NACLA Report on the Americas, Volume 50, Issue 4 (2018)

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NACLA Report on the Americas, Volume 50, Issue 4 (2018)

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Women Rising in the Americas

Editors’ Note

Introduction
Women Rising in the Americas
Dawn Paley & Laura Weiss
Pages: 349-350
Published online: 10 Dec 2018
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Rise of the Radical Right
Jair Bolsonaro’s win in October’s elections signals dark days ahead for the working class, women, Afro-Brazilians, the LGBTI community, and activists in Brazil. Can the Left rebuild?
Daniela Mussi & Alvaro Bianchi
Pages: 351-355
Published online: 10 Dec 2018
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Deciphering Venezuela’s Emigration Wave
As Venezuela’s crisis deepens, many are leaving. What are the politics behind conflicting numbers of migrants?
Rebecca Hanson
Pages: 356-359
Published online: 10 Dec 2018
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Drugs and Democracy in Colombia
Right-wing president Iván Duque has backed off his promise to renegotiate Colombia’s peace agreement. But his policies pose a great threat to the deal’s medium-and long-term prospects.
Angélica Durán-Martínez
Pages: 360-363
Published online: 10 Dec 2018
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Women Rising in Defense of Life
Tracing the revolutionary flows of Latin American women’s many uprisings
Verónica Gago & Raquel Gutiérrez Aguilar
Pages: 364-368
Published online: 10 Dec 2018
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Lingering Trauma in Brazil: Police Violence Against Black Women
Black women disproportionately experience the trauma of police aggression in Brazil. Understanding how requires complicating and expanding our definitions of state violence.
Christen Smith
Pages: 369-376
Published online: 10 Dec 2018
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Colectiva Matamba Resists
In Bogotá, a collective of Afro-Colombian women mobilizes against structural racism and oppression.
Julia Zulver
Pages: 377-380
Published online: 10 Dec 2018
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Living, Dead, Disappeared
In northern Mexico, mothers of the disappeared spur land searches and spark change
Dawn Paley
Pages: 381-385
Published online: 10 Dec 2018
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La Caravana de la Resistencia
For Central Americans fleeing homophobic and transphobic violence, heading North is an act of resistance.
María Inés Taracena
Pages: 386-391
Published online: 10 Dec 2018
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Trans(formation) of a Movement
Roxsana Hernández, an immigrant transgender woman from Honduras, died in ICE detention earlier this year. LGBTI activists refuse to let her death be in vain.
Jennicet Gutiérrez & Suyapa Portillo
Pages: 392-394
Published online: 10 Dec 2018
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Compounding Risk for Sex Workers in the United States
Latinx queer and trans women will suffer disproportionally from a set of new laws restricting sex workers from seeking clients online.
Jamie J. Hagen
Pages: 395-397
Published online: 10 Dec 2018
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Women Lead Puerto Rico’s Recovery
In Puerto Rico’s southeast, women are at the forefront of the struggle against environmental degradation and catastrophe.
Hilda Lloréns & Ruth Santiago
Pages: 398-403
Published online: 10 Dec 2018
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Rebuilding Communal Life
Ixil women and the desire for life in Guatemala
Gladys Tzul Tzul
Pages: 404-407
Published online: 10 Dec 2018
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Women Rebel in Tariquía
In southern Bolivia, the fight for the dignity and against oil interests begins with women.
Marxa Chávez & Claudia López
Pages: 408-410
Published online: 10 Dec 2018
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Chilean Students Confront Machismo on Campus (Interview)
Activist Luna Follegati on the spark that ignited Chile’s new feminist movement, and what comes next
Verónica Schild & Luna Follegati
Pages: 411-417
Published online: 10 Dec 2018
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¡Vivas Nos Queremos! (Art)
How a radical art collective expresses the strength of women’s movements and struggles across the Americas
Mujeres Grabando Resistencia
Pages: 418-422
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Fútbol Feminista
Energized by the #NiUnaMenos movement, women’s soccer teams take on the patriarchs of the beautiful game in Latin America.
Brenda Elsey
Pages: 423-429
Published online: 10 Dec 2018
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Arts and Reviews

Discussion
Desde el sur: ¡hasta la victoria siempre! (Interview)
Roosbelinda Cárdenas, Hiba Bou Akar & Ana Tijoux
Pages: 430-434
Published online: 10 Dec 2018
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Book Review
Review of The Long Honduran Night: Resistance, Terror, and the United States in the Aftermath of the Coup
Rosemary Joyce
Pages: 435-436
Published online: 10 Dec 2018
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Review of Surviving State Terror: Women’s Testimonies of Repression and Resistance in Argentina
Marina Sitrin
Pages: 437-438
Published online: 10 Dec 2018
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