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
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
Iran’s ties with Latin America have been distorted by US and Israeli narrative terrorism. We review titles about the Islamic Republic’s engagement with other targets of imperialism
Categories: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Cuba, Iran, Middle East & North Africa, South America, United States, Venezuela
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
Hunger in Mexico’s countryside belies the wealth of its cuisine—and guess who is to blame? México Between Feast and Famine: Food, Corporate Power, and Inequality, Enrique C Ochoa, 2025, University of Arizona Press
Britain’s footprint in South America is still visible. Small Earthquakes: A Journey Through Lost British History in South America, Shafik Meghji, 2025, Hurst & Co
Categories: Argentina, Brazil, Europe, International, South America, United Kingdom, Uruguay
Imperialism aims to erase indigenous wisdom. Translation and Epistemicide: Racialization of Languages in the Americas, Joshua M Price, 2025, University of Arizona Press
Categories: Colombia, Mexico, North America, Peru, South America, United States
US imperialism has been built on local labour. The Work of Empire: War, Occupation, and the Making of American Colonialism in Cuba and the Philippines, Justin F Jackson, 2025, University of North Carolina Press
Categories: Caribbean, Cuba, North America, United States
Megaprojects are just the latest destructive incursions into Maya land. The Fourth Invasion: Decolonizing Histories, Extractivism, and Maya Resistance in Guatemala, Giovanni Batz, 2024, University of California Press
Categories: Central America, Guatemala
