NACLA Update 5/13/10 - Immigration and the UK Elections/ Remembering F. Ojeda Rios




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Elections in the U.K.: A Hard-Line Stance on Immigration
by Samantha Eyler Reid

During the electoral campaign leading up to the May 6 elections in Britain, immigration proved to be an explosive issue, second only to concerns about the recession. For the 88,000 Latin American immigrants living in the country, hopes for immigration reform hang in the balance of these elections. However, much like in the United States, instead of campaign platforms that offered practical solutions to the issue, a reactionary hard-fisted rhetoric dominated the political landscape. The unwieldy elections have produced an uncomfortable coalition from both sides of Britain's political spectrum, with its immigration policies yet to be defined.
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Five Years Later: Remembering Filiberto Ojeda Ríos
by Juan A. Ocasio Rivera and Elma Beatriz Rosado

Few incidents have galvanized the Puerto Rican nation as much as the FBI's extra-judicial killing of independence leader Filiberto Ojeda Ríos in September 2005. Indeed, the politically divided country exploded in outrage over the incident, and Ojeda Ríos's funeral procession was the largest ever attended in the island's history. With a personal and powerful testimony Elma Beatriz Rosado remembers her husband, the fallen martyr whose message is never far off, at a time when the U.S. Congress is reviewing legislation that proposes a change in the island's status.
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May/June 2010 NACLA Report

Empire's Apprentice: Canada in Latin America

Behind Canada's do-gooder facade in the Americas is a country torn in contradictory directions, not all of which are particularly benevolent. Under the government of Conservative prime minister Stephen Harper, three factors have exerted a powerful influence on Canadian involvement in Latin America: (1) corporate interests, particularly extractive industries, (2) politicians' commitment to free market fundamentalism, and (3), above all, the government's frankly slavish alignment with U.S. foreign policy. This disposition has increasingly undermined Canada's traditional reputation and has sent an unfortunate message to the region: Tory Canada is the Empire's apprentice.

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