Haitians At Sea: Asylum Denied
On November 20, at the first of several congressional hearings on U.S. policy toward Haitian refugees, Rep. Charles B. Rangel ...
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 ...
One in Every 40 Colombians, a Refugee
The local priest was first to challenge the dark- ness in Guintar by stringing Christmas lights from the church steeple ...
Barrio Nelson Mandela
The sky above the Barrio Nelson Mandela on a recent afternoon is a whirl of blue and black dots: blue ...
The Rondas: Community-based resistance or an arm of the military?
Some proponents of refugee resettlement argue that peasant defense patrols-rondas campesinas-are the answer to the security concerns of returning ...
The Brasiguayos: People in Search of a Country
A few miles outside Amambai, near the Brazilian border with Paraguay, hundreds of people remain camped at the side of ...
CRACKDOWN ON SANCTUARY The Underground Railroad Surfaces
Editorial note: Since this article was written, Stacy Merkt was convicted on all three felony counts. Sentencing is scheduled for ...
An Exile’s Return
In a certain way, those who died won this war, while those who survived still seem to be living a ...