Category: Dispatches
July 24, 2011 > Roque Planas
Immigration Reform Activists And ICE Reach Impasse Over Secure Communities
NEW YORK – When the governors of Illinois, New York and Massachusetts announced in quick succession that they would pull away from Secure Communities, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director […] Read More >
July 18, 2011 > Juan Victor Fajardo
Venezuelan Funds Dry Up For Hugo Chávez Supporters In New York
NEW YORK— The South Bronx’s unlikely romance with Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez had a memorable foundational moment. It was in 2005, when Chávez traveled to New York to speak at […] Read More >
July 14, 2011 > James Rodriguez
Guatemala Commemorates Murdered Folk Singer Facundo Cabral
GUATEMALA CITY — People from all sectors of society gathered on the streets of Guatemala City to show their outrage at the murder of Argentine folksinger Facundo Cabral, which took […] Read More >
July 8, 2011 > Andrew OReilly
Cable Reveals Corruption & Mistreatment Of Cuban Doctors Working In Venezuela
Cuban doctors working in poor regions of Venezuela face miserable working conditions, inadequate medical supplies and the fear of constantly being monitored by co-workers, according to a leaked U.S. diplomatic […] Read More >
July 5, 2011 > Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera’s Fault Lines Explores Colombia’s Gold Rush
Gold fever is sweeping across South America. Nowhere is it more lethal than in Colombia, where the gold rush has become a new axle in Colombia’s civil war. Turf wars […] Read More >
July 1, 2011 > Andrew OReilly
Leaked Diplomatic Cable Reveals U.S. Panama Express Rendition Program; Hints At FARC In Panama City
A secret agreement between the governments of Panama and the United States allows alleged drug traffickers caught in international waters to be “unofficially” brought to Panama before being sent to […] Read More >
June 14, 2011 > Molly OToole
Will The United States Change Its Approach To The War On Drugs?
NEW YORK — At one end was the famed silver mane of British entrepreneur Richard Branson, across the table were dignitaries and public health experts from Western Europe, but it […] Read More >
June 9, 2011 > Staff
Text Of Alabama Immigration Law, HB 56
The Alabama state legislature passed a controversial new immigration bill on June 9 that requires public schools to check students’ immigration status, criminalizes giving an undocumented immigrant a ride, requires […] Read More >
June 8, 2011 > Mari Hayman
Immigrant Opportunities Initiative Threatened By New York City Budget Cuts
NEW YORK — City council members and leaders of New York City’s immigrant communities rallied Tuesday on the steps of City Hall to save the Immigrant Opportunities Initiative (IOI), an […] Read More >
June 7, 2011 > John Sevigny
My Last Night In Mexico: Photographer Flees Country After Violence Erupts In Saltillo
John Sevigny, a native of Miami, is a photographer and writer who lived in Mexico for 10 years. He left the country last week because of the rising violence in Saltillo, an episode he […] Read More >