Will you support NACLA in 2024? Read our end of year letter.
Over the past year, NACLA has continued to cover important news, scholarship, and movements for solidarity across Latin America and the Caribbean. For our web coverage, we reported on presidential elections in Guatemala, Ecuador and Argentina, regional solidarity with Gaza, the 50 year anniversary of Chile’s 1973 coup, movements in defense of land and territory, climate and insecurity, and much more. In our 2022 print issues of the NACLA Report on the Americas, we delved into Latin America’s new left turn, the precarious balance of the Amazon rainforest, the Afterlives of Empire in the Caribbean, and most recently, the shifting role of militaries as guarantors or saboteurs of democracy.
Here is a list of our most memorable pieces from this year. Support our work to help us bring you more quality analysis and reporting in 2024.
The Institutionalization of Anti-Haitianism in Dominican History and Education
Ayendy Bonifacio | January 5, 2022
Recent acts of anti-Haitian violence and discrimination are not isolated events, but part of a long history of anti-Blackness in the Dominican Republic. Read more.
The essence of the phenomenon tied to Jair Bolsonaro’s rise is extreme, and it is a potent force for radicalizing people towards authoritarian and violent positions. Read more.
El Salvador Arrests Prominent Anti-Mining Activists
Giada Ferrucci and Pedro Cabezas | February 1, 2023
The government of Nayib Bukele opens civil war wounds by arresting five water defenders linked to the historic community of Santa Marta, raising speculation about a possible reversal of the country’s metals mining ban. Read more.
In Gentrified Alphabet City, a New Latino Social Club and Art Space Opens its Doors
Damaly Gonzalez | February 28, 2023
La Sala de Pepe opens a portal to the past, drawing from a long history of Latino social spaces and working to preserve the cultural spirit of the Lower East Side. Read more.
Peru's Media Faces a Crisis Within a Crisis
Brunella Tipismana | April 7, 2023
With Peru's mainstream media concentrated in a few hands, citizens turn to the internet to challenge hegemonic narratives. The results are not always utopian. Read more.
Kevin Ramírez | May 12, 2023
The recent dismantling of the Cuna Nahuat Indigenous language program in El Salvador is the latest in a long history of erasure for Salvadoran Indigenous communities. Read more.
The Shadows of the Past Hang over Guatemala’s 2023 Elections
Emily Taylor | June 9, 2023
Guatemala’s June 25 elections are troubled by anti-democratic backsliding and dominated by traditional elites, raising questions about their legitimacy. Read more.
Trampled by Transformation: Mexico’s Tren Maya
Dawn Marie Paley | July 24, 2023
As expropriations for the controversial megaproject accelerate, impacted communities assess the security and geopolitical implications. Read more.
Ecuador Votes to Keep Yasuní Oil in the Ground in Historic Referendum
Angélica María Bernal and Joshua Holst | August 23, 2023
Ecuadorians have chosen to safeguard the biodiverse Yasuní National Park from oil drilling, marking a major triumph for grassroots Indigenous and environmental activists against the fossil fuel consensus. Read more.
Remembering the Women Victims of the Pinochet Dictatorship in Chile
Hillary Hiner | September 10, 2023
As emboldened far-right denialists dismiss the horrors of state terrorism, seeking truth and justice for systematic sexual political violence remains urgent, 50 years after the 1973 coup. Read more.
Forward Ever: 40 Years on from the End of the Revolution and the U.S. Invasion of Grenada
Amy Li Baksh | October 24, 2023
In the throes of the Cold War, a tiny Caribbean island dared to wage a revolutionary experiment. As the Revo imploded, the United States invaded. Read more.
Gustavo Petro Holds Firm on Palestine
Gabe Levine-Drizin | November 2, 2023
Despite Colombia’s deep historical ties to both Israel and the United States, Petro has been one of the most outspoken leaders in support of Palestine, calling for peace both at home and abroad. Read more.
Panama’s Massive Environmental Awakening
Francisco Javier Bonilla | December 1, 2023
The Canadian-owned mine at the center of a national uprising will be shut down. But differing environmentalisms in the isthmus may now be on a collision course against one another. Read more.
