In Memoriam

Remembering long-time NACLA contributor, editorial committee member, scholar, and activist, Deborah Poole.

In loving memory of Larry Birns, revolutionary humanist and long-time friend of NACLA (1929-2018) 

Mr. Birns, in addition to his stunning and forward-thinking career fighting for human rights and equitable democracy in Latin America,

I asked my mother where she thought my father got his zeal for social justice. She said, "At a gathering

I first met Larry Birns in April 2000 at the COHA offices in Washington, DC. It was my first time

Larry Birns was a visionary. The work that he carried out in the 1970s in defense of human rights in

Larry, radicalized by Chile '73, was an indescribable force. He founded COHA in 1975 and basically ran it as a

Larry Birns was smart, shrewd, crafty, charming and almost impossible to shake from his opinions. He had broad experience in

A prolific writer and researcher as well as a dedicated advocate of democratic socialism in the Americas, Roger passed away on March 5.  

Pedro Lemebel was an uncompromising fighter for human and sexual rights whose work will forever challenge the homophobic culture of the Chilean left.

March 6 marked the 15th anniversary of the death of Dr. Cheddi Jagan, the former President of Guyana and the hemisphere's first democratically elected Marxist leader. While that distinction is often mistakenly associated with the election of Chilean President Salvador Allende, Guyana was not only the site of this historic election, but Jagan (not Jacobo Arbenz) was also the first leader in the Americas to fall victim to Cold War military intervention.

A tribute to Domitila Barrios de Chungara, long-time Bolivian social activist, feminist, and mine union leader whose 1978 hunger strike is credited with bringing down the dictatorship and changing the course of Bolivian history.