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Tag Archives: Latin America
Should Minimum Sentencing Laws Play a Role in the War on Drugs in Latin America?
In Peru, the minimum sentence for drug offenses went from two years in jail to 25. Continue reading »
Commentary / Environment / Food / Poverty / Technology
Is Haiti’s Plan to Plant 1.2 Million Trees in One Day Enough to Combat Severe Deforestation?
An estimated 30 to 40 million trees are chopped down each year for firewood and, at this point, somewhere between 90 to 98 percent of the country’s trees are gone. Continue reading »
Arts/Media / Commentary / Education / Housing / Law / Poverty / Youth
Turning Favelas from ‘City of God’ into ‘City of Humans’
As many as 100,000 drug dealers recently roamed the streets of Rio de Janeiro. Continue reading »
Arts/Media / Commentary / Housing / Law / Religion
What’s at Stake During the Hunger Strike in Guantanamo
It’s funny in a tragic way that a hunger strike was necessary to even regain attention. Continue reading »
Arts/Media / Law / Religion / Video / Youth
Meet the Angels of Juarez
In the three years that they’ve held the signs in public, there’s been 1,000 percent decrease in the murders. Continue reading »
Commentary / Education / Immigration / Law / Technology / Youth
Are These Elementary School Students More Powerful than an Expired Visa?
The case highlights what happens when people with power make an unassailable distinction between people and policy. Continue reading »
Arts/Media / Commentary / Health / Housing / Poverty / Technology
‘Ridiculously Photogenic Homeless Guy’ Shows Where Our Sympathies Lie
A 31-year-old panhandler in Brazil, Nunes received a burst of Internet fame when a tourist snapped a picture of him and dubbed him the “Ridiculously Photogenic Homeless Guy”. Continue reading »
Analysis / Arts/Media / Poverty / Race
Wrong Look, No Money, No Service
While the Mexican media largely ignores the existence of anyone who isn’t Spanish-looking, it seems that there are more insidious ways to avoid most of society as well. Continue reading »
Analysis / Education / Environment / Immigration / Law / Race
The Double-Edged Sword of Being a Black Immigrant in the United States
Haitians can’t be exotic. Haitians are Black. Continue reading »
Commentary / Immigration / Law
Why Don’t Mexicans Want to Become American Citizens?
While 68 percent of legal immigrants became naturalized citizens, that number dropped to 36 percent for Mexicans.
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