Latin America

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  Feature Op-Ed

  Mexico’s Oil Belongs to Its Citizens, Not the Global 1%

  March 18, 2014 - 

  On the anniversary of Mexico’s 1938 oil nationalization, artist Yoshua Okón argues that the “energy reform” currently underway in his country will deprive citizens of income directed toward education, health care and anti-poverty programs.  More

  By Yoshua Okón

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  Podcast

  Tupí or not Tupí? Tropicália in Mexico City

  March 3, 2014 - 

  Mexico City-based art collective Cráter Invertido present a compilation of songs by the legendary Tropicália musician Tom Zé, as part of a new publication aimed at disseminating Zé’s music and ideas to a Spanish-speaking audience.  More

  By Cráter Invertido

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  Photo Gallery

  Shipped Off In Shackles

  January 21, 2014 - 

  As President Obama pushes for immigration reform at a moment when his own administration is reaching a record 2 million deportations, photographer John Moore offers a rare glimpse of the militarized deportation process.  More

  By John Moore

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  Feature

  20 Years After NAFTA, Many Worlds Are Possible

  December 16, 2013 - 

  Caleb Duarte and Mia Eve Rollow from EDELO (En Donde Era La UNO/Where the United Nations Used to Be) explore the effects of the North American Free Trade Agreement in Chiapas, Mexico’s poorest state and the site of the Zapatista revolution sparked by the agreement.  More

  By EDELO

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  Uprisings

  From Santiago Streets to Parliament Seats, Chile’s Student Revolution

  December 16, 2013 - 

  After years of protests against an education system established by Pinochet’s military dictatorship, Chile has elected student activists to Congress and returned Michelle Bachelet to the presidential office. What’s next for the nation’s student movement?  More

  By Federico Zukerfeld