The Empire’s Workshop: An Interview with Greg Grandin
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"It was in Central America and Latin America more broadly, where an insurgent New Right first coalesced."
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Educational Reform in Chile
For one month Santiago, Chile saw demonstrations by secondary school students who, as the central point of their demands, asked for the constitutional law of teaching (LOCE) to be repealed.
Terrorist Up For U.S. Citizenship: The Strange Case of Luis Posada Carriles
The release of United 93 has brought renewed attention to the tragic events of 9/11. Yet Americans are less familiar with the story of another jet full of innocent people destroyed by terrorists: Cubana Flight 455.
1491: The Truth About the Americas Before Columbus
In many high school history classes students are told that before Columbus arrived the Americas were full of untamed wilderness loosely populated with savage Indians. Charles Mann’s book, 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus proves that the opposite is true.
Mapuches: The Politics of Exclusion in Chile
As four Mapuche activists imprisoned under draconian anti-terrorist laws spend 70 days on a hunger strike, the troubled relationship between the Chilean state and "the oldest of Chileans" is rockier than ever.
Mining and McDonald’s in Ecuador
Imagine living in a cloud forest in the Ecuadorian tropical Andes. The region is recognized as one of the most ecologically diverse places in the world.
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After Bolivia’s Gas Nationalization—Toward a New Regional Map
In a single sweep of the pen, Bolivian President Evo Morales has rearranged the continent’s entire geopolitical map.
Everyone’s Duty: To Recuperate Our Natural Resources
Here is the speech Evo Morales gave on May 1st when nationalizing Bolivia’s gas reserves:
Building Labor’s Revolutionary Voice in Venezuela: The UNT’s second national Congress
Rival factions clashed at the second national Congress of Venezuela’s National Workers Union (UNT), held in Caracas, May 25-27. Over 2000 voting delegates and 1000 supporting union members attended the Congress, which ended in disarray when a group of dissident delegates split off from the main group and held a smaller, parallel gathering. The two groups failed to agree on a date for Federation-wide elections.