Central America

‘By cutting me down, Saint-Domingue has only broken the trunk of the tree of black freedom; it will grow back from its roots, for they are many and deep,’ declared Toussaint Louverture on 12 June 1802 in Saint-Domingue, now Haiti.…

2025 saw progressive governments in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) delegitimized and displaced. Right-wing forces have seized on drug-related crises to attack the so-called Pink Tide governments, driving a reactionary backwash and putting new, neoliberal administrations in power. The…

It’s increasingly obvious that the US military threats against Venezuela have a wider agenda. Their game plan is regime change, but not only in Venezuela. This is the objective – on a longer timescale in some cases – across several…

In the heart of South Asia, where borders and histories often separate, a football ground in Dhaka recently became a living symbol of unity, love, and human connection. The ongoing Triangular Football Series among Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Nepal is not…

The “spied upon” headline from El Pais is unequivocal. The story, in the newspaper’s English-language edition, says that Nicaraguans live in “a climate of permanent surveillance” in which they distrust even their neighbors. Further, apparently harmless community meetings are really…

In recent weeks, a motley crew of writers has found common cause in attacking Nicaragua’s Sandinista government: Jaden Hong, a high-school student from Sammamish, Washington, who has never visited the country; Jared O. Bell, a former USAID Foreign Service Officer;…

Patriarchy is alive and well throughout the world. But the English-language media flatters itself by one-sidedly portraying machismo as a particularly Latin American malady, all the while overlooking significant feminist gains made in the region. By Roger D. Harris, Becca…

Growing up in Venezuela and now living in the United States, I’ve always felt caught between two independence days: July 4th and July 5th. Two celebrations. Two flags. Two very different ideas of what it means to be free. By…

The Caribbean island of Cuba, with a socialist system and a communist party, and with a population estimated at 11.5 million, faces a seriously deteriorating economic situation. Its labour force is rapidly reducing as many are emigrating to the United…

Nobody is complaining anymore about Latin America and the Caribbean being neglected by the hegemon to the north. The Trump administration is contending with it on multiple fronts: prioritizing “massive deportations,” halting the “flood of drugs,” combatting “threats to US…