The face of Latin American migration is rapidly changing. US policy isn’t keeping up
The face of Latin American migration is rapidly changing. US policy isn’t keeping up
*Why you should read this: Because Trump’s rhetoric has been specifically anti-Mexican, but migration from there is at a standstill. Because Trump’s policies address a perceived problem from a past […]
Guatemala: Death threats, land theft and rock carrying
*Read this. The kind of stuff that sends people North to the U.S. VL By Sam Quiñones, A Reporter’s Blog “After sentencing (the defendant) to carry rocks for a number […]
Who Says There Was No Genocide? Guatemala Dictator on Trial
By Mary Jo McConahay, New America Media GUATEMALA CITY – When the judge called his name, 70-year-old Tiburcio Utuy, wearing a yellow nylon jacket and looking determined, entered through tall wooden […]
How an Accused Guatemalan War Criminal Won U.S., Canadian Citizenship
By Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica In May 1985, a Guatemalan Army lieutenant named Jorge Vinicio Sosa Orantes deserted, flew to San Francisco and requested political asylum, asserting that leftist guerrillas in his war-torn […]
Immigration Charges For Accused Commando In Dos Erres Massacre
By Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica A former Guatemalan Army lieutenant was extradited Friday from Canada to stand trial in Southern California on federal charges related to the massacre of 250 people […]
Guatemalan Massacre Survivor Wins Political Asylum in U.S.
By Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica U.S. immigration authorities have granted political asylum to Oscar Ramírez Castañeda, an illegal immigrant from Guatemala who learned only last year that he was a survivor of […]
Guatemalan Mayor Declares Internet Access A Human Right
By Sam Quiñones, A Reporter’s Blog It was only a matter of time. The mayor of an Indian town in Guatemala has declared Internet access to be a human right. Many Indian […]
Finding Oscar: Massacre, Memory And Justice In Guatemala, Chapter 8: Two Guatemalas
(Editor’s note: This is the last of an eight part series) By Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, and Ana Arana, Fundación MEPI Chapter 8: Two Guatemalas Last August, a Guatemalan court found three former […]
Finding Oscar: Massacre, Memory And Justice In Guatemala, Chapter 7
(Editor’s note: This is the seventh of an eight part series) By Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, and Ana Arana, Fundación MEPI Chapter 7: ‘Sorrows Can Swim’ Oscar waited about six weeks for the […]
Finding Oscar: Massacre, Memory and Justice In Guatemala, Chapter 6
(Editor’s note: This is the sixth of an eight part series) By Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, and Ana Arana, Fundación MEPI Chapter 6: Cocorico2 The U.S. arrests helped jolt Romero’s investigation back to […]
