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 ...
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WEBThe Assassin of Illusions: Alberto Fujimori’s Long-Lasting Legacy. The former strongman’s political project lives on in his ideology of Fujimorismo, championed by his polarizing daughter. Peru’s collective memory will be the judge in the face of enduring impunity.
Remembering Brazil's Military Coup 50 Years Later | NACLA
WEBApr 1, 2014 · President João Goulart fled to Uruguay, and with him went the hopes of progressive reforms. April 1, 2014. Tweet. NACLA. Yesterday and today mark the 50-year-anniversary of the U.S.-backed military coup d’etat in Brazil. The coup kicked off a brutal twenty-year-long military dictatorship. Similar military coups would follow in Bolivia, Chile ...
Legacies of the U.S. Invasion of Panama - NACLA
WEBOn December 20, 1989, former president George H.W. Bush ordered the invasion of Panama. The U.S. 82nd Airborne division pummeled Panama City from the air, as U.S. soldiers from the 193rd Brigade clashed in the streets with troops from the Panamanian Defense Forces (PDF) and the Dignity Battalions, a militia of workers and campesinos.
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.
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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 the nations and peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean are ...
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 ...
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. Speaking with an elder from Ilom, he told me ...
Keeping 2001 Open: Argentina’s Uprising 20 Years Later
WEBDec 18, 2021 · On December 19 and 20, 2001, a popular rebellion erupted in Argentina. With the economy in freefall, people took to the streets with a clear refrain: “ Que se vayan todos. ” The government soon defaulted on its massive debt, and many new experiments in horizontal organizing and grassroots economic alternatives came to life.
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 y la ...