Category: Dispatches
January 12, 2015 > Laura C. Mallonee
Rudy Giuliani Will Advise El Salvador on Security, Justice Reform
On Dec. 2, El Salvador’s business community announced it had hired former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani to advise the Salvadoran government on how to curb soaring crime driven […] Read More >
December 18, 2014 > Christopher Looft
Cuba ‘Not Open for Business’ Just Yet
The United States and Cuba may be normalizing relations, but don’t expect a major trade boom for now. While the changes announced by President Obama will widen the types of […] Read More >
December 16, 2014 > Nicki Fleischner
Alternatives to Detention Leave Some Honduran Immigrants in “Shackles”
NEW YORK — On an average weekday Eva, a 39-year-old woman from Honduras, never leaves a 15-block radius in the Bronx. From bringing her two children to school, to taking […] Read More >
October 28, 2014 > Camila Osorio
Activists and Journalists Struggle to Make Colombia’s War Visible in the U.S.
NEW YORK CITY — Diana Gómez and Shaira Rivera, two young women from Colombia, visited several U.S. universities this month to raise awareness about Colombia’s current peace negotiations to end […] Read More >
October 13, 2014 > Christopher Looft
Bolivians in New York Cast Votes for President, Favoring Opposition
NEW YORK – When Bolivians in New York City cast their votes in a presidential election Sunday, most of them went against the trend that swept President Evo Morales into […] Read More >
October 8, 2014 > Nicki Fleischner
A Day on a New York City “Rocket Docket”
The minors and their guardians sit in the fluorescent-lit room and stare at the sketch on the whiteboard. The image represents a map of Mexico and the U.S. separated by […] Read More >
December 4, 2012 > Carolina Ramirez
Mexico Protests: Rumors Of Deaths During Anti-Peña Nieto Demonstrations Stir Social Media
NEW YORK — Social media buzzed this weekend with unconfirmed rumors that several protesters had died in confrontations with police during the inauguration of Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto. Thousands […] Read More >
October 10, 2012 > Carolina Ramirez
Caravan For Peace ‘Plants Seeds’ In New York City
NEW YORK – On the night of Sept. 6, a procession of a few hundred people crossed Harlem from east to west before gathering in front of Santa Celicia Parish in the […] Read More >
July 10, 2012 > Mariana Bueno
Uruguay’s Marijuana Bill Provokes Mixed Reactions
MONTEVIDEO — Uruguayan President José Mujica’s controversial marijuana regulation bill could soon be approved by Congress, making Uruguay the first country in the world to directly produce, sell, and control […] Read More >
June 22, 2012 > Marisa Raditsch
Mexico: “Yo Soy 132” Movement Seeks To Influence Presidential Elections
MEXICO CITY — On his May 11 visit to the Ibero-American University in Mexico City, Mexican presidential hopeful Enrique Peña Nieto was received by a crowd of students holding signs […] Read More >