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  • Monthly Review Essays
  • President Trump meets with far right former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro at the G20 summit in Japan in 2019. Bolsonaro now faces multiple charges for an attempted coup and assassination plot after losing a reelection bid in 2022. (Palácio do Planalto / CC BY 2.0)

    Trump’s policy toward Latin America: Even anti-Communist Zealots in Miami don’t like it

    Originally published: North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA) on March 12, 2025 (more by North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA))  |

    The Trump administration’s volatility on foreign policy reveals internal divisions within Trumpism. But when threats and populism lose their momentum, the anti-communist hawks may get their way.

  • Benedicto Martínez and Robin Alexander march together in Mexico City in a 2014 national protest on the 20th anniversary of the implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). (David Bacon)

    A strategic cross-border labor alliance

    Originally published: North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA) on February 27, 2024 (more by North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA))  |

    A relationship between a U.S. and a Mexican union, forged in the face of NAFTA, has borne fruit over decades of struggle. Two leaders reflect on the importance of international solidarity.

  • The Impasse of the Latin American Left

    The Impasse of the Latin American Left

    Originally published: North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA) on May 27, 2022 (more by North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA))  |

    As the Left in power returns, the lessons of the Pink Tide have become increasingly relevant. Recognizing governments’ well-conceived policies as well as their errors is key to understanding the comeback.

  • 2018 demonstration

    After Moïse assassination, popular sectors must lead the way

    Originally published: North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA) on July 9, 2021 by Mamyrah Douge-Prosper and Mark Schuller (more by North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA))  | (Posted Jul 09, 2021)

    Analysis the day after the Haitian president’s assassination focused on liberal constitutionalism and elections. This narrow view overlooks the longstanding demands from organized popular sectors.

  • Vice President Mike Pence, interim president Juan Guaidó, and President Iván Duque (Photo by D. Myles Cullen:Wikimedia)

    Washington intensifies its collective punishment of Venezuelans

    Originally published: North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA) on August 17, 2019 by Kevin Young (more by North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA))  | (Posted Aug 21, 2019)

    Despite previous sanctions leading to over 40,000 deaths in Venezuela over two years, the U.S. is escalating its economic offensive.

Monthly Review Essays

  • Parallel Universes
    Andy Merrifield

    Anybody who’s ever leafed through Finnegans Wake will quickly recognize that we’re not dealing here with a standard novel, just as anybody leafing through Marx’s Capital will know we’re not dealing with standard economics.

Lost & Found

  • Honor the Vietnamese, Not Those Who Killed Them
    Michael D. Yates A Vietnamese stamp depicting two Vietnamese resistance fighters shooting down a US Army helicopter.

    Only the courage of those who opposed the war, including the soldiers who did so at great risk, should be respected.

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