I guess we shouldn’t be surprised that Fox News hosts wouldn’t know the difference between Mexico and Nicaragua and probably assumes they all wear sombreros and take siestas.
Tag: Latin America
On this week’s episode of Foreign Entanglements, long-time friend of the blog Colin Snider and I talk about the conviction of Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt: See also Corey Robin’s
During the discussion around my piece calling for international safety standards at the workplace with real enforcement teeth that could implicate American corporations subcontracting with unscrupulou
A typically subtle Venezuelan state animation showing Hugo Chavez in heaven met by his revolutionary ancestors: The group includes Cuban Revolution leader Che Guevara, Latin American liberator Simón Bolívar, Argentine first lady Eva Perón, Chilean President Salvador Allende, Nicaraguan revolutionary Augusto César Sandino, and indigenous Venezuelan chief Guaicaipuro, according to Venezuela’s Agencia Venezolana de Noticias. […]
Nyki Salinas-Duda has an interesting though flawed article about the increasingly tense relationship between the left-leaning Latin American governments elected in recent years and indigenous peoples
I’m glad that the entirety of tonight’s foreign debate led to one single mention of a Latin American nation. Cuba of course. I heard Fidel Castro may have risen off his death bed to say so
Colin asks a good question about the so-called Latin American “left.” One of the biggest problems here is that, simply put, I don’t buy characterizations of people like Correa, Chavez, or Morales as “radical left,” for many reasons. First, a truly “radical” left, would seek truly revolutionary action that overthrew social, political, and economic structures […]
I’m sick and tired of trying to meet our commentariat’s demands for more posts about Guyana, French Guiana, and Suriname. To shut you all up about these vital nations, I’m linking to
A new survey of the world’s most deadly cities show that the top 33 are in the Americas, with the vast majority along the drug highway in North America and northern South America, beginning with
Interesting pair of articles on Latin American military institutions. First Guatemala: They burned villages, killed children and, just a winding road away from here in 1982, the Guatemalan military also massacred hundreds of Mayan peasants, after torturing old men and raping young women. But now, all across these highlands once ravaged by a 36-year civil […]
Colin Snider, my old blogging partner from Alterdestiny, has started a new blog dedicated to Latin American issues. It’s been up for a month or so now with many excellent posts. His frequent
I’m not sure if this is a very good idea. I know I look forward to them spreading across Honduras and Nicaragua. Maybe they can sell shirts emblazoned with images of the lifeless body of Augusto