Central America

November 22, 2024

NACLA is currently accepting proposals for an issue on sites of knowledge production in Central America and the diaspora. Send your pitches by December 13. 

November 21, 2024
Timothy O'Farrell

Children now represent 1 in 5 people traversing the Darién Gap. The repercussions of crossing the jungle on children’s mental health have become a major challenge for humanitarian organizations.

October 18, 2024
Giada Ferrucci

The assassination of Honduran water defender Juan López offers a chilling reminder of the threats local leaders face in the most dangerous region in the world for environmental activists.

October 9, 2024
Isabel Rikkers and Noelle Brigden

President Nayib Bukele’s framing of security as a spiritual battle between good and evil helps to explain his popularity and his support for Israel.

October 3, 2024
Fritz Pinnow

Long associated with the Andean region, coca cultivation is expanding rapidly in Central America. As eradication efforts intensify, local communities may be in the crossfire.

September 23, 2024
Camilo Serrano Corredor

Gerardo Sánchez Nateras's book uses a variety of Central American archives to present alternatives to the dominant narratives about the Nicaraguan revolution.

September 20, 2024
Giovanni Batz

Ancestral authorities played a decisive role in counteracting a right-wing backlash. In their vision for liberation, alternatives are built from the grassroots, regardless of the government in power.

September 10, 2024
CISPES

As human rights violations under El Salvador’s more than two-year-long state of exception continue to mount, a bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers seeks to whitewash the abuses.

September 4, 2024
Michael Fox

The 1989 invasion left deep wounds in Panama, including an untold number of people killed. Locals continue to demand justice.

August 13, 2024
Michael Fox

Historian Greg Grandin examines the long shadow of the Monroe Doctrine, which continues to shape U.S. imperialism in Latin America.

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