Chávez Pushes the Limits: Radicalization and Discontent in Venezuela
On January 13, several spontaneous protests broke out in Caracas in response to the Hugo Chávez government’s decision to apply ...
Unfinished Business, a Proverb, and an Uprooting
On July 8, 2009, Haitian journalist Joseph Guyler Delva published a short Reuters article titled “Bill Clinton Surprised by Discord ...
Arizona, the Anti-Immigrant Laboratory
Sixty-three men and women stood before a federal judge in Tucson. Their wrists and ankles shackled, most had difficulty walking ...
Why Representations of Haiti Matter Now More Than Ever
Soon after the earthquake, mainstream news coverage of the disaster reproduced long-standing narratives and stereotypes about Haitians. Indeed, the representations ...
Disaster Capitalism to the Rescue: The International Community and Haiti After the Earthquake
Testifying before the United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee on March 10, former president Bill Clinton, who is now serving ...
Fault Lines: Perspectives on Haiti’s Earthquake
The earthquake that struck Haiti on January 12, 2010, will forever be remembered as one of the world’s deadliest disasters ...
Latin America Finds a Voice on Climate Change: With What Impact?
The people of the planet, in fits and starts, are debating how to address a crisis that will come to ...
Mexico’s Economic Collapse
The year 2009 was arguably the worst year of economic downturn in Mexico since the onset of the Great Depression ...
