The Turks and Caicos goverment issued a statement on Saturday about the capsizing of a boat carrying 160 Haitian refugees on May 4. The statement (not surprisingly) repeats the official version of the story -that the partol tied a line to the boat to tow them into shore, and the boat then fliped in the rough seas read more
He surely deserves to be fired (see AP story and/or summary of the World Bank ad hoc commiittee report by David Corn), but the Bank will no doubt continue to be the corruption promoting entity it has been for years, Naomi Klein offers some great insight in to this. For example, read more
Not the Way Forward on TradeAdvocates for better trade policy cry foul as the Democratic Leadership Announces a Secret Deal with BushFor immediate release: May 15, 2007 read more
If you would like to sign on to the following letter, please e-mail Tom Ricker at tomr[at]quixote [dot] orgDear member of Congress:We are writing today to encourage you to support House Resolution 241. House Resolution 241 would direct the United States Executive Directors at the International Monetary Fund, World Bank, and the Inter-American Development Bank to use the voice, vote, and influence of the United States to immediately cancel Haiti’s debts to those institutions. read more
From Orlando Sentinel article "Deportation divides family" ""Agents are going to homes and workplaces, apprehending illegal immigrants. They are holding them at detention centers, sometimes transferring them out of state, and in many cases flying them back to their countries of origin. read more
Ben Terrall, freelance journalist from the bay area, recently published an article on labor rights and new trade legislation (HOPE Act) for Haiti Analysis. You can read this on the Haiti Analysis website.
Dear Friends: As you already know Bolivia decided to withdraw from the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) in a initiative taken during the Celebration of the First Year of ALBA-TCP the 29th April. The decision was taken toghether with Venezuela and Nicaragua read more
From the Miami Heraldhttp://www.miamiherald.com/582/story/103207.htmlPrint This ArticlePosted on Fri, May. 11, 2007Haitian survivor: `They just left us out there’BY STEVENSON JACOBSSurvivors of a capsizing that killed at least 61 Haitian migrants said a Turks and Caicos patrol boat rammed them, towed them into deeper water and abandoned their overturned vessel read more
I was just in Chicago last month for the Latin America Solidarity Conference. One of the main topics of discussion was immigrant rights. It seems appropriate then to remind people here of the incredible contributions that the people of Haiti have made in the United States – as we advocate for justice for Haitian refugees today.
The AP has a story about the recent capsizing or a boat carrying refugees from Haiti – it happened on Thursday and at least 60 people died. Survivors say that the Turks and Caicos Navel vessel rammed their boat twice before it capsized. read more
