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Article: Latin America & Caribbean.(The unreported year 2006)(Hugo Chavez wins election at Venezuela)(land reform bill introduced at Bolivia)(Chico Whitaker wins Right Livelihood Honorary Award )(Chronology)
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- New Internationalist
- Article date:
- January 1, 2007
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JOURNEY WITH MAPS (Above)
Thousands of Latin Americans lose their lives trying to cross the border into the US, across the Rio Grande and the Arizona desert. In February, the Mexican Human Rights Commission announced that it would give future migrants detailed maps of the Arizona desert to help them navigate the popular but perilous route. Immigration politics in the US continued to be heated, cruel and contradictory throughout 2006. One bill, approved by the US Senate in May, allowed for the construction of a 500-mile fence along the US-Mexico border and the use of military technology to control it. But the bill also allowed for up to 75 per cent of the 12 ...