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Why So Many Latin Americans Are Rooting Against Argentina in the World Cup

Patrick J. McDonnell, Kate Linthicum, Jad El Reda, Cecilia Sánchez Vidal Yahoo
Argentina may be the last Latin American team standing in the World Cup, but don't expect many fans in Mexico to be cheering for La Albiceleste — the lads sporting the classic white and blue stripes. Deeper cultural resentments are also a factor.

The New Ellis Island

Julia Preston The New York Review of Books
A history of five families in El Paso reveals the city’s significance as a bellwether of America’s immigration policy.

Mexico Is Going All In for Universal Health Care

Kurt Hackbarth Jacobin
Mexico’s new national health system aims to provide universal care. At a moment when US taxpayer dollars are being harnessed to destroy health care infrastructure abroad, Mexico is attempting to make a constitutional right to care into a reality

Gunboat Diplomacy Could Spur Anti-Imperialism. It Has Before.

Tony Wood The Conversation
Latin America’s anti-imperialist traditions point to one possible outcome of the U.S.’s newly aggressive stance: a resurgence of anti-imperialist sentiment as the organizing principle for a new generation of activists.
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