Category Archives: Cuba

Very Quick Thoughts on Castro

Posted on November 26, 2016 by

Fidel Castro has died at 90 years of age. Obviously, a lot will be said in the coming days. Some will make him out to be one of the greatest monsters of history (with inevitable claims that he was “Cuba’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Cuba, Deaths

Talking about Brazil’s Political Situation (with Bonus US-Cuba Relations Discusion)

Posted on March 29, 2016 by

I recently talked with Robert Farley on Foreign Entanglements about the Brazilian political crisis, and possible outcomes (along with some additional conversation on Obama’s trip to Latin America last week). You can see the whole thing here.  

Posted in Argentina, Brazil, Cuba, Latin American Politics, Latin American-U.S. Relations, United States | 1 Comment

Around Latin America

Posted on November 30, 2013 by

–Dozens of Haitians are dead after the boat they were traveling on capsized as they sought to seek refuge and a new start in the wake of recent tensions and violence in the Dominican Republic. -For those who missed it, … Continue reading →

Posted in 2014 World Cup, Around Latin America, Border Issues, Brazil, Corruption, Cuba, Gender and Sexuality, Haiti, Human Rights Issues, Indigenous Peoples, International Relations, Labor in Latin America, Land Struggles & Issues, Latin America, LGBT Rights & Issues, Paraguay, Protests in Latin America, Social Movements, Sports in Latin America

Around Latin America

Posted on September 11, 2013 by

-Yesterday, Chile marked the fortieth anniversary of the coup that overthrew democratically-elected president Salvador Allende and ushered in the 17-year military dictatorship that killed over 3000 people and tortured tens of thousands. Even while the date was commemorated, the search … Continue reading →

Posted in Argentina, Argentina's Military Dictatorship (1976-1983), Around Latin America, Augusto Pinochet, Brazil, Chile, Coups in Latin America, Cuba, Guatemala, Guatemala's Civil War, Guerrilla Movements in Latin America, Human Rights Violations, Indigenous Peoples, Labor in Latin America, Multinational Corporations in the Americas, Protests in Latin America, Racism, Strikes, The "Disappeared", Torture, United States

What Force-Feeding Looks Like

Posted on July 8, 2013 by

Though reports on the story have been relatively slight in comparison to far more trivial matters that gobble up more TV time, for at least the past four months, detainees at Guantanamo have been on a hunger strike, protesting the … Continue reading →

Posted in Cuba, Human Rights Issues, Prisoners' Rights, Strikes, Torture, United States

Around Latin America

Posted on June 12, 2013 by

-Nicaragua and China have entered into an agreement through which China could help build a canal through Nicaragua that would rival the Panama canal. Of course, Nicaragua has long been seen as a potential site for a canal; even in … Continue reading →

Posted in Alberto Fujimori, Around Latin America, Brazil, Civil Conflict in the Americas, Class and Classism in the Americas, Colombia, Cuba, Democracy in the Americas, Economics in the Americas, Ecuador, Education in the Americas, Elections in Latin America, Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionárias de Colombia (FARC), Human Rights Issues, Human Rights Violations, Inequalities in the Americas, Latin American Politics, Memory Struggles, Neoliberalism, Nicaragua, Peru, Peru's Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path), Race in Brazil, Race in the Americas, The Amazon, United States, Venezuela, Violence in the Americas, War in Latin America, Women's Movements & Issues, Women's Rights

Bunkers in the Everglades – Relics of the Cold War

Posted on May 21, 2013 by

This is a remarkable story of a bygone era: The Cuban Missile Crisis was over in 1962. But the militarization of Florida and its national parks had only just begun. Nike Hercules Missile Site — also called Alpha Battery or HM-69 … Continue reading →

Posted in Cuba, International Relations, Latin American History, United States

Around Latin America

Posted on May 13, 2013 by

  -Though the higher-profile case, the conviction of Guatemala’s Efraín Ríos Montt was not the only triumph for human rights and justice last week. In Uruguay, General Miguel Dalmao was sentenced to 28 years in prison for his role in the murder of … Continue reading →

Posted in Around Latin America, Brazil, Catholicism in the Americas, Colombia, Cuba, Economics in the Americas, Gender and Sexuality, Haiti, Human Rights Issues, Human Rights Violations, Indigenous Peoples, Labor in Latin America, LGBT Rights & Issues, Mexico, Neoliberalism, Strikes, Uruguay, Uruguay's Military Dictatorship (1973-1985)

Around Latin America

Posted on May 1, 2013 by

-Still dealing with the loss to Chile of its only route to the Pacific 140 years ago, Bolivia is set to take its case to the International Court of Justice, a move that Chilean President Sebastián Piñera has said would open … Continue reading →

Posted in Alberto Fujimori, Around Latin America, Bolivia, Brazil, Catholicism in the Americas, Chile, Colombia, Corruption, Costa Rica, Cuba, Gender and Sexuality, Governance in Latin America, Health Issues in the Americas, Immigration, Inter-American Relations, Latin America, Latinos in the U.S., Legal Issues in Latin America, LGBT Rights & Issues, Mexico, Peru, Police in the Americas, Police Violence, Rio de Janeiro, United States, Violence in the Americas | 1 Comment

Guantanamo Detainee: “Gitmo Is Killing Me”

Posted on April 15, 2013 by

In case you haven’t read it yet, the New York Times today published an op-ed from a prisoner at Guantanamo, providing a rare glimpse of the treatment and living conditions for those held without charge as part of the US’s “War on … Continue reading →

Posted in Cuba, Human Rights Issues, Legal Issues in Latin America, Prisoners' Rights, United States