The insecurity of campesinos is fuelling violence in Colombia. Review: Governing the Excluded: Rural Livelihoods Beyond Coca in Colombia’s Peace Laboratory, Alex Diamond, 2026, University of Chicago Press
Categories: Colombia, South America
Unmanageable debts will expose President Javier Milei’s neocolonial agenda, writes Gavin O’Toole
Categories: Argentina, North America, South America, United States
Outlaw Capital: Everyday Illegalities and the Making of Uneven Development, Jennifer Tucker, 2023, University of Georgia Press
Categories: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, South America
A revived structuralism may be the only way for Latin America to achieve its growth potential
Comment: Deforestation is emblematic of the high cost Latin America has paid for development, but there is encouraging evidence that the region is nurturing forests back to life
Categories: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Caribbean, Central America, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, North America, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, South America, Venezuela
Move over Hunter Thompson, Daniel Goldstein is here … and cultural anthropology will never be the same again ––– |||
Owners of the Sidewalk, by Daniel M Goldstein (2016, Duke)
Categories: Bolivia, South America
Hard evidence about the motives of Mexican migrants to the US is the best weapon against xenophobia, and is brought together here in what will be a definitive work
Categories: Mexico, North America, United States
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
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
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
