New from NACLA!

 

Dear Naclistas,

You may have seen some of our new content popping up on social media in the last few weeks. Exciting times lie ahead for NACLA; and part of that is revamped web content and new staff. Here's what you missed:

 

NEW ON NACLA.ORG

 
Hilary Goodfriend
 
November 16, 2015

The Salvadoran Right is copycatting anti-corruption movements in Guatemala – but is it all just a political smokescreen?

Jake Johnston
 
November 12, 2015

Five years after the international community helped overturn Haiti's election results, observers are tacitly supporting an increasingly anti-democratic process.

 

Kari Lydersen and Adriana Cardona-Maguigad
 
November 11, 2015

This article is the second in a two-part investigative series on the social, economic, and ecological impacts of gold mining in Colombia.

Kari Lydersen and Adriana Cardona-Maguigad
 
November 9, 2015

This article is the first in a two-part investigative series on the social, economic, and ecological impacts of gold mining in Colombia.

Argentina’s Cambiemos: A party from the elite, by the elite, for the elite?

María Esperanza Casullo
 
November 5, 2015

The unexpected electoral success of Argentina's pro-business Cambiemos coalition in the October 25 election marks a sharp turn right for Argentine voters.

Guatemala's Civil Hangover

Rachel Nolan
 
November 4, 2015

The unprecedented success of Guatemala's anti-corruption protests surprised everyone. But this success has not yet translated to the ballot box.

Emily Billo and Isaiah Zukowski
 
November 2, 2015

Despite Ecuador's lofty goals of environmental justice and social equity, the state is repressing and criminalizing the voices of anti-mining protesters.

 

Jeff Abbott
 
October 30, 2015

Guatemala's President-elect Jimmy Morales, despite campaigning as the antithesis of a career politician, is backed by the same forces that carried out some of the worst crimes in the country's history.

 

 

Emily Achtenberg
Rebel Currents
October 29, 2015

The new film Our Brand is Crisis doesn’t tell us how a president who authorized the massacre of indigenous Bolivians has lived with impunity in the U.S. for 12 years.