The Other Side of the "Latino Vote" (Audio)

The Other Side of the “Latino Vote” (Audio)

A conversation with NACLA Report contributor Geraldo Cadava on the history of Hispanic and Latinx conservatism in the United States, and what it means in the age of Trump.
The Parties

The Parties

Accion Democratica (AD) AD is Venezuela's traditional ruling party. Officially founded in 1941, it is a social democratic party closely
The Candidates

The Candidates

As the presidential campaign took shape, two candidacies emerged from the broad coalition behind incumbent president Guillermo Endara: Mireya Moscoso
Politics as Organized Crime in Colombia?

Politics as Organized Crime in Colombia?

As the rest of Latin America continues its seismic political shift to the left, Colombia moves starkly in the opposite
Deciphering the National Elections

Deciphering the National Elections

Caldera's victory and the high rate of abstention point to a dissatisfaction that has taken two different routes: support for
Party Politics, Reformism and Political Violence in Colombia

Party Politics, Reformism and Political Violence in Colombia

Colombia's two nineteenth-century oligarchical par- ties, the Liberals and the Conservatives, still dom- inate the political arena at the close
The Bosch Pendulum

The Bosch Pendulum

Dominican historian Roberto Cassd, has observed Juan Bosch for most of the latter's checkered career. In this excerpt from a
Almost Free, Almost Fair: Paraguay's Ambiguous Elections

Almost Free, Almost Fair: Paraguay’s Ambiguous Elections

How much legitimacy should we attribute to a game that takes place on a playing field with a 60 degree
BRAZIL Lula: "We can take power

BRAZIL Lula: “We can take power

Late for our interview, presidential candidate Luis InAcio "Lula" da Silva exploded into the room like the prover- bial gangbuster.
PERUVIAN Politics A Historic Shift to the Left

PERUVIAN Politics A Historic Shift to the Left

LIMA, Peru-Although the defeat of the center Right government party. Popular Action, was expected in the April 14 Peruvian presidential
CHÁVEZ CONFIRMED, VENEZUELA STILL DIVIDED

CHÁVEZ CONFIRMED, VENEZUELA STILL DIVIDED

On Sunday, September 12, a month after failing to remove President Hugo Chávez from office in a recall referendum, Venezuela’s
Panama: The Opposition Returns to Power

Panama: The Opposition Returns to Power

PANAMA: THE OPPOSITION RETURNS TO POWER Ernesto "Toro" Perez Balladares, the candidate of the Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD), and a