Remembering the U.S. Invasion of Panama, 35 Years Later
O n December 20, 1989, the United States invaded Panama with tens of thousands of troops. It was the largest U.S. invasion since Vietnam. The first U.S. military action since the fall of the Berlin Wall one month before. The testing ground for the Iraq wars.
The Panama Canal Zone, a U.S. Enclave in Latin America
P anama is, perhaps, the country in the region that has suffered under the longest U.S. shadow—right from the very beginning. The country and the canal would become the United States’ most important asset in the region. The United States installed as many as 100 military bases throughout Panama, during World War II, and it was the base of Washington’s Latin American military training ...
A Spark of Hope: The Ongoing Lessons of the Zapatista ... - NACLA
Dec 21, 2022 · J anuary 1, 2019 marked 25 years since the Zapatistas captured the world’s imagination with their brief but audacious uprising to demand justice and democracy for Indigenous peasants in southern Mexico. While never formally laying down its weapons, the Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional (Zapatista Army of National Liberation, EZLN) has since become known more for its peaceful ...
Portraits of Black Politics and Resistance in Brazil | NACLA
Leia este artigo em português. Translated to English by Joyce Silva Fernandes. B lack people make up the majority in Brazil. Over half of the nation’s 215 million inhabitants—56 percent or about 120 million people—are Afro-Brazilian, making the country home to the largest Black population in the Americas.
Evo Morales at the Center of a Firestorm | NACLA
Nov 7, 2024 · T he split within Bolivia's Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) party took a violent turn in October, amid an extended campaign of blockades by supporters of former president Evo Morales. The blockades added a political dimension to the sense of national crisis in Bolivia, where collapsing foreign reserves have undermined …
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¿Quiénes Somos Todos? Libertad, igualdad y fraternidad en Cuba (Review) Julio César Guanche's book offers a reinterpretation of Cuba’s enduring democratic-republican tradition, unearthing its popular and egalitarian historical roots.
Remembering Chile’s U.S.-backed Coup, 50 Years On | NACLA
O n September 11, 1973, the Chilean military overthrew the socialist government of President Salvador Allende in a CIA-supported coup, installing a ruthless 17-year dictatorship led by General Augusto Pinochet. As the U.S.-backed military junta killed or forcibly disappeared more than 3,000 people and tortured more than 40,000, the country became the laboratory for neoliberal policy with ...
NACLA Report on the Americas
P ublished since 1967, the award-winning NACLA Report on the Americas is a quarterly magazine of news and analysis. It is the oldest and most widely read progressive magazine covering Latin America and its relationship with the United States. Centered around our unique "Report" section, which examines a single topic in depth, the magazine offers comprehensive, analytic coverage of Latin ...
Brazil at a Crossroads: The Environment or Oil and Gas
This article is Part II of a series in partnership with Earthworks on oil and gas impacts in Latin America. Read Part I. W ith record-setting fires in the Amazon dominating headlines in recent years, the global environmental imaginary of Brazil often brings up scenes of deforestation, threats of tremendous biodiversity loss, and violent displacement driven by the cattle, forestry, and ...
Latin America’s New Left Surge - NACLA
W hile many had long proclaimed the death of the Pink Tide, the ouster of Bolivian President Evo Morales in 2019 was in some ways a nail in the coffin. The far-right government of Jeanine Áñez that followed unleashed the military on protesters, killing 30, persecuted those associated with the Morales government, threatened to privatize state industry, and …