*“It's impossible to try to stop (illegal immigration) with a fence,” said Mexican president Felipe Calderon in an interview.* Could Alberto Fujimori be the first of numerous ex-Latin American leaders to be put on trial for human rights and/or corruption charges?
* Despite heavy religious opposition a Colombian court last week ruled to grant gay couples the same social security rights as straight couples.
* Follow-up:
Sources- The Latin Americanist, AFP, Bloomberg, International Herald Tribune, Reuters
Image- MSNBC
"It's especially hard to defeat illegal immigration when the country they are immigrating from is supportive of their leaving. "
ReplyDeleteI'm waiting for that to be a quote of the day.
Hear hear, Monty. Well said.
ReplyDeleteYou might want to check out this video interview of ex-Mexican president Vicente Fox acknowledging the push and pull factors behind immigration.
ReplyDeleteCalderon's quote may've been a nice sound bit, but Fox' comments show that immigration is a complex issue.