US meddling in Venezuela has never been in support of ‘democracy’. Corporate Coup: Venezuela and the End of US Empire, Anya Parampil, 2024, OR Books
Categories: North America, South America, United States, Venezuela
Tag: Imperialism
Anti-art with attitude
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Central American artists are defying their colonial invisibility. Visual Disobedience: Art and Decoloniality in Central America, Kency Cornejo, 2024, Duke University Press
Categories: Central America, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, North America, United States
Party poopers
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Puerto Rico is prey to its own political system. Puerto Rico: A National History, Jorell Meléndez-Badillo, 2024 Princeton University Press
Categories: Caribbean, North America, Puerto Rico, United States
Culinary colonialism
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The corporate takeover of Mexican food is identity theft on a vast scale. Mesquite Pods to Mezcal: 10,000 Years of Oaxacan Cuisines, edited by Verónica Pérez Rodríguez, Shanti Morell-Hart, and Stacie M. King, 2024, University of Texas Press
Categories: Mexico, North America, United States
The colour of law
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Racialised US laws can explain Puerto Rico’s oppressed status. Making Never-Never Land: Race and Law in the Creation of Puerto Rico, Mónica A Jiménez, 2024, University of North Carolina Press
Categories: Caribbean, North America, Puerto Rico, United States
Stereotypes that subjugate
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Latinx characters in US popular culture continue to expose its imperial vocation. Narcomedia: Latinidad, Popular Culture, and America’s War on Drugs, Jason Ruiz, 2023, University of Texas Press
Categories: Colombia, Mexico, North America, South America, United States
Memoirs of genocide
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An American present during Guatemala’s civil war offers timely recollections. Walking With Evaristo: A Memoir of Celebration and Tragedy in the Land of the Achí Maya, Christian Nill, 2024, Peace Corps Writers
Categories: Central America, Guatemala, North America, United States
Fashion victims
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Regions such as Patagonia have been transformed by the commodification of animals. Creatures of Fashion: Animals, Global Markets, and the Transformation of Patagonia, John Soluri, 2024, University of North Carolina Press
Categories: Argentina, South America
Camelid colonialism
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A stuffed llama can tell a powerful story about imperial duplicity. Llamas beyond the Andes: Untold Histories of Camelids in the Modern World, Marcia Stephenson, 2023, University of Texas Press
Categories: Argentina, Bolivia, North America, Peru, South America, United States
Writing China back into history
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Understanding piracy in the Philippines opens up an alternative history of Latin America. Piracy and the Making of the Spanish Pacific World, Kristie Patricia Flannery, 2024, University of Pennsylvania Press
Categories: Asia Pacific, China, Europe, International, Mexico, North America, Spain, United States