For the countries lucky enough to be located in the U.S.’s “backyard,” the drug menace has justified all manner of militarization, arms sales, and support for right-wing governments and movements. […]
Six characteristics of resistance challenging the capitalist, patriarchal, extractivist hegemony in Latin America. […]
Both Democratic and Republican administrations in the United States have opposed Venezuela’s socialist policies and thrown their support behind the opposition. Their bipartisan goal is to oust Maduro. […]
Indigenous activist Sebastian Alonso Juan was killed protesting hydroelectric dams in northern Guatemala. Now, others are fighting for justice and an end to the corporate projects that condemn their communities to death. […]
What do Exxon Mobil, Halliburton, Blackwater and Mexico’s Zetas have in common? Providing “security” to expand capitalism’s frontiers. […]
Honduras is set to classify protesting as a form of terrorism, putting activists in the crosshairs. […]
A Peruvian Indigenous campesina brave enough to stand up to one the world’s biggest mining companies and its human rights averse security just might make Latin America safer for environmental defenders. […]
In Ecuador, the Left is torn between urgent development needs and the costs of natural resource extraction. […]
History repeats itself: economic destabilization in Brazil to spur a neoliberal conservative revival mirrors similar meddling in Allende’s Chile and present-day Venezuela. […]
If Brazil’s left aims to be effective beyond electoral purposes, base-building must be paired with politicizing efforts so that the masses can become political subjects, rather than just political objects. […]
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