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Overlapping
Societies: Immigration demonstration on the
Mall, Washington, May 2006.
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Overlapping
Societies
At the fourth annual meeting of the U.S.–Mexico
Futures Forum political actors, academics, business
people and social movement leaders from both sides
of the border met to discuss the most pressing issues
of the day and to define salient themes for tomorrow.
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Millions
Outside; 535 Inside
Maria
Echaveste explores how the groundwork laid by Washington
insiders has been supported by recent pro-immigration
demonstrations and vice versa.
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Migrant
workers in California.
(photo: Mimi Chakarova) |
The
Guest Worker Program Is No Simple Solution
Professor
Lydia Chávez offers a critique of recent
calls for a guest worker program in the U.S.
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Michelle
Bachelet taking office as the
first female president of Chile. (photo: AP) |
Bachelet,
Sí
Visiting
scholar Kirsten Sehnbruch analyzes the rise to
power of Chilean President Michelle Bachelet in
an election that was both revolutionary and unremarkable.
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Lula
with other Latin American presidents, 2006.
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Brazil’s
New Role
Brazilian
Ambassador to the United States Roberto Abdenur
outlines his view of the state of U.S.–Brazilian
relations.
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Pro-autonomy
protestors in Santa Cruz.
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Bolivia’s
Conservative Autonomy Movement
While
in most Latin American countries government decentralization
is seen as a progressive ideal, Professor Kent
Eaton explains why local autonomy is being championed
by conservative factions in Bolivia.
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Production
on the film "Machuca."
(photo:
Andrés Wood) |
Making
Movies in Latin America
Andrés
Wood, director of the acclaimed film “Machuca,” discusses
the evolution of filmmaking in Chile.
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Police
hold a death squad leader inTimbaúba.
(photo: Nancy Scheper-Hughes) |
Human
Rights, Democracy and Citizenship in Timbaúba
Professor
Nancy Scheper-Hughes follows the trajectory of
a death squad in Timbaúba, Brazil from 1987
to present.
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Dr.
Simi, mascot of Farmacias Similares.
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Mexico ’s
Generics Revolution
Professor
Cori Hayden provides an in-depth analysis of the
burgeoning generic pharmaceutical empire of Victor
González Torres and his Farmacias Similares.
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Inside
the Coca Cola plant in Carepa.
(photo: Tovin Lapan) |
Killer
Cola?
Journalism
student Tovin Lapan travels to Colombia to sort
out fact from fiction in the controversy over treatment
of union members by local Coca-Cola bottling companies.
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Cuauhtémoc
Cárdenas with Cal students after his
talk. (photo: Dionicia Ramos) |
Cárdenas
at Cal
Excerpts
from a talk given by Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas
on “The Future of U.S.–Mexico Relations.”
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The
New Colossus/No Soy Criminal
Emma
Lazarus’ famous poem is paired with a more
recent offering penned by two K’iche’ migrants
working as day laborers in San Francisco.
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