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NACLA is currently accepting proposals for our Winter 2026 issue on state violence, insecurity, and the political production of “criminality.” More details: nacla.org/call-for-pitch…

China’s presence in Colombia is no longer an abstract geopolitical discussion but rather a reality negotiated day by day through construction work, commercial exchange, language learning, and personal relationships. nacla.org/learning-manda…

One week left to send us your pitch for the Winter 2026 issue: Narcoterrorism, State Power, and Transnational Criminal Organizations Reconsidered ⏰⏰ More info: nacla.org/call-for-pitch…

Read this week's newsletter for an original web series on Haiti's path to liberation and the dispute over Essequibo. Read as well about U.S. threats against Cuba, Bolivia protests, a Bolsonaro scandal, Peru's runoff, U.S. strikes, and more. nacla.salsalabs.org/may_22_26

📘 Book Review Friday📘 Katia Chornik's book details how music was used as a form of torture and resistance during the Pinochet dictatorship. Read Ramona Wadi's review for NACLA nacla.org/music-and-poli…

The Trump administration's indictment of Raúl Castro, a clear pretense for invasion, is but the latest in more than six decades of U.S. war on the island and its revolution. For more on this war, as well as more than a decade of writing on the island's revolutionary process, changing society, and regional impact, check out the "Making of Cuba's Crisis," a guide to NACLA 's best coverage, hand-picked by our editors. nacla.org/the-making-of-…

“On May 11, oral arguments concluded over the fate of Essequibo. At stake is the ownership of the most commercially viable sweet light oil reserves in the world.” My latest in @NACLA, with contributions from @venanalysis, @TamanishaJohn, Hintzen, Main, Rosales, and Tinker-Salas.

A 185-year-old territorial dispute between Venezuela and Guyana reveals the enduring contradictions of U.S. foreign policy in the Caribbean, with the “Donroe Doctrine” introducing fresh diplomatic risks. Read Logan McMillen's (@South_Gradient) latest analysis for NACLA 👇 nacla.org/the-essequibo-…

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📣 Calling LatAm scholars on organized crime 📣 Submit your pitch for our Winter 2026 issue: Narcoterrorism, State Power, and Transnational Criminal Organizations Reconsidered.

Haiti’s revolutionary legacy offers a blueprint for coalition-building, political struggle, and mutual investment in the age of Trump. nacla.org/haiti-and-the-…

A framework for confronting imperial narratives and rebuilding Haiti through local knowledge and collective power, writes Nedgine Paul Deroly (@AnseyePouAyiti) nacla.org/re-haitianizin…

Forty years after the fall of Jean-Claude Duvalier, Haiti’s ongoing crisis exposes the devastating legacy of permanent foreign intervention, writes @Lillian_Guerra. nacla.org/parables-of-em…

🇭🇹 In this web series, Johnny Celestin, @Lillian_Guerra, and Nedgine Paul Deroly (@AnseyePouAyiti) offer new ways of thinking about Haiti and a powerful vision and approach rooted in the country’s culture and history that can build a different future. nacla.org/haitis-path-to…

#NetpicksMay 📲 In 2024, Ecuador President Noboa militarized the prison system to bring back control and order behind bars. But new research shows this initiative has failed completely. Why did it fail? More info: lnkd.in/ds6U_wjK

‼️Two weeks left to send us your pitch for our Winter 2026 issue on state violence, insecurity, and the political production of "criminality." ‼️ nacla.org/call-for-pitch…

Los ataques del gobierno de extrema derecha contra las instituciones públicas y el conocimiento que producen han debilitado a los trabajadores, la economía, y la democracia de Argentina. nacla.org/motosierra-con…

The far-right government’s attacks on public institutions and the knowledge they produce have weakened Argentina’s workers, economy, and democracy. nacla.org/a-chainsaw-aga…