Panama's Violation Of Human Rights Violated

The military is responsible for enforcement, which includes death squads, torture, and public execution. The big businesses who are able to extract an endless supply of 'minimum wage' labor, amass great wealth but instead of reinvesting it locally, most invest overseas or in capital intensive labor whereby local jobs are eliminated. Taking all this into effect and the fact that social classes and living conditions of many Central Americans are deteriorating rapidly leads some to rebellion. Some have taken a path of Passive rebellion. This can be seen in literature and popular music which questions the government.

The Big Truck That Went By: How the World Came to Save Haiti and Left Behind a Disaster is an inside look into the realities behind international aid and intervention. The book answers the question of whether or not international efforts in Haiti really benefited the nation in the long term. The book argues that the international community failed in their efforts to rebuild Haiti due to their mismatched military approaches, failed monetary pledges and how the how billions of dollars were ineffective, having served only short term needs instead of, rebuilding solid foundations and institutions that would serve as the first step toward sustainable development.

Human Trafficking and Slavery universally happens in the world when individuals are placed or maintained in and exploitive situation for economic gain. Women, men and children are trafficked for a range of different purposes; forced and exploitative labour in factories, farms and private households, sexual exploitation, and forced marriage. Trafficking can happen to all people if the circumstances are right.

A government’s duty is to run a country with fair laws and regulations, however, when the leaders themselves are abusing their power, something needs to be done. In order for the people to stop the government from abusing its power, they will sacrifice their lives to achieve social change. Almost all the dictators of Latin American countries abuse their power. In Nicaragua, the Somoza family preserves their power by relying on election fraud, murder, torture, and arrests of any political opposition. They rip off humanitarian aid from relief organizations. The blatant disregard and lack of shame led to the formation of several opposition groups against the Somoza regime. In the novel, Alvarez clearly demonstrates how Trujillo abuses his power. Even though he owns many extravagant mansions, he often deprives the people of Dominican Republic by making laws that are unjust and taking their land and selling them at a low price. Trujillo is notorious for his reputation with women, and how he immorally has relations with many women and girls and he even violates them. When the Maribal

This article being released allowed other countries to become aware about the tragic battle that is going on in this beautiful country. Then in 1982 there was a new president that was elected because of a military coup and his name was General Effrain Rios Montt. He was fully against the government system they currently had and he had annulled the 1965 constitution, dissolved the congress and had banned all political parties. This turned the government system in Guatemala to be fully under the control of the army. He also would later that year form local civilian defense groups to work alongside the military in search of the guerilla fighters. They had recovered most of the territory that the guerilla fighters had gained and gave no place for guerilla fighters to feel safe. This was a very brutal time during this war because of the army taking back the guerilla fighters territory and the many civilians they had killed who were living in the camps with the guerilla fighters (Miller,

This article discusses the history of immigration policies between the United States and Haiti and the consequences of these policies. On September 22, 2016 the Obama administration made the drastic decision to close its doors to Haitian migrants. The administration announced that it would tighten its immigration policy on Haitians, limiting the amount of refugees that would enter. Which was a drastic change from their 2010 immigration policy that open its doors to the Haitian refugees. This new policy affected many migrating Haitian who where just days from their immigration appointments. The article recalls personal experiences about the racism and the dangers Haitians face throughout the journey. Also describing the poor conditions immigrants

Death squads and disappearances caused mental anguish to so many citizens of countries plagued with war all over Latin America, just like Lupe and her family. Gabriel Garcia Marquez poses the question, “why could social justice not be a goal for Latin America?” Countries in Latin America like Nicaragua, Guatemala, EL Salvador, Argentina, and Chile were striving for social justice. Some even had democratic elections and were on the right path but the fear of communism that plagued the United States since the beginning of the Cold War halted any of the progress Latin American countries could have even made. Any sort of progress, whether it was farmers and peasants like José forming unions and organizations fighting for human rights, or democratically elected presidents like Arbenz or Allende that fought for agrarian reform and nationalization of resources was completely shut down either directly or indirectly by the United States. Social justice was definitely a goal for Latin America. The region is not filled with savages that can’t grasp democracy; even Marquez “rejected the idea that ‘violence and pain’ was the natural condition of the region.” The United States halted and set aside any progress for social justice in Latin America because it feared losing its powerful influence in the

The United States has committed ghastly injustices. In the article, “Syrian Refugees: Will American Hearts and Minds Change?” by Rajini Srikanth put the issue of Syrian Refugees in the spotlight. Since, “the US is still actively engaged in the global war on terror,” (“Syrian Refugees: Will American Hearts and Minds Change”) terrorists might try and enter the US to attack important buildings. So, “Governors of 31 states have declared their unwillingness to accept any Syrian refugees.” When, the governors decided to not accept refugees, they committed an injustice against the refugees by going against the US which, then, had said that they would accept refugees. The governors suspected that in the middle of the refugees there were hidden terrorists. In fear they

On December 20 of 1989, 26,000 U.S. troops invaded Panama in ‘‘Operation Just Cause’’ to expel and capture the country's strong man, the former general Manuel Antonio Noriega and destroy his military. No honest Panamanian, no human being can be indifferent to the horror of war, one can justify the thousands of dead innocent civilians. ‘‘Forget Prohibited’’ as many Panamanians says for this day, the world's most powerful country United States of North America, economic and military power was the right throw unwarranted. No declaration of war, to attack and invade a small country of 2 million inhabitants in that time.

From the very beginnings of the crisis in Haiti, we can see the various policies adapted by the three different presidents who held office in the U.S. Through the Reagan, Bush, and finally Clinton administrations, there is an evolution of policy from that of silence, to a gradual increase of concern, and ultimately an objective of restoring democracy in Haiti. However, the one thing that remained constant throughout each administration was the U.S. policy and practice of interdiction and repatriation of Haitian refugees. This policy was indeed successful in curtailing the influx of Haitians into the U.S. (Report on the Situation of Human Rights in Haiti, 1994).

Throughout history, the American government has imposed policies that hurt the poor and vulnerable worldwide. The United States immigration policy makes it difficult for Haitian boat refugees--who had stepped on the U.S. soil to gain parole, much less political asylum. United States immigration policy between Haiti and Cuba are comparatively different; wet foot dry foot compared to no foot. Even facing persecution and death, Haitians were forced to return to their land. The common misconception that the Haitian-immigration wave is a threat to a sustainable developing country caused lack of sympathy for Haitian refugees in the state of Florida.

The consequence of this is the creation of thousands of stateless persons who are deprived of all civil rights. They become unable to go to a bank, access proper heath care, attend school, and are opened to gross work exploitations.

This investigation aims to address the question: Was the United States justified in its authoritative manner of obtaining and controlling the Panama canal zone? To address this question, this investigation will examine three critical points: the use of the United States military in securing Panama’s independence, the subsequent Hay-Bunau-Varilla treaty, and the economic infrastructure of the canal zone. This investigation will analyze a book, Panama

In order to make sure no “false news” gets out regarding election results, the government shutdown all phones, internet, and text messaging for forty-eight hours. In addition, one hundred eighty-seven journalists, one hundred fifty nine citizens, and twelve media assistants have all been imprisoned since the start of the election coverage. So far, 1 journalist and 1 media assistant have been killed in 2017. The CPJ(Committee to Protect Journalists) published an article on March 3rd(“AFP and Le Monde Reporters Beaten, Have Passports Taken during Congolese Elections”)in which they stated that three international journalists who were covering the elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo were beaten and punched by four men who also took their passports away. These men also claimed to be police officials. The incident occurred the day before the elections were held and all the items were returned back to the journalists except their camera memory cards which were withheld for a few more days. In addition, reporters who were studying refugees from Burundi were arrested for reporting the conflict. (1) The physical harassment and withholding of these journalists’ property is a physical violation by these “police officers” and do not allow their harrowing stories to be published. All in all, the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo does not allow their

The military coup was launched by the country’s handful of ultra-wealthy families who control most of the nation’s economy. Thousands of Hondurans protested the coup, but they were physically beaten by the Honduran military. It was an indicative onset as the coup launched a dramatic shift towards brutal fascism under the “Pepe” Lobo administration. Honduras had a serious problem with violence and corruption long before Lobo took over, but his response made the problems much worse by militarizing the police force. The former Police Commissioner María Luisa Borjas admitted, “It’s scarier to meet up with five police officers on the streets than five gang members.” Mind you, Honduras has by far highest murder rate in the world with gang violence