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One Child’s Sexual Abuse Allegations Show the Problems with Our Immigration System

screw_reality wrote in ontd_political May 13, 2016 11:06

Detention centers want to reinvent themselves as child care facilities, but critics say it’s a dangerous idea ( Read more... )

central america, undocumented immigration, *trigger warning: sexual assault, texas, *trigger warning: child abuse / csa, immigration, rape, sexual assault, hispanic/latin@ people, *trigger warning: violence

Because America Can Only Feel Safer When Kidnapping and Torturing Brown People.

evildevil wrote in ontd_political Feb 20, 2013 08:55

And We were This Close of Starting Operation Condor, Part II: Mooslim Edition Open Society: Freedom Watch.

¡Yanqui, No!: Why Latin America Didn't Join Washington's Counterterrorism Posse
Only one region on earth avoided participating in our post-9/11 torture system all-together.

The map tells the story. To illustrate a damning new report, " ( Read more... )

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El Salvador marks murder-free day

fishnet_hamster wrote in ontd_political Apr 16, 2012 21:22

Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/16/el-salvador-murder-free-day

No one was murdered in El Salvador on Saturday in what was the first homicide-free day in nearly three years for the Central American country plagued by violent drug ( Read more... )

central america, murder, latin america, war on drugs

Honduras prison fire kills more than 350 inmates

fishphile wrote in ontd_political Feb 16, 2012 20:24

By Mayra Navarro ( Read more... )

central america, honduras, latin america, jail/prison/imprisonment

Mystery epidemic devastates Central American region

chaya wrote in ontd_political Feb 12, 2012 20:15

Jesus Ignacio Flores started working when he was 16, laboring long hours on construction sites and in the fields of his country's biggest sugar plantation ( Read more... )

central america, workers rights, health

President Ahmadinejad to Visit Latin American Countries

fishphile wrote in ontd_political Dec 30, 2011 19:16

TEHRAN - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is to visit Venezuela and Cuba as part of a four-nation Latin America tour in the second week of January 2012, an official said Wednesday ( Read more... )

central america, latin america, hugo chavez, mahmoud ahmadinejad, south america, cuba, venezuela

France to extradite Noriega to Panama

chantalzola wrote in ontd_political Aug 03, 2011 12:01

Latest update: 03/08/2011

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central america, murder, france, crime, politics

because if I have to be freaked out by this...so do you!

redstar826 wrote in ontd_political Jul 20, 2011 22:10

Deep sinkhole opens under woman's bed

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central america, wtf

Love your people, divorce your husband.

danyjoncew wrote in ontd_political Mar 23, 2011 21:22

Guatemala first couple eyes divorce over vote
President and wife to end marriage as first lady
seeks constitutional eligibility to run for presidency.

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central america, latin america, elections

I approve of this

perfectisafault wrote in ontd_political Mar 23, 2011 11:40

Obama visits grave of slain Salvadoran archbishop

President Obama's trip to El Salvador is cut short amid the developments in Libya. But his visit and tribute to Archbishop Oscar Romero is hailed as recognition of the nation's democratic transition.

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central america, barack obama