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A Colombian guerrilla group has reportedly kidnapped nearly a dozen rice farmers and is holding them hostage in Venezuela, a sign of increasing militant activity along the border that could have implications for an ongoing peace process… Read this piece in its entirety at InSight Crime.
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Thanks to the Latino Media Collective on WPFW for having me on the show today to talk about “zero tolerance” policing in Latin America. You can find my article, “Giuliani in Rio,” at the Jacobin magazine website. An archived recording of today’s interview is available here. UPDATE (Jan. 23, 2016): Thanks to the Latino Media Collective…
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I was on The Majority Report talking about my recent article for Jacobin magazine, “Giuliani in Rio.” You can listen here or watch the full show below.
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At about 4:30 on Friday, I was standing outside the building where I work, smoking a cigarette, just a few blocks from the National Mall. A helicopter was circling overhead at a low altitude – strangely low, I thought. Just at that moment, an unmarked, fire-engine red SUV flew past me down 7th street with…
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Read this piece in its entirety at the South Florida Arts Review. At 8 p.m. Monday night, Chris Hayes, formerly of MSNBC’s “Up” – scheduled unfortunately early on Saturday mornings – debuted his new prime-time weeknight show (the unfortunately named) “All In.” Somebody should have checked with Paula Broadwell about the rights to that… http://students.com.miami.edu/~reviewing/?page_id=871
Mike LaSusa 