From Music and Politics, Robert Neustadt (NAU): Reading Spanish American National Anthems: “Sonograms” of National Identity. From JWSR, a review essay on understanding Latin America in the era of globalization. The cult of Maria Lionza: Venezuelan religion draws thousands to mountainside rituals for purification and guidance. Sao Paulo is a happy, flourishing city with no advertising. A review of Redeemers: Ideas and Power in Latin America by Enrique Krauze. Colombia's Alvaro Uribe triumphed over a fierce narco-insurgency; then the U.S. helped to export his strategy to Mexico and throughout Latin America — here’s why it’s not working. John Beverley on Latin America’s pink tide. Steve Ellner on the distinguishing features of Latin America’s New Left in power. Breaking the cycle: How Latin America can overcome its intergenerational inequality. The working class rises up across Latin America: Maids, parking valets, and other domestic workers push back against ill treatment in "the world's most unequal region". An interview of with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. about his PBS series Black in Latin America. Could Ecuador be the most radical and exciting place on Earth?
