Juan Orlando Hernández’s escape from legal accountability at home and abroad point to the larger challenges of democracy building under the shadow of US power.
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Now as then, the US supported forces that wanted to change the political situation in Venezuela.
The interwar years in Latin America saw a remarkable flourishing of left-wing political thought aiming to challenge US dominance. That could offer lessons for today.
Life on Earth, according to ‘The Dinosaurs,’ is a story of conquest. And that is a cultural story as much as a scientific one.
Historian Julia Gaffield discusses her recent biography on Haiti’s first leader, whose life she argues was unfairly tarnished by biased verdicts of history.
A series of lectures on decolonisation sheds new light on contemporary conflicts.
This exhibition shows off the glitz and glamour of the period while presenting a subtler message about the role of royalty in the age of imperialism.
Confrontation with the rest of the world, enemies and allies alike, is at the heart of Donald Trump’s politics. His tariffs must be understood in this way.
The US has largely managed its empire in a more ‘gentlemanly manner’ than many historical empires, says a US foreign policy expert. Trump is turning back the clock.
Granting tech leaders direct control over government functions fundamentally alters the relationship between private power and public governance.
While Western Australia’s secession movement foundered, it sparked a series of debates around London’s obligations to overseas Britons, Britannic identity, and the future of imperial relations.
Thanks to detailed menu records from Kew Palace kitchens, we have a fascinating picture of the Christmas foods that were popular in the royal palaces.
Nights out dancing! How African and Caribbean music and dance have shaped British culture.
Activists view their moral case for the return of the diamonds as unanswerable, but it runs up against many complications.
Chinese balloons must be assessed within the context of decades of mutual espionage and an awareness of the many storms in the U.S.-China relationship — and the history of empires.
Art stolen from African kingdoms is a knowledge system plundered by colonialists, who must take historical responsibility.
From the 18th century, historians taught us to understand the world as a story of linear progress. But this viewpoint made them architects of empire. History, writes Yves Rees, has blood on its hands.
The decolonisation process was to take place rapidly during the reign of Elizabeth II.
Putin is following a strategy used by other imperial countries, particularly 19th-century China and Japan.
There is a long history of recalculating historical prophecies and projections based on the theme of four kingdoms.
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