“This American Life” Whitewashes U.S. Crimes in Central America, Wins Peabody Award

“This American Life” Whitewashes U.S. Crimes in Central America, Wins Peabody Award

  Celebrating 2012’s best examples of broadcast journalism, the George Foster Peabody Awards attracted the likes of D.L. Hughley, Amy
A New Politics for a New Chile

A New Politics for a New Chile

  Had the issue not involved two figures as prominent as Joaquín Lavín and Camila Vallejo, a brief exchange in
Detained in Obscurity: The U.S. Immigrant Detention Regime

Detained in Obscurity: The U.S. Immigrant Detention Regime

  In March 2013 the New York Times reported that hundreds of immigrants detained throughout the United States were being
Memory’s Manifestations: Salvador Allende in La Pincoya

Memory’s Manifestations: Salvador Allende in La Pincoya

  Since the democratic transition beginning in 1990, “popular sector demobilization” and the decline of organized social movements among the
The Mapuche Movement, the Popular Unity, and the Contemporary Left

The Mapuche Movement, the Popular Unity, and the Contemporary Left

  The Mapuche movement is heir to a long history of diverse, multifaceted resistance advancing ancestral claims against a colonialist,
Chile: A Schizophrenic Country

Chile: A Schizophrenic Country

  We Chileans are known around the world for having undertaken an “exemplary democratic transition” and for having made a
A Journey in Exile

A Journey in Exile

  We who survived and found ourselves heading to exile took the opportunity to begin a new life, to come
The Politics of Memory and the Memory of Politics

The Politics of Memory and the Memory of Politics

  What is it about events in Chile now four decades past that continue to provide us with metaphors for
Guilty by Definition

Guilty by Definition

Beyond Walls and Cages brings together 36 writers, academics, and activists to explore the interaction between the prison and immigration
Popular Unity Government: Basic Program

Popular Unity Government: Basic Program

In our March 1971 issue, NACLA offered an English-language translation of the Basic Program of Chile’s just elected Popular Unity
Chile 40 Years Later: The Politics of Memory and the Memory of Politics

Chile 40 Years Later: The Politics of Memory and the Memory of Politics

  In November 2012, a 70-year old Israeli ex-mercenary named Yair Klein testified via teleconference from his home country before
Memory’s Manifestations: Salvador Allende in La Pincoya

Memory’s Manifestations: Salvador Allende in La Pincoya

  Since the democratic transition beginning in 1990, “popular sector demobilization” and the decline of organized social movements among the