Author Gore Vidal died nine years ago today. In May 2007, Joe Lauria sat down with Mr. Vidal to discuss empire. Here, published for the first time, is that interview with a great American writer.
A Conversation With Gore Vidal on the ‘E’ Word
Category: Mexico
US-Made Border Crisis Persists Despite Biden’s About-Face on Refugee Cap
Marjorie Cohn assembles reasons for the White House to discontinue the Trump administration’s Title 42 expulsion policy.
The Border Crisis Is Forever
Underneath the theater of partisan politics, there remains a churning border-industrial complex, Todd Miller reports.
US Facing Mexico’s Ban on GM-Corn Imports
Timothy A. Wise covers the trade-tension potential of the López Obrador government’s policy and its implications for a country where corn is such a major dietary staple.
Twitter’s Latin America Coordinator Exposed as Right-Wing Operative
Ben Norton reports on a wave of social-media censorship in Mexico that has targeted left-wing users.
Trump Used Looted Venezuelan Public Money to Build Border Wall with Mexico
Unable to make Mexico pay for his $18 billion pet project, Trump has turned to other sources of financing, Ben Norton reports.
COVID-19 Leads to Nosedive in Remittances to Latin America
Entire families are sliding back into poverty now that relatives working abroad, who have lost work due to the pandemic, can no longer afford to send money home, Humberto Márquez reports.
Climate Change Worsening Historic Drought in Western US; Rivaling Worst in 1,200 Years
“We now have enough observations of current drought and tree-ring records of past drought to say that we’re on the same trajectory as the worst prehistoric droughts.”
AMLO’s Attempt to Transform Mexico
Jeremy Corbyn lost the U.K. election but progressive Mexican leader Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, has been in power for one year. He is carrying out the plans described in his 2018 book “New Hope for Mexico,” writes Rick Sterling.
Operation Condor 2.0: After Bolivia Coup, Trump Dubs Nicaragua ‘National Security Threat’ & Targets Mexico
Left-wing forces in Latin America are warning of a revival of a Cold War era campaign by the U.S. of violent subterfuge and support for right-wing dictatorships across the region, Ben Norton reports.