The dreams of a democratic Guatemala were dashed by a 1954 CIA coup against President Jacobo Arbenz spurred by the landed interests of the United Fruit Company.
Coups, destabilization, and decades of other forms of U.S. military and economic intervention have driven millions of Central Americans to flee their homes.
From dampening appetite for foreign investment to enlivening environmental struggles in neighboring countries, the recent victory of Panama’s historic anti-mining movement reverberates beyond borders.
The Canadian-owned mine at the center of a national uprising will be shut down. But differing environmentalisms in the isthmus may now be on a collision course against one another.
Victoria Sanford's book is a powerful testimony to the historical roots of routine violence against women in Guatemala, portraying the life, struggles, and personality of human beings who are otherwise lost in dire statistics.
Bernardo Arévalo won Guatemala's runoff in a landslide but faces a troubled transition amid reported assassination plots and ongoing judicial maneuvers.
In this collection of testimony, poetry, short stories, and analysis, Marisa Ruiz Trejo examines Chiapas, Central America, and the Caribbean through a critical feminist perspective.
