Apartheid Dominican Style

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 ...
In Search of the Chilean Paradise: Peruvians in Chile Forge a Community

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 ...
A Hard Road for Argentina's Bolivians

A Hard Road for Argentina’s Bolivians

As the sun rises in a working class neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Bolivian immigrants wait on a street corner for ...
Dominican Republic Spurns Haitian Migrants: Rejection of African Heritage Fuels Anti-Haitian Views

Dominican Republic Spurns Haitian Migrants: Rejection of African Heritage Fuels Anti-Haitian Views

Haiti and the Dominican Republic share a single Caribbean island, Hispaniola, but Haitians living in the Dominican Republic—who number at ...
Travelling North: A Chronicle of an Undocumented Journey

Travelling North: A Chronicle of an Undocumented Journey

In April 1994 I came to the United States from El Salvador. I came with three other young women and ...
Latinos and the “Other Race” Option: Transforming U.S. Concepts of Race. Featuring "Stories of Self-Definition" by Clara E. Rodr

Latinos and the “Other Race” Option: Transforming U.S. Concepts of Race. Featuring “Stories of Self-...

Lurking in the shadows of the news media’s early coverage of the 2000 census numbers was a challenge to the ...
Mexicanness" in New York: Migrants Seek New Place in Old Racial Order

Mexicanness” in New York: Migrants Seek New Place in Old Racial Order

Over the past decade, one of the more dramatic population developments in the United States has been the burgeoning of ...
The U.S. Economic Agenda: A Sweatshop Model of Development

The U.S. Economic Agenda: A Sweatshop Model of Development

Over the past decade, U.S.AID has worked hard to promote Haiti as a low-wage site for U.S. companies fleeing offshore ...