The Politics of Human Rights

The Politics of Human Rights

The U.S. government and its right-wing allies are using human rights as a political weapon to discredit those governments in ...
Introduction: The Politics of Human Rights

Introduction: The Politics of Human Rights

In September, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights ordered the Venezuelan government to allow opposition politician Leopoldo López to run ...
Editor’s Note

Editor’s Note

Subscribers to the NACLA Report on the Americas cannot have failed to notice that we’ve been delayed recently. Our sincere ...
Venezuela's Opposition: Back Into the Frying Pan

Venezuela’s Opposition: Back Into the Frying Pan

The Venezuelan opposition faced a difficult question in February, as the country prepared to vote in a national referendum on ...
Venezuela’s Opposition: Back Into the Frying Pan

Venezuela’s Opposition: Back Into the Frying Pan

The Venezuelan opposition faced a difficult question in February, as the country prepared to vote in a national referendum on ...
Venezuela’s Opposition: Back Into the Frying Pan

Venezuela’s Opposition: Back Into the Frying Pan

The Venezuelan opposition faced a difficult question in February, as the country prepared to vote in a national referendum on ...
Film Review: Cold War Terror in the Americas: A History Lesson

Film Review: Cold War Terror in the Americas: A History Lesson

Perhaps the most poignant moment in John Pilger's latest documentary, The War on Democracy, comes during an interview with Sister ...
Cold War Terror in the Americas: A History Lesson

Cold War Terror in the Americas: A History Lesson

The War on Democracy (DVD, 2007), a film by John Pilger, 94 mins, www.bullfrogfilms.com Perhaps the most poignant moment in ...
Colombia and Brazil: Deadly Diversions

Colombia and Brazil: Deadly Diversions

Pinochet may have reached the apex of corrupt government arms trafficking in Latin America, but he was by no means ...
The Devil Behind the Mirror by Stephen Gregory

The Devil Behind the Mirror by Stephen Gregory

THE DEVIL BEHIND THE MIRROR: GLOBALIZATION AND POLITICS IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC by Stephen Gregory, 2006, University of California Press, ...
There's No Jose Here, by Gabriel Thompson

There’s No Jose Here, by Gabriel Thompson

THERE'S NO JOSE HERE: FOLLOWING THE HIDDEN LIVES OF MEXICAN IMMIGRANTS by Gabriel Thompson, 2007, Nation, 320 pages, $14.95 paperback ...
Youth Media: Building Solidarity

Youth Media: Building Solidarity

Dozens upon dozens of young people lie sprawled across the floor of the Caracas airport. Despite the fluorescent glare, most ...