Latinos and U.S. Foreign Policy: A Lesson for the Future

Latinos and U.S. Foreign Policy: A Lesson for the Future

During El Salvador’s 2003–04 presidential campaign season, ads appeared on Salvadoran televisions featuring U.S. Republican congressional representatives Tom Tancredo (Colo.), ...
Check Both! Afro-Latin@s and the Census

Check Both! Afro-Latin@s and the Census

Earlier in 2010 a series of public service announcements circulated on the Internet in anticipation of the U.S. Census. The ...
Cuba’s Crossroads

Cuba’s Crossroads

On September 13, the Cuban government made a stunning announcement: Within the next six months, state payrolls will shed half ...
Hank Frundt, ¡Presente!

Hank Frundt, ¡Presente!

Henry J. Frundt, 70, died of cancer September 16 at his home in Montclair, New Jersey. Hank had been a ...
Ecuador Crisis, Media Bias

Ecuador Crisis, Media Bias

On September 30, CNN’s correspondent in Ecuador, Rodolfo Muñoz, resigned after 14 years on the job. That day Muñoz had ...
A Signal-Flare Strategy of Transnational Activism

A Signal-Flare Strategy of Transnational Activism

The atrocities committed by the U.S.-supported military dictatorship of El Salvador during the country’s civil war (1979–92) triggered the creation ...
South of the Ballot Box

South of the Ballot Box

Beyond Elections: Redefining Democracy in the Americas (DVD, 2008), a documentary film directed, filmed, and produced by Silvia Leindecker and ...
Border Deaths and Federal Immigration Enforcement

Border Deaths and Federal Immigration Enforcement

Dying to Live: A Story of U.S. Immigration in an Age of Global Apartheid by Joseph Nevins and Mizue Aizeki, ...