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The Secret Guatemalan Police Archives

The Secret Guatemalan Police Archives

By: Daniel Nardini They had been lying in an abandoned warehouse for decades. The archives of the former Guatemalan National Police might hold the keys to what happened to the… Read more »

An American Held Hostage in Venezuela

An American Held Hostage in Venezuela

By: Daniel Nardini It seems that there is a growing number of rogue countries that are using U.S. citizens as hostages, as bargaining chips against the United States. There is… Read more »

Bolivia’s USAID Moment

Bolivia’s USAID Moment

By: Daniel Nardini It seems to have become fashionable among wacky leftist governments to accuse the United States of things that seem almost like bad scripts from the famous TV… Read more »

The Rubio Witch Hunt

The Rubio Witch Hunt

By: Daniel Nardini U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (Republican-Florida) is not known for being “soft” on the undocumented. Unlike the hardcore, extreme rightwing Republicans who want no immigration reform, Rubio is… Read more »

Alabama’s Anti-immigrant Law Crushed

Alabama’s Anti-immigrant Law Crushed

By: Daniel Nardini In a landmark decision, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld lower federal court decisions that Alabama’s immigration law was unconstitutional. The law, known as HB (House Bill)56, required… Read more »

Bringing the Mentally Disabled Out of the ICE Black Hole

Bringing the Mentally Disabled Out of the ICE Black Hole

By: Daniel Nardini In 2008, a man named Mark Lyttle was imprisoned by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Lyttle, a U.S. citizen, was also mentally disabled. He was mistaken… Read more »

Amnesty for Iraq War Deserters

Amnesty for Iraq War Deserters

By: Daniel Nardini Former U.S. Army Private Kimberly Rivera* will go on trial in a U.S. military court for desertion. If found guilty, she could face many years in prison… Read more »

Cinco de Mayo: The Deadly French Connection

Cinco de Mayo: The Deadly French Connection

By: Daniel Nardini We know that Cinco de Mayo (May 5th) was the Mexican victory over the French forces of Emperor Napoleon III in 1862 at the First Battle of… Read more »

The Strange Case of Enidris Siurano Rodriguez

The Strange Case of Enidris Siurano Rodriguez

By: Daniel Nardini It seems an unlikely case on the issues of free speech and prejudice. A 15 year-old high school student named Enidris Siurano Rodriguez refuses on principle to… Read more »

Home-Grown Jihadis

Home-Grown Jihadis

By: Daniel Nardini There are still too many holes in the stories about the alleged bombers Dzhokar and Tamerlin Tsarnaev. We may never fully know what exactly motivated them to… Read more »