Peru: Humala Submits to the United States and the Mining Industry
On April 28, 2013, Peruvian President Ollanta Humala delivered a speech with major implications for the future of democracy ...
Blood at the Blockade: Peru’s Indigenous Uprising
Beginning with a series of protests last year, Peru's Amazonian indigenous groups are now leading a full-fledged rebellion against the ...
Against the Law of the Jungle: Peru’s Amazonian Uprising
Between August 9 and 20, thousands of Awajun, Wampis, Matsiguenka, Shipibo, and other indigenous peoples of the Amazon mounted an ...
Book Review Essay: Insurgent Cuba, Race, Nation, and Revolution, 1868-1898 by Ada Ferrer
Issues of race and racism are emerging as pivotal to the political and cultural debates fueling the contentious re-imagining of ...
Oaxaca Teachers’ Strike Sparks Democracy Movement
Thousands of teachers and citizens marched silently through the streets of the city of Oaxaca, Mexico on August 13, mourning ...