NACLA Report on the Americas Building Corruption in Haiti

FOR THIS SECOND INSTALLMENT OF YOUR NACLA REPORT ON THE AMERICAS ASSIGNMENT, YOU ARE TO READ A CURRENT NEWS ARTICLE ABOUT THE CARIBBEAN OR CENTRAL AMERICA FROM THE WEBSITE FOR THE NORTH AMERICAN CONGRESS OF LATIN AMERICA (NACLA) AND SUBMIT A SHORT REVIEW. THE DUE DATE FOR THIS REVIEW IS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6. LATE REVIEWS WILL BE ACCEPTED FOR ONE WEEK, AND A ONE-GRADE DEDUCTION WILL BE ASSESSED.

PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR REVIEWTHROUGH 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 BOTH A TITLE PAGE AND A WORKS CITED PAGE (NEITHER OF THESE PAGES COUNT TOWARD YOUR 3-4 PAGES OF TEXT). THE 3 NACLA REPORTS THAT YOU SUBMIT WILL COUNT AS A COMBINED 20% TOWARD YOUR FINAL GRADE. IN YOUR WORKS CITED PAGE, COMPOSE YOUR ARTICLE ENTRY IN A FORMAT LIKE THIS:

JENNIFER A. CÁRCAMO, “POETS AND PROPHETS OF RESISTANCE: INTELLECTUALS AND THE ORIGINS OF EL SALVADOR’S CIVIL WAR,” NACLA REPORT ON THE AMERICAS WEBSITE (AUGUST 6, 2020).

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. ENRIQUE PEÑA NIETO, ANDRES MANUEL LOPEZ OBRADOR, 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 THE NOVEMBER 6 DUE DATE. JUST PICK ANY ONE ARTICLE FROM THIS LIST FOR YOUR NOVEMBER 6 REVIEW. YOU WILL REPEAT THE SAME PROCESS FOR YOUR REVIEW ON A SOUTH AMERICAN NATION, WHICH IS DUE ON NOVEMBER 20. THESE ARTICLES RANGE IN DATE FROM FEBRUARY 2019 TO NOVEMBER 2020. FOR THIS LIST, I’M GOING IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER BY NATION:

BARBADOS:

• CARIBBEAN FOOD SOVEREIGNTY DURING COVID-19 (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.)

BARBUDA:

• AFTER IRMA, DISASTER CAPITALISM THREATENS CULTURAL HERITAGE IN BARBUDA(LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.)

COSTA RICA:

• COSTA RICA’S COVID-19 RESPONSE SCAPEGOATS NICARAGUAN MIGRANTS (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.)

CUBA:

• A SHIP ADRIFT: CUBA AFTER THE PINK TIDE (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.)

• MI PRIMERA TAREA (FILM REVIEW) (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.)

• ON SOVEREIGNTIES AND SOLIDARITIES (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.)

• WHY TRUMP’S CUBA POLICY IS SO WRONG (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.)

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC:

• CHECKPOINT NATION (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.)

• POST-ELECTORAL CRISIS IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC (INTERVIEW) (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.)

• THE RIGHT’S CONTINUED DOMINANCE IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.)

EL SALVADOR:

• 100 DAYS OF NAYIB BUKELE IN EL SALVADOR: SOCIAL MOVEMENT PERSPECTIVES (INTERVIEW) (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.)

• CONFRONTING INTERNAL FORCED DISPLACEMENT IN EL SALVADOR (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.)

• DEATH BY DEPORTATION, WITH HELP FROM THE HUMAN RIGHTS ESTABLISHMENT (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.)

• DEPORTATION CONTAGIONS (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.)

• EL BUKELAZO: SHADES OF DICTATORSHIP IN EL SALVADOR (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.)

• EL SALVADOR’S BACKSLIDE (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.)

• POETS AND PROPHETS OF RESISTANCE: INTELLECTUALS AND THE ORIGINS OF EL SALVADOR’S CIVIL WAR (BOOK REVIEW) (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.)

• THE HOLLYWOOD KID: THE VIOLENT LIFE AND VIOLENT DEATH OF AN MS-13 HITMAN (BOOK REVIEW) (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.)

GUATEMALA:

• A DISPATCH FROM THE CARAVAN (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.)

• A VICTORY FOR GUATEMALA’S PACTO DE CORRUPTOS (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.)

• DEFENDING CONSULTATION: INDIGENOUS RESISTANCE AGAINST THE ESCOBAL MINE IN GUATEMALA (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.)

• DEMOCRACY IN CRISIS IN GUATEMALA (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.)

• GUATEMALA: IMPUNITY FOR WAR CRIMINALS, AGAIN (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.)

• “HISTORY MOVES FORWARD. YOU CANNOT GO BACK:” AN INTERVIEW WITH JUDGE YASSMÍN BARRIOS (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.)

• IN GUATEMALA, FINDING A VOICE IN INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY RADIO (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.)

• IN GUATEMALA, OUT WITH THE OLD, IN WITH THE OLDER (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.)

• INDIGENOUS GUATEMALAN JOURNALIST FACES CHARGES AFTER REPORTING ON PROTEST (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.)

• IS GUATEMALA A “SAFE THIRD COUNTRY” FOR DISPOSABLE PEOPLE? (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.)

• OFFICIALS CONCEAL CONDITIONS AT GUATEMALA MENTAL HEALTH HOSPITAL DURING PANDEMIC (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.)

• SEX WORKERS UNIONIZE IN GUATEMALA (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.)

• TALKING LIKE A MINING COMPANY: THE ESCOBAL MINE IN GUATEMALA (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.)

• U.S. ARCHEOLOGIST SEEKS TO PRIVATIZE MAYA HISTORIC SITES IN THE NAME OF CONSERVATION (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.)

• WHITE FLAGS AS GUATEMALANS GROW HUNGRY (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.)

HAITI:

• A YOUNG DUVALIER AND HAITI’S UNREMEMBERED PAST (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.)

• BEHIND THE COVID NUMBERS IN HAITI (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.)

• BUILDING CORRUPTION IN HAITI (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.)

• HAITI AT THE CROSSROADS (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.)

• SHOOTING AT HAITIAN PARLIAMENT SURPRISES FEW AS ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTS CONTINUE (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.)

HONDURAS:

• FOR MURDERED HONDURAN ORGANIZER BERTA CÁCERES, “ANY INJUSTICE WAS HER BATTLE” (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.)

• GARÍFUNA COMMUNITY DEMANDS RETURN OF KIDNAPPED LEADERS (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.)

• HONDURAS A DECADE AFTER THE COUP: AN INTERVIEW WITH LUIS MÉNDEZ (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.)

• ON HONDURAS (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.)

• POLITICAL PRISONERS RELEASED AS GOVERNMENT’S LEGITIMACY CRUMBLES IN HONDURAS (INTERVIEW) (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.)

• THE FLAME OF OPPOSITION IN HONDURAS (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.)

• THE ROOTS OF THE NATIONAL STRIKE IN HONDURAS: AN INTERVIEW WITH BAYRON RODRÍGUEZ PINEDA (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.)

• THE STAIN THAT MARDI GRAS COVERS UP: WORKER VULNERABILITY IN NEW ORLEANS (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.)

• U.S. VIOLENCE PREVENTION IN HONDURAS: HELP OR HYPOCRISY? (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.)

• WHO KILLED BERTA CÁCERES (BOOK REVIEW) (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.)

JAMAICA:

• RETHINKING SARGASSUM SEAWEED: COULD IT BE THE NEW NORMAL IN JAMAICA? (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.)

NICARAGUA:

• DECIPHERING NICARAGUA’S TEPID COVID RESPONSE (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.)

• THE ANTI-SANDINISTA YOUTH OF NICARAGUA (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.)

• THE SANDINISTA LABOR PARADOX (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.)

• THE YOUTH LEADING NICARAGUA’S UPRISING, ONE YEAR LATER (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.)

PUERTO RICO:

• A DISASTROUS METHANE GAS SCHEME THREATENS PUERTO RICO’S ENERGY FUTURE (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.)

• ADJUNCT FACULTY IN AN ADJUNCT COUNTRY (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.)

• DOING REGGAETÓN HOWEVER HE WANTS: BAD BUNNY’S YHLQMDLG (MUSIC REVIEW) (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.)

• MUTUAL AID AND SURVIVAL AS RESISTANCE IN PUERTO RICO (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.)

• POLICING IS THE CRISIS (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.)

• PUERTO RICAN PEOPLE’S ASSEMBLIES SHIFT FROM PROTEST TO PROPOSAL (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.)

• PUERTO RICO’S SEISMIC SHOCKS (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.)

• PUERTO RICO AND THE PERPETUAL STATE OF EMERGENCY (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.)

• STEP BY POWERFUL STEP, CITIZENS LEAD PUERTO RICO INTO ITS SOLAR FUTURE (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.)

• THE ANTI-CORRUPTION CODE FOR THE NEW PUERTO RICO (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.)

• THE PROTESTS IN PUERTO RICO ARE ABOUT LIFE AND DEATH (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.)

• THE SUMMER 2019 UPRISING: BUILDING A NEW PUERTO RICO

• TO MY FELLOW BORIBLANCOS: WHEN WE SAY “DOWN WITH WHITE POWER,” WE ALSO MEAN OUR WHITE POWER