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 territorial turn
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Tag: Donald Trump
Smoke and mirrors in the Caribbean
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Twenty books about US imperialism
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PODCAST 31: The empire is again meddling in Latin America
Poor politicians
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Corruption should never be defined by emperors. The Elementary Forms of Corruption: Moral Imagination and Political Change in Brazil, Aaron Ansell, 2025, Hau Books
Categories: Brazil, Mexico, North America, South America
Latine rebellions and why they matter
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Llana Barber explores a history of uprisings in the US against a backdrop of systemic racism, reminding us as we observe Los Angeles that the weak never suffer in silence
Categories: Caribbean, Central America, Colombia, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, North America, Puerto Rico, South America, United States
Poetry fights back
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Tyranny’s rehearsal
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The Iran-Contra affair was a dry run for Trump’s extremism. The Breach: Iran-Contra and the Assault on American Democracy, Alan McPherson, 2025, University of North Carolina Press
Categories: Central America, International, Iran, Middle East & North Africa, Nicaragua, North America, United States
The roots of terror
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Comment: Walter Salles’ chilling warning about authoritarianism ducks the role of the US
Categories: Brazil, North America, South America, United States
Cuba’s worst nightmare
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PODCAST 25: Trump and Rubio pose the greatest threat to the island in a generation
