Democrats to Immigrants: “Get Right with the Law”
By Tom Barry
The Democrats are uniting behind new messaging on immigration reform. Having acknowledged that the immigration restrictionists are dominating the immigration debate, the Democratic Party and its allies are desperately seeking to reframe the immigration crisis. Their new language about immigration policy—"nation of laws," "rule of law," and "required legal status"—is popping up everywhere, from the [...]
Read more →Republicans Echo Immigration Restrictionists
By Tom Barry
The draft Republican Party platform is a restrictionist dream come true. Rather than following the less severe lead of its presidential candidate, the party platform committee took its ideological lead from the party’s social conservatives and nationalist right. Four years ago, immigration was one of the shortest sections of the platform. In a sign of [...]
Read more →Enviro Journalists, Tourism in Mexico, Obama in Latin America, Mexico vs. China, Argentina’s politics
By CIP Americas
Note to our readers: Look for our latest convention coverage on the blog at www.americasmexico.blogspot.com and be sure to send me your questions or comments at lcarlsen(at)ciponline.org. Laura Carlsen New from the Americas Policy Program Mexican Environmental Journalists Improve Coverage By Talli Nauman The Americas Policy Program is pleased to announce the launch of a [...]
Read more →Taking Away the Ladder: China and the Competitiveness of Mexican Exports
Cambridge University economist Ha Joon Chang has pointed out that developed countries are "kicking away the ladder" of development policies traditionally used by developed and developing countries alike to raise the standards of living of their people. According to Chang, rich countries do this by forcing poorer countries to sign on to constraining trade treaties [...]
Read more →Obama, Latin America, and FDR
By Tom Barry
To frame his proposed Latin America policy, Barack Obama is using the "Four Freedoms" vision of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, which Obama referred to in his "Renewing U.S. Leadership in the Americas" speech to the Cuban American National Foundation in Miami on May 23, 2008. As World War II overtook Europe and was about to engulf [...]
Read more →“Acapulco-ization”: The Final Stage of Tourism?
Acapulco’s old Costera tourist drag projects a surprising new vibrancy. Glitzy bars and restaurants, gaming establishments, and retail outlets splash an upscale coating on an otherwise gritty resort that hovered on the abyss of oblivion not long ago. But the slick veneer masks a deeper problem afflicting not only Acapulco but other Mexican tourist destinations: [...]
Read more →A Partial Debate On a Partial Plan
Argentina finds itself embroiled in a deep political crisis, a contrast to the best economic situation it has been in for several decades. Involved in a dispute around deductions, Argentina has faced a broad opposition: from factions on the far left to sectors most associated with the repression of the dictatorship that have joined forces [...]
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