“Luciérnagas en El Mozote” And The Battle Over Historical Memory in El Salvador
A state-backed film detailing the 1981 massacre at El Mozote raises thorny questions about the country’s civil war as the victims continue fighting for justice.
When the Bombs Fell on Caracas | Under the Shadow Season 2, Episode 5
The United States has painted its January 3 invasion of Venezuela as a surgical operation. But for those on the ground it was a disaster. The US killed more than
Bolivia frente a un nuevo tiempo de luchas
Tras una serie de protestas por recortes en los subsidios al combustible que paralizaron el país, los poderosos movimientos sociales de Bolivia abren un nuevo capítulo y se enfrentan a
Driving Terror: Labor, Violence, and Justice in Cold War Argentina (Review)
Karen Robert's book unearths how a deadly collaboration between the Argentine dictatorship and the Ford Motor Company stifled worker dissent.
Maduro Was “Captured,” Our Campus Doesn’t Have to Be
As a right-wing center harnesses public funds to bolster U.S. imperial power at Florida International University (FIU), a faculty member issues an urgent call to resist.
Bolivians Enter a New Era of Popular Struggles
After a series of protests over cuts to fuel subsidies brought the country to a halt, Bolivia’s powerful social movements embark on a new chapter and face new forms of
Debunking the US narrative on Venezuela | Under the Shadow Season 2, Ep. 4
Host Michael Fox looks at the misconceptions, myths, and misinformation that have been spread about Venezuela in the wake of the US invasion.
Postcolonial Rhythms in the Andes
A.Chal’s new track “Pituko” is a creative disruption of postcolonial geographies across Peru, and a blend of old and new genres that creates a unique postcolonial sound.
Reviews
Driving Terror: Labor, Violence, and Justice in Cold War Argentina (Review)
Karen Robert's book unearths how a deadly collaboration between the Argentine dictatorship and the Ford Motor Company stifled worker dissent.
Postcolonial Rhythms in the Andes
A.Chal’s new track “Pituko” is a creative disruption of postcolonial geographies across Peru, and a blend of old and new genres that creates a unique postcolonial sound.
Contra el Autoritarismo de la Libertad Financiera (Review)
Verónica Gago and Lucí Cavallero’s book completes a trilogy that takes debt seriously as a feminist problem—one that operates not as a momentary burden but as a lasting mechanism of
Books that Breathe the Everyday Life of El Alto, Bolivia (Review)
Los Hijos de Goni and No Me Jodas, No Te Jodo, two books from El Alto publishing house Sobre Selectas, invite people to experience the intricacies of the city and
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NACLA Report on the Americas
Winter 2025 Vol. 57 NO.4
Boomerangs of Empire and the Technofascist Turn
In 1950, Martinican author Aimé Césaire used the term “imperial boomerang” to describe a historical circuit in which the tactics of imperial domination tested abroad return home, reshaping the very societies that invented them. Our winter issue takes Césaire’s insight not as metaphor but as method, tracing how this returning and disseminating violence is shaping the Americas today.
In keeping with NACLA’s tradition, this issue aims to expose the architectures of technofascism and to foreground the counter‑methods that boomerang back as resistance. Read the