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The Monroe Doctrine in action. Card from 1941 showing Uncle Sam strangling the neck of South America according to the terms of the Monroe Doctrine which gave the United States supremecy in the Western Hemisphere for nearly two centuries. Photo by Michael Nicholson/Corbis via Getty Images

Under the Shadow

The Legacy of Monroe | Under the Shadow, Bonus Episode 4

by Michael Fox August 13, 2024August 15, 2024

Historian Greg Grandin examines the long shadow of the Monroe Doctrine, which continues to shape US imperialism in Latin America.

Nicolás Maduro wins the presidential elections in Venezuela

by Peoples Dispatch July 29, 2024July 29, 2024

President Ronald Reagan and Luis Alberto Monge Alvarez at The Signing of The United States/Costa Rica Extradition Treaty at The National Theater in San Jose Costa Rica. This item was produced or created on December 4, 1982.The creator compiled or maintained the parent series, Reagan White House Photographs, between January 20, 1981–January 20, 1989.

Under the Shadow

The US hand in Costa Rica | Under the Shadow, Episode 11

by Michael Fox July 9, 2024July 9, 2024

Under the Shadow

Nicaragua, 1980s. Contra War | Under the Shadow, Episode 10, Part 2

by Michael Fox May 28, 2024June 3, 2024

Screenshot courtesy of Bethnal Films

Workers of the World

Colombia’s drug war returns as peace deal sputters

by Rodrigo Vázquez-Salessi December 18, 2023December 18, 2023

Politics and Movements: International

Farmers in Colombia fight multinational oil companies to get their land back

by Rodrigo Vázquez-Salessi December 15, 2023December 15, 2023

Rear shot of a woman in a brightly colored hat, carrying the Guatemalan flag

Politics and Movements: International

Guatemalans celebrate return of ‘Democratic Spring’ as potential violence threatens transition

by Emily Taylor August 28, 2023March 13, 2024

Politics and Movements: International

Elliott Abrams has left bloody footprints across the globe

by Rev. Graylan Scott Hagler and Ariel Gold July 27, 2023July 26, 2023

Politics and Movements: International

Unions, Native people fight mining “reforms” and police repression in Argentina

by Sam Carliner July 4, 2023March 13, 2024

Cuban foreign vice minister Carlos Fernandez de Cossio speaks into a microphone in front of a stone staircase outdoors. Next to him is a Cuban flag.

Politics and Movements: International

US tells another bedtime story to scare away normal relations with China and Cuba

by Manolo De Los Santos and Kate Gonzales June 12, 2023March 14, 2024