Gustavo Castro Soto, UNGASS, Protests in Juarez and More!

 

Dear Naclista,

We are very pleased to invite you to a celebration of the relaunch of NACLA in print! The event will coincide with the 50th annual Latin American Studies Association conference. 

 

What: NACLA’s Relaunch Celebration!

When: Friday 27 May, 6-8PM

Where: King Juan Carlos Center, 53 Washington Square South, New York, NY 10012

 

Also, it’s not too late to subscribe to our upcoming print issue, “Solidarity Pa’ Siempre: Rethinking Solidarity in the Americas”! Check out our Table of Contents here. Please email subscriptions@tandf.co.uk to subscribe!

As usual, here is our latest web coverage:

NEW ON NACLA.ORG

 
Moira Birss and Gustavo Castro Soto
 
April 28, 2016

An interview with Mexican activist Gustavo Castro Soto about the Berta Cáceres assassination— and building a world that moves beyond extractivism.

Linda Farthing
 
April 27, 2016

The first meeting in twenty years of the UN General Assembly Special Session on Drugs (UNGASS) was supposed to be a game changer. It was not.

Laura Weiss
 
April 26, 2016

Civil Society denounces the Drug War at the 2016 UN General Assembly Special Session on Drugs (UNGASS)

Ellie Happel
 
April 25, 2016

The destructive impact of metal mining in the Dominican Republic has lessons for neighboring Haiti, where activists are seeking a moratorium on all mining projects. 

Emily Achtenberg
Rebel Currents
April 15, 2016

The surprising defeat of Evo Morales’s referendum bid to run for a fourth presidential term poses new challenges and opportunities for progressive forces in Bolivia.

Nicolas Cadena
 
April 8, 2016
Ciro Guerra’s masterful film complicates post-colonial encounters and indigenous representation in the Colombian jungle.
David Bacon
 
April 6, 2016
Juárez maquiladora workers fight for their rights.