Scholars who spy
The history of US academics involved in espionage highlights a modern risk. Review: Scientists or Spies? The American Museum of Natural History in World War I Latin America, Roberta Marx Delson
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Inventing the indigenous
Political turmoil in Bolivia hints at a paradigm shift. Review: Bolivia and the Making of the Global Indigenous Movement, Juanita Roca-Sánchez
Radical remembrance
A Chilean artist shaped by the nightmare of Pinochet subverts colonial time. Review: Alfredo Jaar: Decolonial Time and the Aesthetics of the Unfinished, Florencia San Martín
So much for the dream
An underclass of young Mexican American men is trapped by systemic exclusion. Review: Homeboys Forever: The Lifetime Consequences of Gang Membership, Avelardo Valdez
The short-lived utopia
Guyana once provided revolutionary hope for African Americans. Review: A Proxy Africa: Guyana, African Americans, and the Radical 1970s, Russell Rickford
Liberal limits
El Salvador reveals the failure of a dominant idea. Review: Indignant Liberalism: Political Protest and Generational Change in El Salvador, Ellen Moodie
Doing Washington’s dirty work
Mexico shot itself in the foot by kowtowing to the US migrant backlash. Review: Organised Crime and Migration, Victorie Knox
The open wound of Tlaloc
A Mexican town’s bid to restore a sacred stone reflects a new politics of patrimony. Review: The Absent Stone: Mexican Patrimony and the Aftershocks of State Theft, Sandra Rozental
Colonisation of the decolonial
Art is a way of confronting institutional obstacles to decolonisation. Review: Unmaking to Make: Art as decolonising practice in Latin America’s future, past and present
Painting pain
Georgina Jiménez assesses how London’s Tate Modern is exploring ‘Fridamania’