Hemispheric relations, Hispanic heritage, and the geopolitics of the Americas. We investigate USMCA renegotiations, nearshoring, Pan-American diplomacy, bilingual governance, Spanish colonial law, Latin American urbanism, and U.S. double standards. Half of America lives in former Mexican territory—this geography shapes everything.
22 articles
Madrid After Miami: How Spain Can Become the Hemisphere''s Other Capital
For a generation, Miami has styled itself the 'capital of Latin America'—a boast stitched from air routes, private-banking ledgers, and the glow of Spanish-language studios on the Palmetto. The proposition of this essay is not to deny that reality but to widen the map: Spain can shoulder a.
The Accidental Foundry: How Napoleon Broke Spanish America and Forged Latin America
Napoleon did not set out to invent Latin America. He wanted Europe, and the way to Europe ran through Madrid. Yet in toppling the Spanish monarchy, seizing Louisiana and flipping it to the United States, wrecking Spain's fleet, and turning sovereignty into a traveling mask with no face behind it,.