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
Liberal limits
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Category: Central America
Reviews from the Central American countries
Doing Washington’s dirty work
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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
Colonisation of the decolonial
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Art is a way of confronting institutional obstacles to decolonisation. Unmaking to Make: Art as decolonising practice in Latin America’s future, past and present, edited by Alex Ungprateeb Flynn, María Iñigo Clavo, Beatriz Lemos and Florencia Portocarrero, 2026, UCL Press
Categories: Caribbean, Central America, Europe, International, North America, South America
Mayan lessons for the world
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A groundbreaking history of the Maya unifies a hitherto fragmented narrative. The Four Heavens: A New History of the Ancient Maya, David Stuart, 2026, Princeton University Press
Categories: Central America
Reproductive resistance
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Judiciaries have shaped how abortion has risen up the agenda. Review: The Judicial Politics of Abortion in Latin America: Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, and Mexico, Jordi Díez, 2025, University of North Carolina Press
Categories: Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico
Mutual kingdoms
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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
Archives on the move
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Novel Mayan cultural artefacts can illustrate how indigeneity crosses borders. Review: Indigenous Archives: The Maya Diaspora and Mobile Cultural Production, Floridalma Boj Lopez, 2026 Duke University Press
Categories: Central America, Guatemala, United States
Green trailblazers
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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
Negative score
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US basketball coaches are exploiting Black Latin American youths. Review: Basketball Trafficking: Stolen Black Panamanian Dreams, Javier Wallace, 2025, Duke University Press
Categories: Panama, United States
Blurred visions
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The quest to link oceans has driven Central America to distraction. Review: Canal Dreamers: The Epic Quest to Connect the Atlantic and Pacific in the Age of Revolutions, Jessica M Lepler, 2025, University of North Carolina Press
Categories: Central America, China, Guatemala, International, Nicaragua, North America, Panama, United States