West Papua’s Forever War
Prabowo Subianto first made his name as an Indonesian military leader trying to crush East Timor’s push for independence. Today he is president — and his government is fighting another colonial war in West Papua.
7 Articles by: Klas Lundström
Klas Lundström is an investigative reporter and writer based in Stockholm.
Fifty Years Ago, Angola Looked Forward to a False Dawn
January 15 marks 50 years since the Alvor Agreement promised Angola’s independence from Portugal. Yet the new state was doomed to be a Cold War battleground, with Washington planners seeking to avenge their defeat in Vietnam.
How Honduras’s Narco-State Leaders Fell Out With Washington
Honduras’s former president Juan Orlando Hernández has been jailed in the US for drug trafficking. But the narco-state he ran was a product of US foreign policy and of the US-backed coup against Manuel Zelaya’s left-wing government.
Chiquita Must Pay for Its Crimes in Latin America
It’s been 70 years since the CIA-backed coup in Guatemala ousted President Jacobo Árbenz. He was punished for standing up to Chiquita — but today, the firm might finally be held to account for its ties to a far-right paramilitary group in Colombia.
Paraguay’s “Boss,” Horacio Cartes, Stirs Up a Dictator’s Ghost
More than three decades since dictator Alfredo Stroessner was forced from office, his Partido Colorado still runs Paraguay. Its leader Horacio Cartes fuses mafia and political power — and is stepping up his authoritarian control.
Some Portuguese Still Haven’t Accepted the Revolution
Fifty years since Portugal’s democratic revolution, the far-right Chega party is on the rise. It’s exploiting disaffection with mainstream parties — but also nostalgia for the days when dictator António de Oliveira Salazar ruled a Portuguese empire.
Argentina’s World Cup 1978: When FIFA Backed a Junta
In 1978, an Argentine military junta that murdered tens of thousands hosted the World Cup and got a chance to refurbish their image. We talk to a prisoner who watched the game with her torturers — a World Cup seen from hell.