A new Spanish Inquisition is underway – in Catalonia – that will have far-flung implications
Categories: Argentina, Caribbean, Chile, Cuba, Mexico, North America, Puerto Rico, South America, Venezuela
Why Catalonia matters for Latin America
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Category: Puerto Rico
Colony of intellect
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In the Americas, knowledge is power ––– ||| Disciplinary Conquest: US Scholars in South America, 1900–1945, Ricardo D Salvatore, 2016, Duke University Press
Categories: Argentina, Caribbean, Central America, Chile, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, North America, Panama, Puerto Rico, South America, United States
Exposed in the fields
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An exploitative labour programme undermined the parasitic relationship between Puerto Rican populism and US priorities in 1950 ––– ||| We Are Left Without A Father, Eileen Suárez Findlay (2015, Duke)
Categories: Caribbean, North America, Puerto Rico, United States
The invisible slaves
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Research sheds new light on the 650,000 indigenous people enslaved in the 16th century ––– ||| Global Indios, by Nancy Evan Deusen (2015, Duke)
Categories: Argentina, Bolivia, Caribbean, Central America, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Europe, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, International, Mexico, Nicaragua, North America, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, South America, Uruguay, Venezuela
Back from the brink
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Comment: Deforestation is emblematic of the high cost Latin America has paid for development, but there is encouraging evidence that the region is nurturing forests back to life
Categories: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Caribbean, Central America, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, North America, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, South America, Venezuela
Radio days in the Caribbean
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A well informed history of radio broadcasting explores key cultural and political questions ––– ||| Isles of Noise, by Alejandra Bronfman (2016, North Carolina)
Categories: Caribbean, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, North America, Puerto Rico, United States
The sporting life
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Sport is an obsession among many Latin Americans, and its study offers new avenues for scholars to explore questions of popular culture and politics
Categories: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Caribbean, Central America, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, North America, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, South America, Uruguay, Venezuela
Simultaneous not separate past
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A globalised approach to economic history offers a radically different way of looking at Latin American nation-building
Categories: Caribbean, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Europe, Haiti, International, North America, Puerto Rico, United States
Cultural awakening on a global scale
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A seminal work now available in English offers us the chance to imagine forms of globalisation that go beyond the tired US vision
Categories: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Caribbean, Central America, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Europe, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, International, Mexico, Nicaragua, North America, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, South America, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela
A handbook for a region
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Comprehensive yet accessible, the Routledge Handbook of Latin American Politics will be a required resource for teaching staff, students and analysts
Categories: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Caribbean, Central America, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Europe, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, International, Mexico, Nicaragua, North America, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, South America, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela