A Spark of Hope: The Ongoing Lessons of the Zapatista ... - NACLA
2022年12月21日 · January 1, 2019 marked 25 years since the Zapatistas captured the world’s imagination with their brief but audacious uprising to demand justice and democracy for Indigenous peasants in southern Mexico. While never formally laying down its weapons, the Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional (Zapatista Army of National Liberation, EZLN ...
Forward Ever: 40 Years on from the End of the Revolution and
2023年10月24日 · When an intra-party conflict broke out, leading to the killing of revolutionary leader Bishop and other victims on October 19, 1983, the Reagan administration seized the pretext to invade. On October 25, 1983, thousands of U.S. troops landed on the island. This year, Grenada commemorates both 50 years as an independent nation and 40 years since ...
Reconstructing Race: Racism, Culture and Mestizaje in Latin …
Reconstructing Race: Racism, Culture and Mestizaje in Latin America. Tweet. Marisol de la Cadena. September 25, 2007. One of the most puzzling, disconcerting phenomena that the non-native visitor confronts while traveling in Latin America is the relative ease with which pervasive and very visible discriminatory practices coexist with the denial ...
Legacies of the U.S. Invasion of Panama - NACLA
On December 20, 1989, former president George H.W. Bush ordered the invasion of Panama. The U.S. 82nd Airborne division pummeled Panama City from the air, as U.S. soldiers from the 193rd Brigade clashed in the streets with troops from the Panamanian Defense Forces (PDF) and the Dignity Battalions, a militia of workers and campesinos.
Taking Stock: A Hundred Years After Women’s Suffrage in Latin …
2019年3月27日 · Suffrage activism began in the late 19 th century and continued until the mid-20 th century, when all of Latin America had implemented women’s suffrage. As in the United States, suffrage was a hard-fought win in Latin America. In some countries such as Chile, women first won the right to participate in municipal elections in the 1930s.
Portraits of Black Politics and Resistance in Brazil | NACLA
Translated to English by Joyce Silva Fernandes. Black 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. As a result, analysis of all political, economic, societal, and ...
Remembering the U.S. Invasion of Panama, 35 Years Later
September 4, 2024. Tweet. Michael Fox. A U.S. armored personnel carrier stands guard in a destroyed laundromat in Panama City on the second day of the U.S. invasion of Panama, December 21, 1989. (U.S. Department of Defense / Public Domain) On December 20, 1989, the United States invaded Panama with tens of thousands of troops.
The Legacy of Latin American Land Reform - NACLA
Land reform has been one of the most conflictive issues in twentieth- century Latin America. The reasons are simple. Effective reforms imply radical changes in economic and political relations both locally and nationally. And given Latin America’s role in the global economy, powerful transnational interests are frequently involved.
Remembering Brazil's Military Coup 50 Years Later - NACLA
2014年4月1日 · President João Goulart fled to Uruguay, and with him went the hopes of progressive reforms. April 1, 2014. Tweet. NACLA. Ex-President João Goulart (Archivo Nacional/flickr) Yesterday and today mark the 50-year-anniversary of the U.S.-backed military coup d’etat in Brazil. The coup kicked off a brutal twenty-year-long military dictatorship.
Land Rights and Garífuna Identity | NACLA
The Garífuna originate from the 17th century when, on the windward Caribbean island of St. Vincent, the island’s indigenous Arawak-Caribs integrated runaway and shipwrecked African slaves into their communities. European colonists first referred to their progeny as “Black Caribs” and later “Garífuna,” as they are still known.