“Condemned to Sacrifice” in the Shadow of Argentina’s Vaca Muerta
From Patagonia, an environmental activist discusses her community’s struggle against a new oil pipeline and the threats of expanding extractivism ...
Brazil at a Crossroads: The Environment or Oil and Gas
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s administration brought high hopes of reversing devastating environmental destruction. Will a new fossil fuel ...
The Queer Women Transforming Brazil’s Funk Music Scene
Meet the artists pushing for a wave of social change through sapafunk, a subgenre that celebrates lesbian desire and sexuality ...
“Lula III:” A Year of Mixed Results
Brazil’s Workers’ Party has been back in power for a year. Despite some progress, concessions to the far right continue ...
Chile Rejects Far-Right Constitution
Once again, Chileans voted no on a constitutional referendum. The Pinochet-era constitution endures while the path to reform remains uncertain ...
Chainsaw Government: What to Expect from Argentina’s Javier Milei
Supporters cheered as the new far-right libertarian president pledged to push austerity measures. But with progressive forces vowing to resist, ...
The Falklands/Malvinas and Argentina’s Thatcherite Turn
Argentina's new president, Javier Milei, draws on authoritarian tactics reminiscent of Trump and Bolsonaro, but his ideology has deeper roots ...
The Silences of Dispossession: Agrarian Change and Indigenous Politics in Argentina (Review)
Mercedes Biocca's insightful book reveals dynamics of resistance and acquiescence to soybean expansion in two Indigenous communities in the heart ...
