Cuba’s Generation Gap

Cuba’s Generation Gap

Cuba has been in the news almost constantly this year, as foreign observers have scrutinized the recent round of reforms, ...
The Evolution of the FARC: A Guerrilla Group's Long History

The Evolution of the FARC: A Guerrilla Group’s Long History

Fierce battles, often characterized by extreme cruelty, marked the early twentieth century in Colombia, as land-hungry peasants and their reformist ...
The Eighth Encuentro

The Eighth Encuentro

In November 1999, feminists from throughout the region convened in Juan Dolio, Dominican Republic, for the Eighth Latin American and ...
Race, Class and Color: Behind Brazil's "Racial Democracy

Race, Class and Color: Behind Brazil’s “Racial Democracy

Racism has its origins in the elaboration and expansion of a doctrine that justifies inequality among human beings, not so ...
The Beautiful Game? Race and Class in Brazilian Soccer

The Beautiful Game? Race and Class in Brazilian Soccer

Soccer has become so rooted in Brazil that it’s hard to believe that when the ball first rolled upon the ...