the americas: all articles

Debates and articles from across the openDemocracy website that discuss or are relevant to the Americas
Thursday 10th September

"Born-again" Muslims: cultural schizophrenia

The Qur'an as training-manual in a war on unbelief. Plus: Omar al-Qattan tours Disneyland Islam, Murat Belge tracks the fundamentalist mind (archive)
Wednesday 19th August

A world of dignity

The renowned UN envoy killed in Baghdad on 19 August 2003 outlines his vision of human rights 
Friday 7th August

Burma's struggle, Aung San Suu Kyi's role

Burma's imprisoned leader remains a beacon of her country's hunger to be free (archive)
Wednesday 1st October

Black glove/white glove: revisiting Mexico's 1968

The pre-Olympics Tlatelolco massacre forty years ago remains a site of struggle (archive)
Tuesday 10th June

Guantánamo: the inside story

The legal and human context of the US Supreme Court's landmark verdict (archive)
Tuesday 19th February

Fidel Castro's legacy: Cuban conversations

Havana's official dialogues and critical whispers reveal the revolution's flaws (archive)
Monday 18th February

Living with Castro

Fidel is retiring. Cubans have lived with him for almost fifty years. How have they coped? (archive)
Thursday 11th October

Climate change, global justice: letter to Al Gore

The Nobel peace laureate needs to deepen his thinking (archive)
Wednesday 29th August

When the levee breaks

When the levee breaks, it's a message for the world too (archive)
Sunday 10th June

America's dreaming

"Can the 'American dream' belong also to the world?" In August 2004, Richard Rorty, who died on 8 June, answered with reflections on imperialism and idealism
Sunday 20th May

The road not taken: the Iraq Study Group

The belief in a military solution to the United States's predicament in Iraq underlies the Bush administration's rejection of the Baker-Hamilton commission's report, says Bob Burnett.
Tuesday 15th May

Bush's royal crush

The White House welcome to Britain’s queen was in keeping with the character of his presidency, says Sidney Blumenthal.
Monday 14th May

The crisis of Colombia's state

The intimate connection between paramilitary groups, state-security institutions and politicians in Colombia is corroding the foundations of Álvaro Uribe’s rule, says Jenny Pearce.
Thursday 10th May

Mahatma 189

New Orleans is still a city of tiny miracles. Jim Gabour has the proof.
Wednesday 9th May

America's choice: imperial vs constitutional rule

A new phase of political confrontation in Washington touches the very constitutional foundations of United States government, says Bob Burnett.
Tuesday 8th May

Queen Elizabeth meets President George

The visit of the British queen to the United States highlights the merits of constitutional monarchy, says Godfrey Hodgson.

Benedict XVI in Brazil: raising the Catholic flag

The shifting religious landscape of Brazil presents a major challenge of policy and empathy to the visiting conservative pope, says Rodrigo de Almeida.
Thursday 3rd May

The Malvinas and Afghanistan: unburied ghosts

The unnecessary conflict in the south Atlantic in 1982 between Britain and Argentina helped sow the seeds of more momentous and destructive wars, says Fred Halliday.

The deepening of Venezuela's Bolivarian revolution: why most people don't get it

The radical project led by Hugo Chávez in Venezuela can’t be understood through the distorting lens of its inveterate opponents, says Julia Buxton

Cutting loose

Death and celebration, food and funerals, music and loss – New Orleans holds everything in the same hand. The story of traditional jazzman Pud Brown reminds Jim Gabour of his city’s eternal verities.
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