Abstract: Most bolivian migrants in Sao Paulo working in sweatshops don’t know that there are binational agreements that make working legally in Brazil quite easy. However, this information is not out there where unemployed and desperate people contact the recruiters that prepare the transportation of workers all the way to […]

Growing up in Central and South America, we were raised on tales of  the “American Dream”: how an immigrant could go to the USA and before long have a house, a car, a family and enough money to send back to his extended family in the home country. Things have […]

When I moved to the United States from Brazil in August of 2008, I was ready to become part of the long-famous phenomenon of brain drain. As I first stepped onto my college campus, I envisioned the future smoothly: amazing grades, a wonderful finance internship on Wall Street, followed by […]

In November, the backlash to externally imposed austerity once again boiled over. Labor unions executed coordinated strikes. University students took to the streets. Daily life came to a halt as citizens protested grinding reforms. The harsh economic restructuring was demanded by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and backed by the […]

9/11 not only changed American discourses on security but also modified the US- Mexican relations and with it its promises of a fair accomplishment of the North Atlantic Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) regarding immigration and trade