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Guatemala
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Guatemalan Government, Canadian Mining Industry Responsible for Violent Conflicts
The Guatemalan government is fueling the fires of conflict by failing to consult local communities before awarding mining licences to companies.
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When a Cement Factory’s Progress Drive Turns Deadly
The presence of military in the communities has brought back painful memories of Guatemala's dirty war.
Across Latin America, a Struggle for Communal Land and Indigenous Autonomy
With a rise in the number of Latin American indigenous groups drawing legal boundaries around their territories, neoliberal governments are attempting to grant access to transnational corporations to indigenous …
“Deporter-in-Chief” to Reach 2 Million Mark
Despite record numbers of immigrants deported, immigrant rights groups across the country have resisted draconian measures to destroy American families.
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The Grim Reality of Unaccompanied Migrant Children
The recent surge in unaccompanied, undocumented minors apprehended at the US-Mexico border draws attention to the poverty and violence ravaging Latin America and the lack of resources available to …
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For Immigrants Who Return After Deportation, Little Chance at Due Process, Say Advocates
Despite increased risks of jail time or deportation without a hearing in immigration court, deported immigrants still struggle to return to the United States.
Guatemala’s Praised Attorney General To Step Down Under Controversy
Guatemala's Constitutional Court - which vacated the genocide verdict against Josu00e9 Efrau00edn Ru00edos Montt last May -has now ruled that Guatemala's highly respected prosecutor general, Claudia Paz y Paz, …
Fashion Faux Pas? Free Trade and Sweatshop Labor in Guatemala
Free-trade agreements have not delivered promised protections to workers, as the case of Guatemalan sweatshop labor illustrates.
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On Fred Korematsu Day: From Evacuation to Deportation on the Anniversary of Japanese-American Internment
What have we learned since the internment of Japanese-Americans in desert concentration camps and converted race tracks?
Haven’t We Done Enough to Efraín Ríos Montt?
Isn't it enough that this man has been dragged through the mud and made to sit through weeks of testimony and hear the tedious details of sadistic group killing?