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The Losing Struggle for Brazilian Democracy (Review)

In The Edge of Democracy, a Netflix documentary, Petra Costa recounts the rise and fall of Brazilian democracy and the human costs of lost hope. While there is much to praise about the film, it sometimes sacrifices nuance for the sake of clarity.

In Guatemala, Finding a Voice in Indigenous Community Radio

Despite government opposition, community radio stations help Indigenous communities in Guatemala share their stories.

For Mexico’s Striking University Workers, A War of Attrition Over Public Education

A three-month strike shutting down one of Mexico’s top universities lays bare class schisms, the López Obrador government’s tepid response to inequality, and organized labor’s limitations in building solidarity across class divides.

On the Front Lines of Trump's Immigration War in the U.S. Heartland

Worthington, Minnesota, home to a major meatpacking plant with a majority immigrant workforce, is a microcosm of an expanding border regime where a power struggle unfolds between longtime residents and newcomers.

“Racial Democracy” Reloaded

How the right-wing Brazilian government’s attack on the social sciences and its myth of “racial democracy” perpetuates racism in the country

Reducing Migrants’ Lives to One Grisly Photograph

In the name of “sparking a reaction” from an indifferent public, images of migrant deaths decontextualize their reasons for fleeing and gloss over the impact of decades of prevention through deterrence policy.

Twenty-First Century Battlefields (Excerpt)

Todd Miller examines the ever-extending reach of U.S. border enforcement in an excerpt from his book Empire of Borders: The Expansion of the U.S. Border Around the World (out July 23 from Verso Books)

Lawfare Unmasked in Brazil

Critics of Operation Car Wash have had reason to suspect the political motivations behind the judicial inquiry for some time. Revelations from The Intercept now provide proof.

On Honduras

A decade later, U.S. resolve to greenlight and back the coup d'état in Honduras remains one of the most shameful U.S. foreign policy decisions in recent memory.

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Washington Doubles Down on its Military Intervention Script in Venezuela

Patrick Leet

May 31, 2019

Since the Venezuelan opposition again failed to oust Maduro, extreme elements in Caracas and Washington are increasingly agitating for U.S. military intervention.

En la costa de Oaxaca, pueblos originarios y afromexicanos luchan por la autonomía del agua (traducción)

Samantha Demby

May 30, 2019

Una red de diversas comunidades ribereñas en México ha logrado detener la construcción de una mega represa. Ahora, se están organizando para revitalizar su cultura y para fortalecer su autogestión de los recursos naturales.

Call for Pitches: Radical Cities in Latin America—Past and Present

Editors

May 29, 2019

NACLA is currently accepting pitches for our upcoming issue, to be released in December 2019, focused on progressive and radical municipal politics in the region.

Living and Dying in Border Purgatory

Molly Molloy

Border Wars

May 29, 2019

At least six children have died in ICE custody in the past year. As draconian immigration policy grows ever-more inhumane, we can only expect the suffering to increase.

Julián Leyzaola's Dangerous Plans for Tijuana

Michael Lettieri

May 28, 2019

Julián Leyzaola Pérez gained a reputation as an anti-crime crusader as police chief of Tijuana and Ciudad Juárez—and for the human rights abuses that occurred under his watch. He could likely become Tijuana’s next mayor.

Spectacle, Internationalization, and the Elephant in the Room in Venezuela’s Crisis

Donald V. Kingsbury

May 23, 2019

Spectacle and internationalization in the battle for control in Venezuela distract from more fundamental issues: the future of constituent power and the unavoidable challenges of seeking energy alternatives

Call for Pitches: Reporting the Caribbean and the Environment

Editors

May 22, 2019

NACLA is seeking pitches for investigative reporting projects in the Caribbean region focusing on environmental issues, supported by a grant from the Foundation for Sustainability and Innovation.

Defending Consultation: Indigenous Resistance Against the Escobal Mine in Guatemala

Nicholas Copeland

May 22, 2019

As the Guatemalan state backs out of court-ordered consultations and intensifies repression of territorial defenders, communities turn to independent research and analysis to strengthen the right to consultation on their own terms.

Why Trump’s Cuba Policy is So Wrong

Arturo Lopez Levy

May 20, 2019

The Trump administration’s recent crackdown on Cuba will be detrimental and counterproductive to the island’s future

“La historia va hacia delante. Y ya no se puede retroceder”: Una entrevista con la Jueza Yassmín Barrios (bilingüe)

Vaclav Masek

May 16, 2019

La jueza Yassmín Barrios ha presidido sobre algunos de los casos más importantes en Guatemala, incluso el caso histórico del Efraín Ríos Montt. ¿Cuál sería el impacto de una nueva ley de amnistía para el poder judicial del país?

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