An old US predilection for finger-pointing underpins a new study of its neighbour. Review: The Making of Mexico #Mexico #UnitedStates #politics #development #history #democracy #modernization #LatinAmerica latamrob.substack.com/p/back-to-me...

Puerto Ricans offer lessons for Latin Americans in the UK seeking recognition. Review: White, Black, Brown: Becoming Puerto Rican in Chicago, Michael Staudenmaier #PuertoRico #Puertoriqueños #UnitedStates #race #identity #Chicago #history latamrob.substack.com/p/birth-of-t...

A groundbreaking history of the Maya unifies a hitherto fragmented narrative. Review: The Four Heavens #Bookreviews #CentralAmerica #Maya #Indigenous #history #ecology #archaeology latamrob.substack.com/p/mayan-less...

Podcast: We need to understand the forms taken by anti-imperialism as Trump wreaks havoc on the global order, Marxist historian John Rees explained at a Counterfire event in London latamrob.substack.com/p/podcast-41...

A new novel traces the lives of the Aztec emperor’s forgotten daughters. Books in brief: The Other Moctezuma Girls, Sofia Robleda #fiction #Mexico #Aztecs #indigenous #Conquest #women #colonialism latamrob.substack.com/p/the-female...

Latin America’s need to remember a darker past is influencing literature. Books in brief: Exemplary Humans, Juliana Leite #fiction #Brazil #memory #military #dictatorship #authoritarianism latamrob.substack.com/p/aide-memoire

A Peruvian graphic novel grapples with a collapsing world. Books in brief: Before We Sail, Carlos Yacolca et al. #fiction #graphicart #graphicnovel #dystopia #Peru #comics #comicart latamrob.substack.com/p/apocalypse...

A sociocultural study of Cuba’s transnational relationships offers rare insights. Review: The Cuban Revolution and the New Left #Bookreviews #CubanRevolution #Cuba #imperialism #gender #women #Vietnam latamrob.substack.com/p/love-and-o...

Was a masterpiece by Mario Vargas Llosa about the Brazilian ‘War of Canudos’ really referring to Israel’s rampage through the Middle East? Review: The War of the End of the World #Brazil #fiction #Israel #genocide #authoritarianism #extremism #MiddleEast latamrob.substack.com/p/armageddon...

Judiciaries have shaped how abortion has risen up the agenda. Books in brief: The Judicial Politics of Abortion in Latin America: Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, and Mexico @UNC_Press #LatinAmerica #abortion #reproductiverights #women #judiciary latamrob.substack.com/p/reproducti...

Nature’s cultural impact is best seen by breaking disciplinary boundaries. Books in brief: Plants and Animals in Latin American Cultural Production #LatinAmerica #nature #ecology #naturalhistory latamrob.substack.com/p/mutual-kin...

Latin America figures prominently in a history of urban visions. Books in brief: The Invention of the Future: A History of Cities in the Modern World @PrincetonUPress #architecture #LatinAmerica #urbanisation #culture latamrob.substack.com/p/future-imp...

Novel Mayan cultural artefacts can illustrate how indigeneity crosses borders. Books in brief: Indigenous Archives: The Maya Diaspora and Mobile Cultural Production @DukePress #indigenous #Maya #culture #Guatemala latamrob.substack.com/p/archives-o...

Two books place Latin America in the vanguard of climate debates. Reviews: Contesting the Climate Unthinkable, and The Climate Trial: Law and Justice on a Melting Planet @DukePress #LatinAmerica #culture #climatechange #Anthropocene #Germanwatch latamrob.substack.com/p/green-trai...

The work of John Mearsheimer suggests that, despite Trump’s violent Middle Eastern adventures, the US remains fixated on Latin America. Listen to our podcast #imperialism #LatinAmerica #MiddleEast #Trump #Iran latamrob.substack.com/p/podcast-40...

Iran’s ties with Latin America have been distorted by US and Israeli narrative terrorism #imperialism #iran #latinamerica #middleeast #trump #israel #colonialism #neocolonialism latamrob.substack.com/p/asymmetric...

Claims about Cuban involvement in Ukraine expose European double standards #Cuba #Ukraine #Europe #MarcoRubio #imperialism #UnitedStates #Germany #liberalism latamrob.substack.com/p/podcast-39...

The legacy of Cuban internationalism in Africa still defies US hegemony. Review: Cuba and the Independence War in Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde #Bookreviews #Caribbean #antiimperialism #Cuba #imperialism latamrob.substack.com/p/the-threat...

Labour migration has posed significant policy challenges for Mexico. Review: Caught in the Current, Irvin Ibargüen @UNC_Press #Mexico #migration #emigration #publicpolicy latamrob.substack.com/p/border-qua...

The impact of the Tren Maya challenges academic narratives about Indigenous politics. Review: Roads to Prosperity and Ruin, Fernando Armstrong-Fumero @UNC_Press #Yucatan #Mexico #indigenous #AMLO #neoliberalism latamrob.substack.com/p/vernacular...

US basketball coaches are exploiting Black Latin American youths. Review: Basketball Trafficking: Stolen Black Panamanian Dreams @DukePress #basketball #Black #sport #racism #exploitation latamrob.substack.com/p/negative-s...

A Fresno writer takes Chicana poetry in a new direction. Review: Kadupul Flower, poems by Kimberly Vargas Agnese #chicana #poetry #environment #migration latamrob.substack.com/p/the-subver...

Bereft of ideas and in the grip of extremism, the US is obsessing about crime to legitimise its hegemony. Podcast: Narco-narrative imperialism #podcast #LatinAmerica #imperialism #Trump #crime #gangs #ideology latamrob.substack.com/p/podcast-38...

Music was a tool of survival for victims of Chile's dictatorship. Review: Music and Political Imprisonment in Pinochet’s Chile @kchornik @OxUniPress #Chile #music #Pinochet #coup #dictatorship #memory #leftwing #SalvadorAllende latamrob.substack.com/p/melodies-o...

A history of police violence against Mexican Americans is timely in the era of Trump. Review: Brown and Blue, Brian D Behnken @UNC_Press #UnitedStates #chicano #MexicanAmerican #policing #racism latamrob.substack.com/p/licensed-t...

Gavin O'Toole's review for @latamrob.bsky.social shined a spotlight on the longer significance of my 1820s story. latamrob.substack.com/p/blurred-vi...

Historical fact is an antidote to the racist fictions about violent Mexicans used by Trump to justify US aggression. Review: A Brief History of Violence in Mexico latamrob.substack.com/p/the-bigots...

The British left has sent a loud message of solidarity to Venezuela in the face of US aggression and demanded the UK's cowardly political class end their silence #podcast #Venezuela #imperialism #Trump #colonialism #socialism #UnitedStates #tradeunions latamrob.substack.com/p/podcast-37...

The US attack on Venezuela confirms that imperialism is all about space. Review: The Invention of Order: On the Coloniality of Space, Don Thomas Deere @DukePress #Venezuela #UnitedStates #imperialism #colonialism #aggression #military #spatial latamrob.substack.com/p/the-territ...

Can 'uncontacted' Indigenous peoples offer the Latin American left theoretical insights? @Survival #Indigenous #Brazil #Amazon #racism #colonialism latamrob.substack.com/p/podcast-36...

Press ‘freedom’ in Mexico has been shaped by elite ambitions. Review: Mexican Watchdogs: The Rise of a Critical Press since 1980 @APaxman @UNC_Press #Mexico #press #journalism #politicaleconomy #media #Marxism latamrob.substack.com/p/pawns-in-p...

Kast’s election will open his country's sores. Review: Tales from the Sharp End: A Portrait of Chile, Natascha Scott-Stokes #bookreviews #SouthAmerica #Chile #democracy #dictatorship #Pinochet latamrob.substack.com/p/chiles-nig...

Settler colonialism oppresses every aspect of Mapuche life—including sound. Books in brief review: Acoustic Colonialism: Acts of Mapuche Interference, Luis E Cárcamo-Huechante @DukePress #Chile #Argentina #Mapuche #SoundStudies #LatinAmericanStudies latamrob.substack.com/p/the-noise-...

Hard as it is to swallow, militaries have at times been the midwives of democracy. Books in brief review: The Birth of Democracy in South America @Raul_L_Madrid @CambridgeUP #LatinAmericanStudies #democracy #history #Uruguay #Colombia #Argentina #Chile #politics latamrob.substack.com/p/khaki-demo...

An ancient Oaxacan icon sheds light on the modern meaning of pilgrimage. Books in brief review: Devotion in Motion: Pilgrimage in Modern Mexico, Edward Wright-Ríos @UchicagoPress #Mexico #religion #catholicism #Oaxaca #socialhistory #LatinAmericanStudies latamrob.substack.com/p/pilgrims-a...

Peruvian nation-building has been characterised by unending frustration. Books in brief review: Modern Peru: A New History, Paulo Drinot and Alberto Vergara (eds) @paulodrinot @DukePress #Peru #politics #nationalism #history #LatinAmericanStudies latamrob.substack.com/p/andean-sis...

Podcast: US aggression towards Venezuela has little to do with drug-trafficking and is really about oil . . . but is that all? #Venezuela #UnitedStates #imperialism #oil #drugtrafficking #China latamrob.substack.com/p/podcast-35...

Cuba’s revolution was not won just by bearded white men. Review: Clandestinas: Women in the Cuban Revolutionary Underground @carolleebengels @DukePress #Cuba #revolution #women #patriarchy #guerrilla latamrob.substack.com/p/women-at-a...

The first review of my book is out!! 🎉 Many thanks to @latamrob.bsky.social for all the kind words! #History 🗃️ @uncpress.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/latamrob...

Cuba’s nuclear brinkmanship contains lessons about imperialism and internationalism. Review: The Fate of the Americas @UNC_Press #Cuba #Venezuela #antiimperialism #Revolution #socialism #SovietUnion latamrob.substack.com/p/rocket-men

Podcast: As Trump threatens Caracas, we revisit books on the Bolivarian Revolution #Venezuela #UnitedStates #imperialism #LatinAmerica #Cuba #Revolution #antiimperialism #socialism latamrob.substack.com/p/podcast-34...

So grateful for this generous review of Canal Dreamers, which situates my “eloquent” and “expansive history” in recent context. 🗃️ @uncpress.bsky.social

The quest to link oceans has driven Central America to distraction. Read our latest review: Canal Dreamers @lepler @UNC_Press #Nicaragua #CentralAmerica #infrastructure #PanamaCanal #imperialism latamrob.substack.com/p/blurred-vi...

Brazil’s role in Pinochet’s coup has disturbing modern echoes. Review: Dictatorship Across Borders: Brazil, Chile, and The South American Cold War @UNC_Press @LehmanCollege #LatinAmerica #Brazil #Chile #military #authoritarianism #dictatorship #ColdWar latamrob.substack.com/p/soldiers-o...

Podcast: Driving Terror looks at the role of the Ford Falcon in Argentina's darkest period. Author Karen Robert talks to us about her book latamrob.substack.com/p/podcast-32...

Predatory patriarchs in films can fuel rebellion. Review: Fathers, Masculinity, and Authoritarianism in Latin American Cinema @DzeroIrina @floridapress #LatinAmerica #cinema #film #linguistics #culture #authoritarianism #patriarchy latamrob.substack.com/p/metaphors-...

BOOKS IN BRIEF: read our latest reviews of books about poverty in Peru, grasshoppers in Mexico, intellectual history, and sugar in Nicaragua #bookreviews #LatinAmerica #books #politics #history #anthropology latamrob.substack.com/p/books-in-b...

Podcast: as Washington meddles once again in Latin America, we look at twenty books about US imperialism #UnitedStates #LatinAmerica #imperialism #antiimperialism #Cuba #Venezuela #Colombia #history #politics latamrob.substack.com/p/podcast-31...

Corruption should never be defined by emperors. Review: The Elementary Forms of Corruption: Moral Imagination and Political Change in Brazil @haujournal #Brazil #Mexico #UnitedStates #corruption #LatinAmerica #crime #anthropology latamrob.substack.com/p/poor-polit...

Victims of assassination foster a deathly fetish. Review: Corpse Magic #bookreviews #LatinAmerica #Colombia #crime #violence #Christianity #gangs #drugtrafficking #police #popularculture #anthropology latamrob.substack.com/p/the-cunnin...