Remembering the U.S. Invasion of Panama, 35 Years Later
O n December 20, 1989, the United States invaded Panama with tens of thousands of troops. It was the largest U.S. invasion since Vietnam. The first U.S. military action since the fall of the Berlin Wall one month before. The testing ground for the Iraq wars.
The Panama Canal Zone, a U.S. Enclave in Latin America
P anama is, perhaps, the country in the region that has suffered under the longest U.S. shadow—right from the very beginning. The country and the canal would become the United States’ most important asset in the region. The United States installed as many as 100 military bases throughout Panama, during World War II, and it was the base of Washington’s Latin American military training ...
Remembering Chile’s U.S.-backed Coup, 50 Years On | NACLA
O n September 11, 1973, the Chilean military overthrew the socialist government of President Salvador Allende in a CIA-supported coup, installing a ruthless 17-year dictatorship led by General Augusto Pinochet. As the U.S.-backed military junta killed or forcibly disappeared more than 3,000 people and tortured more than 40,000, the country became the laboratory for neoliberal policy with ...
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The Campus Rebellion for Palestine . Across the hemisphere, students demanded an end to the genocide in Gaza. How they navigated repression and resistance offers lessons for the solidarity movement.
NACLA Report on the Americas
P ublished since 1967, the award-winning NACLA Report on the Americas is a quarterly magazine of news and analysis. It is the oldest and most widely read progressive magazine covering Latin America and its relationship with the United States. Centered around our unique "Report" section, which examines a single topic in depth, the magazine offers comprehensive, analytic coverage of Latin ...
Portraits of Black Politics and Resistance in Brazil | NACLA
Leia este artigo em português. Translated to English by Joyce Silva Fernandes. B lack people make up the majority in Brazil. Over half of the nation’s 215 million inhabitants—56 percent or about 120 million people—are Afro-Brazilian, making the country home to the largest Black population in the Americas.
Guatemala: United Fruit | Under the Shadow, Ep. 2 | NACLA
Read the transcript. I n this episode, host Michael Fox looks at the outsized role of the U.S. banana corporation, United Fruit, in Central America. You literally can't talk about the history of Central America in the 20th Century without mentioning it. Fox goes in …
Solidarity with El Salvador's Santa Marta 5 Grows Across Borders
I n an April 10 court hearing in San Salvador, a presiding judge chose to uphold charges against five anti-mining activists. The Santa Marta Five, who were arrested in January 2023, will be tried at a later date for “illicit association” and an alleged murder that took place over 34 years ago amidst the Salvadoran Civil War.For their supporters, the Bukele’s right-wing administration is ...
The Myth of Demilitarization in Costa Rica | NACLA
Markus Hochmüller is a visiting professor of Political Science at Freie Universität Berlin and a senior associate of the Global Security Programme, Pembroke College, University of Oxford.. Markus-Michael Müller is a professor with special responsibilities in International Development Studies at Roskilde University.
Brazil at a Crossroads: The Environment or Oil and Gas
This article is Part II of a series in partnership with Earthworks on oil and gas impacts in Latin America. Read Part I. W ith record-setting fires in the Amazon dominating headlines in recent years, the global environmental imaginary of Brazil often brings up scenes of deforestation, threats of tremendous biodiversity loss, and violent displacement driven by the cattle, forestry, and ...