North American Congress on Latin America (Nacla)

The North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA) is a non-profit organization with a left-leaning perspective, established in 1966. Its mission is to offer insights into developments in Latin America and the interactions between Latin America and the United States. NACLA is particularly recognized for its publication, the NACLA Report on the Americas, which is released quarterly. In addition to this report, the organization also produces books, anthologies, and pamphlets aimed at educators and activists. Although the print version of the NACLA Report was temporarily halted in 2015, it made a comeback in May 2016 under the Routledge brand, which is part of Taylor and Francis. For over five decades, NACLA has served as a vital resource for English-speaking journalists, policymakers, activists, students, and researchers both in North America and around the globe, providing them with valuable news and analysis related to Latin America.

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Thanks to Life: A Biography of Violeta Parra (Review)

3 weeks ago | nacla.org | Ramona Wadi

Ericka Kim Verba’s vivid and intense biography of Violeta Parra takes its title from Parra’s internationally acclaimed song, “Thanks to Life” (Gracias a la Vida). The book title acknowledges a universally recognized song and is a tribute to Parra’s life, which left its legacy both at home and abroad, especially in Europe. The book acknowledges Parra as the first Latin American woman to have had a solo show at the Museum of Decorative Arts in the Louvre, Paris, in 1964.
Panamá to Belém: Grassroots Demands for a Real Just Transition

3 weeks ago | nacla.org | Jose Bravo |José Bravo |Nona Chai

Last month, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) held its first Climate Week in Panamá City. This gathering marked a pivotal space to inform and shape deliberations for the upcoming climate talks in Bonn, Germany, in June, which will in turn set the tone and the agenda for the Conference of the Parties (COP) 30 negotiations, to be held in Belém, Brazil, this November.
Chile in Their Hearts, and Ours (Review)

1 month ago | nacla.org | Peter Kornbluh

In October 1999, the Clinton Administration released a tranche of formerly secret records on the case of Charles Horman and Frank Teruggi, two U.S. citizens executed by the Chilean military following the September 11, 1973, military coup.
“I’m Still Here” (Review)

2 months ago | nacla.org | Luiz Antônio Araujo

Military dictatorships in South America’s Southern Cone provided the backdrop for some of the most memorable moments in the so-called political cinema. I’m Still Here, the new Brazilian feature film directed by Walter Salles Jr., gains additional significance when viewed through this lens.
Buscadoras in Mexico Under Threat After Grisly Discovery

Mar 27, 2025 | nacla.org | Joshua Collins |Daniela Rangel

The images showed volunteers organizing bloodstained clothes, shoes, backpacks, and final notes to loved ones into neat piles alongside charred human bone fragments. Those not wearing hazmat suits wore t-shirts adorned with the faces of their disappeared loved ones. They worked with picks and shovels to unearth hundreds of bloodied personal items.
Rio’s Samba Parade Spotlights Trans Rights

Feb 28, 2025 | nacla.org | Constance Malleret

Carnival preparations are in full swing in Rio de Janeiro this week. Costumes are frantically sewn in secret warehouses, sweaty street parties fill the city center with music and glitter, and in the suburbs, samba schools are running rigorous rehearsals to perfect the exuberant and carefully choreographed parade that they will put on in the Sambadrome.
The Life of a Trans Mexican Revolutionary, in Drag

Feb 24, 2025 | nacla.org | Olivia Ferrari

In the cozy ambience of Agora Cafe, drag artists in costume read poetry, perform stand-up comedy, sing, and dance, for an audience strewn around the cafe at tables and on the carpet. On this particular night in January, the coffee shop and queer community space in Mexico City hosted a show dedicated to the legacy of Amelio Robles, a colonel during the Mexican Revolution and one of the country’s earliest transgender icons.
The Global Pesticide Pushers in Latin America

Jan 27, 2025 | nacla.org | Jimmy Langman

In Santa Cruz, Bolivia, a booming lowland city near cattle ranches and thriving soy fields, I visit Campo Verde, a small, unassuming shop catering to small farmers at the Abasto Market. I scan the shelves and find at least a dozen of the world’s most toxic chemicals. One liter of Thodorn 600, or methamidophos, produced by Todo Agricola S.A., a Peru-based manufacturer, costs less than $10.
Debí TiRAR MáS FOToS (Review)

Jan 24, 2025 | nacla.org | Cruz Bonlarron Martínez |Cruz Martinez

Bad Bunny's highly anticipated album DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS (I should have taken more Pictures) has sent shockwaves throughout Latin America and the diaspora, conquering stereos across the hemisphere. It seems the artist has succeeded where Bolívar failed: uniting Latin America through perreo.
This Spanglish Bookstore In New York Is Reclaiming Bushwick's Sense Of Latinidad

Jan 17, 2025 | nacla.org | Victoria Mortimer

Although María Herrón is a native New Yorker, she understands what it feels like not to belong in this tough city. The daughter of a single mother who emigrated from Cuba in the 1960s, Herrón grew up in a “relatively white neighborhood,” just north of the Bronx, where her mother ran a food shop. “I got into a lot of trouble as a kid just for saying coño—and I didn’t understand why,” Herrón, the founder of Mil Mundos, a bilingual bookstore in Bushwick, recalls.