In March 2005, the leaders of the three NAFTA countries, U.S. President George W. Bush, Mexican President Vicente Fox, and Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin met in Waco, Texas, and launched a regional defense-based initiative…
Laura Carlsen appeared on Democracy Now! discussing the human rights implications and Security and Prosperity Partnership in relation to Plan Mexico/Merida Initiative.Watch or listen to the show at: http://www.democracynow.org/2008/7/31/plan_mexico. Listen to Laura Carlsen interviewed in…
Without a commitment to democracy and human rights, national economic development and hemispheric integration will fall short and not be sustainable. Popular resistance and the courageous activism of human rights activists, combined with the waning…
Inequalities in the world’s food system have been aggravated by recent developments to create the much talked-about food crisis. But what is behind the headlines? This new series delves into agrofuels, trade policy, corporate concentration,…
Laura Carlsen, Raúl Zibechi, John Lindsay-Poland, and Adam Isacson analyze the U.S. role in the recent South American tensions and question the logic of selling the free trade agreement based on controversial U.S. national security…
There is little difference between Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama on international trade issues, although neither has provided much detail and both have shown some ambivalence in their views. Both candidates…
The two remaining candidates for the Republican presidential nomination—John McCain and Mike Huckabee—take positions on immigration outright restrictionists criticize. McCain and Huckabee both favor temporary work programs, and Huckabee’s advocacy of tuition support for the…
Large scale infrastructure projects are changing the social, political, and physical geography of Latin America. The South American Regional Integration and Infrastructure Project (IIRSA), Plan Puebla Panama, and other proposals designed to promote trade, energy…
ARTICLE INDEX Immigration The Americas Policy Program works with immigrant groups and hometown federations in the United States, and with nongovernmental organizations and experts throughout the hemisphere to analyze the trends and root causes…
ARTICLE INDEX Right to Know and Communications Rights Rights associated with communication, information access, and expression have been enshrined in laws and conventions ranging from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to national freedom…