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Friar Bartolomé de las Casas, a Spanish historian and social reformer whose archives were seized by the Spanish Crown.

‘The Radical Spanish Empire’ Shows the Power of Paperwork

A new book explores how 16th-century commoners wielded the legal system against their colonizers to surprising effect.

Students in Guerrero state protest in Mexico City, in 2014, to pressure authorities to solve the disappearance of 43 vanished Ayotzinapa students that same year.

Latin America’s Unfinished Revolutions

Alma Guillermoprieto’s reportage in “The Years of Blood” embodies the drama and complexity of our new century.

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