Reviews from the Caribbean countries
A sociocultural study of Cuba’s transnational relationships offers rare insights. Review: The Cuban Revolution and the New Left: Transnational Histories of Gender, Sexuality, and Family, Michelle Chase and Isabella Cosse (eds), 2026, University of Florida Press
Nature’s cultural impact is best seen by breaking disciplinary boundaries. Review: Plants and Animals in Latin American Cultural Production, Cristina E Pardo Porto and Oscar A Pérez (eds), 2025, University of Florida Press
Categories: Caribbean, Central America, Mexico, South America
Two books place Latin America in the vanguard of climate debates. Reviews: Contesting the Climate Unthinkable: Latin American Cultural Responses to a Warming World; and The Climate Trial: Law and Justice on a Melting Planet
Categories: Caribbean, Central America, Europe, International, Middle East & North Africa, North America, South America
Iran’s ties with Latin America have been distorted by US and Israeli narrative terrorism. We review titles about the Islamic Republic’s engagement with other targets of imperialism
Categories: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Cuba, Iran, Middle East & North Africa, South America, United States, Venezuela
The legacy of Cuban internationalism in Africa still defies US hegemony. Cuba and the Independence War in Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde: The Fall of the Last Colonial Empire in Africa, Víctor Dreke Cruz, 2025, Pathfinder Press
Categories: Africa, Caribbean, Cuba, International, United States
The US attack on Venezuela confirms that imperialism is all about space. Review: The Invention of Order: On the Coloniality of Space, Don Thomas Deere, 2025, Duke University Press
