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Students Learn About the Reality of Mexican Agricultural Workers in the United States
Levi Bridges
Tuesday December 18 2012

On a cool morning in the central plaza of the Metropolitan Autonomous University in Mexico City, a group of volunteers wearing identical black t-shirts stands under a small tent. They are part of Jornaleros Safe, a project funded by several Mexican and American organizations whose members have spent the last year researching the exploitation of Latin American workers contracted for agricultural jobs in the United States.

Reducing Emissions From Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD)
Autumn Spanne
Thursday December 6 2012

Deforestation accounts for about a fifth of all global carbon emissions, second only to the burning of fossil fuels, according to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). But ever since the Kyoto Protocol was drafted in 1997, countries have been divided over how to incorporate forest protection into global emission-reduction plans.

 
'Outing' Honduras: A Human Rights Catastrophe in the Making
Suyapa Portillo Villeda
Thursday November 29 2012

Now that President Obama has come out in support of marriage equality, and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has dedicated a small budget to defend LGBT rights internationally, it’s the perfect time to remind them that the abuse and killings of gay and transgender people keep piling up in Honduras—even as Washington heralds the country’s return to “democracy.”

#Radical Media: Communication Unbound
Mario A. Murillo
Tuesday November 20 2012

New media forms are being applied by diverse actors, slowly tipping the balance of media power in favor of the active, engaged citizen across the continent.

Big Sale and New Titles in the NACLA Store!
Catesby
Wednesday November 14 2012

NACLA is moving! So we've got to clean out our stockroom fast. Check out nacla.org/store for sales on some of our most popular titles--plus, cool new titles.

Contradictions and Discrepancies: Media Coverage in Argentina
Claire Branigan
Thursday October 25 2012

Ultimately, gender equality and identity legislation like that in Argentina should be applauded, hailed, and covered by popular media. However, coverage of progressive social legislation warrants just as much critique and journalistic rigor as any article on economics.

Urban Agriculture in Cuba (Photo Essay)
Noah Friedman-Rudovsky
Thursday October 18 2012

Cubans see their urban agriculture movement as a possible solution as the world begins to grapple with increasing prices and demand for food and fuel. Many other countries have begun to use the Cuban experience as a model as locally grown, organic produce becomes more popular worldwide.

NACLA Presents the Chavkin Award to Honduran Felix Antonio Molina
NACLA Staff
Friday October 12 2012

All NACLA supporters are invited. Please see https://nacla.org/2012-chavkin-molina  for more information.

Freedom House: The Language of Hubris
Jeremy Bigwood
Thursday September 20 2012

Freedom House is the oldest Washington-based NGO working in the international arena. Freedom House today positions itself as a nuanced, liberal, or even left-of-center organization, obscuring its real agenda: to destabilize foreign governments, like Venezuela, whose policies challenge U.S. global hegemony.

Life in a Border Town Marred by Tension
Jacob Kushner
Monday August 27 2012

The part of the border that divides the Dominican Republic from Haiti on the southern coast of the island of Hispaniola is seldom reached by outsiders, and the conflicts that transcend the metal gate between the towns of Pedernales, on the Dominican side, and Anse-à-Pitre, in Haiti, seem reminiscent of the children’s stories of Dr. Seuss that warn against infantile stubbornness and teach the morals of cooperation.