Books
Books
Books
‘Blue Collar Empire’: The Untold Story of U.S. Labor’s Global Anticommunist Crusade
May 16, 2025 Historian Jeff Schuhrke documents the AFL-CIO’s role in weakening left-wing labor unions around the world between the '40s and '90s.
Americas
The Search for Truth Inside Chile’s Infamous Mass Grave
Jun 6, 2024 Exhumation of Patio 29 in Santiago finally promised answers, but botched DNA testing left the families of victims reeling.
Photo Essay
Uncovering Chile’s Largest Mass Grave
Sep 11, 2023 The Pinochet dictatorship buried its first victims in a notorious patch of dirt called Patio 29.
Photo Essay
The Radical Walls of Santiago
Mar 20, 2023 In Chile, murals tell the story of the country's political journey.
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Chile’s Utopia Has Been Postponed
Mar 8, 2023 Journalist Marc Cooper was serving as personal translator to Chilean president Salvador Allende when the 1973 U.S.-backed coup led by Augusto Pinochet forced him to flee the country. In January, Cooper returned to Santiago to observe the country’s political situation 50 years later. He found a Chile transformed but uncertain, struggling to chart a course forward one year after the election of its first leftist government since Allende.2024 Southern California Journalism Award: Second Place, Feature
TD Original
How the Big Awakening Became a Hangover
Mar 8, 2023 Chile's new constitution failed. Now its leftist president is trying to reignite hopes for change.2024 Southern California Journalism Award: Second Place, Feature
TD Original
Allende, Pinochet and Beyond: 50 Years of Chilean Politics
Mar 8, 2023 Looking back at Chile's political history from President Salvador Allende's presidency to today
Chilean Military Returns to Streets as Public Unrest Mounts
Oct 21, 2019 President Sebastian Piñera has declared a state of emergency following a series of demonstrations over the nation's cost of living.
Brazil Is Now Effectively Run by a Military Junta
Feb 25, 2019 The rolling chaos of Jair Bolsonaro's presidency has created a power vacuum, allowing a quartet of generals to fill the void.
Your Complete Guide to the N.Y. Times’ Support of U.S.-Backed Coups in Latin America
Jan 29, 2019 There’s a pattern that ranges from Guatemala in 1954, Chile in ’73, Panama in ’89, Venezuela in ’02—clear to the present moment.