A more complete Latin American history, including centuries of US influence, helps students understand the complexities surrounding Nicolás Maduro’s arrest

High school students in the US often learn about Latin America through the lens of the US, as a main character that exerts power.
National Catholic Reporter

Alma Guillermoprieto on Romero, drug cartels and reporting on Latin America

"In the midst of this prolonged train crash of Latin American history I managed to stay interested and not cynical," the ...
insider.si.edu

The Oxford handbook of Latin American history / edited by Jose C. Moya

Historiography of New Spain / Kevin Terraciano and Lisa Sousa -- Colonial Spanish South America / Lyman L. Johnson and Susan M. Socolow -- The historiography of early modern Brazil / Stuart B.
Wired

Historian Answers Latin American History Questions

Historian Alexander Avina joins WIRED to answers the internet's burning questions about the modern history of Latin America. Director: Lisandro Perez-Rey Director of Photography: Ben Dewey Editor: ...
Saint Louis University

Latin American Studies

Historical, cultural, economic and political relations between the Americas have made Latin American studies an important field of inquiry for numerous disciplines. The number of Hispanic people in ...
Hyperallergic

The Latin American History of Pop Art

Featuring works from artists in Latin America and its diasporas, Pop América intervenes in long-held conceptions of Pop Art’s geographic consolidations in the US and UK. Pop América’s centerpiece is ...
The Middletown Press

A more complete Latin American history, including centuries of US influence, helps students understand the complexities surrounding Nicolás Maduro’s arrest

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Some freshmen this semester will likely say Maduro’s unusual arrest violates ...