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Emily Achtenberg
May 23, 2013
On May 10, Bolivian President Evo Morales inaugurated the country’s first natural gas liquids separation plant in Rio Grande, Santa Cruz. The historic event, said Morales, marks a turning point in Bolivia’s hydrocarbons history and the start of a new era: Bolivia’s industrialization of gas. It’s...
Geoffrey Boyce
May 22, 2013
  On May 21, the Senate Judiciary Committee concluded debate on the “Gang of 8” immigration reform proposal, passing the amended legislation onto the full Senate for consideration. A significant component of the bill is a set of “border security triggers” that the Department of Homeland...
Nazih Richani
May 21, 2013
  There are signs that the Santos government and the Armed Revolutionary Forces of Colombia (FARC) are coming to an agreement regarding the agrarian question in Colombia. Based on the information known about the present agreement, if implemented, this would realize the century-long goal of...
Kevin Edmonds
May 16, 2013
  It has been 40 years since Assata Shakur was convicted of gunning down New Jersey State Trooper Werner Foerster in 1973. During the trial, Shakur was found guilty and sentenced to 26-33 years in prison. However, in November 1979, she escaped from the Clinton County Correctional Facility,...
Todd Miller
May 15, 2013
  On April 28, several women returned to their pod, or unit, in the immigration detention center in Eloy, Arizona after dinner. There they found the body of Elsa Guadalupe-Gonzalez, a fellow detainee who had taken her life. Elsa was 24 years old and from Guatemala. In March, Elsa had crossed...
Keane Bhatt
May 14, 2013
  The following petition, signed by over a dozen experts on Latin America and the media, was sent today to Margaret Sullivan, Public Editor of The New York Times: May 14, 2013 Dear Margaret Sullivan, In a recent column (4/12/13), you observed: Although individual words and phrases may not...
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