PODCAST 38: In the grip of extremism, the US is obsessing about crime to legitimise its hegemony
Category: Canada
What the FARC?
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Women and girls have been the silent victims of Colombia’s conflict, exploited and abused by left-wing guerrillas as much as their enemies. Leonor: The Story of a Lost Childhood, Paula Delgado-Kling, 2024, Evergreen Review/OR Books
Categories: Canada, Colombia, North America, South America, United States
Feria del Libro
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The Heart of Our Earth
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Heroes behind the lens
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When it comes to climate change, seeing is believing ––– ||| Images from a Warming Planet, by Ashley Cooper (2016, Global Warming Images Publishing)
Categories: Argentina, Bolivia, Canada, North America, South America, United States
Weak, but still strong
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Latin American leaders can influence US foreign policy despite their weaknesses ––– ||| Latin America Confronts the United States, by Tom Long (2015, CUP)
Categories: Brazil, Canada, Central America, Colombia, Mexico, North America, Panama, South America, United States
Imperialism makes a comeback
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The theory of imperialism offers a potent way of explaining the extractive activities that cause social conflict and environmental degradation throughout Latin America
Categories: Argentina, Bolivia, Canada, Ecuador, Mexico, North America, Peru, South America, United States, Venezuela
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
The context of conflict
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An ethnographic study of the causes of conflict over oil and gas extraction in the Amazon offers valuable insights into a crucial issue
Categories: Canada, Colombia, Ecuador, North America, Peru, South America, United States, 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