The TPP Will Finish What Chile’s Dictatorship Started The TPP Will Finish What Chile’s Dictatorship Started
Salvador Allende warned against neoliberalism’s disastrous effects just before he was overthrown. He was right to be worried.
Sep 11, 2015 / Greg Grandin
In El Salvador, Journalism Can Get You Killed In El Salvador, Journalism Can Get You Killed
The recent death threats against three journalists are just another sign of the social breakdown of the most violent country in the world.
Sep 8, 2015 / John Washington
What’s Happening in Guatemala? What’s Happening in Guatemala?
With its government about to fall, Guatemala is finally questioning the neoliberal orthodoxy of the post–Cold War world.
Sep 2, 2015 / Greg Grandin
The Pacific Coast Farm-Worker Rebellion The Pacific Coast Farm-Worker Rebellion
From Baja California to Washington State, indigenous farm workers are standing up for their rights.
Aug 28, 2015 / David Bacon
Our Man in Havana: John Kerry Begins a New Era Our Man in Havana: John Kerry Begins a New Era
The most significant and contentious issue remains the US embargo.
Aug 17, 2015 / Peter Kornbluh
Former Peace Corps Volunteers to John Kerry: Stop Sending Military Aid to the Dominican Republic Former Peace Corps Volunteers to John Kerry: Stop Sending Military Aid to the Dominican Republic
Their letter arrives as international groups once more fail to prompt US action on the violation of human rights.
Aug 12, 2015 / Greg Grandin
Who Killed Beylin Sarmiento? Who Killed Beylin Sarmiento?
For Central American migrants, the journey through Mexico has become a gauntlet of violence at the hands of criminals, drug cartels—and even the authorities.
Aug 11, 2015 / John Washington
This Honduran Mother Fled Death Threats—Only to Be Locked Up in the US This Honduran Mother Fled Death Threats—Only to Be Locked Up in the US
Migrant families are being held for months in inhumane detention centers, just for fleeing violence at home.
Aug 10, 2015 / Michelle Chen
How El Salvador’s Supreme Court Is Undermining Democracy—With Washington’s Help How El Salvador’s Supreme Court Is Undermining Democracy—With Washington’s Help
WikiLeaks has exposed US government collusion with the chamber’s destabilization strategy.
Aug 8, 2015 / Hilary Goodfriend
Narco-Terror Has Come to Mexico City Narco-Terror Has Come to Mexico City
The murders of photojournalist Rubén Espinosa and activist Nadia Vera Pérez are only the latest in a string of deaths connected to the state of Veracruz.
Aug 6, 2015 / Greg Grandin