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Frontera NorteSur (FNS) is the online news service of the Center for Latin American and Border Studies at New Mexico State University. Since the early 1990s, FNS has reported on the borderlands, Mexico and beyond. In addition to publishing FNS, the Center for Latin American and Border Studies sponsors lectures, hosts conferences and promotes graduate and undergraduate courses. FNS Editor Kent Paterson has covered the U.S. Southwest, Mexico and Latin America for more than 30 years as a print and radio journalist.
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Immigration Update: Arizona border deaths detailed
As the hottest time of year descends on the borderland, a new report sheds fresh light on the mass deaths of migrants crossing the deadly Sonora-Arizona desert. Co-authored by the University of Arizona’s Binational Migration Institute and the Pima County Office of the Medical Examiner (PCOME), the study examines the deaths of 2,238 migrants in the Tucson area between 1990 and 2012.
The researchers document the dramatic rise in border crossing deaths beginning in 1990, when the bodies of 8 undocumented migrants were recovered, and culminating in 2012, when 171 migrant deaths were recorded...
Continue reading...Border Environmental Controversies Considered
28. May 2013
Border region air quality summit discusses proposed gas-fired power plant, environmental injustice and toxic release levels.
Continue reading...Juarez Mothers Renew International Campaign
14. May 2013
Missing daughters and femicide haunt Mothers Day in border region.
Continue reading...Water fights flare in border region
08. May 2013
Drought, water pumping, new pecan farms and dated international water treaties are all contributing to rising water tensions in the border region.
Continue reading...Low-Tech and High-Tech Braceros
29. April 2013
Is the IT industry being allowed to import a low-paid labor force amidst ample STEM graduates?
Continue reading...Struggles on New Mexico’s Other Borders
25. April 2013
At an honoring of his life and work, longtime Native American activist, writer and scholar John Redhouse reflects on the roots of his resistance and adds perspective to Native struggles.
Continue reading...Taking a stand on the Rio Grande
11. April 2013
In the final days before the expected destruction of the Asarco stacks in El Paso, critics have not ceased their demands for a halt to the demolition on environmental and public health grounds.
Continue reading...Border workers rally
29. March 2013
Workers in the sister cities of Ciudad Juarez and El Paso staged demonstrations last week on both sides of the Rio Grande...
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07. June 2013
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