Author: Mateo Jarquín

A Review of The Years of Blood: Stories of a a Reporting Life in Latin America

A Review of The Years of Blood: Stories of a a Reporting Life in Latin America

Aug 30, 2025 | ,

Her new book, The Years of Blood, offers, as its subtitle suggests, “stories from a reporting life in Latin America.” A widely decorated journalist, Guillermoprieto has written, in fact, several lives’ worth of reportage on the region. While she began chronicling Latin America in 1978, this volume collects essays published in the 21st century—most after 2010.

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A Review of The Weak and the Powerful: Omar Torrijos, Panama, and the Non-Aligned World

A Review of The Weak and the Powerful: Omar Torrijos, Panama, and the Non-Aligned World

Aug 7, 2024 | ,

Omar Torrijos, military dictator of Panama, may be one of the most understudied leaders in modern Latin American history. After seizing power in 1968, he reshaped the country’s destiny, most notably by negotiating the transfer of the Panama Canal from U.S. to Panamanian control in 1977. Up until his sudden death in 1981, he also played an outsized role in inter-American affairs.

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