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 ...
In Ecuador, Indigenous-led National Strike Intensifies - NACLA
WEBDemonstrators make their way into Ecuador's capital of Quito to join the national strike, June 15, 2022. (Terán Bryan Esteban / Shutterstock) Ecuador’s powerful Indigenous movements once again took to the streets on June 13 to press the conservative government of President Guillermo Lasso to agree to their list of economic and social demands.
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WEBNACLA. September 26, 2024. On the 10th anniversary of the disappearance of 43 students in Iguala, Mexico, this collection of NACLA coverage contextualizes the event—and the government’s ongoing role in obscuring the truth.
Keeping 2001 Open: Argentina’s Uprising 20 Years Later
WEBDec 18, 2021 · Liz Mason-Deese. On December 19 and 20, 2001, a popular rebellion erupted in Argentina. With the economy in freefall, people took to the streets with a clear refrain: “ Que se vayan todos. ” The government soon defaulted on its massive debt, and many new experiments in horizontal organizing and grassroots economic alternatives came to …
Chicana Artists: Exploring nepantla, el lugar de la frontera
WEBChicana Artists: Exploring nepantla, el lugar de la frontera. I stop before the dismembered body of la diosa de la luna, Coyolxauhqui, daughter of Coatlicue. The warrior goddess' eyes are closed, she has bells on her cheeks, and her head is in the form of a snail design. She was decapitated by her brother, Huitzilopochtle, the Left-Handed ...
The Rise and Fall of Project Camelot - NACLA
WEBSeptember 25, 2007. Project Camelot, a mammoth six million dollar counterinsurgency project, was a creation of the Army's Special Operations Research Office (SORO) centered at American University, Washington, D.C. Its aim was to test a general systems approach to predicting and influencing instability in several Latin American countries.
A Private Government in Honduras Moves Forward | NACLA
WEBFeb 12, 2021 · A Private Government in Honduras Moves Forward. The charter of Honduras's first Economic Development and Employment Zone (ZEDE) reveals implications of the new enclave model for popular sovereignty. Tweet. Beth Geglia and Andrea Nuila. February 15, 2021.
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 ...
U.S. Policy Toward Central America Continues Legacy of ... - NACLA
WEBApr 28, 2021 · Para leer este artículo en español, haz clic aqui.. This piece was edited prior to the start of the GSOC, UAW Local 2110 strike.. I had just arrived to Ilom, Chajul in June 2019 when I heard the news that the Minister of Governance had signed an agreement with the Trump administration to make Guatemala a safe third country. I felt disoriented. Speaking with an elder from Ilom, he told me ...
Clinton, NAFTA and the Politics of U.S. Trade | NACLA
WEBKaren 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 end of the 1980s, U.S. foreign policy toward Latin America ...