behind the stirring rhetoric, says Justin Vogler.
Monday 11th December

Augusto Pinochet: chronicle of a death foretold

Justin Vogler, 11 December 2006
Augusto Pinochet's death closes an era in Chile but leaves a nation still split over the ex-dictator's legacy, reports Justin Vogler in Santiago.
Sunday 24th September

Democratising globalisation: Joseph Stiglitz interviewed

Justin Vogler, 24 September 2006
It's time to move from critique to reform of globalisation –and politics is key, Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz tells Justin Vogler.
Wednesday 19th July

South America: towards union or disintegration?

Justin Vogler, 19 July 2006
The Mercosur summit in Cordoba, Argentina, on 20-21 July comes at a key moment in South America's integration process. To understand its significance, Justin Vogler talks to the leading Brazilian historian, Luiz Alberto Moniz Bandeira.
Monday 19th June

Mapuche: the other Chile

Justin Vogler, 19 June 2006
As four Mapuche activists imprisoned under draconian anti-terrorist laws spend over two months on hunger-strike, Justin Vogler looks at the troubled relationship between the Chilean state and "the oldest of Chileans".
Thursday 6th April

Ollanta Humala: a Peruvian gamble

Justin Vogler, 6 April 2006
The first round of Peru's presidential election makes maverick nationalist Ollanta Humala the favourite. Justin Vogler profiles him.
Friday 17th March

Latin America: woman's hour

Justin Vogler, 17 March 2006

Michelle Bachelet's inauguration as Chile's president is only the most prominent example of a womanpower wave in Latin America, finds Justin Vogler. 

 

Wednesday 22nd February

Small-country power: Chile and the Iraq war

Justin Vogler, 22 February 2006
Two new books cast light on the diplomatic pressures exerted by the United States and its British ally to win support for the military option in Iraq. Justin Vogler in Santiago talks to the authors. 
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