Deconstructing the Honduran Elections... and a New Issue of NACLA!

Our winter issue, “Fossil Fuels and Toxic Environments,” is now available online!

A year after President Trump's inauguration, our worst climate policy nightmares have become a reality. Fossil fuel interests have hijacked every part of the new administration. Meanwhile, the intensity of global-warming fueled devastation increases daily as over a century of fossil-fueled war and violence against labor and nature rages on. Latin America is familiar with this kind of violence.

As hurricanes rip through the Caribbean and tear into Central America, it would seem common sense to acknowledge the ills of fossil fuel dependence and mobilize for radical transformation.

In the latest issue of the NACLA Report on the Americas, “Fossil Fuels and Toxic Environments,” we explore the roots and consolidation of fossil fuel extraction as development policy, and how it creates a “toxic status quo” for communities in Latin America and the Latinx U.S.

Could there be an alternative to such projects and their consequences?

For a full run-down, check out our Editor’s Introduction. And don’t miss articles on:

• How the U.S. military and economic interests profit off oil dependence in the Carribbean (open access for 60 days)
• The Odebrecht empire’s land-grabbing roots in Southern Brazil—and the scandals that have brought the company to its knees (open access for 60 days)
• How communities across Latin America are responding to lead poisoning and other pollution resulting from dirty industry
• An interview with Houston-based activist Bryan Parras on climate advocacy and recovery before and after Hurricane Harvey
• And so much more!

We also can’t wait to see you at our launch event for the issue this February in New York City. Stay tuned for more information!

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Below, our latest content from the web:

NEW ON NACLA.ORG
	Cobras Strike in Honduras Sandra Cuffe   December 13, 2017 Amid election violence, Honduran police officers have publicly stated they refuse to crack down on protests. What’s behind this?
	Honduras Holds Democracy Hostage Suyapa Portillo, Javier Lopez-Casertano, and Cristian Padilla Romero   December 12, 2017 A report by election observers reveals how fraud has functioned in Honduras’ presidential elections
	After the Peace Accord, Violence Persists in Colombia’s Coca Regions (Part II) Isabel Peñaranda and Gerald Bermudez   December 7, 20176 As leadership in Bogotá fails to provide resources for former FARC territories to transition out of coca production, a battle for control over the drug trade reignites the Colombian countryside.
	Honduras in Flames Aaron Schneider and Rafael R. Ioris   December 6, 2017 The chaos surrounding last week’s presidential elections in Honduras reflects a rightwing consolidation of power in the country, abetted by the United States.
	Tepoztlán’s Highway to Nowhere Jose Olivares and Jacob Jacoby   November 30, 2017 The town of Tepoztlán, Morelos, is at the vanguard of activism against corporate-friendly projects. Its fight against a highway expansion may be its toughest battle yet.
	Coca and Agriculture in Post- Peace Accord Colombia (Part I) Isabel Peñaranda   November 29, 2017 After the peace accord, can the Colombian government incentivize coca planters to cultivate other crops? Not if they don’t address the inequality and land grabbing that prompted them to start growing coca in the first place.
	Fighting Impunity, Seeking Justice in Guatemala Jeff Abbott   November 27, 2017 A disturbing new proposal by members of Guatemala’ Congress could give blanket amnesty to military members for committing war crimes.
	Cuba’s HIV Sanatoriums: Prisons or Public Health Tool? Julian de Mayo   November 24, 2017 An interview with Dr. Jorge Pérez Ávila, former sanatorium director and renowned HIV expert, and medical anthropologist and activist Alfredo González, on Cuba’s controversial sanatorium system.
	Seeking a Permanent Protected Status Miranda Cady Hallett and Leisy J. Abrego   November 16, 2017 After decades in limbo, the Trump administration threatens to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for over 300,000 immigrants. It’s time instead to grant them citizenship.