Standing up to NAFTA, Cuba, Climate Change in Latin America, The War on Immigrants
By CIP Americas
Standing Up to NAFTABy Laura Carlsen As the final phase of implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) approaches in January, the debate remains disappointingly stuck in ideologically defined terms. Proponents of the free trade model point, not surprisingly, to increased trade as proof of its success. Opponents cite negative impacts from the [...]
Read more →Climate Change Cause and Effect, An Americas Perspective
By phillips
"We, the human race, have substantially altered the earth’s atmosphere. In 2005, the concentration of carbon dioxide exceeded the natural range that has existed over 650,000 years. Eleven of the warmest years since instrumental records have been kept occurred during the last 12 years. Therefore climate change is accelerating." Mr. Rajendra Pachauri, chairman of the [...]
Read more →Cuba Changes, U.S. Policy Stagnates
By smith
Change and continuity are the two words that best describe Cuba and its relations with the United States. After nearly 50 years of the predictable leadership of Fidel Castro, presidential power has transferred to his brother Raul. But this is not the topic of discussion; rather it is the official recognition of longstanding problems, the [...]
Read more →Mexico’s Street Brigade: Sex, Revolution, and Social Change
By Raúl Zibechi
The alliance between Zapatistas, sex workers, and transvestites shows the power of social change in a key cultural way—when it’s anchored to daily life. In Mexico, one of the strongest and most overbearing enclaves of patriarchy and machismo, Subcomandante Marcos has opened the doors to debate about discrimination in a controversial area. What purpose is [...]
Read more →Salsipuedes: Challenges for Ecotourism in Mexico’s Baja California
By torres
In the construction of a framework for forging a socially acceptable and politically viable style of growth that respects natural resources and guarantees their rational use and their preservation for future generations, innumerable forces converge. Sometimes these forces are at odds with each other. They come from the federal, state, and municipal governments, from national [...]
Read more →Support Americas, NAFTA, Uribe’s Impatience, Wall St. & Immigration, Argentina’s Elected Family, Indian Borderlands, Brazilians Want Mine Back
By CIP Americas
Dear Friends, Welcome to the latest Americas Updater. Take a moment to check out our latest articles. Adam Isacson writes on the end of talks to free Colombian hostages—complete with a balanced critique of both Uribe and Chávez, as well as recommendations for moving forward. There’s also analysis of the impact of free trade on [...]
Read more →Wall Street and Immigration: Financial Services Giants Have Profited from the Beginning
Life began to get hard for most Americans beginning in the late 1990s due to increased family debt. During the same period, life got a lot harder for most Mexicans for the same reason. The same financial institutions created and profited from much of the family debt in both countries. According to census reports, 70% [...]
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