The US Must End Its Economic War Against Venezuela The US Must End Its Economic War Against Venezuela
Even the Venezuelan opposition wants Washington to ease its sanctions regime.
May 2, 2022 / James North
Celebrating Zapatista and Kurdish Women’s Struggles, on International Women’s Day Celebrating Zapatista and Kurdish Women’s Struggles, on International Women’s Day
Women in both movements have engaged in a double struggle for their rights as women and for the right of their communities to be autonomous.
Mar 8, 2022 / Anna Rebrii and Ariella Patchen
It’s Time for American Feminists to Learn From Latin America’s Abortion-Rights Movement It’s Time for American Feminists to Learn From Latin America’s Abortion-Rights Movement
On this International Women’s Day, people fighting the erosion of abortion rights in the United States can find signs of hope outside our borders.
Mar 8, 2022 / Amy Littlefield
The Spectacular Fall of Honduras’s Juan Orlando Hernandez The Spectacular Fall of Honduras’s Juan Orlando Hernandez
The former president will face drug charges in a US court, but it was the US that empowered him.
Feb 28, 2022 / Jared Olson
Claudio Lomnitz and the Vertigo of Translation Claudio Lomnitz and the Vertigo of Translation
In his generations-spanning new book, the anthropologist tracks the story of Jewish life in Latin America through the travails of one family.
Feb 23, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Ilan Stavans
A Union Vote in Mexico Promises a New Direction in Trade Policy A Union Vote in Mexico Promises a New Direction in Trade Policy
Workers at the General Motors assembly plant in the city of Silao have voted for a new independent union, presaging a new era of labor collaboration across borders.
Feb 16, 2022 / Nathan Newman
The Black Migrant Trail of Tragedies The Black Migrant Trail of Tragedies
Immigrants from Africa and the Caribbean who make the dangerous trek across the Americas to the US face racist policies and practices everywhere they go.
Feb 8, 2022 / Feature / Kovie Biakolo
Stumbling on Chilean Stones—and Chilean History Stumbling on Chilean Stones—and Chilean History
Chile has a new leader and a bright future. But a country in which 44 percent of the electorate voted for an admirer of Pinochet is in need of as many obstacles to forgetting as po...
Jan 27, 2022 / Ariel Dorfman
Cuba: 60 Years of a Brutal, Vindictive, and Pointless Embargo Cuba: 60 Years of a Brutal, Vindictive, and Pointless Embargo
Where Obama was willing to try “engagement,” Biden administration policy remains mired in Cold War clichés. The Nation has always believed there is a better way.
Jan 26, 2022 / Feature / Peter Kornbluh
Chile’s “New Left” Brings Hope Chile’s “New Left” Brings Hope
With capital already taking flight and the rise of the far right, Gabriel Boric’s administration isn’t in for an easy ride.
Jan 7, 2022 / Franck Gaudichaud