Can it happen here?

Fifty years ago today, with the assistance and at the instigation of the United States government, the Chilean military overthrew the democr...

In this moment when we're forced to watch the laughably undemocratic (small "d") U.S. Senate thwart the will of a sizable majo...

Here's a heartening note : the Chilean ship Esmeralda can't take part in an Amsterdam naval festival this month without provoking pr...

Dictators, torturers (and the intellectual authors of torture), and fascist thugs can never be completely secure that society won't see...

When democracies elect progressive politicians, we hope to see public campaigns like this poster in contemporary Chile. Maybe our Democratic...

Back in town today from almost two weeks in the far south of Latin America -- a few days in Chile and more in Argentina -- I've got ocea...