Latin America

Arizona volunteers

The 10-Year Crusade to Reinvent Politics in the Grand Canyon State The 10-Year Crusade to Reinvent Politics in the Grand Canyon State

Visions of a red state turning blue.

Nov 3, 2016 /

Haiti’s Jacobin

Haiti’s Jacobin Haiti’s Jacobin

A new biography explores the mysterious life and times of Toussaint Louverture.

Nov 2, 2016 / Books & the Arts / David A. Bell

Tom Hayden UMichigan

Tom Hayden Remembered Tom Hayden Remembered

Personal recollections from Mike Davis, Dick Flacks, Phyllis Bennis, Mark Rudd, Victor Navasky, and many others.

Oct 26, 2016 / Editorial / Various Contributors

Iran Contra Affair

Iran/Contra Was the Prototype for Post-Vietnam Imperial Adventure Iran/Contra Was the Prototype for Post-Vietnam Imperial Adventure

On the 30th anniversary, we can see that it was an ideological project, with the New Right reasserting the righteousness of militarism and markets.

Oct 25, 2016 / Greg Grandin

Cuba Embargo Lifted

Normalization of Relations With Cuba Is All But Irreversible Now Normalization of Relations With Cuba Is All But Irreversible Now

President Obama’s new directive mandates positive engagement, as opposed to perpetual hostility, as the new modus operandi.

Oct 19, 2016 / Peter Kornbluh

World Environment Day in El Salvador

El Salvador Ruling Offers a Reminder of Why the TPP Must Be Defeated El Salvador Ruling Offers a Reminder of Why the TPP Must Be Defeated

Obama is waging a full-court press to pass the unpopular trade treaty after the November elections.

Oct 19, 2016 / Robin Broad and John Cavanagh

Colombia Peace Deal

Should Colombian President Santos Decline the Nobel Peace Prize? Should Colombian President Santos Decline the Nobel Peace Prize?

That’s what Vietnam’s Le Duc Tho did in 1973. Whatever Santos does, let’s hope he uses the award to advance the cause of peace.

Oct 7, 2016 / Greg Grandin and Emilio Leanza

Referendum in Colombia

Did Human Rights Watch Sabotage Colombia’s Peace Agreement? Did Human Rights Watch Sabotage Colombia’s Peace Agreement?

Like the country’s far right, HRW wanted to send human-rights violators to prison more than it wanted to end the war. 

Oct 3, 2016 / Greg Grandin

Drug war protest

A Growing Grassroots Movement in Mexico Is Resisting the US-Backed Drug War A Growing Grassroots Movement in Mexico Is Resisting the US-Backed Drug War

Citizens are protesting disappearances, searching mass graves, and demanding an end to impunity.

Sep 29, 2016 / Dawn Paley

Obama and Santos

After Years of Stoking Colombia’s Civil War, Washington Is Now Trying to Hijack the Peace Deal After Years of Stoking Colombia’s Civil War, Washington Is Now Trying to Hijack the Peace Deal

The US-funded Plan Colombia imposed catastrophic violence on the country, resulting in a mountain of corpses and millions of displaced civilians.

Sep 26, 2016 / Greg Grandin

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