FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT, YOU ARE TO READ CURRENT NEWS ARTICLES ABOUT LATIN AMERICA FROM THE WEBSITE FOR THE NORTH AMERICAN CONGRESS OF LATIN AMERICA (NACLA) AND SUBMIT TWO SHORT REVIEWS DURING THE SEMESTER. PLEASE SUBMIT ONE REVIEW PER DUE DATE. EACH REVIEW IS TO BE AT LEAST 3-4 PAGES AND EACH DUE DATE CORRESPONDS TO A REGIONAL TOPIC IN LATIN AMERICA. THE DUE DATES FOR THESE REPORTS ARE JANUARY 12 AND 19. HERE ARE THE REGIONAL TOPICS CORRESPONDING TO EACH DUE DATE:
JANUARY 12: MEXICO, BORDER ISSUES AND LATINX COMMUNITIES, THE CARIBBEAN (CUBA, HAITI, PUERTO RICO, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, ETC.)
JANUARY 19: CENTRAL AMERICA (GUATEMALA, HONDURAS, EL SALVADOR, COSTA RICA, PANAMA, NICARAGUA, AND BELIZE) AND SOUTH AMERICA (BRAZIL, ARGENTINA, CHILE, PERU, URUGUAY, ECUADOR, COLOMBIA, BOLIVIA, PARAGUAY, AND VENEZUELA)
PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR REPORTS THROUGH CANVAS IN EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING FORMATS: DOC, DOCX OR PDF (IF YOU ARE USING GOOGLE DOCS OR APPLE PAGES TO COMPOSE YOUR REVIEW, PLEASE BE SURE TO CONVERT YOUR PAPER TO DOCX OR PDF BEFORE SUBMITTING IT). LATE PAPERS WILL BE ACCEPTED FOR EACH SUBMISSION, BUT ONLY FOR ONE WEEK AFTER THE ASSIGNED DUE DATES AND WILL BE ASSESSED A FULL GRADE DEDUCTION. PLEASE USE BOTH A TITLE PAGE AND A WORKS CITED PAGE (NEITHER OF THESE PAGES COUNT TOWARD YOUR 3-4 PAGES OF TEXT). BE SURE TO DOUBLE-SPACE YOUR LINES. IDEALLY, YOU SHOULD USE TIMES NEW ROMAN FONT, SIZE 12. PLEASE WATCH THE SIZES OF YOUR PARAGRAPHS, DO NOT LET ANY PARAGRAPH RUN LONGER THAN ONE PAGE. THESE TWO REPORTS WILL COUNT AS A COMBINED 30% TOWARD YOUR FINAL GRADE. IN YOUR WORKS CITED PAGE, COMPOSE YOUR ARTICLE ENTRY IN A FORMAT LIKE THIS:
EMILIO GODOY, “MEXICO BANS GLYSOPHATE BUT TOLERATES OTHER AGROCHEMICALS,” NACLA REPORT ON THE AMERICAS WEBSITE (JANUARY 28, 2021).
IN TERMS OF THE CONTENT OF EACH REPORT, I AM LOOKING FOR TWO MAIN POINTS OF DISCUSSION. FIRST, YOU SHOULD DEVOTE THE FIRST HALF OF THE REPORT TO A SUMMARY OF THE MAIN POINTS IN THE ARTICLE THAT YOU SELECTED. TO HELP YOU TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE, CONSIDER SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS: WHAT IS THE MAIN ISSUE BEING DISCUSSED? (I.E. IMMIGRATION, ELECTIONS, EDUCATION, ENVIRONMENT, WOMEN’S ISSUES, CRIME, ETC.) WHO ARE THE MAIN PERSONALITIES MENTIONED IN THE ARTICLE? (I.E. MEXICAN PRESIDENT ANDRÉS MANUEL LÓPEZ OBRADOR, PRESIDENT BIDEN, VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP, SECRETARY OF STATE ANTONY BLINKEN, ETC.) HOW DOES THE ISSUE AFFECT THE PEOPLE OF THE COUNTRY MENTIONED IN THE ARTICLE? DOES THE ISSUE HAVE ANY CONNECTION WITH UNITED STATES INTERESTS? WHAT DO YOU THINK COULD BE THE BEST SOLUTION TO RESOLVE THIS PROBLEM?
AND FOR THE SECOND POINT OF DISCUSSION, PLEASE ANALYZE THE ARTICLE THAT YOU SELECTED AND PRESENT YOUR POINT OF VIEW ON THE STORY. FOR EXAMPLE, HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE STORY? HOW DID THIS ARTICLE CONTRIBUTE TO YOUR UNDERSTANDING ABOUT MODERN LATIN AMERICA? AND WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE AUTHORS PERSPECTIVE ON THE ARTICLE? HOW DOES THIS TOPIC RELATE TO CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL, ECONOMIC OR CULTURAL THEMES IN THE UNITED STATES TODAY?
HERE IS A LIST OF ARTICLES FROM THE NACLA WEBSITE PERTAINING TO REGIONS FOR YOUR FIRST DUE DATE. EVERYBODY, JUST PICK ANY ONE ARTICLE FROM THIS LIST FOR YOUR JANUARY 12 REVIEW. THE DATES IN PARENTHESIS INDICATE WHEN THE ARTICLE WAS PUBLISHED. YOU WILL REPEAT THE SAME PROCESS FOR YOUR REVIEWS ON CENTRAL AMERICAN OR A SOUTH AMERICAN NATION. THESE ARTICLES RANGE IN DATE FROM JANUARY 2021 TO JANUARY 2024.
US Foreign Policy, Border Issues and Latinx Communities:
A LOVE LETTER TO INDIGENOUS BLACKNESS (SEPT. 2021) (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.)
A NEW TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS FOR CENTRAL AMERICA (NOV. 2021) (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.)
NEW LIFE IN LAREDO AS THE BORDER REOPENS (DEC. 2021) (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.)
AN IMMIGRATION COURTS BACKLOG KEEPS CENTRAL AMERICAN YOUTH IN LEGAL LIMBO (JUNE 2021) (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.)
BIDENS NEW IMMIGRATION SYSTEM OVERLOOKS MEXICAN REFUGEES (JUNE 2021)
BOOK TALK ON CUBAN IMMIGRATION GETS HEATED IN MIAMI (JAN. 2023)
CARIBEÑOS AT THE TABLE (BOOK REVIEW) (MAY 2022)
CARNE Y ARENA (VIRTUALLY PRESENT, PHYSICALLY INVISIBLE) (MAR. 2023)LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.
CLASS-ACTION LAWSUIT SECURES NEW PROCEDURAL PROTECTIONS FOR CHILDREN IN FEDERAL IMMIGRATION DETENTION (DEC. 2022)
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COLONIAL MIGRANTS AT THE HEART OF EMPIRE (BOOK REVIEW) (SEPT. 2021)
COMMUNITY SUPPORT AND CREATIVITY ARE KEY TO SURVIVAL IN THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY (AUG. 2021)
FOR HEMISPHERIC UNITY, A CHANGE IN U.S. FOREIGN POLICY IS NEEDED (APR. 2022)
FREE TRADE FIREPOWER: THE GROWING HEMISPHERIC GUN TRADE (NOV. 2023)LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.
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FROM LA MONTAÑA, GUERRERO TO THE BRONX: THE STORY OF VICTORIO HILARIO GUZMÁN (JAN. 2021)
FROM TRUMP TO BIDEN IN LATIN AMERICA (MAY 2021)
GANGSTERS OF CAPITALISM (BOOK REVIEW)
IMMIGRATION POLICY MUST LOOK BEYOND THE BORDER (JUNE 2021)
IN GENTRIFIED ALPHABET CITY, A NEW LATINO SOCIAL CLUB AND ART SPACE OPENS ITS DOORS (FEB. 2023)LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.
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INTEGRATION WITH THE UNITED STATES OR LATIN AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE? (APR. 2022)LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.
INTERNATIONAL LABOR SOLIDARITY IN ACTION (BOOK REVIEW) (FEB. 2022)
LATIN AMERICA AND THE NEW NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT (APR. 2022)
LATIN GRAMMYS DEBUTS IN SPAIN AGAINST A BACKDROP OF LATINOPHOBIA (NOV. 2023)LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.
LATINX PODCASTS ON THE RISE (MARCH 2022)
LICENCIAS HOY, PAPELES MAÑANA: DRIVERS LICENSES AND CIVIL RIGHTS IN INDIANA (APR. 2023)
MAGAZUELANS: HOW VENEZUELAN AMERICANS EMBRACED TRUMP AS THEIR SAVIOR (JAN. 2021)
MAKING MEXICAN CHICAGO: FROM POSTWAR SETTLEMENT TO THE AGE OF GENTRIFICATION (BOOK REVIEW) (DEC. 2022)
MIGRANT NETWORKS IN THE PANDEMIC (JULY 2021)
PUERTO RICAN WOMEN PUSH THE BOUNDARIES OF LATINX ART AND CULTURE IN NEW YORK CITY (JULY 2023)LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.
REOPENING MASS INFLUX FACILITIES GOES AGAINST BIDEN ADMINISTRATION PROMISES (MARCH 2021)
SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS UNDERLINES WIDESPREAD DISCONTENT WITH U.S. POLICY (JUNE 2022)
THE BANALITY OF HENRY KISSINGER (NOV. 2023)LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.
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THE BORDER CROSSED US: THE CASE FOR OPENING THE U.S.-MEXICO BORDER (BOOK REVIEW) (OCT. 2021)
THE STRIKERS OF COACHELLA: A RANK-AND-FILE HISTORY OF THE UFW MOVEMENT (BOOK REVIEW) (SEPT. 2023)LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.
UNDOING TRUMP-ERA POLICIES IS NOT ENOUGH TO TRANSFORM THE IMMIGRATION SYSTEM (MARCH 2021)
UNHEARD, OVERLOOKED, EXPOSED (DEC. 2021)
UNSETTLED BORDERS: THE MILITARIZED SCIENCE OF SURVEILLANCE ON SACRED INDIGENOUS LAND (BOOK REVIEW) (NOV. 2022)
U.S. FOREIGN POLICY IN LATIN AMERICA STILL A REPEAT OF THE PAST (DEC. 2021) (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.)
U.S. IMMIGRATION DETENTION SYSTEM: A LIVING HELL (FEB. 2022) (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.)
U.S. POLICY TOWARD CENTRAL AMERICA CONTINUES LEGACY OF DISPLACEMENT (APR. 2021) (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.)
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A LICENSE TO POLLUTE AT FORTUNA SILVER MINES IN OAXACA (MARCH 2021)
AN INDEPENDENT UNION WINS LANDSLIDE VICTORY AMONG MEXICAN GM WORKERS (FEB. 2022)LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.
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ARTISTS RALLY AGAINST ERASURE OF MEXICO CITYS ICONIC STREET ART (AUG. 2022)LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.
DESPITE INDIGENOUS RESISTANCE, MEXICO AUTHORIZES MINING CONCESSIONS IN PROTECTED AREAS (JAN. 2023)LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.
DOWNTOWN JUÁREZ (BOOK REVIEW) (MARCH 2022)LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.
ESTADIO AZTECA AND THE 2026 WORLD CUP IN MEXICO (SEPT. 2023)
FOR MEXICO CITY HOUSING MOVEMENT, METRO COLLAPSE IS THE LATEST SYMPTOM OF STRUCTURAL INEQUITY (JUNE 2021) (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.)
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HEALTH AND ECONOMIC CRISIS IN MEXICO HITS INFORMAL SECTOR WORKERS (MARCH 2021) (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.)
HORIZONTAL VERTIGO: A CITY CALLED MEXICO (BOOK REVIEW) (JULY 2021)
HOW MEXICAN FEMINISTS BECAME ENEMIES OF THE STATE (APR. 2023)LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.
HOW TO DESTROY AN INVESTIGATION FROM THE INSIDE: AYOTZINAPA AND THE LEGACIES OF IMPUNITY (NOV. 2022)
IN TAPACHULA, THOUSANDS OF HAITIAN MIGRANTS WAIT TO BE RESETTLED (JAN. 2022)LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.
INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES IN MEXICO TAKE UP ARMS TO DEFEND THE MONARCH FOREST (MARCH 2021)
IS THE MEXICAN PRESIDENT PROTECTING THE ARMY? (SEPT. 2022)LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.
ISRAEL, CYBERSURVEILLANCE, AND THE CASE OF THE AYOTZINAPA 43 (SEPT. 2022)
LA ENCRUCIJADAS DILEMMA: GREENWASHING OIL PALM IN CHIAPAS (APR. 2022)LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.
LOVE, COMMUNITY, AND ALIENATION IN NUDO MIXTECO (FILM REVIEW)LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.
MAYA ACTIVIST GROUPS FIGHT TO PROTECT INDIGENOUS TERRITORIAL RIGHTS (SEPT. 2021)LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.
MEXICAN ACTIVIST PROTESTS FEMICIDE AT OAXACAN FESTIVAL (AUG. 2022)LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.
MEXICAN POLICE WHO MASSACRED GUATEMALAN MIGRANTS GET THEIR GUNS FROM THE U.S. (APR. 2021) (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.)
MEXICO BANS GLYSOPHATE BUT TOLERATES OTHER AGROCHEMICALS (JAN. 2021) (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.)
MEXICO LABOR REFORM MAY NOT BE ENOUGH FOR AUTO LOGISTICS WORKERS (JULY 2021) (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.)
MEXICOS MILITARY KNEW AYOTZINAPA 43 WERE KIDNAPPED, THEN COVERED IT UP (APR. 2022)
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MILITARIZED SECURITY AND A CARTEL APOLOGY IN MATAMOROS (MAR. 2023)
OCTOBER 2 AND THE CIA IN MEXICO (OCT. 2021)LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.
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OAXACA FISHERWOMEN ORGANIZE TO PROTECT THEIR WAY OF LIFE (JUNE 2021)
POWER AND SPECTACLE ON MEXICOS SOUTHERN BORDER (FEB. 2021)
THE CAUSES BEHIND THE CIUDAD JUÁREZ MIGRANT DETENTION CENTER FIRE (APR. 2023)LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.
THE DRIVE BEHIND TESLAS NEW MANUFACTURING PLANT IN MEXICO (APR. 2023)
THE INE DEBATE AND THE FORMATION OF THE NEOLIBERAL DEMOCRACY IN MEXICO (APR. 2023)
THE MEXICAN HEALTH CARE SYSTEM UNDER THE ADMINISTRATION OF AMLO (JUNE 2022)
THE SHADOWY MINING SECTOR MAKING ACCIDENTS IN COAHUILA ALL TOO COMMON (SEPT. 2022)
TRAMPLED BY TRANSFORMATION: MEXICOS TREN MAYA (JULY 2023)LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.
VERACRUZ DECRIMINALIZED ABORTION, BUT ACTIVISTS REMAIN CRUCIAL IN ENSURING ACCESS (JUNE 2022)
ZAPATISTAS AT 30: BUILDING AND INSPIRING AUTONOMY (DEC. 2023)LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.
The Caribbean
BARBADOS:
CUBA:
Cuba: An American History Review (Book Review)(Nov. 2021)Links to an external site.
CUBA TODAY: HOMELAND, PEOPLE, AND SOVEREIGNTY (JULY 2021)
CUBAS NEW FAMILY CODE IS A WINDOW INTO THE POLITICAL ECOSYSTEM (NOV. 2022)LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.
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CUBAN MEMORY WARS (BOOK REVIEW) (MAY 2021) (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.)
“DONT THROW THE SOFA OUT THE WINDOW” DISCUSSING PROTESTS IN CUBA (AUG. 2021)
FOR CUBAN ARTISTS, CENSURE IS THE NORM (JAN. 2022)LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.
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HAVE YOU HEARD, COMRADE? THE SOCIALIST REVOLUTION IS RACIST TOO (AUG. 2021)
HURRICANE IAN HIGHLIGHTS THE DEVASTATING EFFECTS OF THE U.S. BLOCKADE ON CUBA (NOV. 2022)LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.
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J-11 IN CUBA (JULY 2021)
MORE THAN SIX DECADES OF SANCTIONS ON CUBA (OCT. 2022)LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.
ON CUBA: CARICATURES OF THE LEFT AND THE ABSENT CUBAN PEOPLE (OCT. 2021) (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.)
RELIGIOUS CONSERVATISM IS SHAPING THE CIVIL LIBERTIES DEBATE IN CUBA (FEB. 2021) (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.)
THE DAMAGING MIDDLE GROUND STANCE ON CUBA (AUG. 2021)
THE FORGOTTEN VICTIMS OF THE 1962 CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS PACT (OCT. 2022)LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.
THE PERFECT SPY WAS A CUBAN AGENT (BOOK REVIEW) (JAN. 2023)
THE TRIBE: PORTRAITS OF CUBA (BOOK REVIEW) (JUNE 2022)
USING CUBAS PROTESTS AS A CHANCE TO DENOUNCE THE LEFT (AUG. 2021)
WITH CUBANS SPEAKING OUT, HOW WILL THE LEFT RESPOND? (JULY 2021)
YBOR CITY: CRUCIBLE OF THE LATINA SOUTH (BOOK REVIEW) (JUNE 2023)LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.
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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC:
AFRO-DOMINICANAS AGAINST DEATH (JAN. 2023)
APARTHEID IN THE CARIBBEAN (SEPT. 2023)LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.
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I Am the Darker Brother: Michèle Stephensons Stateless Documentary (Apr. 2021)
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND HAITI AT THE CROSSROADS OF THE MASSACRE RIVER (OCT. 2023)LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.
IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, LANGUAGE BARRIERS COMPLICATE LIFE FOR HAITIAN MIGRANTS (NOV. 2022)LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.
MAKING THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC GREAT AGAIN? (MARCH 2022)
THE INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF ANTI-HAITIANISM IN DOMINICAN HISTORY AND EDUCATION (JAN. 2023) (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.)
GRENADA:
FORWARD EVER: 40 YEARS ON FROM “BLOODY SUNDAY” AND THE U.S. INVASION OF GRENADA (OCT. 2023)LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.
REMEMBERING GRENADAS REVOLUTION BEYOND COLD WAR NARRATIVES (SEPT. 2023)LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.
HAITI:
A LEGACY OF CANADIAN INTERVENTION IN HAITI, 20 YEARS ON (JAN. 2023)LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.
After Moïse Assassination, Popular Sectors Must Lead the Way (July 2021)
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