Latin America Archives

Latin America

The Scarlet Debtor

by Jeff Madrick,

Debt forgiveness is one of the most important innovations of modern capitalism, but it is a fairly recent one. Though the Constitution gives Congress explicit authority to enact “uniform Laws…

Weekly Review

by Paul Ford,

In Iraq a car bomb killed 16 people and wounded 90, 14 bodies were found stacked in a hole, 5 U.S. troops were killed, and Saddam Hussein was boycotting his…

Weekly Review

by Roger D. Hodge,

A Dutch archaeologist claimed to have identified a papyrus containing the signature of Cleopatra; the document, which dates from 33 B.C., was written by a secretary, except for one word,…

The revolution will be evangelized

by Harper’s Staff,

Multiple-choice human rights

Translated by Jennifer Barton,

Language, lies, and Latin democracy

Uncle Sam, Stay Home

by Carlos Fuentes,

Adapted from a speech given by Carlos Fuentes in May 1988 at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. Fuentes’s latest novel, VLAD, will be published in English by Dalkey Archive…