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The Latin East

The Latin East

Winter 2017

At the height of Latin America’s “Pink Tide” in the mid-2000s, left wing governments developed economic, political and cultural ties with the Arab world as part of a larger effort to disrupt US hegemony globally. These ties build on a long history of relations between the two regions.

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From the Editors (Winter 2017)

The Editors
Articles

Latin America-Middle East Ties in the New Global South

Alejandro Velasco and Omar S. Dahi
Articles

Puerto Rican Decolonization, Armed Struggle and the Question of Palestine

Sara Awartani
Articles

Divergent Histories and Converging Inequalities in the Middle East and Latin America

Kevan Harris
Special Reports

South-South Solidarity and the Summit 
of South American-Arab Countries

Paolo Farah
Special Reports

The Syrian Uprising and Mobilization 
of the Syrian Diaspora in South America

Paolo Pinto and Cecilia Baeza
Special Reports

Reading César Vallejo in Arabic

Sinan Antoon
Special Reports

Writing about Violence

Roosbelinda Cárdenas and Hiba Bou Akar
Special Reports

Anti-Semitism and Pro-Israel Politics in 
the Trump Era

Les Field
Special Reports

The Afterlife of al-Andalus: Muslim Iberia in Contemporary Arab and Hispanic Narratives

Christina Civantos
In Memoriam

The Legacy of Faleh Abdul Jabar (1946–2018)

Renad Mansour

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