Neocolonial Policing in Puerto Rico
The Puerto Rico Police Department is broken in a number of critical and fundamental respects, according to a report released
Horizontalism: From Argentina to Wall Street
For nearly two months thousands of people gathered at New York Citys Zuccotti Park to protest the role of Wall
A New Indigenous-Left in Ecuador?
On August 9, about 400 delegates from Ecuadors many social movements joined most of the countrys left-wing parties for
Buenaventura, Colombia: Where Free Trade Meets Mass Graves
In April, President Obama and Juan Manuel Santos, the president of Colombia, reinitiated discussions on establishing a free trade agreement.
Beyond the Drug War: The Pentagon’s Other Operations in Latin America
Stryker armored vehicle test in Suriname (yuma.army.mil).For the last two decades, the dominant narrative justifying the U.S. military’s activities in
Beyond the Drug War: The Pentagons Other Operations in Latin America
Stryker armored vehicle test in Suriname (yuma.army.mil).For the last two decades, the dominant narrative justifying the U.S. militarys activities in
The University of Puerto Rico: A Testing Ground for the Neoliberal State
On March 10, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) executive director Anthony Romero issued an open letter to the Civil Rights
Blowback: The Mexican Drug Crisis
In 2007, Mexican president Felipe Calderón launched a major offensive against drug-trafficking groups, sparking an explosion of violence that has
Haiti: Contesting the UN Occupation
Was it naive to think it couldnt get worse? First, the January 12 earthquake in Haitithe worst disaster in modern
Chávez Pushes the Limits: Radicalization and Discontent in Venezuela
On January 13, several spontaneous protests broke out in Caracas in response to the Hugo Chávez governments decision to apply
Out of the Past, a New Honduran Culture of Resistance
Four days after Roberto Micheletti took over Honduras in the June 28, 2009, military coup, he appointed his own nephew
Peruvian Precedent: The Fujimori Conviction and the Ongoing Struggle for Justice
In January Perus former president Alberto Fujimori lost an appeal against his conviction for human rights crimes. The Peruvian Supreme
