Violence against women in Guatemala reflects deep historical traumas. Review: Seeking Justice for Gendered Violence: Courts, Communities, and Care in Guatemala, Erin Beck and Lynn Stephen, 2026, Duke University Press
Categories: Guatemala
Lessons about Cuba’s survival can be gleaned from the latest biography of Castro. Review: Fidel Castro: Beyond the Legend, Katrien Demuynck and Marc Vandepitte, 2026, Praxis Press
Categories: Caribbean, Cuba, International, Mexico, North America, Russia, United States, Yugoslavia (the former)
The history of US academics involved in espionage highlights a modern risk. Review: Scientists or Spies? The American Museum of Natural History in World War I Latin America, Roberta Marx Delson, 2026, Springer
Categories: Central America, Mexico, South America, United States
Political turmoil in Bolivia hints at a paradigm shift. Review: Bolivia and the Making of the Global Indigenous Movement: Anthropology, Development and Transnationalism, Juanita Roca-Sánchez, 2025, Routledge
Categories: Bolivia
A Chilean artist shaped by the nightmare of Pinochet subverts colonial time. Review: Alfredo Jaar: Decolonial Time and the Aesthetics of the Unfinished, Florencia San Martín, 2026, Duke University Press
Categories: Chile
An underclass of young Mexican American men is trapped by systemic exclusion. Review: Homeboys Forever: The Lifetime Consequences of Gang Membership, Avelardo Valdez, 2026, University of Chicago Press
Categories: Mexico, North America, United States
Georgina Jiménez assesses how London’s Tate Modern is exploring ‘Fridamania’.
Frida: The Making of an Icon
Tate Modern, London
25 June until 3 January 2027
Categories: Mexico, United Kingdom
A London bookseller’s visionary homage to the Beat Generation reveals how Mexico nurtured a cultural revolution
Categories: Mexico, North America, United States
A study of racial politics mounts a challenge to area studies. Review: Transpacific Nonencounters: Racial Disconnects Across Twentieth-Century Japan and Mexico, Andrea Mendoza, 2026, Duke University Press
Mexican and Cuban stories translated by Langston Hughes make a radical debut. Review: Troubled Lands: Stories of Mexico and Cuba as Translated by Langston Hughes, ed. Ricardo A Wilson, 2026, Princeton University Press
Categories: Cuba, Mexico, United States
