Political Violence

The case that the Netflix series La Casa de Papel is inspired by the Colombian M-19 guerrilla movement.

The detention of political opponents in the lead up to November presidential elections is the latest episode in the FSLN's long-troubled relationship to democracy.

Molina Lara died on December 17, 2020. He went into exile in the United States after death squads targeted him for union organizing during El Salvador's civil war.

Political imprisonment of Mapuche activists serves as one of many tools in the Chilean state's counterinsurgency arsenal.

Gutiérrez, who died after a violent attack following MAS's election victory, was a passionate and charismatic trade unionist.

Mexican protesters share the story of illegal detentions in the aftermath of a police killing.

Who Killed Berta Cáceres? by Nina Lakhani tells the story of how politicians and corporations repressed social movements in post-coup Honduras.

A recent photograph circulating of a Haitian senator shooting an AP reporter is just the tip of the iceberg in Haiti, where an uprising has been simmering for months. 

On August 9, the Honduran government released two political prisoners who had been in a military-run prison for the past year and a half for their participation in opposition protests. NACLA spoke with one of the prisoners and his partner about his experience and the ongoing resistance movement in Honduras. 

New legislation in Brazil threatens to broaden the definition of self-defense, which could allow police officers to avoid legal consequences for abuses committed on duty.

Despite the 2016 peace accords in Colombia, conflict and violence continue due to the U.S.-supported neoliberal economic model. In order to imagine peace, we must imagine a new model of reparations and justice.

Black women disproportionately experience the trauma of police aggression in Brazil. Understanding how requires complicating and expanding our definitions of state violence.