Racial Politics Racial Identities: Race and Racism in the Americas

When Hugo Chávez campaigned for the Venezuelan presidency in 1998, he not only expressed solidarity but claimed kinship with the

“Allpamanda! Kawsaymanda! Jatarisun!” (“For our land and our life, we shall arise!”) These Quichua words echoed in the streets as

“Racial Politics, Racial Identities,” the third report of our “Race and Racism in the Americas” series, explores the ways oppressed

“We have been concerned with some of the actions of Venezuelan President Chávez and his understanding of what a democratic

“Why are you importing a U.S. problem into our society? We are not black, or white, or Indian. We are

Afro-Latino activists and development workers had long harbored high hopes that the UN World Conference on Racism, held late last

Back in 1999, New York magazine was renamed Nueva York, at least for the week of September 6. The Spanish

During my fieldwork in Colombia, I found that music and dance were important to understanding patterns of racism and racial

Half an hour’s drive east of Havana is the suburb of Alamar, home to 300,000 Cubans. Built in the early

In the countdown to the May 26 presidential elections, Colombians are bracing for increasing violence while support grows for independent

In the wake of the suspension of peace talks between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia

MONTEVIDEO—More than 20 years of tireless effort finally paid off for Uruguayan Sara Méndez on March 19 when she was