Beyond Revolution: Nicaragua and El Salvador in a New Era

The Bush administration’s regime change policies are creating, or exacerbating, instability in an increasing number of countries around the globe.

The July 1979 Sandinista victory in Nicaragua astonished the world. The triumph of the popular social revolution triggered a widespread

The political economies of Nicaragua and El Salvador, along with those of every other Central American country, are undergoing remarkable

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Twenty-five years ago, amid the urban insurrection against the brutal regime of Anastasio Somoza, teenagers armed with no more than

We all have different ways of taking notes on books we read. As a historian, I’ve used the same technique

2000: I return to Nicaragua after being away for two years to find the capital city transformed with a new

As part of its efforts to eliminate violence in all of its forms, the Bajo Lempa Coordinating Committee has spearheaded

Brazil’s Landless Rural Workers’ Movement (MST) is widely regarded as one of the world’s most dynamic mass movements. In the

El Salvador, geographically the smallest and most densely populated nation in Latin America, is often described as one of the

If Brazil’s pulse were audible, it would be a drumbeat. Undoubtedly, music breathes life into so many hallmarks of the

In December 2000, U.S.-trained counternarcotics battalions, U.S.-supplied Blackhawk helicopters and U.S.-piloted spray planes descended on Putumayo department to conduct Plan