North American Congress on Latin America

The North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA) is an independent non-profit organization founded in 1966. NACLA provides policy makers, analysts, academics, organizers, journalists and religious and community groups with information on major trends in Latin America and its relations with the United States. The core of NACLA's work is its bimonthly magazine Nacla Report on the Americas, the most widely read English language publication on Latin America.

Primary web addresses

http://www.nacla.org

teo@nacla.org

Main Address

38 Greene St. 4th Floor
New York, NY 10013

Country

United States

Main Telephone

646-613-1440 ex.201

Joined OneWorld

04/08/2003

Features

From Sweatshop to Co-Op

04/21/2008 In 2006 a group of Bolivians who had escaped slave labor in the Argentine fashion industry founded their own clothing co-operative.

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Related: [Argentina] [Bolivia]

Image: A worker in the Alameda Workers Co-Op. © North American Congress on Latin America

Perspectives Magazine: Fair Trade

U.S. Guns 'Threaten' Mexico's National Security

03/25/2008 Despite the government's military measures, Mexican drug violence is gaining force -- much thanks to the cartels' 'imported' North American firepower, which now rivals even that of the regular Mexican army, writes Bill Weinberg.

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Related: [United States] [Mexico]

Country Guide: Mexico

Reviving the School of the Americas?

03/21/2008 A new U.S.-run police-training school in El Salvador's capital is drawing comparisons to the notorious military schools that trained some of Latin America's worst human rights offenders, writes Wes Enzinna.

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Related: [El Salvador] [United States]

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