Latin America pays a high price for being the Number One laboratory of neoliberal experimentation in the past quarter of a century: the area has now turned into one of the most unstable regions in both economic, political and social sense. 2003 could be a decisive year for the future of the continent.

The consistent, scientific and critical analysis of historical, real state socialism has practically failed to develop. In order to obtain a clear picture, state socialism should be examined in its own age and the historical, economic, legal and political context, in which it existed, which limited its scope. Reform experiments of state socialism, discussions at the time reflected such problems of the age, which are, partly or on the whole, still relevant.

There are two types of anti-Americanism. One of them criticizes America by rejecting democracy and the rest of the fundamental values. The other confronts America with the difference between principles, propaganda and its practice. The latter is very important (even) to America.

The author critically reconstructs the fundamental characteristics and periods of development of Soviet culture. It contests those liberal and nationalist views, which seek to deprive the impoverishing population of its culture and history. Business culture, individualisation and the mock romantic Russification of Soviet culture in historic sense can be understood as cultural decline.

The article written upon the book of F. S. Saunders analyses the relationship of the CIA and the cultural cold war, pointing out that the value orientation crisis of the Left was not only developed by immanent contradictions. The author also touches upon the contradictions, which particularly characterized the liaison between Stalinism and the contemporary Left.