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These days, it would be amusing to challenge an avid international news reader to find unequivocal agreement in sundry news sources like CNN, BBC News, and The Economist. Yet, they all agree on something: the coming months will be decisive for the future of Latin America. Drawing on the colonial heritage of the Iberian Empire, this region boasts a historical dependence on Baron de Montesquieu’s concept of executive power. And the 18 countries electing presidents this year seem to be leaning further toward what the French author would call, la gauche —the left...
...phrase “senior tutor” may soon go the way of Harvard’s Latin diplomas and its once-famous 15-point GPA scale...
Country or region of birth of illegal immigrants in the U.S., March 2004 ? MEXICO 57% ? OTHER LATIN AMERICA 24% ? ALL OTHER 19% estimates ... Their numbers are growing ... ? 2005 -- 6.3 million ? Millions of illegal Mexican immigrants living...
...billion Estimated combined annual gross income of all U.S. workers born in Latin America, of both legal and illegal immigration status, according to a 2004 report...
...community's complaints against the newcomers are varied and vigorous. Neighbors rail against single-family homes that are carved into hostels housing a dozen or more men at a time. Uninsured drivers, some of whom display the daredevil driving style of rural Latin America, anger local motorists. Day laborers looking for work clog parking lots, and they are more than just an inconvenience. Flooding the market with cheap labor, they're driving down wages for everyone. Even some of the more established undocumented workers are critical of the newcomers. "A hard worker used to be able to make...