Chavez responsible for reviving liberation theology in Latin America...http://www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=90151

The President's theological contribution to Latin America is contained very simply in the last line of his column. "In observing this sacred Sunday, we reiterate that our revolution has in Christ of the dispossessed the greatest guide in the struggle for human dignity ... we follow in his footsteps."

RAFAEL CORREA - My Experience as a Leftist Christian http://www.scribd.com/doc/26888578/RAFAEL-CORREA-My-Experience-as-a-Leftist-Christian-in-a-Secular-World

the tradition of black resistance and liberation theology http://upsidedownworld.org/main/news-briefs-archives-68/2416-brazil-the-homeless-in-bahia-the-utopia-of-qgood-livingq

Liberation theology http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberation_theology

One of the most radical aspects of liberation theology was the social organization, or re-organization, of church practice through the model of Christian base communities (CEBs).Liberation theology strove to be a bottom-up movement in practice, with Biblical interpretation and liturgical practice designed by lay practitioners themselves, rather than by the orthodox Church hierarchy. This type of church community resembles the Independent type of Protestantism. In fact, liberation theologians often work in Protestant schools, often working directly with the poor. In this context, sacred text interpretation is understood as "praxis".

Journalist and writer Penny Lernoux described this aspect of liberation theology in her numerous and committed writings intended to explain the movement's ideas in North America. Base communities were small gatherings, usually outside of churches, in which the Bible could be discussed, and mass could be said. They were especially active in rural parts of Latin America where parish priests were not always available, as they placed a high value on lay participation. As of May 2007, it was estimated that 80,000 base communities were operating in Brazil alone.[17] Contemporaneously Fanmi Lavalas in Haiti, the Landless Workers' Movement in Brazil, and Abahlali baseMjondolo in South Africa are three organizations that make use of liberation theology.[18]

Daniel Ortega: 1945—: Former Nicaragua President, Revolutionary - Learned Rebellion At An Early Age http://biography.jrank.org/pages/3960/Ortega-Daniel-1945-Former-Nicaragua-President-Revolutionary-Learned-Rebellion-at-an-Early-Age.html

Politically influenced by his parents, who had both been imprisoned under the Somoza dictatorship, Ortega became involved in politics at a young age. He attended private and Catholic schools, developing a deep devotion to his religion, but he received much of his education at home where his parents tried to thwart the widespread American influences stemming from the 24-year U.S. occupation of Nicaragua between 1909 and 1933

Latin American liberation theology’s critique of globalisation as market fundamentalism, social polarisation/exclusion and cultural homogenisation.http://www.tf.uio.no/english/research/projects/riga/

Liberation Theology - Latin American Liberation Theology http://science.jrank.org/pages/9960/Liberation-Theology-Latin-American-Liberation-Theology.html