Did Human Rights Watch Sabotage Colombia’s Peace Agreement? Did Human Rights Watch Sabotage Colombia’s Peace Agreement?
Like the country’s far right, HRW wanted to send human-rights violators to prison more than it wanted to end the war.
Oct 3, 2016 / Greg Grandin
A Growing Grassroots Movement in Mexico Is Resisting the US-Backed Drug War A Growing Grassroots Movement in Mexico Is Resisting the US-Backed Drug War
Citizens are protesting disappearances, searching mass graves, and demanding an end to impunity.
Sep 29, 2016 / Dawn Paley
After Years of Stoking Colombia’s Civil War, Washington Is Now Trying to Hijack the Peace Deal After Years of Stoking Colombia’s Civil War, Washington Is Now Trying to Hijack the Peace Deal
The US-funded Plan Colombia imposed catastrophic violence on the country, resulting in a mountain of corpses and millions of displaced civilians.
Sep 26, 2016 / Greg Grandin
Is Human Rights Watch Too Closely Aligned With US Foreign Policy? Is Human Rights Watch Too Closely Aligned With US Foreign Policy?
It has ignored repression by regimes close to Washington and dismissed criticism—by Nobel laureates—of its conflicts of interest.
Sep 23, 2016 / Mark Weisbrot
Orlando Letelier Was a True Patriot Orlando Letelier Was a True Patriot
Even from exile, he continued to fight for his fellow Chileans.
Sep 21, 2016 / Feature / Susan George
The ‘Chicago Boys’ in Chile: Economic Freedom’s Awful Toll The ‘Chicago Boys’ in Chile: Economic Freedom’s Awful Toll
Repression for the majorities and “economic freedom” for small privileged groups are two sides of the same coin.
Sep 21, 2016 / Feature / Orlando Letelier
40 Years Ago, This Chilean Exile Warned Us About the Shock Doctrine. Then He Was Assassinated. 40 Years Ago, This Chilean Exile Warned Us About the Shock Doctrine. Then He Was Assassinated.
Orlando Letelier’s 1976 Nation essay is still essential reading.
Sep 21, 2016 / Feature / Naomi Klein
Washington Knew Pinochet Ordered an Act of Terrorism on US Soil—but Did Nothing About It Washington Knew Pinochet Ordered an Act of Terrorism on US Soil—but Did Nothing About It
Obama now has an opportunity to commemorate his victims by releasing the still-secret documents that hold the Chilean dictator accountable.
Sep 21, 2016 / Feature / Peter Kornbluh
How Middle-Class Chileans Contributed to the Overthrow of Salvador Allende How Middle-Class Chileans Contributed to the Overthrow of Salvador Allende
American intervention was one factor leading to the Chilean coup—but unrest on the part of middle-class Chileans was another.
Sep 21, 2016 / Walden Bello
Violence Continues in Colombia as the Peace Accords Advance Violence Continues in Colombia as the Peace Accords Advance
The country’s long civil war may soon end—but not without triggering a violent backlash from the narco-elite and the paramilitary groups they command.
Sep 15, 2016 / Greg Grandin