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

Human rights group urges action on parole for Oscar Lopez
January 28, 2011 By Emile Schepers
Only days remain for the public to ask for the United States Parole Commission to grant parole to a Puerto Rican independence activist who has now spent 29 years in a federal penitentiary in Florence, Colo.
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World

State election may determine future of Mexican left
January 26, 2011 By Emile Schepers
On July 3, voters in the central State of Mexico, in Mexico, will elect a new governor. More is at stake than one governorship out of 31 in this country of 108 million people. The future...
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World

Dictator “Baby Doc” Duvalier’s strange return to Haiti
January 20, 2011 By Emile Schepers
The return of former dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier to Haiti has further unsettled an already chaotic situation.
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World

Trial of Posada Carriles starts in Texas
January 18, 2011 By Emile Schepers
On Monday January 10, the trial of Luis Posada Carriles began in the federal courthouse in El Paso, Texas. Posada is seen in most of Latin America as a terrorist, responsible for many deaths. Yet he...
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U.S.

Battle looms on immigration and citizenship
January 10, 2011 By Emile Schepers
The Republican ultra right is launching a multi-pronged attack on immigrants and their families.
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World

Student strike in Puerto Rico met with repression
January 10, 2011 By Emile Schepers
College students in Puerto Rico are on strike against the neoliberal education policies implenmented by the country's conservative and right-wing governor.
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World

Mexican kidnappings reveal ongoing abuse of migrant workers
January 5, 2011 By Emile Schepers
Numerous kidnappings in Mexico have sparked an international incident and have stimulated the efforts of Mexican human rights activists in favor of Central American migrants in their country.
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World

U.S. ousts Venezuelan ambassador
January 3, 2011 By Emile Schepers
WASHINGTON - In what seems to be a growing diplomatic spat, the United States State Department announced it was cancelling the diplomatic visa of Bernardo Alvarez, the Venezuelan ambassador here in Washington, Dec. 29.
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