Bolivia Fights Back

The U.S. military relationship with Latin America is evolving rapidly, as the “war on terror” replaces the cold war and

The year 2003 marked a dramatic point in Bolivia’s recent history. In January, February, and then again in September and

When Túpaj Katari, the Aymara leader of an 18th century anti-colonial insurrection, was condemned to death by Spanish colonialists, he

In 2000, Ecuador became the first Latin American country to officially eliminate its own currency and adopt the U.S. dollar.

“Migrants who survived on a small wooden boat for nearly two weeks described … how they watched passengers attack a

A string of intense hurricanes wreaked havoc and destruction in Central America and the Caribbean throughout September, leaving several beleaguered

During these first years of the 21st century, Bolivia finds itself again in the throes of an agrarian crisis affecting

Earlier this year, thousands filled the streets of Mexico City, Guatemala City and Buenos Aires demanding more effective governmental action

In 2000, Ecuador became the first Latin American country to officially eliminate its own currency and adopt the U.S. dollar.

In unguarded moments during the month-long road blockade of September and October 2000, coca growers and Bolivian security forces chatted,

On Sunday, September 12, a month after failing to remove President Hugo Chávez from office in a recall referendum, Venezuela’s

The great anti-colonial indigenous insurrection of 1781 has haunted republican Bolivia since its founding in 1825. From their military encampment