Emile Schepers

Born in South Africa, Emile Schepers is a veteran civil and immigrant rights activist. He has a doctorate in cultural anthropology from Northwestern University. He is active in the struggle for immigrant rights, in solidarity with the Cuban Revolution, and several other issues. He writes from Northern Virginia.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Emile Schepers

World

Aristide returns to Haiti, calls for inclusion of poor and disenfranchised
March 18, 2011 By Emile Schepers
Former Haitian President Jean Bertrand Aristide returned to Haiti this morning after a seven-year period of exile in South Africa.
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Rights groups ask U.S. to suspend deportations to Haiti
March 17, 2011 By Emile Schepers
Many are urging authorities to stop deportations until after the Haitian cholera epidemic has subsided.
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U.S.-Mexico relations still irritable
March 14, 2011 By Emile Schepers
U.S.-Mexico relations remain irritable after undiplomatic comments about Mexico by U.S. officials, and now because of a U.S. government program that ended up putting even more high powered weapons into the hands of drug cartels.
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Mexican Senate passes progressive immigration law
March 7, 2011 By Emile Schepers
On Feb. 24, the Mexican Senate by a vote of 86 to 0 passed a new comprehensive immigration law decriminalizing the presence of undocumented migrants in Mexico.
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Argentina: Prosecution for child-thefts during dictatorship begins
March 7, 2011 By Emile Schepers
Two former Argentinian dictators and some of their henchmen are on trial for charges charges of concocting a scheme to kidnap the babies of political opponents they murdered.
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Will Wikileaks flap impact Peruvian elections?
February 25, 2011 By Emile Schepers
Wikileaks is the gift that keeps on giving, a cornucopia of surprises for politicians and statespersons worldwide. Now it is Peru's turn.
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World

Video: World support for Mexican miners
February 23, 2011 By Scott Marshall And Emile Schepers
Workers of the world united in solidarity against the Mexican government's fierce attack on unions, especially the miners' union.
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Ecuadorian judge says Chevron must pay $8 billion
February 16, 2011 By Emile Schepers
The legal battle brings to light the tug of war between the sovereignty of an independent nation and the infringement of that right under corporate globalization.
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