The current pandemic is seriously affecting the financial situation of Latin American immigrants; the unemployment rate has risen, in particular amongst women, and is higher amongst Latin American workers than U.S. nationals. Luis Beatón Whilst the country is closed amidst Covid-19, the unemployment rate of Latinos has risen […]
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Dreamers’ uncertainty on foreign soil
The president of the United States, Donald Trump, is maintaining his intention to put an end to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA), despite recent court decisions that go against this proposition. Andrés Román Last June, the US Supreme Court of Justice blocked attempts by the […]
Dominant development is unsustainable
The fight for citizen equality is incompatible with neoliberal patterns. Four decades ago, when neoliberal methods made their entry into South America as a “solution” to all economic problems, the hope of reaching democratic agreements in the region was lost. Ivette Fernández The explosion that these policies would […]
Flight of the innocents: abandoned by the Mexican State
Children suffer the worst trauma when families are expelled from their homes by armed gangs. Many families left when the gangs began forcibly recruiting boys as young as 12. The background to the story involves several different struggles for valuable territory, and the failed war on drugs.
Neoliberal fallacies wiped out by the pandemic
Many paradigms have collapsed in the midst of this global crisis that, if it carries on too long, will end other schemes pre-designed to make us believe that we live in a glass bubble, which is now beginning to fall apart. Yadira Cruz Valera If anything impacted the […]
















