Bolivia frente a un nuevo tiempo de luchas

Bolivia frente a un nuevo tiempo de luchas

Tras una serie de protestas por recortes en los subsidios al combustible que paralizaron el país, los poderosos movimientos sociales de Bolivia abren un nuevo capítulo y se enfrentan a nuevas formas de represión.
Bolivia and its Destiny: A Post-Election Analysis

Bolivia and its Destiny: A Post-Election Analysis

After two decades of MAS rule, the country shifts to the right amid economic turmoil and a crisis of representation.
Bolivia y su destino: Una lectura post-electoral

Bolivia y su destino: Una lectura post-electoral

Tras dos décadas de gobierno del MAS, el país gira hacia la derecha en medio de la turbulencia económica y una crisis de representación.
La Voz del Anonimato/The Voice of Anonymity (Review)

La Voz del Anonimato/The Voice of Anonymity (Review)

Layqa Nuna Yawar’s new exhibition carefully crafts an aesthetic uniting Indigenous peoples and Andean immigrants, linking both through Indigenous principles of Andean Philosophy.
Impunity and a Splintered MAS pave the way for the Right’s Return in Bolivia

Impunity and a Splintered MAS pave the way for the Right’s Return in Bolivia

As the country heads to an October 19 runoff between two conservative candidates, any hope of justice for the victims of right-wing violence fades.
Echoes of the water war: Legacies of Cochabamba, Bolivia. (Common Notions Press, 2025)

Echoes of the Water War: Legacies of Cochabamba, Bolivia (Review)

A newly expanded edition of Oscar Olivera’s book revisits the grassroots uprising that defeated water privatization 25 years later, offering lessons on sovereignty, solidarity, and defense of the commons. 
A Proposal for Plurinational Popular Power Woven from Below

A Proposal for Plurinational Popular Power Woven from Below

Leonidas Iza, Ecuador’s presidential candidate with the Indigenous-aligned Pachakutik political movement, outlines his vision for governing a Plurinational State.
Protestors at a November 15th march in La Paz, Bolivia. (Benjamin Swift)

The Racist Undertones of Bolivia’s Environmental Movement

As massive wildfires swept across Bolivia in late 2023, a classist, racist, and capitalist public outcry deflected from the primary drivers of drought and deforestation.
Transgressive Notes from Ecuador's Prisons

Transgressive Notes from Ecuador’s Prisons

President Guillermo Lasso's Commission for Penitentiary Dialogue and Pacification was a failure. Now, a new Prison Observatory seeks to generate broad-based solutions to Ecuador's prison crisis.
Rural Communities and the Making of Modern Peru (Review)

Rural Communities and the Making of Modern Peru (Review)

In his new book, historian Javier Puente chronicles how rural communities in the Andean highlands played a key role in the making of state power in twentieth-century Peru.
Peru's Media Faces a Crisis Within a Crisis

Peru’s Media Faces a Crisis Within a Crisis

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.
The Small Matter of Suing Chevron (Review)

The Small Matter of Suing Chevron (Review)

Suzana Sawyer's new book uncovers the machinations of corporate power and judicial imperialism in a decades-long struggle for accountability in the Amazon.