Salvadoran Gangs: Brutal Legacies and a Desperate Hope

Salvadoran Gangs: Brutal Legacies and a Desperate Hope

Newly elected Salvadoran president Mauricio Funes inherited a country that is not only facing the worst economic crisis in its ...
The Funes Government Faces an Economy on the Brink

The Funes Government Faces an Economy on the Brink

The new president of El Salvador, Mauricio Funes, assumed office in June under a very challenging set of economic circumstances ...
The Honduran Coup: The View From El Salvador

The Honduran Coup: The View From El Salvador

What took place in the wee hours of June 28 thrust Central America into a nightmare. The military coup d’etat ...
‘So That the World Can Know’: Amazonians Take On Chevron

‘So That the World Can Know’: Amazonians Take On Chevron

Crude (2009), a documentary film by Joe Berlinger, 100 mins., distributed by First Run Features (crudethemovie.com) The camera trains its ...
Henry Ford’s Tropical Folly

Henry Ford’s Tropical Folly

Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford’s Forgotten Jungle City by Greg Grandin (Metropolitan Books, 2009), 432 pp., $27.50 ...
‘So That the World Can Know’: Amazonians Take On Chevron

‘So That the World Can Know’: Amazonians Take On Chevron

Crude (2009), a documentary film by Joe Berlinger, 100 mins., distributed by First Run Features (crudethemovie.com) The camera trains its ...
Singing Truth to Power: Mercedes Sosa, 1935–2009

Singing Truth to Power: Mercedes Sosa, 1935–2009

I go, to be burned in the sky by the sunlight . . . / hoarse from shouting that I ...
Henry Ford’s Tropical Folly

Henry Ford’s Tropical Folly

Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford’s Forgotten Jungle City by Greg Grandin (Metropolitan Books, 2009), 432 pp., $27.50 ...
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