Chile’s new president is, among other things, an admirer of Augusto Pinochet’s military dictatorship “Chile needs order!”, José Antonio Kast proclaimed during his first speech
Tag: The Far Right in Latin America
This intervention offers a series of preliminary analytical arguments on the current Latin American political conjuncture. It argues that the period of progressive hegemony that
Brazil is one of the most dangerous countries in the world for women and LGBTQ+ people: we have some of the highest rates of femicide
What is new about the authoritarianism that we are currently witnessing? It is useful to situate this authoritarianism within, and to see it as an
A recent violent and destructive march calling for the expulsion of Haitians in Punta Cana demonstrates the vehement anti-Haitianism and rising fascism prevalent in the
Verónica Gago is a feminist academic. What this means is that she does not separate her activism as a feminist from her work as an
The streets surrounding Argentina’s National Congress took on tones of purple and green as people dressed in the colors of of the struggle for abortion
From New Lines Magazine On Dec. 4, 2024, the new and not-so-new leaders of the global far right gathered at the Hilton Hotel in Buenos
While everyone offers answers to the causes of the far-right’s victories, they will win and continue to win. To avoid the future that this trend
From The Dial The country’s far right found a model in the former U.S. president. José Derman decided to repurpose his family’s home in La
In May 2023, when Mauricio Garcia killed eight people in an outlet mall in Allen, Texas, it seemed like just another senseless mass murder similar