Latin America – Page 4

El Salvador Reopens Probe into 1989 Massacre of Jesuits by U.S.-Trained Death Squad

El Salvador’s Supreme Court has reopened a criminal investigation into the 1989 massacre of six Jesuit priests carried out by a U.S.-trained death squad during … El Salvador Reopens Probe into 1989 Massacre of Jesuits by U.S.-Trained Death SquadRead more

Josefina Tunki, the first woman to preside over the Shuar Arutam People (PSHA), an Indigenous association in Ecuador, faces death threats due to her opposition … Mining companies threatening Indigenous peopleRead more

In 1952, the United Fruit Company made the elected government of Guatemala a simple offer: If y’all want democratic self-government so badly, you can have … When the United Fruit Company Tried to Buy GuatemalaRead more

As Salvadorans this weekend mark 40 years since nearly 1,000 rural villagers were murdered in El Mozote and nearby hamlets by troops from an elite … 40 Years Later, El Mozote Massacre Victims Vow to ‘Keep Demanding Justice’Read more

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In Enemigo (Enemy), Cuban writer and university professor of history, Raúl Capote, reveals his life as a double agent; agent Pablo for the CIA, and … Cuban double agent reveals CIA machinations in CubaRead more

In a makeshift courtroom on the second floor of a nondescript brick building in northeastern El Salvador, Judge Jorge Guzmán has spent the last six … Victims of a 1981 El Salvador Massacre See Justice Slip Away AgainRead more

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Some of the former Colombian servicemen arrested after last week’s assassination of Haiti’s president previously received U.S. military training, according to the Pentagon, raising fresh … U.S. military trained Colombians are in Haiti assassination plot, Pentagon saysRead more

Tom Zoellner’s book Island on Fire is an important contribution to our understanding of what Saidiya Hartman has described as the “afterlife” of slavery. Zoellner … Jamaica’s 1831 Revolt Dealt a Hammer Blow to Colonial SlaveryRead more