Latin American Perspectives

05/13/2026

New episode of LAP Editor’s Choice 🎙️

In Ep. 12, we speak with sociologist Bryce Henson about his new book Emergent Quilombos: Black Life and Hip-Hop in Brazil — a powerful exploration of Black resistance, diasporic politics, urban inequality, and the radical political possibilities emerging through hip-hop culture in Brazil.

Drawing on Black radical thought, political economy, and ethnographic research, Henson examines how contemporary “quilombos” continue long traditions of collective struggle against racial capitalism and state violence.

Listen now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, or your preferred podcast platform.
https://sites.libsyn.com/456621/latinamericanperspectives/editors-choice-ep-13-emergent-quilombos-black-life-and-hip-hop-in-brazil-w-bryce-henson

05/11/2026

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0094582X261444032?casa_token=5QKQ5OSfua8AAAAA:P00Bf8rBxE1ubW7jGUgNz838qpNO05iMHtw8hV16-ARInXUJ1dI3XKZnys_85r4wv5Ijz-c00UdO

This article examines how the COVID-19 pandemic and Chile’s Emergency Family Income (IFE) reshaped households in the Social Household Registry (RSH). Using admi...

05/09/2026

Twenty years after the historic May 1 immigrant rights mobilizations, the struggle against raids, deportations, militarization, and imperial war continues.

In this recent op-ed for , Latin American Perspectives editor Alfonso Gonzales Toribio reflects on the political legacy of the 2006 mobilizations and the ongoing fight for immigrant justice and international solidarity.

Read it here: https://www.calonews.com/opinion/opinion-latinos-and-the-may-1-mobilizations-20-years-of-resisting-raids-and-imperial-wars/article_9a855f18-76cc-4dad-a22b-bb1b8b6ccb31.html

05/08/2026

A new episode of the Latin American Perspectives Podcast is now available.

In this episode, Alexander Scott speaks with historian and political scientist Steve Ellner about the changing nature of U.S. imperialism and the escalating political crisis in Venezuela.

Drawing on Ellner’s recent work, the conversation examines sanctions, economic warfare, “hyper-imperialism,” the Venezuelan opposition, and the broader geopolitical tensions shaping Latin America today.

The episode also explores: • Sanctions as a form of warfare • The rise of far-right politics in Venezuela • U.S. support for regime change • Debates on the left over anti-imperialism and democracy • The global implications of a new phase of U.S. power

Steve Ellner is Associate Managing Editor of Latin American Perspectives and a leading scholar of Venezuelan politics and the Latin American left.

Listen now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, or your preferred listening platform.
https://sites.libsyn.com/456621/latinamericanperspectives/us-imperialism-enters-a-new-stage-w-steve-ellner

05/04/2026

A new piece by our Outreach Coordinator and podcast host, Alexander Scott, examines the recent rise in Latino support for Donald Trump through the lens of political economy, race, and the broader crisis of neoliberalism.

Published in What’s Going On?, a Substack edited by Daniel Martínez HoSang (Yale University), the article situates contemporary political shifts within longer histories of inequality, restructuring, and right-wing mobilization across the Americas.

🔗 Read the full piece: https://notebookontransformation.substack.com/p/making-sense-of-latino-support-for

05/01/2026

🌿 Open Access Articles — September 2025

Amazon Rainforest and Socio-Ecological Alternatives in Latin America

Revisiting this important issue with a selection of open access articles examining environmental governance, Indigenous participation, coloniality, and alternative forms of knowledge in the Amazon.

📖 Access the issue here: https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/lapa/52/5

04/30/2026

04/30/2026

Nuevo episodio del podcast de LAP 🎙️ — Número de enero 2026

Detrás de los conflictos sociales y ambientales en América Latina existen historias más profundas de poder y desigualdad.

En este episodio, conversamos con Mayarí Castillo, socióloga de la Universidad Mayor (Chile) y coeditora del número de enero de 2026, sobre los temas centrales que estructuran este dossier—y por qué son clave para entender el presente.

🎧 Escucha el programa: https://sites.libsyn.com/456621/latinamericanperspectives/political-ecology-gender-and-the-environment-in-latin-america-con-mayar-castillo

📖 Explora el número completo: https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/lapa/53/1?_gl=1*xhsdnd*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTQxMDY1NzU0OS4xNzc3NTcyMTU5*_ga_60R758KFDG*czE3Nzc1NzIxNTgkbzEkZzEkdDE3Nzc1NzIxNjEkajU3JGwwJGgzNjAwNTg3NjI

04/29/2026

🌿 The Amazon defies definition.

It is not a single place, but a multiplicity—of societies, ecologies, and ways of life that cannot be reduced to one framework.

In this episode of the Latin American Perspectives podcast, we speak with Claudia Horn (King’s College London) about how political economy and political ecology help us rethink the region beyond simplified narratives.

🎙️ New episode from our September issue — out now
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04/24/2026

🎙️ New LAP pod episode out now

In this episode, Alexander Scott speaks with issue co-editor Claudia Horn, a Lecturer in Political Economy at King’s College London, about our September 2025 issue: Amazon Rainforest and Socio-Ecological Alternatives in Latin America.

What is the Amazon—and how should we understand it beyond dominant environmental, state-centered, or extractivist narratives?

We explore the concept of multiplicity, the forces threatening Amazonian worlds—from extractivism to organized crime—and the diverse forms of resistance and alternative ways of organizing life across the region.

📖 Listen now: https://sites.libsyn.com/456621/latinamericanperspectives/amazon-rainforest-and-socio-ecological-alternatives-in-latin-america-w-claudia-horn?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio&fbclid=PAdGRleARYeIpleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA8xMjQwMjQ1NzQyODc0MTQAAacBpezeULmJEMSBZ6RvR1iSA66tiPKCsYFY5pg7JJ6LD59gvW3yhndTqd-hTw_aem_cfzaTfk6nTMe_nO87Y7XAw