Articles by Benjamin Dangl

In order to understand the crisis in post-coup Paraguay it’s necessary to grasp the political weight of the nation’s soil.

Rain clouds ringed the lush hillsides and poor neighborhoods cradling Caracas, Venezuela as dozens of Latin American and Caribbean heads of state trickled out of the airport and into motorcades and hotel rooms. They were gathering for the foundational summit of a new regional bloc aimed at self-determination outside the scope of Washington’s power.