{"title":"Researching Crime and Violence in Medellín, Colombia: Truth Versus Truths. By Caroline Doyle, Lanham: Lexington Books, 2024. xiii +192 pp. £77.00 (hardcover), ISBN: 9781666914146","authors":"Onur Ağkaya","doi":"10.1111/blar.70085","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/blar.70085","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9338,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of Latin American Research","volume":"45 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2026-02-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147288270","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Institutionalised Indigeneity, State Formation and Crisis: Lessons From the Indio Institucionalizado in Evo Morales' Bolivia","authors":"Aiko Ikemura Amaral, Angus McNelly","doi":"10.1111/blar.70076","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/blar.70076","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This article examines the institutionalisation of indigeneity in Bolivia under the governments of Evo Morales (2006–2019) as a central component of the MAS project of crafting state hegemony. We trace the emergence of what we call the <i>indio institucionalizado</i> from the social mobilisations of the 1990s and 2000s through the Constitutional Assembly and the consolidation and fall of Morales and the MAS. We argue that this state-sanctioned form of indigeneity was crucial to the MAS's efforts to incorporate, channel and domesticate indigenous political autonomy, while also illuminating elements of the crisis that engulfed the end of Morales's presidency and the MAS as the intended political instrument of social movements. More broadly, the article demonstrates how indigeneity operates as a terrain of struggle and as a key subjectivity in processes of state transformation and hegemonic construction.</p>","PeriodicalId":9338,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of Latin American Research","volume":"45 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2026-02-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/blar.70076","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147320769","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Queer/Cuir Moments and ‘Que(e)rencias’ in Colombian Narrative Cinema","authors":"Javier Pérez-Osorio, Karol Valderrama-Burgos","doi":"10.1111/blar.70069","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/blar.70069","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This article recognises the notable absence of queerness in narrative cinema made in Colombia, while surveying how feature films have offered types of LGBTIQ+ representations that have been entangled with debatable, inconsistent or, more recently, with exceptional discourses. Informed by multidisciplinary approaches from queer/<i>cuir</i> studies, film studies and decolonial thought, this text seeks to provide the readership with a useful state of affairs as of today on how queerness is addressed through narrative cinema in Colombia, and to continually problematise and rethink what ‘queer’ means within the Colombian and Latin American contexts. By tracing the available corpus, the article exposes what we have chosen to name ‘queer/<i>cuir</i> moments,’ acknowledging there is still much to be done within the film industry to be able to suggest a robust queer/cuir strand. Nonetheless, the article also acknowledges how those moments have preceded a more recent era of self-aware filmmakers that put forward LGBTIQ+ questions on the big screen in the Colombian context. The 21st-century initiatives the article considers have paved the way for ‘que(e)rencias’—political acts of affection, enunciation and intervention—where queerness seemingly activates an unexplored prism via narrative films made in Colombia.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":9338,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of Latin American Research","volume":"45 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2026-02-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147320809","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Chile 50 Years Later A Special Dossier","authors":"Juan Poblete","doi":"10.1111/blar.70074","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/blar.70074","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9338,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of Latin American Research","volume":"45 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2026-02-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146176417","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Rise of New Personal Parties in Latin America","authors":"Gerardo Scherlis","doi":"10.1111/blar.70072","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/blar.70072","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This article contributes to the understanding of contemporary party politics in Latin America by measuring and analysing the electoral victories of new parties since the third wave of democratisation. Drawing on an original dataset of democratic presidential elections from 1980 to 2024, the study reveals that, beginning in 2015, there has been an unprecedented surge in presidential elections won by newly created parties. The article advances a twofold explanation for this phenomenon: the decline of the remaining traditional parties and the unsustainable nature of the new parties that have secured electoral victories in recent years. Together, these processes have generated a cumulative dynamic through which personal short-lived parties increasingly come to dominate Latin American elections.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":9338,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of Latin American Research","volume":"45 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2026-02-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146176301","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"‘Our Government Is Bureaucratic but More Legitimate’ an Exploration Into the Complexities of Institutional Hybridity in Charagua-Bolivia","authors":"Jimena Avejera Udaeta","doi":"10.1111/blar.70071","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/blar.70071","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Institutions are the formal and informal rules that govern social, political, and economic life. In post-colonial contexts, indigenous/local institutions coexist and evolve alongside liberal-imported ones, sometimes gaining formal recognition and leading to institutional hybridity. This article aims to examine how liberal and hybrid formal institutions differ in their rules for leadership selection and decision-making, and to explore the practical implications of hybridity in terms of bureaucracy and legitimacy. The research reveals that hybrids are intricate systems that accommodate dual normative frameworks, adding procedural layers, timelines, and administrative requirements. Yet, while being more complex and bureaucratic, they are also more legitimate.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":9338,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of Latin American Research","volume":"45 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2026-02-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146176300","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Neither Cuñado nor Cuñadazgo: A Guaraní History of Spanish Colonisation","authors":"Guillaume Candela","doi":"10.1111/blar.70068","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/blar.70068","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This article examines the complex relationships between Spaniards and Guaraní peoples in the Río de la Plata province during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. It challenges prevailing historiographical narratives regarding a purportedly “harmonious miscegenation” and questions the characterisation of Spanish colonisation in Paraguay as founded upon kinship relations between Spaniards and Guaraní. Through rigorous archival analysis, the study demonstrates that colonial documentation reveals profoundly asymmetric power relations regulated through slavery, servitude, and sexual violence. The research critically evaluates the deployment of the Spanish term “brother-in-law” (<i>cuñado</i>) in translating Guaraní concepts, determining that this terminology indicated colonial domination rather than genuine kinship bonds. The analysis recovers Indigenous voices expressing resistance to Spanish control whilst genealogical reconstruction of a Guaraní family illuminates the devastating effects of colonisation. This article proposes new methodological approaches for understanding the contributions of Indigenous history and colonial practices affecting Indigenous peoples.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":9338,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of Latin American Research","volume":"45 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2026-01-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146002028","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Is Latin America a Region for Green Parties? Factors Behind Their Presence and Performance","authors":"Nevio Moreschi, Leticia M. Ruiz Rodríguez","doi":"10.1111/blar.70067","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/blar.70067","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This research addresses the imbalance between the predominantly European-focused literature on Green Parties and the limited scholarly attention devoted to Latin America. It does so by mapping the current landscape of the Green party family in the region and the applicability of established theoretical frameworks. The study identifies the key factors influencing votes for Green Parties through Logistic Models on a dataset of 150 competitive elections across 15 Latin American countries (1985–2024). The findings reveal that the determinants of Green Party success in Latin America largely parallel those observed in Western contexts, with socioeconomic factors being associated with Green Parties' presence and decentralisation with electoral performances.</p>","PeriodicalId":9338,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of Latin American Research","volume":"45 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2026-01-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/blar.70067","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145983654","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Digital Rhetoric and Identity Politics in Associations of Returning Migrants to Mexico","authors":"Rubria Rocha de Luna","doi":"10.1111/blar.70066","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/blar.70066","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This article examines how Mexican deportees and returnees construct collective identity through digital platforms. Analysing Facebook pages of groups such as <i>Otros Dreams en Acción</i> and <i>Dream in Mexico</i>, it explores the strategic use of terms like ‘dreamers’, <i>deportados</i> and <i>retornados</i> to resist stigma and reshape public discourse. Employing rhetorical theory, particularly ideographs and counter-ideographs, the study demonstrates how digital rhetoric facilitates digital identity politics and activism. A text-mining analysis reveals evolving terminology and highlights how these online communities challenge dominant narratives, advocate for recognition and influence public policy in both the United States and Mexico.</p>","PeriodicalId":9338,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of Latin American Research","volume":"45 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145904660","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"What Should a Peasant Do With Their Palm Fruit? A Moral Economy of Peasant Oil Palm Contract Farming in Colombia","authors":"Joseph Martinez Salinas","doi":"10.1111/blar.70065","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/blar.70065","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Studies about oil palm production in Latin America have highlighted its negative impacts on peasant communities and the resistance these communities have offered. This article suggests that peasant identities also make part of the moral economies of extractivism. I analyze the conflict derived from peasant producers' side-selling engagement in an oil palm contract scheme in Colombia, where peasants' resistance and the company's efforts to encourage compliance with the contract terms deploy competing interpretations of historically formed black peasant identities and obligations. This demonstrates that peasant identities configure a contested field that both sustains extractivist economies and enables communities to oppose them.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":9338,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of Latin American Research","volume":"45 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2025-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145845793","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}