As the United States and its allies push renewed foreign intervention, the uses and abuses of the first Black republic as a testing ground of imperialism offer stark warnings. Haiti still struggles to be free.
Forty years after the U.S. invasion, centering Caribbean perspectives on the rise and demise of a revolutionary movement holds the possibility of stepping out from empire’s shadow and imagining alternative futures.
Medicinal marijuana markets present a major economic opportunity for Jamaica. Without steps to combat inequities, traditional ganja growers will be left behind.
In the Dominican Republic, policies toward Haitians and Dominicans of Haitian descent bear ominous parallels with Israel’s racist repression of the Palestinian people.
As the archipelago marks the anniversary of Hurricanes María and Fiona, the impacts of agency capture, colonialism, and climate chaos highlight the need for community-based rooftop solar.
Unauthorized migration across Hispanophone Caribbean, rendered through art, highlights the neocolonial and neoliberalism violence shaping mobility, displacement, and borders.
In the long shadow of empire and imperialism, the region continues to reshape and rebuild itself. Read more in the Fall 2023 issue of the NACLA Report on the Americas.
