Haiti, Nicaragua, & Cuba: Showcases of Reverse Colonialism
Media outlets that bill themselves as guardians of anticolonialism are unable to admit that there are nationally based struggles for power.
Rafael Rojas
Peru, Thirty Years On
With Peru’s second round of presidential elections Sunday, the neoliberal right confronts the left, and this left is often quite conservative.
The Criminalization of Protest
The language of the Latin American left & right responds to the same logic of disparagement, using different glossaries.
Is Bukele Wrapping Himself in the Chinese Mantle?
Los intereses de China en la región crecen y podría darse el caso de que Beijing termine como aliado de Bukele y Ortega,
Nicaragua’s Ministry of Celestial Bodies
Ortega’s government has created a “Secretariat for Matters of Extraterrestrial Space, the Moon and other Celestial Bodies”. That’s no joke!
The New Feminism in Latin America
What is new about feminism is the rigor of a gender perspective and the intensity of a globalized and connected 21 century youth.
Myanmar Coup: a Metaphor for Post-Truth Politics
The US made Myanmar a symbol of democratization and Obama even went so far as presenting this country as an example for Cuba.
Allende’s Chilean Road to Socialism 50 Years On
The key to the “Chilean road to Socialism” was social reforms without abandoning the constitutional framework.
Trump and Latin America
The four years of the chaotic and terrible Trump government adopted a posture that revived the worst of Cold War anti-communism.
False Facts: The Cuban Gov. Campaign against Dissidents
The new communities of activists, journalists, artists and intellectuals grow in accordance with civil society itself and the private sector.