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September 2026 Volume 53 Number 5Issue Editors: José A. Gutiérrez Danton and Sabine KurtenbachSummary:This issue critically reassesses Colombia’s 2016 peace agreement ten years after its signing, examining its achievements, limitations, and implications for sustainable peacebuilding. Drawing on historical analysis and research-based reflections, contributors explore challenges in implementing rural reform, transitional justice, political participation, and the reintegration of former combatants, alongside the persistence of armed violence, illicit economies, and territorial inequalities. Highlighting innovations in victim-centered justice, gender inclusion, and territorial approaches to peace, the issue considers how political resistance and unresolved structural inequalities have undermined the agreement’s transformative potential. It emphasizes the importance of sustained political commitment, institutional reform, and inclusive participation in addressing the underlying causes of conflict and advancing lasting peace.TABLE OF CONTENTS | PURCHASE THIS ISSUE

September 2026 Volume 53 Number 5Issue Editors: José A. Gutiérrez Danton and Sabine KurtenbachSummary:This issue critically reassesses Colombia’s 2016 peace agreement ten years after its signing, examining its achievements, limitations, and implications for sustainable peacebuilding. Drawing on historical analysis and research-based reflections, contributors explore challenges in implementing rural reform, transitional justice, political participation, and the reintegration of former combatants, alongside the persistence of armed violence, illicit economies, and territorial inequalities. Highlighting innovations in victim-centered justice, gender inclusion, and territorial approaches to peace, the issue considers how political resistance and unresolved structural inequalities have undermined the agreement’s transformative potential. It emphasizes the importance of sustained political commitment, institutional reform, and inclusive participation in addressing the underlying causes of conflict and advancing lasting peace.TABLE OF CONTENTS | PURCHASE THIS ISSUE

May 2026 Volume 53 Number 3Issue Editors: Kemy Oyarzún and Edgars Martínez NavarreteSummary:This issue of Latin American Perspectives, the first of a two-part series, examines Chile’s postdictatorship democracy and the persistence of neoliberal policies, focusing on the rise of social movements and the tensions between grassroots mobilization and institutional political change. Through analyses of student, labor, feminist, and Indigenous struggles, contributors explore growing inequality, precarious employment, social exclusion, and resistance to extractivism. Particular attention is given to the October 2019 uprising, the role of participatory democracy and cultural expression, and the subsequent constitutional reform processes. The issue critically examines how state institutions have contained and redirected popular demands for structural transformation, highlighting the challenges of achieving meaningful democratic change.TABLE OF CONTENTS | PURCHASE THIS ISSUE

July 2026 Volume 53 Number 4Issue Editors: Kemy Oyarzún and Edgars Martínez NavarreteSummary:This issue of Latin American Perspectives, the second of a two-part series, continues the examination of Chile’s neoliberal democracy and the tensions between social mobilization and institutional political change. Through analyses of Indigenous territorial rights, intercultural education, economic dependency, labor movements, and cultural politics, contributors explore how colonial and authoritarian legacies continue to shape the country’s political and social structures. Particular attention is given to the contested memory of the October 2019 uprising, the persistence of institutional barriers to democratic participation, and the historical relationship between religion and left-wing politics. The issue highlights how grassroots struggles continue to challenge entrenched hierarchies despite efforts to contain and institutionalize demands for structural transformation.TABLE OF CONTENTS | PURCHASE THIS ISSUE

March 2026 Volume 53 Number 2Issue Editor: Paulo G. SimõesSummary:This issue examines Brazil’s evolving position in the international order alongside the political, economic, and cultural transformations shaping the country. Contributors explore Brazil’s pursuit of diplomatic autonomy, its expanding relationship with China, and the challenges of navigating shifting global power relations. Domestically, the issue investigates the rise of right-wing authoritarianism, the influence of business elites, changes in social welfare policies, and resistance to neoliberal reforms. Through analyses of political discourse, popular culture, and local power structures, the issue highlights the tensions between democratic institutions, economic inequality, and competing visions of Brazil’s national and international future.TABLE OF CONTENTS | PURCHASE THIS ISSUE

January 2026 Volume 53 Number 1Issue Editors: Mayarí Castillo and Katy JenkinsSummary:This issue examines the intersections of gender, political ecology, and environmental conflicts in Latin America, emphasizing women’s experiences and leadership in confronting extractivism and climate change. Through case studies from Chile, Colombia, Bolivia, and Peru, contributors explore the unequal impacts of environmental degradation on women, their roles in sustaining communities through care and traditional knowledge, and their participation in territorial defense and socioenvironmental movements. Drawing on feminist political ecology and decolonial perspectives, the issue highlights the struggles of Indigenous, Afro-descendant, and campesina women while advancing more inclusive approaches to environmental justice, resilience, and ecological sustainability.TABLE OF CONTENTS | PURCHASE THIS ISSUE PodCast

(1928–2018)November 2025 Volume 52 Number 6Issue Editor: Richard L. HarrisSummary:This issue explores the concepts of coloniality and decoloniality, commemorating the intellectual legacy of Peruvian sociologist Aníbal Quijano and his contributions to critical theory. Drawing on decolonial scholarship and praxis, the issue examines how enduring colonial structures continue to shape global capitalism, racial and gender hierarchies, knowledge production, and social relations. Emphasizing resistance to Western hegemony, contributors address decolonial feminism, Indigenous movements, epistemic justice, education, and alternative ways of knowing and being, highlighting the importance of international collaboration and transformative practices in challenging colonial power and envisioning more equitable futures. [popupurl="https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/lapa/52/6?etoc" height="650" width="800" scrollbars="1"]TABLE OF CONTENTS | PURCHASE THIS ISSUE[/popup]