Dear reader, The story in this week’s column is not a pretty one, and I apologize for that. I know that there is often too much ugliness in your lives already
This Week in the Americas Bad Blood on the Border By Laura Carlsen Guillermo Martinez was only 20 years old when he was shot in the back at close range by an agent of the…
This Week in the Americas Hong Kong Report #3 WTO Staves Off Crisis but Fails to Resolve Contradictions By Laura Carlsen After its Sixth Ministerial in Hong Kong in mid-December, the World Trade Organization
This Week in the Americas Deciphering the Language of Globalization By Laura Carlsen What
Dear friends, At the start of the Fifth Ministerial of the World Trade Organization, the IRC presents a series of materials on the WTO and free trade. Our aim is to deepen understanding of the…
This Week in the Americas Mexican Government
This Week in the Americas Timely Demise for Free Trade Area of the Americas By Laura Carlsen The stage was set for a showdown. When the Bush cabinet announced intentions to revive the moribund Free…
This Week in the Americas Two Decades of Aftershocks From the Mexico City Earthquake By Laura Carlsen Twenty years ago, on September 19th 1985, an 8.0 earthquake struck Mexico City. Over 20,000 people died that…