PODCAST 38: In the grip of extremism, the US is obsessing about crime to legitimise its hegemony
Category: South America
Reviews from the South American countries
Melodies of resistance
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Music was a tool of survival for victims of Chile’s dictatorship. Review: Music and Political Imprisonment in Pinochet’s Chile, Katia Chornik, 2025, Oxford University Press
Categories: Chile
No blood for oil
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The territorial turn
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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
The dialectics of isolation
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Chile’s nightmare returns
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Kast’s election open the country’s sores. Review: Tales from the Sharp End: A Portrait of Chile, Natascha Scott-Stokes, 2024, University of New Mexico Press
Categories: Chile
The noise of liberation
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Settler colonialism oppresses every aspect of Mapuche life—including sound. Review: Acoustic Colonialism: Acts of Mapuche Interference, Luis E Cárcamo-Huechante, 2025, Duke University Press
Categories: Chile
Khaki democrats
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Hard as it is to swallow, militaries have at times been the midwives of democracy. Review: The Birth of Democracy in South America, Raúl L Madrid, 2025, Cambridge University Press
Andean Sisyphus
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Peruvian nation-building has been characterised by unending frustration. Review: Modern Peru: A New History, Paulo Drinot and Alberto Vergara (eds), 2025, Duke University Press
Categories: Peru
