Panamerican Routes: Transplanting Latin political theatre in Toronto
| Now, LGBT tourists visiting Buenos Aires can tie the knot in the city, enjoy their honeymoon in the Paris of South America, and return home with a marriage certificate. Buenos Aires province and the City of Rosario already allow foreigners to hold ... |  San Diego Gay & Lesbian News |
| WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - A United Nations human rights official has urged the United States to return the control of lands considered sacred to Native Americans, ... |  FinalCall.com News |
| That is the cry from supporters of the longest imprisoned freedom fighter for Puerto Rican independence. To make their point, friends and family of Mr. López Rivera along with community activists have sentenced themselves to “jail. |  FinalCall.com News |
| The Rector of the State University of Haiti presents this Monday, to the academic community in particular and the general public, the "Directory of Memory and End Study Work to the UEH from 1960 to 2011" (Répertoire des Mémoires et travaux de sortie ... |  Haitilibre.com |
| Earlier on the same day of May 16, nearly 9000 km away from Montréal, roughly 100000 students and supporters took to the streets in Santiago, Chile, in the second major demonstration of the new year, bringing a resurgence to the student movement that ... |  The Market Oracle |
| At 1619 per 100000 residents, Louisiana has more prisoners per capita than any other state. And because America has more prisoners per capita than any other nation, Louisiana's incarceration rate counts as the highest in the world. |  NOLA.com |
| "It's more that Texas has taken a foot off the gas pedal than changing direction or putting a foot on the brake," said Robert Perkinson, author of "Texas Tough: The Rise of America's Prison Empire." The changes in Texas are neither novel nor unique. |  NOLA.com |
| Officials in Honduras say inmates have taken control of a prison in the city of San Pedro Sula. At least one person was killed and 10 injured when prisoners opened fire on each other on Wednesday. The prison governor said guards had surrounded the jail ... |  BBC News |
| US troops stand watch in a guard tower in 2006 at Camp Delta in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. (Mark Wilson, Getty Images / June 30, 2006) By David G. Savage, Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court, after a four-year break from terrorism issues, ... |  Los Angeles Times |
| A new Haitian government led by Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe officially began its duties on Wednesday, capping a months-long political vacuum in the troubled nation. President Michel Martelly, in office for a year, had lacked a Cabinet chief since ... |  The Hindu |
| It surrounded a Hollywood-type fundraiser for earthquake-torn Haiti, with Penn leading the way. "This is the first time, as far as I can remember, that no film is associated with the press conference," said Behar. "This is about bringing concerned ... |  USA TODAY |
| Conservatives and liberals have found rare common ground in recent years on prison reform issues. Last year, the NAACP and Grover Norquist, the conservative activist who founded Americans for Tax Reform, teamed up to say that states send too many ... |  Yahoo! News Blogs (blog) |
| The Georgia Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union has issued a 182-page report critical of four Georgia facilities that house undocumented immigrant prisoners, including the North Georgia Detention Center in Gainesville. |  Press TV |
| "White supremacist groups have been having a meltdown since the census bureau predicted that non-Hispanic whites would lose the majority by 2050," said Mark Potok, spokesman for the Southern Poverty Law Center, which monitors hate groups. |  ABC News |
| I understood perfectly. Someone told me recently that prisoners are the most hated people in America. It certainly seemed true when I was in. How else to explain what happened to us? There is a callous attitude towards those in prison, even kids. |  Youth Today |
| Medellín, Colombia FOR some time now, if you asked architects and urban planners for proof of the power of public architecture and public space to remake the fortunes of a city, they'd point here. Twenty-odd years ago, this was Pablo Escobar's town, ... |  New York Times |
Seattle's narrowing inequality and surprisingly poor Asian and African Americans| By day, he's director of development at the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) and last May he became president of the DC-based Latino GLBT History Project, which is planning an expanded edition of Latino Pride this year. |  Washington Blade |
| The African-American community in the state, led by the NAACP, also was vocal in joining the calls for an end to the death penalty. Throughout its history, the US has applied the death penalty in a biased and arbitrary manner. |  JURIST |
| Earlier this year, Barkley, punter Kyle Negrete and center Khaled Holmes started planning a trip to Haiti to help build homes for the victims of the 2010 earthquake. But once word got out, more people wanted to join and soon, 16 USC football players ... |  Yahoo! Sports (blog) |
