Quilombo Lives, Quilombo Dreams
Quilombo Country: Afrobrazilian Villages in the 21st Century (DVD, 2006, 73 minutes), directed by Leonard Abrams, Quilombo Films (www.quilombofilm.com) Although ...
Gratitude as the Moral Currency of Empire
A politics of gratitude has assumed a place of prominence in the conduct of U.S. foreign relations. After the original ...
Neither Left nor Right: Sandinismo in the Anti-Feminist Era
In October 2006, Nicaragua became one of a handful of countries, including Chile and El Salvador, where abortion is illegal ...
The Global Pesticide Pushers in Latin America
In Santa Cruz, Bolivia, a booming lowland city near cattle ranches and thriving soy fields, I visit Campo Verde, a ...
The New York Times’ on NAFTA and CAFTA: No Alternative
Margaret Thatcher once admonished her critics with the assertion that, like it or not, there is no alternative to free ...
New vs. Old Right in Paraguay’s Election
Now that much of Latin America has shifted to the left, Paraguay remains a key Washington ally. The country’s political ...
Medellín: The Peace of the Pacifiers
The ride into Medellín, Colombia, is spectacular, especially at night, when lights sprawl up the western hills about a mile ...
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 ...
