Central America
Central America: US pushes new ‘Plan Colombia’
The US is now seeking $1 billion from Congress for its plan to step up the failed "war on drugs" and failed neoliberal economic programs in Central America.
Tag: politics of immigration
The Caribbean
Dominican Republic: thousands to become stateless
A law passed last year was supposed to help Dominicans of Haitian descent regain citizenship, but rights advocates say "administrative hurdles" have sabotaged the process.
Europe
Greece: populist bloc with xenophobes
Syriza needs anti-austerity partners for its economic program, but its alliance with the anti-immigrant Independent Greeks further mainstreams very dangerous politics.
Europe
UN meeting on anti-Semitism… Oy vey
The UN hearings on anti-Semitism will certainly enflame anti-Semitism—affording Israel the opportunity for propaganda exploitation, and for Jew-haters to exploit the backlash.
Mexico
Mexico: protests follow Peña Nieto to Washington
President Obama offered to help Mexico fight corruption and political violence, probably by more funding for programs that protesters say simply fuel the crisis.
Planet Watch
UN: world refugees break record
War across large swaths of the Middle East and Africa in the first six months of 2014 forcibly displaced some 5.5 million people, signalling yet another record, the UN reports.
Europe
#JeSuisCharlie, #JeSuisMusulman: contradiction?
The dueling hashtags #JeSuisCharlie (I am Charlie) and #JeSuisMusulman (I am Muslim) reveal a pathological dichotomy: we can defend free speech and oppose Islamophobia.
Mexico
Mexico: migrant massacre document released
Mexican federal prosecutors have released a document from their probe into a 2010 massacre of migrants—pointing to collusion between local police and Los Zetas.
Europe
Sweden: Muslims under attack —and Jews
The Christmas night fire-bombing of a mosque in Sweden follows weeks of mounting threats and attacks against Jews in cities across the Scandinavian country.
Europe
Spain passes anti-protest, anti-immigrant law
Spain's conservative-led parliament passed a law that outlaws unauthorized protests, bans filming police, and allows summary deportations of African migrants.
Mexico
Mexico: protests link Ayotzinapa, Ferguson, Garner
Mexican protesters in the US see a link between police killings in the two countries. "Our governments are working together to oppress us, so why shouldn't we be working together?"
Mexico
Mexico: two defenders of migrants are murdered
Central Americans crossing Mexico on their way to the US border still face attacks by criminal gangs—and so do Mexican activists trying to help the migrants.