The US has been able to conceal its imperial nature from its own citizens, but its colonies have paid the price ■ How to Hide an Empire: A Short History of the Greater United States, Daniel Immerwahr, 2019, Bodley Head
Invisible colonies
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A revolution of conscience
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Mexico’s president-elect delivers an unforgiving critique of moral rot at the heart of power – and outlines an uplifting vision of renewal ■ A New Hope for Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, translated by Natascha Uhlmann, 2017, Pluto Press
An anarchist to the bitter end
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Ironically celebrated by Mexico’s state as a heroic precursor of the Revolution, Ricardo Flores Magón rejected any compromise with the new revolutionary order ■ The Return of Comrade Ricardo Flores Magón, Claudio Lomnitz, 2014, Zone Books
Science’s dry fantasy
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A study of drought in Brazil reveals how politics has trumped technology
A burning issue
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Fire hazards in 19th-century Mexico City helped to forge a new form of citizenship
First steps to freedom
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The abolition of slavery in Brazil inaugurated a process that still continues
