Posted on 02 February 2011 by editor
A Guatemalan family heading to the Mexican border. Credit:Wilfredo DÃaz/IPS
By Danilo Valladares
GUATEMALA CITY, Feb 2, 2011 (IPS) – Spiralling violence against Central American migrants in Mexico has prompted legal reforms, diplomatic actions, and the creation of new mechanisms to protect citizens in this region.
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Posted on 02 February 2011 by editor
By Gonzalo Ortiz
QUITO, Jan 24, 2011 (IPS/TerraViva) – Ecuadorean immigrants have been put in an even more vulnerable position by the lingering economic crisis in the industrialised world, especially in Spain and the United States, the main destinations for migrants from Latin America.
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Posted on 01 February 2011 by editor
By Emilio Godoy
MEXICO CITY, Feb 1, 2011 (IPS/TerraViva) – Although Central American migrants continue to face all kinds of abuses and even death on their way north through Mexico to the U.S. border, experts and activists have begun to see a slight change in approach to the issue.
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