Enzo Faletto

Enzo Doménico Faletto Verné (July 14, 1935 – June 22, 2003) was a Chilean sociologist and historian. Together with former Brazilian president and sociologist Fernando Henrique Cardoso, he wrote the book Dependency and Development in Latin America, an important contribution to the development of Dependency Theory.

Biography Early years and education

Born in the Chilean capital, Santiago, Faletto wanted to join the Foreign Legion. Frustrated about his chances of joining, at the age of 14 he entered the , a branch of the Chilean Navy, located in Valparaíso.

Career In 1961, he joined the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). With the establishment of the Brazilian military dictatorship in 1964, intellectuals such as Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Francisco Weffort and Vilmar Faria went into exile in Chile, where they met Faletto.

Cardoso and Faletto wrote the book Dependencia y desarrollo en América Latina, initially published by the Mexican publishing house Siglo XXI in 1969. A decade after its release in Mexico, the book was published in the United States by the University of California Press under the title Dependency and development in Latin America.

Between 1967 and 1972 Faletto taught sociology and journalism at the University of Chile. During the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet, he worked as a researcher at FLACSO. In Argentina, he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the National University of Rosario.

Death He died in Santiago on June 22, 2003 at the age of 67 from lung cancer.

Publications (selection)

Dimensiones Sociales, Políticas y Culturales del Desarrollo: Antologia. (Social, political and cultural dimensions of development: Anthology), Santiago: FLACSO-Chile, 2007. Como enfrentar la pobreza?: estrategias y experiencias organizacionales innovadoras. (How to confront poverty? Innovative organizational strategies and experiences), Buenos Aires: Grupo Editor Latinoamericano, 1989. Clases sociales y opciones políticas en Chile. (Social classes and political options in Chile), Santiago: FLACSO-Chile, 1981. Movimientos populares y alternativa de poder en Latinoamérica (People´s movements and power alternatives in Latin America) Mexico: Editorial Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, 1980. Dependency and development in Latin America (with Fernando Henrique Cardoso). Berkeley: University of California Press, 1979. Sociedad burguesa y liberalismo romántico. (Society of the middle class and romantic liberalism) Caracas: El Cid Editor, 1977.