Latin America

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• SOURCE: Smithsonian
  11/12/2021
  

  Pre-Colombian City in Peru site of Mass Grave of Women, Children

  The discovery at Chan Chan is another important archaeological find in the UNESCO World Heritage site. 

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  5/21/2021
  

  "A Drop of Treason": Philip Agee, CIA Whisteblower Gets a New Bio

  Jonathan Stevenson's new book on Philip Agee, who left the CIA and exposed its operations in Latin America, struggles to portray the complex mix of principle and egotism that drove its subject. 

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  4/11/2021
  

  How Should the US Treat Migrants when American Policy Affected the Countries They Fled?

  The Temporary Protected Status designation, which has allowed hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants to remain in the United States, originated because of the massive human rights abuses of the US-supported dictatorship in El Salvador.

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• SOURCE: The New Republic
  3/5/2021
  

  The Manifest Destiny Marauders Who Gave the “Filibuster” Its Name

  by John Pat Leary

  The original "filibusters" were mercenaries who invaded multiple Latin American nations in the interest of subverting their governments and establishing slaveholding colonies. Today the name is tied to procedural efforts to subvert democracy and impose minority rule. 

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  1/27/2021
  

  Lives Derailed: Notes from Migration Encounters

  by Anita Isaacs and Anne Preston

  "The contributions of immigrants, and the human toll of anti-immigrant policies should take center stage as we renew our national conversation on immigration."

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• SOURCE: Associated Press
  8/31/2020
  

  US Cables: Colombia’s Ex-President Suspected Of Militia Ties

  The National Security Archive has publicized documents from the George W. Bush administration which show the US government was well aware of ties between Colombian president Alvaro Uribe and right-wing paramilitary groups that the US had identified as terrorist groups. 

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  6/8/2020
  

  Using the Military to Quash Protests Can Erode Democracy – As Latin America Well Knows

  by Kristina Mani

  Even strong democracies have unraveled when the military was brought in to quell protest. Uruguay in the 1960s, Venezuela in the 1980s and Chile just last year provide insights.

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  5/18/2020
  

  Venezuela Failed Raid: US Has a History of Using Mercenaries to Undermine Other Regimes

  by Andrew Thomson

  The arrest of Silvercorp mercenaries in Venezuela echoes a long history of the U.S. government supporting private troops to overthrow foreign governments. 

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• SOURCE: North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA)
  4/30/2020
  

  A History of Inconvenient Allies and Convenient Enemies

  by Alexander Aviña

  The history of American alliances abroad doesn't make sense as a drug control strategy, but is consistent with a strategy of invoking the war on drugs to punish governments that resist U.S. domination.

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  4/7/2020
  

  How Coffee Ruined a Country

  by Lizabeth Cohen

  Lizabeth Cohen reviews Augustine Sedgewick's book, which argues that coffee monoculture was disastrous to El Salvador.

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• SOURCE: MPR News
  1/13/20
  

  A Beautiful World: Ancient texts reveal Aztecs’ history in their own words in Camilla Townsend's Latest Book

  Camilla Townsend’s new book, "Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs," documents the story of the Aztecs from an entirely new perspective, that of the Aztecs themselves.

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• SOURCE: Origins
  December
  

  Review: A Gospel for the Poor: Global Social Christianity and the Latin American Evangelical Left

  by Amanda Lawson

  In his book, historian David C. Kirkpatrick explores the development of the understudied—and by many accounts, unacknowledged—Latin American Evangelical Left.

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• 10/20/19
  

  A History of Influencing Presidential Children to Change Policy

  by Aaron Coy Moulton

  How Dominican Dictator Rafael Trujillo used the ambassador to the Dominican Republic's son to try to influence American foreign policy.  

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  8/21/19
  

  My 60 Years of Disappointment With Fidel Castro

  by Enrique Krauze

  Latin American, with few exceptions, they have refused to see the historical failure of the Cuban Revolution and the oppressive and impoverishing domination of their patriarch.

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• 4/7/19
  

  Venezuela and the Birth of the American Empire

  by Benjamin Welton

  Why is a nearly 200-year old document still relevant today? 

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• 3/3/19
  

  Will the U.S. Government Abide by the International Law It Created in Venezuela?

  by Lawrence Wittner

  And how the U.S. government has violated these principles of international law in the past.

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• 2/5/19
  

  Don’t Invade Venezuela

  by Alan McPherson

  Contrary to what most believe, a military intervention in South America would be unprecedented

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• 9/15/18
  

  Trump’s Ignoring Latin America. We Do that at Our Peril.

  by Mary Jo McConahay

  Lessons from World War II.

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• 4/8/18
  

  Democracy in Latin America Is Once Again Under Threat, but that’s Not the Whole Story

  by Hilda Sabato

  We need to remember that many of these countries helped lead the way to the establishment of republican government.

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• 10-23-16
  

  What Would a President Hillary Clinton Do to Help Democracy in Latin America?

  by Brian D'Haeseleer

  We can’t be sure, but her track record suggests she’d favor military solutions at the expense of democracy in a crisis.