Reconstructing Race: Racism, Culture and Mestizaje in Latin …
WEBReconstructing Race: Racism, Culture and Mestizaje in Latin America. One of the most puzzling, disconcerting phenomena that the non-native visitor confronts while traveling in Latin America is the relative ease with which pervasive and very visible discriminatory practices coexist with the denial of racism.
A Spark of Hope: The Ongoing Lessons of the Zapatista ... - NACLA
WEBDec 21, 2022 — A quarter-century after their uprising, perhaps the most meaningful, lasting lesson from the Zapatista movement is a spark of hope, a sense of what is possible, even in dark and uncertain times. Hilary Klein has been engaged in social justice and community organizing for more than two decades.
Caribbean Movements Then and Now: A Labor View - NACLA
WEBCaribbean Movements Then and Now: A Labor View. Over the last decade, social movements throughout Latin America have intensified their struggles in spite of— in fact as a direct consequence of—the very neoliberal policies that were supposed to end all struggles. But it seems as if the more alive the social movements in Latin America become ...
War in Words: An Intellectual History of the “Narco” in ... - NACLA
WEBAug 30, 2024 — Oswaldo Zavala's book explores the myth of the narco in Mexico and examines the change in narco-discourse, prompted by the United States.
Land Rights and Garífuna Identity | NACLA
WEBLand Rights and Garífuna Identity. The history of the Garífuna people has long been tied to land. The Garífuna originate from the 17th century when, on the windward Caribbean island of St. Vincent, the island’s indigenous Arawak-Caribs integrated runaway and shipwrecked African slaves into their communities. European colonists first ...
Remembering Brazil's Military Coup 50 Years Later - NACLA
WEBApr 1, 2014 — Ex-President João Goulart (Archivo Nacional/flickr) Yesterday and today mark the 50-year-anniversary of the U.S.-backed military coup d’etat in Brazil. The coup kicked off a brutal twenty-year-long military dictatorship. Similar military coups would follow in Bolivia, Chile, Uruguay, and Argentina. Together with the support of the U.S. government and Paraguay, under General Alfredo ...
The Legacy of Latin American Land Reform - NACLA
WEBLand reform has been one of the most conflictive issues in twentieth- century Latin America. The reasons are simple. Effective reforms imply radical changes in economic and political relations both locally and nationally. And given Latin America’s role in the global economy, powerful transnational interests are frequently involved.
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WEBNACLA. September 26, 2024. On the 10th anniversary of the disappearance of 43 students in Iguala, Mexico, this collection of NACLA coverage contextualizes the event—and the government’s ongoing role in obscuring the truth.
Guatemala’s Genocide: Survivors Speak | NACLA
WEBKate Doyle. May 1, 2008. Guatemala took a small step toward justice on February 4, when an international genocide case charging eight former senior officials with crimes against humanity opened before Spain’s federal court, the Audiencia Nacional, in Madrid. The suit was brought in 1999, when Mayan activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner ...
Legacies of the U.S. Invasion of Panama - NACLA
WEBOn December 20, 1989, former president George H.W. Bush ordered the invasion of Panama. The U.S. 82nd Airborne division pummeled Panama City from the air, as U.S. soldiers from the 193rd Brigade clashed in the streets with troops from the Panamanian Defense Forces (PDF) and the Dignity Battalions, a militia of workers and campesinos. Thousands of civilians were caught in the crossfire as the ...