NACLA assignment
Spring semester 2024
Guidelines for NACLA assignment #1
FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT, YOU ARE TO READ CURRENT NEWS ARTICLES ABOUT LATIN AMERICA FROM THE WEBSITE FOR THE NORTH AMERICAN CONGRESS OF LATIN AMERICA (NACLA) AND SUBMIT THREE SHORT REVIEWS DURING THE SEMESTER. PLEASE SUBMIT ONE REVIEW PER DUE DATE. EACH REVIEW IS TO BE AT LEAST 3-4 PAGES AND DOUBLE-SPACED AND EACH DUE DATE CORRESPONDS TO A REGIONAL TOPIC IN LATIN AMERICA.
March 8: Mexico, Border issues and immigration, United States foreign policy, and Latinx communities
April 12: The Caribbean (Cuba, Haiti, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, etc.), and Central America (Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Panama, Nicaragua, and Belize).
MAY 10: SOUTH AMERICA (BRAZIL, ARGENTINA, CHILE, PERU, URUGUAY, ECUADOR, COLOMBIA, BOLIVIA, PARAGUAY, AND VENEZUELA)
Please submit your reports through Canvas in either of the following formats: doc, docx or PDF (if you are using Google Docs or Apple Pages to compose your review, please be sure to convert your paper to docx or PDF before submitting it). Late papers will be accepted for each submission, but only for one week after the assigned due dates and will be assessed a full grade deduction. Please use a works cited page, and you may use a title page, but that is optional (keep in mind that neither of these pages count toward your 3-4 pages of text). These 3 reports will count as a combined 30% toward your final grade. In your works cited page, compose your article entry in a format like this:
Emilio Godoy, “Mexico Bans Glysophate But Tolerates Other Agrochemicals,” NACLA Report on the Americas website (January 28, 2021).
In terms of the content of each report, I am looking for two main points of discussion. First, you should devote the first half of the report to a summary of the main points in the article that you selected. To help you to address this issue, consider some of these questions: What is the main issue being discussed? (i.e. immigration, elections, education, environment, women’s issues, crime, etc.) Who are the main personalities mentioned in the article? (i.e. Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, President Biden, Vice-President Harris, Former President Trump, etc.) How does the issue affect the people of the country mentioned in the article? Does the issue have any connection with United States interests? What do you think could be the best solution to resolve this problem?
And for the second point of discussion, please analyze the article that you selected and present your point of view on the story. For example, how do you feel about the story? How did this article contribute to your understanding about modern Latin America? And what do you think about the author’s perspective on the article? How does this topic relate to contemporary political, economic or cultural themes in the United States today?
Here is a list of articles from the NACLA website pertaining to regions for your first due date. The dates listed in parenthesis correspond to the publication date of the article. Everybody, just pick any one article from this list for your March 8 review. You will repeat the same process for your reviews on Central America/the Caribbean, and a South American nation. These articles range in date from January 2021 to February 2024.
- US Foreign Policy, Border Issues and Latinx Communities:
A Love Letter to Indigenous Blackness (Sept. 2021) (Links to an external site.)
New Life in Laredo As the Border Reopens (Dec. 2021) (Links to an external site.)
Biden’s New Immigration System Overlooks Mexican Refugees (June 2021)
BOOK TALK ON CUBAN IMMIGRATION GETS HEATED IN MIAMI (JAN. 2023)
Caribeños at the Table (Book Review) (May 2022)
CARNE Y ARENA (VIRTUALLY PRESENT, PHYSICALLY INVISIBLE) (MAR. 2023)LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.
CLASS-ACTION LAWSUIT SECURES NEW PROCEDURAL PROTECTIONS FOR CHILDREN IN FEDERAL IMMIGRATION DETENTION (DEC. 2022)
COLONIAL MIGRANTS AT THE HEART OF EMPIRE (BOOK REVIEW) (SEPT. 2021)
Community Support and Creativity Are Key to Survival in the Rio Grande Valley (Aug. 2021)
For Hemispheric Unity, a Change in U.S. Foreign Policy is Needed (Apr. 2022)
FREE TRADE FIREPOWER: THE GROWING HEMISPHERIC GUN TRADE (NOV. 2023)LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.
(LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.)
From La Montaña, Guerrero to The Bronx: The Story of Victorio Hilario Guzmán (Jan. 2021)
From Trump to Biden in Latin America (May 2021)
Gangsters of Capitalism (Book Review)
Immigration Policy Must Look Beyond the Border (June 2021)
(Links to an external site.)
Integration with the United States or Latin American Independence? (Apr. 2022)Links to an external site.
Latin America and the New Non-Aligned Movement (Apr. 2022)
Latinx Podcasts on the Rise (March 2022)
Licencias Hoy, Papeles Mañana: Driver’s Licenses and Civil Rights in Indiana (Apr. 2023)
Magazuelans: How Venezuelan Americans Embraced Trump as Their Savior (Jan. 2021)
Migrant Networks in the Pandemic (July 2021)
Reopening Mass Influx Facilities Goes Against Biden Administration Promises (March 2021)
Summit of the Americas Underlines Widespread Discontent with U.S. Policy (June 2022)
The Banality of Henry Kissinger (Nov. 2023)Links to an external site.
The Border Crossed US: The Case for Opening the U.S.-Mexico Border (Book Review) (Oct. 2021)
Undoing Trump-Era Policies is Not Enough to Transform the Immigration System (March 2021)
Unheard, Overlooked, Exposed (Dec. 2021)
U.S. Immigration Detention System: “A Living Hell” (Feb. 2022) (Links to an external site.)
U.S. Policy Toward Central America Continues Legacy of Displacement (Apr. 2021) (Links to an external site.)
(Links to an external site.)
Mexico: (Links to an external site.)
A License to Pollute at Fortuna Silver Mines in Oaxaca (March 2021)
A New Life for Mexico’s Oldest Union (Feb. 2024)Links to an external site.
Artists Rally Against Erasure of Mexico City’s Iconic Street Art (Aug. 2022)
Crossing the Storm: EZLN Marks 30 Years with a 120-year Plan (Jan. 2024)Links to an external site.
Links to an external site.
Downtown Juárez (Book Review) (March 2022)Links to an external site.
Estadio Azteca and the 2026 World Cup in Mexico (Sept. 2023)
Horizontal Vertigo: A City Called Mexico (Book Review) (July 2021)
How Mexican Feminists Became Enemies of the State (Apr. 2023)Links to an external site.
How to Destroy an Investigation from the Inside: Ayotzinapa and the Legacies of Impunity (Nov. 2022)
Indigenous Communities in Mexico Take up Arms to Defend the Monarch Forest (March 2021)
Is the Mexican President Protecting the Army? (Sept. 2022)Links to an external site.
Israel, Cybersurveillance, and the Case of the Ayotzinapa 43 (Sept. 2022)
Love, Community, and Alienation in Nudo Mixteco (Film Review)Links to an external site.
Mexican Activist Protests Femicide at Oaxacan Festival (Aug. 2022)Links to an external site.
- Mexican Police Who Massacred Guatemalan Migrants Get Their Guns from the U.S. (Apr. 2021) (Links to an external site.)
Mexico Bans Glysophate But Tolerates Other Agrochemicals (Jan. 2021) (Links to an external site.)
Links to an external site.
Militarized Security and a Cartel Apology in Matamoros (Mar. 2023)
Nearshoring and the Militarization of the U.S.-Mexico Border (Jan. 2024)Links to an external site.
October 2 and the CIA in Mexico (Oct. 2021)Links to an external site.
Power and Spectacle on Mexico’s Southern Border (Feb. 2021)
The Drive Behind Tesla’s New Manufacturing Plant in Mexico (Apr. 2023)
The Mexican Health Care System Under the Administration of AMLO (June 2022)
The Shadowy Mining Sector Making Accidents in Coahuila All Too Common (Sept. 2022)
Trampled by Transformation: Mexico’s Tren Maya (July 2023)Links to an external site.
Veracruz Decriminalized Abortion, but Activists Remain Crucial in Ensuring Access (June 2022)
Zapatistas at 30: Building and Inspiring Autonomy (Dec. 2023)
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