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.
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 ...
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.
The Campus Rebellion for Palestine | NACLA
Dec 11, 2024 · Leer este artículo en Español. I n April, as Israel’s longstanding genocide against the Palestinian people continued to intensify, protests against the carnage reached the halls of universities, first in the United States and then around the world. Israel’s unrelenting atrocities in Gaza and the West Bank since October 2023, with the …
The Myth of Demilitarization in Costa Rica | NACLA
C osta Rica is regularly depicted as Central America’s Switzerland to the extent that it has become a cliché. This image is the result of a decades-long self-fashioning effort through which the Costa Rican state has sought to make itself known as a place of stability, safety, and peace.
Coca without Borders | NACLA
Oct 3, 2024 · “W e have to extinguish the issue before it goes out of control,” says Lieutenant Colonel Medardo Reyes Pego as he walks the narrow halls of Honduras’ headquarters for military intelligence. He’s about to convene a briefing of all the agencies involved in the country’s coca eradication operations. Reyes continues: “We want to keep them confused and scared that we can raid their ...
Remembering Grenada’s Revolution Beyond Cold War Narratives
A s U.S. troops headed to Grenada in October 1983, most had no idea where they were going. Many had never even heard of Grenada, the smallest place the United States has ever invaded. Fewer still knew of the popular revolution that had taken …
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 ...
The Myth of American Idealism: How U.S. Foreign Policy …
Oct 25, 2024 · R ecently, at a hostel in Cochabamba, Bolivia, I launched into a tirade about the lack of any significant social services or safety net in my home country of the United States, services that countless other countries offer in abundance. My interlocutor, a German woman, made a pointed comment: “I see what you mean, but other countries don’t pay for the world’s freedom the way the U.S ...
Forward Ever: 40 Years on from the End of the Revolution and
Oct 24, 2023 · In the throes of the Cold War, a tiny Caribbean island dared to wage a revolutionary experiment. As the Revo imploded, the United States invaded.