Category: Dispatches
October 12, 2010 > Raisa Camargo
Criminal Deportations Reach Record High; Deportations Up 70 Percent Since Obama Took Office
WASHINGTON — Criminal deportations have reached a record high in U.S. history, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said last Wednesday. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE) deported 392,862 […] Read More >
October 5, 2010 > James Rodriguez
Goldcorp’s Peñasquito Mine Sparks Controversy In Mazapil, Mexico
MAZAPIL, Mexico — Five years ago, a new neighbor arrived in Mazapil, promising employment, medical services and development for local peasant communities in Cedros, Las Palmas and Vergel, among others. […] Read More >
October 1, 2010 > Alison Bowen
Deported Student Saad Nabeel Fights For Family’s Return From Bangladesh
NEW YORK — Saad Nabeel was 18 when he was handcuffed next to his mother and escorted to a separate detention center. This move – separating mother from minor – […] Read More >
September 30, 2010 > Raisa Camargo
Cuba Travel Legislation Vote Postponed; Not Likely To Be Taken Up Until After Midterm Elections
WASHINGTON — Legislation easing the trade embargo against Cuba was postponed by the House Foreign Affairs Committee today, with some speculating that the vote will resurface after the midterm elections. […] Read More >
September 29, 2010 > Juan Victor Fajardo
Marches And Protests In Hugo Chávez’s Venezuela: “Towards The Conquest Of Public Space” (Photo Essay)
CARACAS — It has been almost twelve years since Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías assumed the presidency in Venezuela. Twelve years of speeches, protests, conflict and change. “The People” of Venezuela […] Read More >
September 28, 2010 > David Mauro
Chile’s New Government Initiative Hopes To Attract Foreign Entrepreneurs
SANTIAGO — Chile’s Minister of Economy Juan Andres Fontaine touched down in the United States earlier this month on a mission of great national importance. Fontaine’s itinerary, however, did not […] Read More >
September 27, 2010 > Hugo Passarello Luna
The Legacy of Brazil’s Lula da Silva; A News Analysis
BUENOS AIRES — He couldn’t do it in 1989, in 1994, or in 1998. But on Oct. 27, 2002, the man who everyone in Brazil knew by the nickname “Lula” […] Read More >
September 24, 2010 > Alison Bowen
Low-Wage Immigrant Workers Face Special Challenges & Risks
NEW YORK — New York City’s low-wage workers need more protection, advocates said this week. At a Manhattan conference Tuesday, sponsored by the city’s Office of Immigrant Affairs and grassroots […] Read More >
September 23, 2010 > Roque Planas
Chilean President Piñera Lays Out Plan To Defeat Underdevelopment
NEW YORK — Chilean President Sebastián Piñera laid out an ambitious economic program to bring his country into the ranks of developed nations in a speech on Wednesday. Piñera’s plan, […] Read More >
September 22, 2010 > Raisa Camargo
DREAM Act Stalled In Senate; Republicans Unanimously Vote Against Amendment Wedged Into Defense Bill
WASHINGTON — An amendment to provide undocumented youth a chance to attain legal residency, inserted into a $726 billion military defense bill, deadlocked today. The DREAM Act amendment, introduced by […] Read More >