Greg Grandin

3 days ago | thenation.com | Greg Grandin

April 21, 2025 Pope Francis Upheld the Spirit of Liberation TheologyIn his criticisms of the Church and defiance of traditionalists, Pope Francis continued the legacy of a movement The Vatican itself tried to silence. Edit Ad Policy Pope Francis (C) greets Bolivian native children next to Bolivian President Evo Morales(Vincenzo Pinto / AFP via Getty Images) More than torture and murder contained liberation theology. The Vatican, headed by Pope John Paul II, refuted its core beliefs.

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Greg Grandin

Incluso cuando los eruditos de otras partes del mundo estaban elaborando un "nuevo humanismo", dice Grandin, Las Casas fue un paso más allá al vincularlo a "la tradición profética y comunitaria de la Iglesia católica". La filosofía resultante equilibraba los derechos individuales con "las necesidades del bien común", algo que los latinoamericanos han intentado recordar repetidamente a sus vecinos del norte, incluso cuando Estados Unidos no quería necesariamente escucharles.

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Greg Grandin

Even as scholars in other parts of the world were elaborating a "new humanism," Grandin says, Las Casas went one step further by hitching it to "the Catholic Church's prophetic, communitarian tradition." The resulting philosophy balanced individual rights with "the needs of the common good" - something Latin Americans have repeatedly tried to remind their northern neighbors of, even when the United States did not necessarily want to listen.

1 week ago | infobae.com | Greg Grandin |Jennifer Szalai

Books and LiteratureUnited States Politics and GovernmentGrandin, GregPinochet Ugarte, AugustoLatin AmericaAmerica, America: A New History of the New World (Book)Las Casas, Bartolome deEn "America, América", el historiador muestra cómo, a lo largo de cinco siglos, América del norte y América del sur se han moldeado mutuamente mediante la guerra, la conquista, la competencia y la cooperación.

1 week ago | miamiherald.com | Greg Grandin |Mark Weisbrot

Ecuadorians will return to the polls this Sunday for a decisive presidential runoff between the right-wing incumbent Daniel Noboa and leftist challenger Luisa González. The closely contested race follows a first-round election in February where neither candidate secured the required majority, with Noboa receiving 44.17% of the vote and González 44%.