United Fruit is Not Chiquita

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

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’s Genocide: Survivors Speak

Guatemala took a small step toward justice on February 4, when an international genocide case charging eight former senior officials ...
Guatemala’s Genocide: Survivors Speak

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

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

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 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 ...
VENEZUELA The Military's Wake-Up Call

VENEZUELA The Military’s Wake-Up Call

Carlos Andrés Pérez returned home triumphant from the World Economic Forum in Switzerland on February 3, lauded by the international ...