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A great transition in our hemisphere, and a labor action news roundup

The Pacto Histórico: a one-of-a kind alliance. It was a unique coalition, not a mere alliance among political parties, but also including social movements from a broad range of the ideological spectrum. And the "Nobodies" won. Here's how

Last month, the White House announced more than $1.9 billion in “private sector commitments” to Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador-part of Vice President Harris’ “Call to Action” to address the root causes of migration from northern Central America.

Global mining companies have used the pandemic to push unwanted projects on vulnerable communities, who are fighting back — and sometimes winning.

Guess what? Zooming is bad for effective meetings

“We traveled to Central America to investigate the root causes of migration. What we found is a resilient region where corporate interests, international development institutions, and the U.S. government have played a profoundly destabilizing role."

Beneficiaries of a program that resettled young Cubans decades ago were outraged after the Miami archbishop compared them to today’s unaccompanied minors.

What Washington Could Really Do in Central America

Despite its pledges to aid Central America, the Biden administration continues to deny the United States’ role in destabilizing the region.

If Biden and Harris are serious about addressing migration, they must go beyond the pitifully small increases in humanitarian aid to Central America to end more than 200 years of invasions that are at the root of these causes.