The North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA)
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Ecuador’s electorate will go to a runoff vote in April in a highly polarized climate. At stake is a broader political struggle between authoritarianism and democracy.
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Authoritarianism, Elections, Democracy, and Extractivism
The North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA)
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In the face of rifts over securitization issues and calls for conservation, Aris Mining intends to launch the Soto Norte mine in Santander, Colombia, in 2029.
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Environment, Mining, Conservation, and Securitization
The North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA)
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Ecuador held its general election on February 9. Defying the polls, Ecuadorians will be heading to a runoff race in April to choose its next president.
The North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA)
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Leonidas Iza, Ecuador’s presidential candidate with the Indigenous-aligned Pachakutik political movement, outlines his vision for governing a Plurinational State.
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Politics, Elections, Domestic Politics, Indigenous, and Plurinationalism
The North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA)
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Trump's threat to take back the Panama Canal signals a new era of U.S. expansionism and the greatest attack on Central American sovereignty since the 1990s.
Topic:
Sovereignty, Donald Trump, Panama Canal, and Expansionism
The North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA)
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In the face of the femicide crisis in Colombia, a second crisis persists: hundreds of children are left orphaned each year and without support from the state.
Topic:
Crime, Children, Gender Based Violence, Femicide, and Orphans
The North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA)
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Activists link the disappearance of land defender Julia Chuñil to the state’s militarization of the region and its deep ties to rapacious forestry companies.
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Disappearance, Land Rights, Indigenous, Deforestation, and Mapuche
The North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA)
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The discovery in historic neighborhood Comuna 13, a neighborhood known for its art as much as its dark past, has reignited the debate over paramilitarism in the country.
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Arts, Tourism, Memory, Paramilitary, and Mass Grave
The North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA)
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Mil Mundos began as a means for María Herrón to reclaim her identity. Now, this bookstore’s founder is building a community among Latines in Brooklyn, New York.
Topic:
Community, Identity, and Spanglish
Political Geography:
New York, North America, and United States of America
The North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA)
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In 2022, Guyana became the first country in the world to issue carbon credits on a national scale. Indigenous people say they were excluded from the negotiations and criticize the loss of autonomy in their territories.
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Negotiation, Indigenous, Autonomy, Carbon Emissions, and Carbon Credits
The North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA)
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Brazil’s highly militarized policing disproportionately impacts poor and racialized communities. By providing funding and training, the United States has helped exacerbate the crisis.
Topic:
Training, Police, Militarization, and Police Brutality
Political Geography:
Brazil, South America, North America, and United States of America
The North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA)
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After a two-year investigation, a comprehensive report, BBC documentary, and whistleblower dossier reveal alleged widespread contamination, health impacts, and surveillance by Colombia’s state-owned Ecopetrol.
Topic:
Oil, Surveillance, Journalism, Investigations, State-Owned Enterprises, and Contamination
The North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA)
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News of a mass grave found by civilian search collectives has reopened an old debate about a lack of political will on the part of authorities to investigate violent crime.
The North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA)
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In the face of Javier Milei’s deepening attack on civil rights, massive mobilizations in Argentina honor the victims of state terrorism on the Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice.
Topic:
Protests, Memory, Civil Rights, Truth and Reconciliation, and Javier Milei
The North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA)
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For transmasculine activists uprooted from the lands and waters they called home, embroidery and poetry become practices for expressing nostalgia and building community in Bogotá.
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Arts, LGBT+, Community, Transgender, Forced Displacement, and Embroidery
The North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA)
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The Spring 2025 issue of the NACLA Report explores travesti-trans politics across the Americas, an antifascist and transversal politics with the power to reshape our world.