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Podcast 36: The dialectics of isolation
Can 'uncontacted' Indigenous peoples offer the Latin American left theoretical insights?
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Pawns in print
Press ‘freedom’ in Mexico has been shaped by elite ambitions. Review: Mexican Watchdogs: The Rise of a Critical Press since the 1980s, Andrew Paxman, by…
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Chile’s nightmare returns
Kast’s election will open the country’s sores. Review: Tales from the Sharp End: A Portrait of Chile, Natascha Scott-Stokes, by Gavin O'Toole
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Podcast 35: Smoke and mirrors in the Caribbean
US aggression towards Venezuela has little to do with drug-trafficking and is really about oil . . . but is that all?
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November 2025

Women at arms
Cuba’s revolution was not won just by bearded white men. Review: Clandestinas: Women in the Cuban Revolutionary Underground, 1955–1959, Carollee…
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Rocket men
Cuba’s nuclear brinkmanship contains lessons about imperialism and internationalism. Review: The Fate of the Americas, Renata Keller, by Gavin O'Toole
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Podcast 34: Back to the future—ten books on Venezuela
As Trump employs gunboat diplomacy to seek regime change in Caracas, we revisit books on the Bolivarian Revolution when Latin America's 'pink tide' was…
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Blurred visions
The quest to link oceans has driven Central America to distraction. Review: Canal Dreamers, Jessica M Lepler, by Gavin O'Toole
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Podcast 33: An interview with M Soledad Caballero
The travels and travails of the body form the corpus of Latina poet Soledad Caballero's latest collection, Flight Plan. She talks to Gavin O'Toole
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October 2025

Soldiers of the sub-empire
Brazil’s role in Pinochet’s coup has disturbing modern echoes. Review: Dictatorship Across Borders: Brazil, Chile, and The South American Cold War, Mila…
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Podcast 32: The death squads' auto of choice
Driving Terror looks at the role of the Ford Falcon in Argentina's darkest period: author Karen Robert talks to us about her remarkable study
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Metaphors of resistance
Predatory patriarchs in films can fuel rebellion. Review: Fathers, Masculinity, and Authoritarianism in Latin American Cinema, Irina Dzero, by Gavin…
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