Industrializing Bolivia’s Gas in Bolivia, Not Brazil
Emily Achtenberg
Rebel Currents
May 23, 2013
As Bolivia inaugurates its first natural gas liquids separation plant, an important step towards the industrialization of gas, its obligations to Brazil—the major consumer of Bolivia's gas—pose a significant challenge.
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Shooting in the Dark: Why the Senate’s “Border Security Triggers” May Leave Millions in Limbo
Geoffrey Boyce
May 22, 2013
On May 21, the Senate Judiciary Committee concluded debate on the “Gang of 8” immigration reform proposal. A significant component of the bill is a set of “border security triggers” that Homeland Security would have to accomplish before the pathway to legalization and citizenship would become available for most immigrants.
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Colombian Peace Talks Revisit Land Reform
Nazih Richani
Cuadernos Colombianos
May 21, 2013
An agreement on the agrarian question is emerging from the peace talks between the FARC and the Colombian government which could usher in a revolution in land tenure.
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A Healthy Life: Weighing Hydroelectricity’s Costs as the Climate Changes Around Us
Carlota McAllister
May 17, 2013
Economic growth and most of the creature comforts enjoyed in developed and, increasingly, developing countries depend on the instant availability of power. Our lives would quickly become unrecognizable if the power stopped coming.
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Assata Shakur and Cuba – U.S. Relations
Kevin Edmonds
May 16, 2013
It has been 40 years since Assata Shakur was convicted of gunning down New Jersey State Trooper Werner Foerster in 1973 and sentenced to 26-33 years in prison. However, in November 1979, she escaped from prison and eventually received political asylum in Cuba in 1984. On May 2, it was announced that Shakur became number one on the FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorists list. What does this mean for U.S.-Cuban relations?
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Death and the Immigration Control Complex
Todd Miller
Border Wars
May 15, 2013
In less than one week, two Guatemalan citizens committed suicide in the privately-run immigration detention center in Eloy, Arizona. It is another horrifying glimpse into an ever-expanding U.S. immigration control complex where death has become very much a part of the equation.
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