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Dear Naclistas,
It’s been a tough week for those of us at NACLA. We’ve looked on in dismay as the new Trump administration has taken the first steps toward enacting some of its most fascistic campaign promises, from gag orders and censoring government websites to a religion-based immigration ban and moves to defund arts and public news organizations. We at NACLA are not content to sit and watch as the current administration violates our values, endangers the most vulnerable members of our society, and moves rapidly to silence dissent.
“Solidaridad para siempre” is not just a slogan, it is a commitment. For those who take to the streets in protest, we are with you. For those who take up their pens and their cameras, we are with you. For those across the United States, in Latin America and beyond who resist bullies and stand up for the rights of the marginalized, we are with you.
As the Trump administration pushes forward with its agenda, it’s important to keep in mind that the political shift happening in the United States is part of a larger global pattern—the resurgence of Right wing politics. The NACLA Report’s winter issue, Right Turn, was all about this shift in Latin America and the United States, on how it came about and on what the future of the political Left may look like under a New Right. Click here to read the latest issue. Look for our upcoming issues in March, on the resonance of Black Lives Matter in Latin America, and in June, on the Trump administration's impact across the region.
Here's our latest web coverage:
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January 26, 2017
From attempts to close Ecuador’s leading environmental rights NGO to megaprojects on indigenous lands, Rafael Correa’s government continues to criminalize and threaten environmental activists and indigenous people.
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January 18, 2017
Manuel Pérez Rocha gives an update on the recent World Bank investor dispute settlement in favor of El Salvador, which dismissed Canadian gold mining company Pacific Rim's $250 million USD case against the El Salvadoran government.
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Abby C. Wheatley and Oren Kroll-Zeldin
January 12, 2017
Building a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border would be a resounding failure. The separation wall between Israel and Palestine helps show us why.
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January 6, 2017
Pension fund giant TIAA is investing its clients’ funds in farmland and agribusinesses tied to environmental and human rights abuses in Latin America.
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January 4, 2017
Two decades after the end of Guatemala’s violent internal armed conflict, challenges to peace remain – from criminalization of indigenous authority to remilitarization.
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December 23, 2016
The “pink tide” passed by Mexico. However, the emergence of new social and political movements may represent a beacon of hope to revive the region’s Left.
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Bryan Pitts, Rosemary Joyce, Russell Sheptak, Kregg Hetherington, Marco Castillo & Rafael Ioris
December 19, 2016
A reflection on the ousters of presidents Manuel Zelaya, Fernando Lugo, and Dilma Rousseff—and the emergence of the “parliamentary” or “soft” coup as a new technique to thwart the consolidation of social and economic rights in the region.
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December 16, 2016
U.S. sanctions and economic sabotage over the last half-century have caused significant damage to the Cuban economy. What does this mean for ongoing claims negotiations between the two countries?
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Molly Molloy
December 15, 2016
In the wake of the election, thousands of Haitians, Central Americans, and African asylum-seekers remain in limbo on the U.S.-Mexico border.
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December 14, 2016
A growing coalition of worker and immigration activists are demanding that President Obama issue a general pardon for immigration status infractions.
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