Adam Sgrenci
Adam Sgrenci is a carpenter in San Francisco. Originally from the east coast, he began his involvement in the immigrants' rights struggle as a case manager for undocumented immigrants impacted by 9/11 in New York City. His interest in social work brought him to the bay area where he became involved with the day labor community. In 2007, he completed a Masters program in International Relations at San Francisco State University where he focused his study on social movements in the Americas. His current research focuses on US Foreign Policy in Latin America.
By Adam Sgrenci
April 17, 2009
This weekend the fifth Summit of the Americas convenes in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, bringing together 34 heads of state in the Western Hemisphere. Leading the U.S. delegation, President Obama needs to break with the failed policies of the Bush administration that alienated most of the governments of Latin America during the first decade of this century.
Adam Sgrenci
January 20, 2009
Since his election in early November, the support for Barack Obama has rallied much anticipation with regards to a new kind of politics. On his inauguration day, we demand he stand by his word. In Latin America, US foreign policy has failed miserably. Predatory free trade agreements, a militarized policy apparatus, and the restriction of outspoken leftist leaders to the fringes of our policy-making has stirred the ire of anti-Americanism like never before.
By Roger Burbach
In the Brazilian state of Paraná, Valmir Mota de Oliveira of Via Campesina, an international peasant organization, was shot twice in the chest at point blank range by armed gunmen on an experimental farm of Syngenta Seeds, a multinational agribusiness corporation. The cold blooded murder took place on Sunday, October 21 after Via Campesina had occupied the site because of Syngenta’s illegal development of genetically modified (GM) seeds. Via Campesina and the Movement of the Landless Rural Workers (MST), the main Brazilian organization involved in Via Campesina’s actions, are calling the murder an execution, declaring, “Syngenta used the services of an armed militia.”
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