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May/June 2009: Food Crisis in the Americas
The mainstream media parachuted in to cover food riots throughout the world, and quickly moved on. But NACLA Report is committed to bringing you the overlooked, the under-reported, and the covered-up throughout the Americas, so the May/June issue examines the causes and consequences of the ongoing food crisis in Latin America and the Caribbean.
This issue includes an in-depth analysis on the monopoly of food production by transnational corporations and the need for food sovereignty in Latin America; coverage of the Via Campesina's Fifth International Conference in Maputo as a response to the crisis; a conversation with the owner of a collectively-supported taqueria in Oaxaca; a stunning photo essay portraying the displacement of farm workers as a consequence of large-scale genetically modified soy production in Paraguay; and much, much more.
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The Bigger Picture of the Cuban Embargo and Travel Ban
by Michelle Chase
As the end of all U.S. travel restrictions to Cuba seems imminent, it is clearer than ever that a progressive opposition to U.S. Cuba policy needs to focus on ending the entirety of the embargo. Otherwise, momentum for U.S. Cuba policy reform will be co-opted by representatives of the tourism, agricultural and telecommunication industries. And an influx of U.S. tourists with the embargo still in place could mean more hardships for average Cubans and other problems on the island.
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The Political Opportunism of Drug War "Spillover"
by Zach Dyer
A media-fueled specter of drug-war spillover from Mexico is stalking the U.S. border region. A closer examination of these issues casts doubt on the connection being made between Mexican cartel violence and crime in the southwest, leading some officials to dismiss the spillover claim. But that's not stopping anti-immigration forces and militarized border agencies from crying that the sky is falling.
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Debrief: New Report on Venezuela's Re-Election Referendum
by Various Authors
A U.S. delegation of international electoral accompaniers reports back from their observance of the February term limits referendum in Venezuela. They found the election was held with uniform professionalism and care, and that the election results were tallied quickly. Their observations of Venezuelan popular democracy in action stand in marked contrast with media depictions of Venezuela's government as autocratic. NACLA, TransAfrica Forum, Urban Semillas, and Diverse Strategies Organizing compiled the report.
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Upcoming NACLA Events
Saturday, May 2: Not Just Change, But Justice! Berkeley, California
U.S. Trade Policy & Its Impacts on Food, Land, and Immigration. 1 p.m., University of California at Berkeley
Thursday, May 7: "Brazil, the United States and the Changing Global Agenda"
NYU's Center on International Cooperation and the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies have the honor to welcome the Ambassador of Brazil, Antonio de Aguiar Patriota, for a talk titled "Brazil, the United States and the Changing Global Agenda" 6 p.m., King Juan Carlos Center Auditorium, 53 Washington Square South, New York
Thursday, May 14: Screening of The Take
FREE screening of Naomi Klein and Avi Lewis's award-winning documentary film The Take, about workplace occupations in Argentina after the financial collapse of 2002. 8 p.m., Kellen Auditorium, 66 Fifth Ave @ 13th St. (ground floor), New York
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Travel to Venezuela
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Study in Cuba
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