{"id":7359,"date":"2021-07-18T17:18:04","date_gmt":"2021-07-18T15:18:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/?p=7359"},"modified":"2021-07-18T17:18:04","modified_gmt":"2021-07-18T15:18:04","slug":"us-migration-central-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/politics\/us-migration-central-america\/","title":{"rendered":"US influence &#038; neoliberalism are the main causes of migration from Central America"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-md-center\">\n<div class=\"col-md-8 pb-3\">\n<p><strong>US influence &amp; neoliberalism are the main causes of migration from Central America <\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>In this episode of The Source, we interview Alejandra Mej\u00eda, who is Chief Editor of Migrant Roots Media. We talk about the \u2018Policy Report: An Analysis of the Biden-Harris Administration Plan for Central America\u2019 by Migrant Roots Media. We examine in what way the $4 billion strategy for Central America of the Biden administration \u201cbolsters a neoliberal development plan\u201d. We also discuss whether this approach is different from the one of the previous administrations &#8211; both Democrats and Republicans. Finally, we also talk about Kamala Harris\u2019 first international trip as Vice President to Guatemala and Mexico and what came out of that visit. Link to the report: https:\/\/www.migrantrootsmedia.org\/reports<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>VIDEO: US influence &amp; neoliberalism are the main causes of migration from Central America<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"US influence &amp; neoliberalism are the main causes of migration from Central America\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ncbSXtIDAs4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>To watch more of our videos with Peter Kuznick or other experts such as Edward Snowden, Noam Chomsky, Abby Martin, Yanis Varoufakis, Julian Assange, Glenn Greenwald, Jeremy Scahill, Jill Stein, Daniel Ellsberg, etc, please visit and subscribe to our YouTube channel by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/acTVismMunich?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Donate today to support independent &amp; non-profit media!<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/donate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here<\/a>\u00a0or on the picture below:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/donate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4434 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/28_acTVism_Webseite_Donation-Image_EN_700x233px_Future.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/28_acTVism_Webseite_Donation-Image_EN_700x233px_Future.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/28_acTVism_Webseite_Donation-Image_EN_700x233px_Future-300x100.jpg 300w\" width=\"700\" height=\"233\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>ABOUT ALEJANDRA MEJIA<\/h2>\n<p><span>Alejandra Mej\u00eda is Chief Editor of Migrant Roots Media, an independent media platform which seeks to unearth the root causes of global migration. She received her BA in Comparative Literature and Latinx Studies from Williams College in 2017 and is currently an Assistant Editor at Duke University Press where she acquires books in Latinx History. <\/span><span>Her politics and devotion to migrant justice are largely informed by her lived experiences as a working-class Central American immigrant in the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this episode of The Source, we interview Alejandra Mej\u00eda, who is Chief Editor of Migrant Roots 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