The United States and Cuba: A Half Century of Aggression
These two books treat relations between the United States and Cuba. They show in detail the formulation and impact
Paqueteros: Connecting the Old Life with the New
Traditionally, the migrant flow from Mexico to the United States has been concentrated in California, Texas, Arizona, and Chicago,
Ecuador: Extractivism for the Twenty-First Century?
Development is a voyage with more shipwrecks than navigators. Eduardo Galeano, Open Veins of Latin America * Throughout Ecuador,
Garbage, Health, and Well-Being in Managua
A boy sorting through plastic at La Chureca. Nov. 16th, 2010. Photo by Timothy Bouldry. Long described as a
The Changing Face of Latino Politics in New York
October Hearing on Proposed Changes to City Council Districts. Photo by Taleen Dersdepanian/City Limits Novelist Toni Morrison once referred
Building Power from the Ground Up: Mexican Civil Society in New York
New York City May Day Rally, 2013. Photo by Alfonso Gonzales. A man and woman speaking Nahuatl with facial
Strivers into Patients: How Public Prenatal Care May Disempower Future Citizens
See you soon! The nurse laughed as she discharged Claudia and her new baby from the recovery wing of
Latinos in the World of Work: An Interview with Hector Figueroa
Hector Figueroa in Philadelphia at a Rally on September 28, 2011. Photo by Dave Sanders. Hector Figueroa is the
The Disappeared
Mario Benedetti, 1920-2009, was a distinguished Uruguayan poet and novelist. He was a member of the Latin American literary
A Chance to Move Leftward
Bill de Blasios convincing triumph in the 2013 race for mayor has given a broad mandate to the progressive
De Cesare’s Grim Photos
Before I ever heard "marero," a word commonly used in El Salvador and the United States to describe a
Latino New York: An Introduction
In the mid-1970s the New York media alerted the public to a Latin Boom in the big city. Back
