Americas – Page 103 – Prologue Journal

Calgary’s New Mayor Says Her City Is More Than an Oil Town

New York Times Jyoti Gondek wants to prepare Alberta’s largest city for a future in which oil and gas are no longer a major part of the world’s energy mix. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/13/world/canada/jyoti-gondek-calgary-oil.html

‘I Don’t Know What the Future Holds’: An Afghan Family at the U.S. Border

New York Times Hours before the end of Title 42, a family of six from Afghanistan awaited their fate at the border wall in Tijuana, Mexico, after traveling through more than a dozen countries. https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/americas/100000008904055/title-42-immigration-afghanistan-border.html

Migrants Deported to Mexico Face Criminals and Predatory Officials

New York Times Migrants deported by the United States to Mexico face criminal horrors and an asylum system where cases linger for years without resolution. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/12/world/americas/migrants-deported-us-mexico.html

What’s Driving Record Levels of Migration to the U.S. Border?

New York Times The United States is trying to curtail border crossings as a Covid-era immigration policy lifts this week, but it has little control over the crises in Latin America that have upended the lives of millions. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/11/world/americas/title-42-migration-us-border.html

Suspect in Natalee Holloway Disappearance to Face U.S. Charges

New York Times Joran van der Sloot has been a suspect in the disappearance of the teenager, Natalee Holloway, in 2005. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/10/world/americas/natalee-holloway-aruba-suspect-extradited.html

Rita Lee, Brazil’s Queen of Rock, Is Dead at 75

New York Times As a member the 1960s band Os Mutantes and later as a solo artist, she drew a following that included Kurt Cobain, Beck and the Prince of Wales. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/10/arts/music/rita-lee-dead.html

Mexico Allows Tens of Thousands of Migrants to Travel to U.S. Border

New York Times In April, nearly 30,000 humanitarian visas were issued to migrants, according to government data, more than triple the monthly average in the first three months of the year. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/10/world/americas/mexico-migrants-us-border.html

David Miranda, Who Went From Rio’s Slums to Brazil’s Congress, Dies at 37

New York Times Before he pursued politics, he helped Edward Snowden reveal classified documents and lobbied for his asylum in Brazil. In Congress he was a leading gay-rights advocate. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/10/world/americas/david-miranda-dead.html

Aboard ‘the Beast’ Train on a Journey From Mexico to America

New York Times Migrants slip onto a freight train in Mexico headed north to Ciudad Juárez, where most will try to cross into the United States. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/10/world/americas/migrants-beast-train-mexico.html

Alberta Wildfires Force Tens of Thousands in Canada to Evacuate

New York Times Evacuees in rural Alberta have no sense of when they will be able to return home or if their houses still stand. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/09/world/canada/wildfires-alberta-evacuation.html