United Fruit is Not Chiquita
During a visit to Trinidad and Tobago in June, I had the privilege of spending time with Gordon Rohlehr, the ...
Outsourcing the Iraq War: Mercenary Recruiters Turn to Latin America
In October, Erik Prince, the 39-year-old CEO of Blackwater Worldwide, a leading private security company operating in Iraq, went into ...
Guatemala’s Genocide: Survivors Speak
Guatemala took a small step toward justice on February 4, when an international genocide case charging eight former senior officials ...
Pincohet, Arms Merchant
The arrest of Augusto Pinochet at a London hospital on October 17, 1998 — after Spanish judge Baltasar Garzón filed ...
Guns: The U.S. Threat to Mexican National Security
Shipping powders back and forth Black goes south and white comes north. — “Throwing Stones,” John Perry Barlow for the ...
The New Latin American Right: Finding a Place in the World
The triumph of the neoliberal Washington Consensus in Latin America has had a contradictory effect: It has increased the profits ...
The Politics of Negotiating Peace in Columbia
As Colombia’s peace negotiations continue to go nowhere, it is important to consider the role of the United States. It ...
Chavismo at the Crossroads: Hardliners, Moderates and a Regime under Attack
On Monday, April 15, the day after his dramatic return to power, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez called for a “national ...
