USS Honduras | Under the Shadow, Ep. 6

USS Honduras | Under the Shadow, Ep. 6

Often overlooked in the story of U.S. imperialism in Central America, Honduras has served as a training base and staging ...
President Nayib Bukele marks his third year in office in San Salvador, June 1, 2022. (Casa Presidencial El Salvador / Public Domain)

Bukele, Presidente | Under the Shadow Update 2

Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele has been reelected in a landslide. Supporters praise his security gains despite widespread human rights abuses, ...
President Bernardo Arévalo speaks in a press conference, January 22, 2024. (Gobierno de Guatemala / Public Domain)

Arévalo, Presidente | Under the Shadow, Update 1

Guatemala's new president Bernardo Arévalo is now in office. But the struggle to defend democracy against the forces fixated on ...
A memorial in San Salvador lists the names of victims of El Salvador's armed conflict. (Michael Fox)

El Salvador: The Innocent Victims | Under the Shadow, Ep. 4

In the 1980s, the Reagan administration poured billions of dollars into El Salvador's military to crush the left-wing FMLN, littering ...
The Radio Venceremos team at work. (Courtesy of Museum of Word and Image)

El Salvador: Rebel Radio | Under the Shadow, Ep. 5

Broadcasting the Salvadoran government's atrocities throughout the armed conflict, the guerrilla radio station Venceremos had a clear goal: bringing down ...
The Beginning: Monroe Doctrine and Migration | Under the Shadow, Ep. 1

The Beginning: Monroe Doctrine and Migration | Under the Shadow, Ep. 1

Coups, destabilization, and decades of other forms of U.S. military and economic intervention have driven millions of Central Americans to ...
Tiquisate, Guatemala. (Michael Fox)

Guatemala: United Fruit | Under the Shadow, Ep. 2

The dreams of a democratic Guatemala were dashed by a 1954 CIA coup against President Jacobo Arbenz spurred by the ...
Brazil's National Congress, Brasília, 2009. (Rodolfo Stuckert / Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil / CC BY 3.0)

Brazil on Fire: An Autopsy of Bolsonaro’s Failed Coup (Update 3)

The failed January 8 "invasion" of Brasília has united many behind Lula’s agenda to rebuild the country. But the battle ...
Brazil on Fire: God Above Everyone – Good versus Evil (Episode 3)

Brazil on Fire: God Above Everyone – Good versus Evil (Episode 3)

Brazil’s growing Evangelical Christian movement set the stage for President Jair Bolsonaro’s rise to power ...
Brazil's constitution sits beneath broken glass in the National Congress after the attack by Bolsonaro supporters, January 8, 2023. (Jefferson Rudy / Agência Senado / CC BY 2.0)

“The Major Challenge to Brazilian Democracy Today Is Bolsonarismo”

In the wake of the attack on Brasília, both the Lula administration and civil society have a major role to ...
Brazil on Fire: Free Lula (Episode 2)

Brazil on Fire: Free Lula (Episode 2)

Six months before the 2018 Brazilian election, a judge jailed frontrunner Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on what many considered ...
Lula celebrates his victory in São Paulo on election night, October 30, 2022. (Oliver Kornblihtt / Mídia NINJA / CC BY-NC 2.0)

Brazil on Fire: Lula Presidente (Update 2)

Brazil has a new president-elect. Yet outgoing president Jair Bolsonaro's far-right allies continue to push misinformation.  ...
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