AMLO’s Final Act
The Mexican president has built his durable popularity by combining traditionally left- and right-wing policies and positions.
Winter 2024
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A Surprise Breakthrough in Guatemala
After months of political battle, Bernardo Arévalo has become the president of Guatemala. His winning campaign was built on attacking the corruption of the institutions that tried to keep him from office.
Liberty Machines and Dark Tech
An interview with Evgeny Morozov on The Santiago Boys, a podcast about a project inside the Allende government that tried to use cybernetics to manage an economy under assault.
The Lithium Problem: An Interview with Thea Riofrancos
Can we rapidly reduce carbon emissions while minimizing the damage caused by resource extraction?
A Crucial Test for Lula
The Landless Workers’ Movement aims to remind the Brazilian president that its needs remain—and that they are not necessarily compatible with the desires of agribusiness.
Lula’s Second Act
If the former Brazilian president returns to office this fall, the countries with the largest economies in the region will all be governed by left-wing leaders for the first time in history.
Free Abortion Across Borders
Following Mexico’s Supreme Court ruling to decriminalize abortion, feminists in the country continue to help people access care. Their work can serve as a model for U.S. activists navigating the limits of state health services.
People in Havana Talk
Raúl Castro has relinquished his post as General Secretary of the Cuban Communist Party. The government speaks of continuity, and only continuity.
The End of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
U.S. representatives have introduced two bills that would finally end Puerto Rico’s subordinate Commonwealth status. But continued colonial rule may be the only option Congress seriously considers.
The Divided Left in Ecuador
Rafael Correa has long been hostile to indigenous movements in Ecuador. It’s no surprise that they are reluctant to support his successor.
The Origins of Anti-Extractivism
In Resource Radicals, Thea Riofrancos explores how conflicts between left movements and the left government in Ecuador produced a militant critique of the extractive model of development.
Holy War: Latin America’s Far Right
Old arguments about morality, Christianity, and the essential correctness of postcolonial racial and social stratification have proven a tremendous asset to the reaction against the Pink Tide.
El primer año del México de AMLO
La llegada de AMLO a la presidencia generó sentimientos de esperanza, entusiasmo y renovación en México. Hoy, hay una creciente inquietud de que su gobierno no es capaz de realizar los cambios que los mexicanos necesitan urgentemente.
State, Bureaucracy, and Rentier Capital
Venezuela is undergoing a rentier-capitalist implosion, made worse by imperial intervention, violent domestic right-wing opposition, and the fusion of the interests of the state and capitalists within the Maduro regime.
The Implosion of the Bolivarian Revolution
Because anti-imperialist discourse in Latin America serves short-term political purposes, the latter-day defenders of Chavismo have little interest in studying the political dynamics and concrete geostrategic interests behind really existing empire.
