Political Geography: Latin America / Publication Year: within 5 Years

Author:: Kirwin Shaffer
Publication Date:: 04-2023
Content Type:: Commentary and Analysis
Institution:: The North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA)
Abstract:: As Latin America swings left, activists keep alive a long anarchist tradition of critiquing the limits of state power. For them, the real alternatives are in communities, workplaces, and the streets.
Topic:: State, Anarchism, and Activism
Political Geography:: Brazil, Colombia, Latin America, Mexico, and Chile

Author:: Luis Herrán-Ávila
Publication Date:: 04-2023
Content Type:: Commentary and Analysis
Institution:: The North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA)
Abstract:: Across the hemisphere and beyond, right-wing forces are leveraging the power of internationalism to galvanize hardline “resistance” against a new wave of leftist governments.
Topic:: Leftist Politics, Right-Wing Politics, Regional Politics, and Internationalism
Political Geography:: Latin America

Author:: Pablo Seward Delaporte
Publication Date:: 01-2023
Content Type:: Commentary and Analysis
Institution:: The North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA)
Abstract:: For one activist, Chile’s proposed constitution missed a historic opportunity to defend migrant rights amid a right-wing backlash that ultimately defeated the new progressive charter.
Topic:: Human Rights, Constitution, Domestic Politics, Right-Wing Politics, and Migrants
Political Geography:: South America, Latin America, and Chile

Author:: Radha Sarkar
Publication Date:: 01-2023
Content Type:: Commentary and Analysis
Institution:: The North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA)
Abstract:: Colombia now has one of the most liberal abortion regimes in the Americas, but with conservative groups rallying in opposition, the future of the country’s abortion rights is far from secure.
Topic:: Conservatism, Reproductive Rights, Abortion, and Community Organizing
Political Geography:: Colombia, South America, and Latin America

Author:: Roger Merino
Publication Date:: 01-2023
Content Type:: Commentary and Analysis
Institution:: The North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA)
Abstract:: Peru’s latest political crisis is rooted in the failure of key transitions to consolidate democracy and basic social coexistence.
Topic:: Democracy, Transition, Political Crisis, and Society
Political Geography:: South America, Latin America, and Peru

Author:: Pablo Solon
Publication Date:: 01-2023
Content Type:: Commentary and Analysis
Institution:: The North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA)
Abstract:: A controversial, high-profile detention reveals deep divides within the MAS and an uncertain path forward amid an ongoing conservative backlash.
Topic:: Politics, Domestic Politics, Conservatism, Protests, and Right-Wing Politics
Political Geography:: South America, Latin America, and Bolivia

Author:: Santiago Navarro F.
Publication Date:: 01-2023
Content Type:: Commentary and Analysis
Institution:: The North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA)
Abstract:: President Andrés Manuel López Obrador entered office promising not to grant new mining licenses. But concessions have been authorized in Indigenous territories.
Topic:: Natural Resources, Mining, Indigenous, Resistance, and Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO)
Political Geography:: Latin America, Mexico, and North America

Author:: Carole Concha Bell
Publication Date:: 01-2023
Content Type:: Commentary and Analysis
Institution:: The North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA)
Abstract:: Women and Indigenous groups denounce widespread sexual violence perpetrated against Indigenous girls and women in northern Argentina.
Topic:: Women, Protests, Sexual Violence, Indigenous, Girls, and Hate Crimes
Political Geography:: Argentina, South America, and Latin America

Author:: Laura Blume, Diana Meza, and Piper Heath
Publication Date:: 01-2023
Content Type:: Commentary and Analysis
Institution:: The North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA)
Abstract:: Amid a widespread culture of impunity, women public figures are killed in Honduras at an alarming rate.
Topic:: Women, Leadership, Impunity, and Targeted Killing
Political Geography:: Latin America, Central America, and Honduras

Author:: Giada Ferrucci and Pedro Cabezas
Publication Date:: 02-2023
Content Type:: Commentary and Analysis
Institution:: The North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA)
Abstract:: The government of Nayib Bukele opens civil war wounds by arresting five water defenders linked to the historic community of Santa Marta, raising speculation about a possible reversal of the country’s metals mining ban.
Topic:: Civil War, Mining, Land Rights, Activism, Arbitrary Detentions, and State of Emergency
Political Geography:: Latin America, Central America, and El Salvador

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