A Case for Guarded Optimism: HIV/AIDS in Latin America
In 2004 I interviewed Eva, a transgender former prostitute in Oaxaca, Mexico. She was an attractive 28-year-old with long brunette ...
To Live and Let Live in South Los Angeles
“Day to day, we all get along,” says South Los Angeles community leader Arturo Ybarra, unintentionally alluding to Rodney King’s ...
IMMIGRATION INS Ups the Ante
"The U.S.-Mexican border has be- come a hot spot for armed political unrest and violent drug trafficking. Because of the ...
Scenes from a Mexican Battlefield
The Catholic Church and conservative politicians have launched aggressive local and national campaigns for "family values" and sexual abstinence, and ...
In Search of the Chilean Paradise: Peruvians in Chile Forge a Community
“This area is full of Peruvians. They are everywhere, these dirty Indians that stand on the street all day. They ...
The Growing Force of Latino Labor
Thirty years ago Cesar Chavez and his United Farm Workers union (UFW) brought new life to an otherwise quiescent labor ...
Challenging the Sodomy Law in Puerto Rico
Activist groups have initiated an aggressive cam- paign to repeal Article 103 of the Penal Code, which defines sodomy as ...
Apartheid Dominican Style
Two international human rights bodies—the Inter-American Human Rights Commission and the Inter-American Human Rights Court—are examining charges that the Dominican ...
