Honduras, Unimagined: The Lencas, COPINH, and the Militarization of Development

Written By Samuel Ropa Rob Nixon, in Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor, remarks that: just as the production of national identity requires that actors visualize “imagined communities” to contextualize their own identity, the process of economic development relies extraordinarily upon “unimagined communities”—people and space existing outside the national consciousness.  Without voiceless, nameless…

Brazil and Argentina – A Tale of Two Countries

Written By Evan Thomsen Brazil is the de facto leader in South America. It is the largest by land and population, the wealthiest by GDP, and most powerful politically in the region. But as of late, Brazil is declining and facing a resurgent Argentina. The region is facing a role reversal in the future. Brazil’s…