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GLST 300: Migration in Latin America

Causes

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In Latin America, the Pandemic Threatens Equality Like Never Before
By Turkewitz, Julie and Sofía Villamil. In The New York Times, 13 July 2020.
‘Cuba Is Depopulating’: Largest Exodus Yet Threatens Country’s Future
By Augustin, Ed and Frances Robles. In The New York Times, 10 Dec 2022.
Why Can’t We Stop Unauthorized Immigration? Because It Works.
By Valdes, Marcela. In The New York Times Magazine, 5 Oct 2023.
Why Are So Many Venezuelans Going to the United States?
By Turkewitz, Julie and Isayen Herrera. In The New York Times, 24 Sept 2023.
How a Peaceful Country Became a Gold Rush State for Drug Cartels
By Turkewitz, Julie. In The New York Times, 12 July 2023.
Despite Help for Venezuelans in South America, Many Are Still Heading North
By Glatsky, Genevieve. In The New York Times, 29 Feb 2023
1+1=4? Latin America Confronts a Pandemic Education Crisis
By Turkewitz, Julie. In The New York Times, 26 June 2021.
‘We Are Doomed’: Devastation From Storms Fuels Migration in Honduras
By Kitroeff, Natalie. In The New York Times, 6 April 2021.
Uprooted: How climate change is reshaping migration from Honduras
By Peñalosa, Marisa and Joel Rose. In NPR: Up First, 23 July 2023.
‘Without the ice cap, we cannot live’: The Andes community devastated by climate crises
By Liendo, Illa and Ángela Ponce. In The Guardian, 18 Apr 2023.