Monitoring the U.S. Military Presence in Latin America | NACLA
WEBMarch 13, 2008. Tweet. Adam Isacson, Joy Olson and Lisa Haugaard. The physical presence of U.S. military personnel throughout the hemisphere has changed substantially during the past ten years. Back in 1997, large military bases were the rule, most of them in the former Panama Canal Zone. The Southern Command (SouthCom)—which is the …
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WEBRomina Green Rioja, Roger Merino, Nayla Luz Vacarezza. August 27, 2024. The lofty promises of plurinationalism remain an unfinished project. The Fall 2024 NACLA Report explores how plurinational politics are organized and …
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.
A Spark of Hope: The Ongoing Lessons of the Zapatista ... - NACLA
WEBDec 21, 2022 · January 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 ...
U.S. Policy Toward Central America Continues Legacy of ... - NACLA
WEBApr 28, 2021 · Para leer este artículo en español, haz clic aqui.. This piece was edited prior to the start of the GSOC, UAW Local 2110 strike.. I had just arrived to Ilom, Chajul in June 2019 when I heard the news that the Minister of Governance had signed an agreement with the Trump administration to make Guatemala a safe third country. I felt disoriented. …
Reconstructing Race: Racism, Culture and Mestizaje in Latin …
WEBReconstructing Race: Racism, Culture and Mestizaje in Latin America. Tweet. Marisol de la Cadena. September 25, 2007. 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 ...
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WEBOUR MISSION. T he North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA) is an independent, nonprofit organization founded in 1966 to examine and critique U.S. imperialism and political, economic, and military intervention in the Western hemisphere. In an evolving political and media landscape, we continue to work toward a world in which …
Photos We Don’t Get to See (Photo Essay) | NACLA
WEBDec 18, 2018 · An expanded version of this visual essay was published as “ The Photos We Don’t Get to See: Sovereignties, Archives, and the 1928 Massacre of Banana Workers in Colombia,” in Making the Empire Work: Labor and United States Imperialism, (New York University Press, 2015); and “ Las fotos que no alcanzamos a ver: Soberanías, archivos …
More Than Six Decades of Sanctions on Cuba | NACLA
WEBOct 24, 2022 · T his past September President Joe Biden renewed the U.S. trade embargo against Cuba, thereby extending into the 62 nd year the regimen of punitive sanctions. The policy, as Assistant Secretary of State Roberta Jacobson acknowledged in 2015, is “harsher than on many other countries in the world over the years.”Cuba has been under U.S. …
23 Years of Impunity for Perpetrators of Acteal Massacre
WEBDec 21, 2020 · Las Abejas, meaning The Bees, have held their monthly ceremony for the past 23 years, seeking justice. Meanwhile the perpetrators and masterminds of the massacre are still at large, enjoying unspoken impunity. In the aftermath of the massacre, 79 people were convicted and handed long-term prison sentences for their participation …