Political turmoil in Bolivia hints at a paradigm shift. Review: Bolivia and the Making of the Global Indigenous Movement: Anthropology, Development and Transnationalism, Juanita Roca-Sánchez, 2025, Routledge
Categories: Bolivia
A Chilean artist shaped by the nightmare of Pinochet subverts colonial time. Review: Alfredo Jaar: Decolonial Time and the Aesthetics of the Unfinished, Florencia San Martín, 2026, Duke University Press
Categories: Chile
An underclass of young Mexican American men is trapped by systemic exclusion. Review: Homeboys Forever: The Lifetime Consequences of Gang Membership, Avelardo Valdez, 2026, University of Chicago Press
Categories: Mexico, North America, United States
Guyana once provided revolutionary hope for African Americans. Review: A Proxy Africa: Guyana, African Americans, and the Radical 1970s, Russell Rickford, 2026, University of North Carolina Press
Categories: Guyana, United States
El Salvador reveals the failure of a dominant idea. Review: Indignant Liberalism: Political Protest and Generational Change in El Salvador, Ellen Moodie, 2026, University of Texas Press
Categories: Central America, El Salvador
Mexico shot itself in the foot by kowtowing to the US migrant backlash. Review: Organised Crime and Migration: Criminal Groups, Corruption and the Displacement Crisis in Central America and Mexico, Victorie Knox, 2026, University of London Press
Categories: Central America, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, North America, United States
Georgina Jiménez assesses how London’s Tate Modern is exploring ‘Fridamania’.
Frida: The Making of an Icon
Tate Modern, London
25 June until 3 January 2027
Categories: Mexico, United Kingdom
A London bookseller’s visionary homage to the Beat Generation reveals how Mexico nurtured a cultural revolution
Categories: Mexico, North America, United States
A study of racial politics mounts a challenge to area studies. Review: Transpacific Nonencounters: Racial Disconnects Across Twentieth-Century Japan and Mexico, Andrea Mendoza, 2026, Duke University Press
Mexican and Cuban stories translated by Langston Hughes make a radical debut. Review: Troubled Lands: Stories of Mexico and Cuba as Translated by Langston Hughes, ed. Ricardo A Wilson, 2026, Princeton University Press
Categories: Cuba, Mexico, United States
