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Under Tents: Taking Action for Haiti’s Homeless

1099 "Photo Credit: Bri Kouri Nouvel Gaye"On July 2, Haitian grassroots organizations and their international allies launched a housing rights campaign called ‘Under Tents’ in response to the failure the Haitia



Behind the Numbers: Haiti’s Homeless Population Drops?

It’s one thing to be proud of an accomplishment, such as reducing the amount of homelessness by constructing homes—but it is irresponsible and criminal to attack, forcefully evict, and destroy thou




Undeserved Confidence: A Broken System of Aid in Haiti – Part 2

1064 "Photo Credit: develophaiti.wordpress.com"Talking about the structural ineffectiveness of charities and NGO’s is difficult because criticism of charity creates the problematic misconception that an individual i




Undeserved Confidence: A Broken System of Aid in Haiti – Part 1

1056 "Photo Credit: Foodfuel.blogspot.com"It has been two and a half years since a catastrophic earthquake struck Haiti in January 2010, and the failed reconstruction of the country has led many good-intentione




Typical: The Economist Fails Caribbean History

1033 "Flag of the West Indian Federation"This August will mark the 50th anniversary of independence of Jamaica and Trinidad, but will also signal the 50th anniversary of the demise of the



Going for Broke: The Corporate Players Behind the Demise of the Caribbean Banana Trade (Part 2)

The more a corporation can drive down the cost of their products and/or services, the larger the profit. This is a fundamental rule which is especially apparent in the banana industry.









A Colonial WikiLeaks? The Migrated Archives and the Caribbean Pt.3

928 "Photo Credit - Africawithin.com"As mentioned in prior articles, April 18th marked the public release of the first batch of the secret colonial documents known as the "migrated archives." Robert Hill, P



Nazih Richani
April 03, 2013
  On March 19, General John Kelly made a statement before the Senate Armed Services Committee in which he outlined the posture of the US military toward Latin America. General Kelly is the Commander of the U.S. Marine Corps' U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) that seeks to coordinate U.S....
Jeremy Slack and Daniel Eduardo Martínez
April 03, 2013
  Javier, 30, is from Estado de Mexico. After his most recent apprehension while trying to enter the United States extralegally, he was sent to Operation Streamline, a mass trial program that criminally prosecutes migrants arrested by the Border Patrol. The judge ordered that Javier be...
Emily Achtenberg
April 01, 2013
  Land reform in Bolivia, and the promise of land redistribution from wealthy latifundistas and agrobusiness elites to poor farmers and indigenous communities, has been a hallmark of President Evo Morales’s administration. Recent data from the National Agrarian Reform Institute (INRA) provide...
Kevin Edmonds
March 28, 2013
  In the most recent Canadian budget, it was announced that the Canadian International Development Agency was being “modernized.” Going forward, CIDA will no longer function as a separate governmental agency, but instead it will be folded into the Department of Foreign Affairs and...
César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández
March 27, 2013
  Last month’s sequester-related release of immigrants from immigration detention centers brought praise from immigrants' rights advocates and impassioned criticism from conservative politicians. House Speaker John Boehner decried the decision to “let criminals go free,” and chairman of the...
Nazih Richani
March 27, 2013
  The three thousand peasants that participated in the third encounter of the National Association of Peasant Reserve Zones, which took place in San Vicente del Caguán in the department of Caquetá last Friday, were an important impetus to the FARC’s proposal of expanding these reserved zones...
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