Mayan lessons for the world A groundbreaking history of the Maya unifies a hitherto fragmented narrative. Review: The Four Heavens: A New History of the Ancient Maya, David Stuart

A groundbreaking history of the Maya unifies a hitherto fragmented narrative. Review: The Four Heavens #Bookreviews #CentralAmerica #Maya #Indigenous #history #ecology #archaeology latamrob.substack.com/p/mayan-less...

Podcast 41: Gangster imperialism We need to understand the forms taken by anti-imperialism as Trump wreaks havoc on the global order, Marxist historian John Rees explained at a Counterfire event in London

Podcast: We need to understand the forms taken by anti-imperialism as Trump wreaks havoc on the global order, Marxist historian John Rees explained at a Counterfire event in London latamrob.substack.com/p/podcast-41...

The female currency of Conquest A new novel traces the lives of the Aztec emperor’s forgotten daughters. Books in brief: The Other Moctezuma Girls, Sofia Robleda

A new novel traces the lives of the Aztec emperor’s forgotten daughters. Books in brief: The Other Moctezuma Girls, Sofia Robleda #fiction #Mexico #Aztecs #indigenous #Conquest #women #colonialism latamrob.substack.com/p/the-female...

Aide-mémoire Latin America’s need to remember a darker past is influencing literature. Books in brief: Exemplary Humans, Juliana Leite

Latin America’s need to remember a darker past is influencing literature. Books in brief: Exemplary Humans, Juliana Leite #fiction #Brazil #memory #military #dictatorship #authoritarianism latamrob.substack.com/p/aide-memoire

Apocalypse now A Peruvian graphic novel grapples with a collapsing world. Books in brief: Before We Sail, Carlos Yacolca et al.

A Peruvian graphic novel grapples with a collapsing world. Books in brief: Before We Sail, Carlos Yacolca et al. #fiction #graphicart #graphicnovel #dystopia #Peru #comics #comicart latamrob.substack.com/p/apocalypse...

Love and other revolutionary matters A sociocultural study of Cuba’s transnational relationships offers rare insights. Review: The Cuban Revolution and the New Left, Michelle Chase and Isabella Cosse (eds)

A sociocultural study of Cuba’s transnational relationships offers rare insights. Review: The Cuban Revolution and the New Left #Bookreviews #CubanRevolution #Cuba #imperialism #gender #women #Vietnam latamrob.substack.com/p/love-and-o...

Armageddon foreseen Was a masterpiece by Mario Vargas Llosa about the Brazilian ‘War of Canudos’ really referring to Israel’s rampage through the Middle East?

Was a masterpiece by Mario Vargas Llosa about the Brazilian ‘War of Canudos’ really referring to Israel’s rampage through the Middle East? Review: The War of the End of the World #Brazil #fiction #Israel #genocide #authoritarianism #extremism #MiddleEast latamrob.substack.com/p/armageddon...

Reproductive resistance Judiciaries have shaped how abortion has risen up the agenda. Books in brief: The Judicial Politics of Abortion in Latin America: Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, and Mexico

Judiciaries have shaped how abortion has risen up the agenda. Books in brief: The Judicial Politics of Abortion in Latin America: Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, and Mexico @UNC_Press #LatinAmerica #abortion #reproductiverights #women #judiciary latamrob.substack.com/p/reproducti...

Mutual kingdoms Nature’s cultural impact is best seen by breaking disciplinary boundaries. Books in brief: Plants and Animals in Latin American Cultural Production

Nature’s cultural impact is best seen by breaking disciplinary boundaries. Books in brief: Plants and Animals in Latin American Cultural Production #LatinAmerica #nature #ecology #naturalhistory latamrob.substack.com/p/mutual-kin...

Future imperfect Latin America figures prominently in a history of urban visions. Books in brief: The Invention of the Future: A History of Cities in the Modern World

Latin America figures prominently in a history of urban visions. Books in brief: The Invention of the Future: A History of Cities in the Modern World @PrincetonUPress #architecture #LatinAmerica #urbanisation #culture latamrob.substack.com/p/future-imp...

Archives on the move Novel Mayan cultural artefacts can illustrate how indigeneity crosses borders. Books in brief: Indigenous Archives: The Maya Diaspora and Mobile Cultural Production

Novel Mayan cultural artefacts can illustrate how indigeneity crosses borders. Books in brief: Indigenous Archives: The Maya Diaspora and Mobile Cultural Production @DukePress #indigenous #Maya #culture #Guatemala latamrob.substack.com/p/archives-o...

Green trailblazers Two books place Latin America in the vanguard of climate debates. Reviews: Latin American Cultural Responses to a Warming World, and The Climate Trial, by Gavin O'Toole

Two books place Latin America in the vanguard of climate debates. Reviews: Contesting the Climate Unthinkable, and The Climate Trial: Law and Justice on a Melting Planet @DukePress #LatinAmerica #culture #climatechange #Anthropocene #Germanwatch latamrob.substack.com/p/green-trai...

Podcast 40: Trump's deadly distraction The work of John Mearsheimer suggests that, despite Trump’s violent Middle Eastern adventures, the US remains fixated on Latin America

The work of John Mearsheimer suggests that, despite Trump’s violent Middle Eastern adventures, the US remains fixated on Latin America. Listen to our podcast #imperialism #LatinAmerica #MiddleEast #Trump #Iran latamrob.substack.com/p/podcast-40...

Asymmetric wordfare Iran’s ties with Latin America have been distorted by US and Israeli narrative terrorism. We review titles about the Islamic Republic's engagement with other targets of imperialism

Iran’s ties with Latin America have been distorted by US and Israeli narrative terrorism #imperialism #iran #latinamerica #middleeast #trump #israel #colonialism #neocolonialism latamrob.substack.com/p/asymmetric...

Podcast 39: The diplomacy of duplicity Claims about Cuban involvement in Ukraine expose European double standards

Claims about Cuban involvement in Ukraine expose European double standards #Cuba #Ukraine #Europe #MarcoRubio #imperialism #UnitedStates #Germany #liberalism latamrob.substack.com/p/podcast-39...

The threat doctrine The legacy of Cuban internationalism in Africa still defies US hegemony. Review: Cuba and the Independence War in Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde, Víctor Dreke Cruz, by Gavin O'Toole

The legacy of Cuban internationalism in Africa still defies US hegemony. Review: Cuba and the Independence War in Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde #Bookreviews #Caribbean #antiimperialism #Cuba #imperialism latamrob.substack.com/p/the-threat...

Border qualms Labour migration has posed significant policy challenges for Mexico. Books in brief: Caught in the Current, Irvin Ibarguen, by Gavin O'Toole

Labour migration has posed significant policy challenges for Mexico. Review: Caught in the Current, Irvin Ibargüen @UNC_Press #Mexico #migration #emigration #publicpolicy latamrob.substack.com/p/border-qua...

Vernacular neoliberalism The impact of the Tren Maya challenges academic narratives about Indigenous politics. Books in brief: Roads to Prosperity and Ruin, Fernando Armstrong-Fumero, by Gavin O'Toole

The impact of the Tren Maya challenges academic narratives about Indigenous politics. Review: Roads to Prosperity and Ruin, Fernando Armstrong-Fumero @UNC_Press #Yucatan #Mexico #indigenous #AMLO #neoliberalism latamrob.substack.com/p/vernacular...

Negative score US basketball coaches are exploiting Black Latin American youths. Books in brief: Basketball Trafficking: Stolen Black Panamanian Dreams, Javier Wallace, by Gavin O'Toole

US basketball coaches are exploiting Black Latin American youths. Review: Basketball Trafficking: Stolen Black Panamanian Dreams @DukePress #basketball #Black #sport #racism #exploitation latamrob.substack.com/p/negative-s...

The subversive flower A Fresno writer takes Chicana poetry in a new direction. Books in brief: Kadupul Flower, poems by Kimberly Vargas Agnese, by Gavin O'Toole

A Fresno writer takes Chicana poetry in a new direction. Review: Kadupul Flower, poems by Kimberly Vargas Agnese #chicana #poetry #environment #migration latamrob.substack.com/p/the-subver...

Podcast 38: Narco-narrative imperialism Bereft of ideas and in the grip of extremism, the US is obsessing about crime to legitimise its hegemony

Bereft of ideas and in the grip of extremism, the US is obsessing about crime to legitimise its hegemony. Podcast: Narco-narrative imperialism #podcast #LatinAmerica #imperialism #Trump #crime #gangs #ideology latamrob.substack.com/p/podcast-38...

Melodies of resistance Music was a tool of survival for victims of Chile's dictatorship. Review: Music and Political Imprisonment in Pinochet’s Chile, Katia Chornik, by Gavin O'Toole

Music was a tool of survival for victims of Chile's dictatorship. Review: Music and Political Imprisonment in Pinochet’s Chile @kchornik @OxUniPress #Chile #music #Pinochet #coup #dictatorship #memory #leftwing #SalvadorAllende latamrob.substack.com/p/melodies-o...

Licensed to kill A history of police violence against Mexican Americans is timely in the era of Trump. Review: Brown and Blue, Brian D Behnken, by Gavin O'Toole

A history of police violence against Mexican Americans is timely in the era of Trump. Review: Brown and Blue, Brian D Behnken @UNC_Press #UnitedStates #chicano #MexicanAmerican #policing #racism latamrob.substack.com/p/licensed-t...

Blurred visions The quest to link oceans has driven Central America to distraction. Review: Canal Dreamers, Jessica M Lepler, by Gavin O'Toole

Gavin O'Toole's review for @latamrob.bsky.social shined a spotlight on the longer significance of my 1820s story.
latamrob.substack.com/p/blurred-vi...

The bigot’s deceit Historical fact is an antidote to the racist fictions about violent Mexicans used by Trump to justify US aggression. Review: A Brief History of Violence in Mexico, Pablo Piccato, by Gavin O'Toole

Historical fact is an antidote to the racist fictions about violent Mexicans used by Trump to justify US aggression. Review: A Brief History of Violence in Mexico latamrob.substack.com/p/the-bigots...

Podcast 37: No blood for oil The British left has sent a loud message of solidarity to Venezuela in the face of US aggression and warned the UK's cowardly political class that they must end their silence

The British left has sent a loud message of solidarity to Venezuela in the face of US aggression and demanded the UK's cowardly political class end their silence #podcast #Venezuela #imperialism #Trump #colonialism #socialism #UnitedStates #tradeunions latamrob.substack.com/p/podcast-37...

The territorial turn The US attack on Venezuela confirms that imperialism is all about space. Review: The Invention of Order: On the Coloniality of Space, Don Thomas Deere, by Gavin O'Toole

The US attack on Venezuela confirms that imperialism is all about space. Review: The Invention of Order: On the Coloniality of Space, Don Thomas Deere @DukePress #Venezuela #UnitedStates #imperialism #colonialism #aggression #military #spatial latamrob.substack.com/p/the-territ...

Podcast 36: The dialectics of isolation Can 'uncontacted' Indigenous peoples offer the Latin American left theoretical insights?

Can 'uncontacted' Indigenous peoples offer the Latin American left theoretical insights? @Survival #Indigenous #Brazil #Amazon #racism #colonialism latamrob.substack.com/p/podcast-36...

Pawns in print Press ‘freedom’ in Mexico has been shaped by elite ambitions. Review: Mexican Watchdogs: The Rise of a Critical Press since 1980, Andrew Paxman, by Gavin O'Toole

Press ‘freedom’ in Mexico has been shaped by elite ambitions. Review: Mexican Watchdogs: The Rise of a Critical Press since 1980 @APaxman @UNC_Press #Mexico #press #journalism #politicaleconomy #media #Marxism latamrob.substack.com/p/pawns-in-p...

Chile’s nightmare returns Kast’s election will open the country’s sores. Review: Tales from the Sharp End: A Portrait of Chile, Natascha Scott-Stokes, by Gavin O'Toole

Kast’s election will open his country's sores. Review: Tales from the Sharp End: A Portrait of Chile, Natascha Scott-Stokes #bookreviews #SouthAmerica #Chile #democracy #dictatorship #Pinochet latamrob.substack.com/p/chiles-nig...