news.newamericamedia.org - The Americas http://news.newamericamedia.org news.newamericamedia.org en-us New California Media DW Alliance LLC http://www.dwalliance.com Haitians Angry Over Aid Levels http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=7df8ade1cae209d72507f66479ba2e5e&from=rss More than three months after the Haitian earthquake the UN says it has now reached nearly all displaced people living in emergency shelters But some say those figures do not reflect the realities on the ground a hrefhttpenglishaljazeeranetnewsamericas201004201042942353935121html targetblankAl Jazeera Englisha 2010-04-30T00:12:00-08:00 img srchttpmedianewamericamediaorgimagesbasicsvideogif altVideo Mexico Warns of Retaliation for New Arizona Law http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=1f1fb23c80788bd10d922f043e2a924d&from=rss The Mexican government warned that it would reconsider its relations with Arizona after the states governor signed the nations toughest bill on illegal immigration into law on Friday a hrefhttpwwwimprecomnoticias2010424mexicopodriatomarrepresalia1849811html targetblankLa Opinina 2010-04-24T17:01:00-08:00 Planeta o Muerte Evo Morales and the Revolutionary Politics of Mother Earth http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=6d0c34f507ab659d4e204b6556371c25&from=rss By convening the World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth CMPCC Evo Morales the president of Bolivia has established himself as the leader of a hybrid global movement that links the rights of humans to what organizers have coined the universal rights of Mother Earth By Roberto LovatoPhoto Alexandra Corazza New America Media 2010-04-21T06:47:00-08:00 News Report La Visitadora What Michelle Obamas Visit Means for Mexico http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=e5a8c9f25001b266b5014fdadfdd9aae&from=rss In an oped titled La Visitadora The Visitor in Mexican newspaper La Jornada Soledad Loaeza writes that there is more than meets the eye to First Lady Michelle Obamas visit to Mexico Soledad Loaeza a hrefhttpwwwjornadaunammx20100415indexphpsectionopinionarticle019a2pol targetblankLa Jornadaa 2010-04-15T15:55:00-08:00 Commentary Rebelling Against Death in Ciudad Juarez http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=bbde0ceafd4d4c291ba253752c1c80f6&from=rss Last week Mexicos Federal Police assumed control of local policing in the state of Chihuahua But this does not mean the army is halting its operations in Ciudad Juarez Staff a hrefhttpwwwnmsuedufrontera targetblankFrontera NorteSura 2010-04-13T12:00:00-08:00 News Report Haitian Women Demand Role in Rebuilding Their Country http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=d17ff84bfcaaff97673f55e1cb3ccd78&from=rss Almost three months after the Jan 12 earthquake that devastated Haiti women advocates and UN officials are increasingly worried that Haitian women are being sidelined in national relief and reconstruction efforts Anthony Advincula New America Media 2010-04-08T00:15:00-08:00 News Report Are Mexican Lives Worth Less http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=24858aca314d7ba0ef99405cf50718a7&from=rss It took the killing of two US citizens in Ciudad Juarez to elicit a comment from the US president Yet the United States continues to deny its own complicity in the deaths of thousands of people in the Mexican drug war Patrick Osio a hrefhttpwwwhispanicvistacom targetblankHispanicVistaa 2010-03-30T11:00:00-08:00 Commentary Hispanic Media Dispel H1N1 Myths in Texas Border Towns http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=4613175da7c48de3c9c471ecb0ac298b&from=rss South Texans were confused by the seemingly contradictory messages about H1N1 coming from the Mexican and US governments As Mexico closed schools and instituted curfews US authorities appeared to be doing almost nothing leading some to believe that the virus was active only on one side of the border Elena Shore Video by Josue Rojas New America Media 2010-03-29T01:01:00-08:00 News Report img srchttpmedianewamericamediaorgimagesbasicsvideogif altVideo Activists See Irony in Calderons Speedy Response to American Killings http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=7102557accca58032a0829f506a52842&from=rss Activists say the Calderon administration came running after the Americans were killed yet has failed to react with the same urgency to the many murders that have plagued Mexicans in Juarez for years a hrefhttpwwwimprecomlaopinionnoticiasprimerapagina2010317notodossomosjuarez1784082html targetblankLa Opinina 2010-03-18T01:23:00-08:00 Chile Needs Help Too http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=077232da4e7a99b1d2a2b02f4655a224&from=rss Chile may have survived its earthquake better than Haiti but there is no question that the South American nation needs help write editors of El DiarioLa Prensa Staff a 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