NACLA Report on the Americas, Volume 50, Issue 1 (2018)

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NACLA Report on the Americas, Volume 50, Issue 1 (2018)

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Editors’ Note

Editorial
The Latin East
Alejandro Velasco, Omar Dahi, Sinan Antoon & Laura Weiss
Pages: 1-7
Published online: 29 Mar 2018
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Around the Region

Article
Another Caracazo?
Early this year, a wave of looting and protest among popular sectors engulfed Venezuela. With elections looming, could such events lead to an uprising that would ultimately oust President Maduro—or have the opposite effect?
Ociel López
Pages: 8-10
Published online: 29 Mar 2018
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After María, Resilience in Puerto Rico
Why María had such a devastating impact—and how to mitigate future climate disaster
Brenda Torres
Pages: 11-14
Published online: 29 Mar 2018
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In Guatemala, Security Forces Square Off Against Social Movements
Changes to public security policies and practices in Guatemala are set to heighten surveillance of community resistance and facilitate the coordination of repressive measures.
Simon Granovsky-Larsen
Pages: 15-18
Published online: 29 Mar 2018
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Luis Almagro’s Fall from Grace
Organization of American States General Secretary Luis Almagro’s stance on Venezuela has proven unpopular and ineffective, particularly within the Uruguayan party that backed his nomination.
Aldo Marchesi
Pages: 19-21
Published online: 29 Mar 2018
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Report

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Problematic Brothers: Iranian Reaction to Chávez and Ahmadinejad
From NACLA Report on the Americas: Volume 40, Issue 5, 2007—The Multipolar Moment?
Nasrin Alavi
Pages: 22-24
Published online: 29 Mar 2018
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Teaching Latin America in Tehran
Through his experiences teaching in Iran, a Latin American Studies professor finds deep historic links and growing interest. But there is still much room for mutual discovery.
Fernando Camacho Padilla
Pages: 26-33
Published online: 29 Mar 2018
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Palestine West of the Andes
Chile is home to the world’s largest Palestinian diaspora community. How did Chile’s Arabic newspapers contribute to its formation?
Nadim Bawalsa
Pages: 34-39
Published online: 29 Mar 2018
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Palestine Beyond Slogans
The Palestinian struggle has long been at the forefront of Left solidarity movements. But behind simple understandings lie a complex web of factions and splits.
Tariq Dana
Pages: 40-48
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Reading Che in Colonized Palestine
On analyzing and drawing inspiration from revolutionary Latin American texts
Lena Meari
Pages: 49-55
Published online: 29 Mar 2018
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Haggar Square, Jerusalem

Haggar Square, Jerusalem
Pages: 56-57
Published online: 11 Apr 2018
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Not a Person but an Occasion
A statement on three poems
Farid Matuk
Pages: 58-59
Published online: 29 Mar 2018
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The Latin Boom in Iraqi Kurdistan
In Latin American and Kurdish literature, magic and reality meet.
Ismail Hamalaw & Houzan Mahmoud
Pages: 60-66
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Planting Roots, Claiming Space
How the tangled histories of dryland farming in the U.S. West shaped political aspirations in early Palestine and post-revolutionary Mexico
Omar Imseeh Tesdell
Pages: 68-73
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Up Against the Wall
From Israel-Palestine to U.S.-Mexico to Spain-Morocco, a visual exploration of the physical reality of nation-state imposed borders and barriers
K. Flo Razowsky
Pages: 74-81
Published online: 29 Mar 2018
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Military Capitalism
In Egypt and Brazil, the foundations of a terrifying new “para-populism”are taking shape at the intersection of international finance, mega-construction, and military rule.
Paul Amar
Pages: 82-89
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A Tale of Two Modernities
What two preeminent scholars in Saudi Arabia and Latin America tell us about modernity and cross-cultural connections
Marwan M. Kraidy
Pages: 90-96
Published online: 29 Mar 2018
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Further Reading

Further Reading
Pages: 97-98
Published online: 29 Mar 2018
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Arts and reviews

Review
Review of Global Latin(o) Americanos: Transoceanic Diasporas and Regional Migrations
Marcelo Borges
Pages: 99-100
Published online: 29 Mar 2018
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Review of Adiós mi Habana
Elizabeth Mirabal
Pages: 101-105
Published online: 29 Mar 2018
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Review of Los Zetas Inc.: Criminal Corporations, Energy, and Civil War in Mexico
Alexander Dunlap
Pages: 106-108
Published online: 29 Mar 2018
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