Stories about Migration & Immigration from August, 2011
Cuba: Female Protesters Arrested
Reports of female political activists being “violently arrested on the steps of the old Capitol building in Havana after their demonstration in favor of freedom for the Cuban people drew support from other Cubans and tourists”, here and here.
Mexico: ‘Mexodus’ Documents Middle-Class Migration Triggered by Drug Violence
Ismael Flores from Vivir México highlights [es] the work of Mexodus: “an unprecedented bilingual student-reporting project that documents the flight of middle class families, professionals and businesses to the U.S. and safer areas of México because of soaring drug cartel violence and widespread petty crime in cities such as Ciudad...
Cuba: In Favour of Travel
“Ninety percent of Cubans on both shores do not look kindly on the arbitrary policy of the Castro brothers, authorizing who can and cannot enter their country”, writes Iván García, adding: “Cuba belongs to all Cubans.”
Latin America: Migrating to Another Latin American Country
The Council on Hemispheric Affairs Blog has published its third post in a series about immigration in Latin America. This time, COHA Research Associate Alena Hontarava looks at migration between Latin American countries.
U.S.V.I., Trinidad & Tobago: Best on Self-Knowledge
A Nation or Nobody refers to a speech by the late Trinidadian intellectual Lloyd Best, noting that his “most important message is…that locally-based forms of knowledge are what all people should be striving to develop. Just because the majority of the Caribbean’s people trace their lineage to somewhere else, doesn’t...
Puerto Rico: “The Point Is” to Cross Borders and Facilitate Dialogue
The online publication "El punto es…" [The pint is...] was created by a group of Puerto Ricans who were fed up with having limited access to information regarding what was happening in Puerto Rico. Since 2010, this group of talented individuals has worked on a voluntary basis to shape what has become a refreshing website, where the opinions of Puerto Ricans on the island, in the United States and in Spain can converge.
Jamaica: Emancipation Greetings
Today is Emancipation Day; diaspora blogger Geoffrey Philp posts his greeting here.
Portugal: Lusophone Communities “Have a Look” at the Center of Porto
The Portuguese cultural and artistic association 10pt has launched the initiative Olha Lá (Have a Look) [pt] aiming at “gathering an itinerant object through the Portuguese language space”. The Lusophone communities in Porto are thus called to share and spread the perceptions of diaspora across the historic center of town...
