Category Archives: Uncategorized

Fighting Gender-Based Violence in Latin America

Posted on March 8, 2014 by Mancha Contributor

Melissa Gilbert on the importance of International Women’s Day

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Dia de la Mujer, femecide, femecidio, International Women's Day, Latin America women's rights | Leave a comment

Deconstructing the Myth of Democracy in Venezuela

Posted on March 1, 2014 by Mancha Contributor

Caraqueño Francisco Rodríguez on the evolving situation in Venezuela

Posted in Andean Region, Regions, Uncategorized | Tagged Antonio Ledezma, democracy, is venezuela a democracy, María Gabriela Pulido, Venezuela, Venezuela elections, venezuela fruad, venezuela vote | 1 Comment

The Development Conundrum

Posted on February 20, 2014 by Mancha Contributor

International Economist Lisa Frumin on the perils of development volunteering

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Honduras safe?, IDEV, Latin America Development, Panama development, peace corp latin america, SAIS development | Leave a comment

Mexico’s Energy Reforms—We Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet

Posted on January 31, 2014 by theoakahn

Mexico has passed landmark energy reform – now comes the hard part

Posted in Mexico + Central America, Uncategorized | Tagged AMLO, energy reform, Enrique Peña Nieto, Mexico, PEMEX, Round Zero | Leave a comment

El Ruido de las Cosas al Caer

Posted on January 11, 2014 by Samuel George

Thoughts on the Colombian author Juan Gabriel Vásquez’s book The Sound of Things Falling

Posted in Andean Region, Uncategorized | Tagged Colombia author, Colombia books, colombia drug wars, El ruido de las cosas al caer, Juan Gabriel Vásquez, Sound of Things Falling | 1 Comment

Rio of Faith

Posted on January 7, 2014 by Mancha Contributor

Filmmaker Marcos Moura on the documentary “Rio de Fé”, which he co-directed

Posted in Brazil, Uncategorized | Tagged Brazil, Carlos Diegues, catholic in latin america, latin america documentary, Pope Francis, religion in latin america, rio de fe, rio de janeiro | Leave a comment

NAFTA at 20: A Good Deal for Mexico?

Posted on January 3, 2014 by theoakahn

Theodore Kahn on what 20 years of NAFTA have meant for Mexico

Posted in Mexico + Central America, Uncategorized | Tagged maquiladora, mexican poor south, Mexican trade, Mexico, Mexico manufacturing, Mexico NAFTA, mexico rich north, NAFTA at 20, NAFTA failure, NAFTA success | 2 Comments

No Se Mancha’s Top Ten from 2013

Posted on December 29, 2013 by Mancha Contributor

Happy News Years from the No Se Mancha team! In our first year we have covered everything from baseball in the Caribbean to money falling from the Bolivian skies, to the vicissitudes of Chilean politics, and everything in between. As we prepare for a … Continue reading →