Mexico 86 (Review)
Mexico 86 highlights the parallels between the 1986 and 2026 FIFA World Cup, as well as the threads of corruption and scandal that bind them together.
The Teachers’ Strike, the World Cup, and the Struggle for Mexican Sovereignty
As Mexico co-hosts the World Cup, the CNTE fights a broader struggle over who controls the nation’s wealth, public institutions, and future.
The New Litmus Test for Sovereign Governance: ISDS Arbitration
The “Donroe Doctrine” is compelling Latin American governments into arbitration courts that benefit large multinational corporations, with limited success.
Cuba’s Cosmopolitan Enclaves: Imperialism and Internationalism in Eastern Sugar Towns (Review)
A new book places multiracial sugar workers in Cuba’s northeast at the vanguard of inter-war internationalism, solidarity, and anti-imperialism.
Regime Change and Real Estate in Cuba
Trump's pressure campaign could create an opening for him to develop hotels and real estate in Cuba, a goal he has pursued for decades.
Green Capitalism in the Americas Web Collection
Don't miss the open access and Spanish and Portuguese content from our Fall 2025 issue.
Green Capitalism in the Americas: False Solutions, Real Threats
In this special issue of the NACLA Report, we critically examine the rise of green capitalism in the region in the lead-up to COP30 in Belém, Brazil in November.
Mexico’s Teachers Demand Pensions Over Profit
Education workers in Mexico are leading a renewed struggle to reclaim public retirement systems from global finance.
The Fourth Invasion: Decolonizing Histories, Extractivism, and Maya Resistance in Guatemala (Review)...
Giovanni Batz’s carefully researched text examines how the Ixil and K’iche’ Mayas have resisted attacks on their land, state violence, and extraction since Spanish colonization.
The Amazon in Times of War (Review)
Marcos Colón’s book, grounded in the experiences of Indigenous communities, examines how the institutional violence of Jair Bolsonaro’s government resulted in the environmental destruction of the Brazilian Amazon.
Call For Pitches | Green Capitalism in the Americas
[CLOSED] NACLA is currently accepting proposals for our Fall 2025 issue on Green Capitalism in the lead-up to COP30 in Belém, Brazil in November. Send us your pitches by February 3, 2025.
The Drive Behind Tesla’s New Manufacturing Plant in Mexico
Tesla's plan to open a Gigafactory in Monterrey is welcomed by local business elites, but will only deepen processes of labor devaluation and technological dependency.
