Reviews from the North American countries
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
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
A Mexican town’s bid to restore a sacred stone reflects a new politics of patrimony. Review: The Absent Stone: Mexican Patrimony and the Aftershocks of State Theft, Sandra Rozental, 2026, Duke University Press
Categories: Mexico, North America
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
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
The Bolsonaro bandwagon continues to reek of malodorous far-right fictions. Review: The Cultural Marxism Conspiracy: Why the Right Blames the Frankfurt School for the Decline of the West, AJA Woods, 2026, Verso
Categories: Brazil, United States
A London bookseller’s visionary homage to the Beat Generation reveals how Mexico nurtured a cultural revolution
Categories: Mexico, North America, United States
Studying abroad has been an elite status symbol that has damaged sovereignty. Review: The Future in Their Hands: Making Mexico’s Foreign-Educated Elite, Rachel Grace Newman, 2026, University of California Press
Categories: Mexico, United Kingdom, United States
Puerto Rico’s colonial status made its debt crisis inevitable. Review: Promise Land: The Inside Story of the Puerto Rico Debt Crisis, David Skeel, 2026, Paul Dry Books
Categories: Caribbean, Puerto Rico, United States
