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Sep 4, 2008
Immigration Reform Bill
In: Latin Am/Caribbean Affairs (general)
By: Anne Wakefield
Last evening, the US senate decided the fate of approximately 12 million people who probably spent another sleepless night wondering: will I be next? Will it be my workp more...
Aug 9, 2008
Indigenous People and Conservation in Bolivia
By: Colin Forsyth
In tropical Bolivia, indigenous people are taking charge of wildlife conservation and scoring key victories. more...
Aug 6, 2008
Neonatal Tetanus in Rural Bolivia
A lack of medical infrastructure is the key problem, but nonindigenous doctors often fail to associate with the cultural symbols and worldviews of patients. more...
Aug 4, 2008
The Crisis in Healthcare in Rural Bolivia
The number of people who die from treatable diseases reaches tens of thousands per year as Western medicine fails to benefit rural populations. more...
May 25, 2008
Fidel Castro's Bay of Pigs Victory
In: Cuba
By: Timothy Woods
Now that he has handed over the reins of power to his brother, Raul, this article looks back on Fidel Castro's defeat of the CIA-orchestrated Bay of Pigs invasion. more...
Dec 22, 2007
Mint to Give Puerto Rico a Quarter
In: Puerto Rico
By: Clarisel Gonzalez
Puerto Rico will soon get its own peseta or quarter, now that Congress has approved a bill extending the U.S. Mint's popular state quarter program. more...
Jun 18, 2007
Freedom In A Democracy
By: William De Salazar
Unlike the freedoms guaranteed to us in the U.S., in Cuba residents there live in fear of being put in jail for saying or doing anything that disagrees with Castro's govt more...
Mar 25, 2007
Zapatistas March to San Cristóbal
In: Mexico
By: Timothy Dzurilla
The Zapatista army (EZLN) is marching to San Cristobal de las Casas today to announce the next phase of their campaign against the Mexican government. more...
Mar 21, 2007
Hugo Chavez, Venezuela's President
By: Henry Berry
Having survived jail and a coup, Venezuela President Hugo Chavez's position for promoting changes throughout Latin America is solid more...
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