Free Trade Firepower: The Growing Hemispheric Gun Trade

Free Trade Firepower: The Growing Hemispheric Gun Trade

Legal U.S. firearm sales to Latin American countries are on the rise, arming violent actors in Mexico, Guatemala, and elsewhere ...
Mexican Police Who Massacred Guatemalan Migrants Get Their Guns from the U.S.

Mexican Police Who Massacred Guatemalan Migrants Get Their Guns from the U.S.

Guns exported from the U.S. to Mexico end up in the hands of state security forces who commit human rights ...
Making Visible the Weapons of Empire

Making Visible the Weapons of Empire

How early research on the shadowy machinations of U.S. security aid and arms sales shaped NACLA's solidarity with Latin America—a ...
The Mexican Military's Buying Binge

The Mexican Military’s Buying Binge

Mexico has purchased at least $1.15 billion in military equipment from the United States over the past year.  ...
The Mexican Military's Buying Binge

The Mexican Military’s Buying Binge

Mexico has purchased at least $1.15 billion in military equipment from the United States over the past year.  ...
Guerrillas Killed in Combat and the Colombian Military's Persistent Impunity

Guerrillas Killed in Combat and the Colombian Military’s Persistent Impunity

Families of victims of false positive killings march in Bogotá (South Colombian Human Rights Conservatory) At a public forum in ...
Beyond the Drug War: The Pentagon's Other Operations in Latin America

Beyond the Drug War: The Pentagon’s Other Operations in Latin America

For the last two decades, the dominant narrative justifying the U.S. military's activities in Latin America has been the war ...
Beyond the Drug War: The Pentagon’s Other Operations in Latin America

Beyond the Drug War: The Pentagon’s Other Operations in Latin America

Stryker armored vehicle test in Suriname (yuma.army.mil).For the last two decades, the dominant narrative justifying the U.S. military’s activities in ...
Beyond the Drug War: The Pentagon’s Other Operations in Latin America

Beyond the Drug War: The Pentagon’s Other Operations in Latin America

Stryker armored vehicle test in Suriname (yuma.army.mil).For the last two decades, the dominant narrative justifying the U.S. military’s activities in ...
Retreat to Colombia: The Pentagon Adapts Its Latin America Strategy

Retreat to Colombia: The Pentagon Adapts Its Latin America Strategy

When the U.S. military base in the port city of Manta, Ecuador, formally closed in mid-September, grassroots activists and government ...
The U.S. Military Bases: Will They Stay or Go?

The U.S. Military Bases: Will They Stay or Go?

Negotiations over the fate of the bases have sparked a heated debate in Panama about the trade-offs between national sovereignty ...
Y2K Anxieties in Panama

Y2K Anxieties in Panama

On the eve of the transfer of the Panama Canal, U.S. conservatives are invoking the specter of imminent chaos in ...