Remembering the U.S. Invasion of Panama, 35 Years Later
WEBSeptember 4, 2024. Tweet. Michael Fox. A U.S. armored personnel carrier stands guard in a destroyed laundromat in Panama City on the second day of the U.S. invasion of Panama, December 21, 1989. (U.S. Department of Defense / Public Domain) On December 20, 1989, the United States invaded Panama with tens of thousands of troops.
A Spark of Hope: The Ongoing Lessons of the Zapatista ... - NACLA
WEBDec 21, 2022 · January 1, 2019 marked 25 years since the Zapatistas captured the world’s imagination with their brief but audacious uprising to demand justice and democracy for Indigenous peasants in southern Mexico. While never formally laying down its weapons, the Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional (Zapatista Army of National Liberation, EZLN ...
Reconstructing Race: Racism, Culture and Mestizaje in Latin …
WEBReconstructing Race: Racism, Culture and Mestizaje in Latin America. Tweet. Marisol de la Cadena. September 25, 2007. One of the most puzzling, disconcerting phenomena that the non-native visitor confronts while traveling in Latin America is the relative ease with which pervasive and very visible discriminatory practices coexist with the denial ...
Forward Ever: 40 Years on from the End of the Revolution and
WEBOct 24, 2023 · When an intra-party conflict broke out, leading to the killing of revolutionary leader Bishop and other victims on October 19, 1983, the Reagan administration seized the pretext to invade. On October 25, 1983, thousands of U.S. troops landed on the island. This year, Grenada commemorates both 50 years as an independent nation and 40 years since ...
Land Rights and Garífuna Identity | NACLA
WEBThe Garífuna originate from the 17th century when, on the windward Caribbean island of St. Vincent, the island’s indigenous Arawak-Caribs integrated runaway and shipwrecked African slaves into their communities. European colonists first referred to their progeny as “Black Caribs” and later “Garífuna,” as they are still known.
U.S. Military Operations / Latin America - NACLA
WEBThe Military Assistance Program (MAP) constitutes the most important U,S. program aimed at military operations in Latin America. As noted by Prof. Edwin Lieuwen of the University of New Mexico in his excellent study, The Latin American Military, "The origins of U.S. military assistance to Latin America can be traced to the eye of World War II, when Washington, in order to counter the threat of ...
The Legacy of Latin American Land Reform - NACLA
WEBLand reform has been one of the most conflictive issues in twentieth- century Latin America. The reasons are simple. Effective reforms imply radical changes in economic and political relations both locally and nationally. And given Latin America’s role in the global economy, powerful transnational interests are frequently involved.
Caribbean Movements Then and Now: A Labor View - NACLA
WEBThe forces of global capital and reaction led by Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher were handed a gift on a platter. These successive waves of setbacks had a profound impact throughout the Caribbean. Most of the small but influential left-wing organizations disappeared in the aftermath of Grenada.
Clinton, NAFTA and the Politics of U.S. Trade | NACLA
WEBHome. Clinton, NAFTA and the Politics of U.S. Trade. Tweet. Karen Hansen-Kuhn. September 25, 2007. Clinton has taken some small steps to mollify trade unionists and environmentalists, but the primary focus of his trade policy has been to facilitate investment by U.S. corporations overseas. As the wars in Central America drew to a close at the ...
Remembering Brazil's Military Coup 50 Years Later | NACLA
WEBApr 1, 2014 · President João Goulart fled to Uruguay, and with him went the hopes of progressive reforms. April 1, 2014. Tweet. NACLA. Yesterday and today mark the 50-year-anniversary of the U.S.-backed military coup d’etat in Brazil. The coup kicked off a brutal twenty-year-long military dictatorship. Similar military coups would follow in Bolivia, Chile ...