Urban Spaces

For Venezuelan grassroots housing activists, brick and mortar structures are only one step in the daily struggle to build community and belonging.

Read the editor's introduction to our latest issue of the NACLA Report, "Fighting for Housing Justice in the Americas."

Anadelia A. Romo's book analyzes the visual and symbolic reinvention of Salvador, exposing how tourism, the arts, and the elite emphasized Blackness as a unique element of Bahian identity for profit.

A mayor's edict in the Cuauhtémoc neighborhood of Mexico City whitewashes rótulos, the iconic designs of street vendors that have adorned city streets for generations.

Through the stories of everyday citizens, writer and activist Carlos Manuel Álvarez highlights the island's diversity of people and experiences and the failures of the state.

For a Venezuelan artist, photography offers a democratic means of expression and experimentation from differing viewpoints.

The recent mudslides in Petrópolis are just the latest examples of the issues of unequal access to land and precarious housing in Brazil.

This 2020 Netflix documentary examines the origins and development of Latin American rock and the role it has played in the region's history and politics.

In his new book, Joshua Frens-String examines 20th century Chilean politics through the lens of food.

Juan Villoro's interpretation of the Americas' most extraordinary city offers readers the perspective of a well-traveled insider.

Members of the Francisco Villa Left Independent Popular Organization who live near Linea 12 say that dispossession and corruption have long plagued residents of Mexico City's outer boroughs.

The Union is connecting people in the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area with fresh, organically-grown fruits and vegetables.