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== 2014 American Immigration Crisis ==

"2014 American immigration crisis" is the article I am looking to edit. I feel that this crisis has a ripple affect not mentioned in mainstream media. I also feel that the U.S involvement and direct relationship with some of these articles is downplayed or not mentioned at all. I feel that I also need to focus on specific answer math and answer questions, as to why they stopped migrating? I also look to edit where are they now and what are those children doing. There is too many information that focuses on the U.S involvement when they get here but not much about the base countries this kids are coming from. This also a very brief description of what it is with a poor background story that does not answer many questions readers may have that pertain to this crisis.

These are some potential articles and sources I may use:

Online Articles:  

Chinchilla, Norma Stoltz, and Nora Hamilton. "Central America." In New Americans: A Guide to Immigration Since 1965, edited by Mary C. Waters, Reed Ueda, and Helen B. Marrow. Harvard University Press, 2007. http://0-search.credoreference.com.dewey2.library.denison.edu/content/entry/hupnewam/central_america/0 

Zong, Jie, and Jeanne Balatova. "Central American Immigrants in the United States ." Migration Policy Institute . September 2, 15. Accessed February 21, 2017. http://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/central-american-immigrants-united-states. 

Books:  

Payan, Tony, and Erika De La Garza. Undecided Nation Political Gridlock and the Immigration Crisis. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2014. 

Reports:  

Hiskey, Jonathan T., Abby Cordova, Diana Orces, and Mary Fran Malone. "Understanding the Central American Refugee Crisis ." Digital image. February 1, 2016. Accessed February 21, 2017. https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/research/understanding-central-american-refugee-crisis. 

Films:  

Immigration: Central American Migrants en Route to Arizona. May 6, 2010. Accessed February 21, 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOBCw-VkHKY.

They are all sources that provide qualitative as well as quantitative analyses. I am comfortable using these sources to not make an argument, but fill gaps in the current article.

Feminism in Latin America

Books:

- The Latina Feminist Group. Telling to live: Latina feminist testimonios. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2002.

- Pecheney, Mario, and Javier Corrales. The politics of sexuality in Latin America: a reader on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender rights. Pittsburgh, Pa: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2010.

- Bastian Duarte, Angela Ixkic. From the Margins of Latin American Feminism: Indigenous and Lesbian Feminisms. Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago, 2012.

Articles:

MORGAN, JANA, and MELISSA BUICE. "Latin American Attitudes toward Women in Politics: The Influence of Elite Cues, Female Advancement, and Individual Characteristics." The American Political Science Review107, no. 4 (2013): 644-62. http://www.jstor.org/stable/43654027.

I specifically chose all my sources because they are more recent sources. Telling to live: Latina feminists testimonios is a more recent book that talks about a group of women who have moved to the US but still challenge and discuss the ideas of Latin America on Feminism. I feel that this source is an important source in understanding a broader picture of Latin America. This book would support my argument in also contributing to the section of issues that impose on feminism in Latin America, because in this group the women from all over Latin America share their stories and obstacles in their native countries. The next book, The politics of sexuality in Latin America: a reader on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender rights, is very supportive for contemporary feminists politics. This book describes the dynamics of lesbianism and feminism in Latin America and the groups that have spurred from these movements. Because I am focusing on major contemporary news, this book shows the newer groups and movements that have occurred lately. It also mentions the goals and agendas of these groups and how they differ. This will strengthen my argument when explaining the growth and importance of contemporary groups that have pushed forward feminist agendas in Latin America, that are not talked about on the page. From the Margins of Latin American Feminism: Indigenous and Lesbian Feminisms is another book that also speaks of modern day and age feminism, but also mentions the indigenous community. I think making the wikipedia more inclusive to all women would be a better approach because there is little to no descriptions of feminism of the indigenous community. It also does not just pertain to one country: the book mentions Mexico, Nicaragua, Ecuador, Guatemala, and Bolivia for example. She talks that there are also different types of feminism in Latin America today, as the current article makes it seem as if feminism in Latin America is under one umbrella. I hope to use this book to add and correct what is liberal feminism using these examples. The article Latin American Attitudes toward Women in Politics: The Influence of Elite Cues, Female Advancement, and Individual Characteristics is going to help understanding the role of women in politics. This approach is more different than the other sources I am using. I think this is also a good article as it shows more quantitative data, and can paint a clearer picture of my description, of women in politics. All thought it is not to intersectional, my other sources make up for that, and this article is more objective that is supported by facts to describe the role of women today in politics.

Excellent range of sources to improve the diversity of viewpoints represented in this entry. Good adherence to the Wikipedia community guidelines. Katherine.Holt (talk) 02:44, 27 February 2017 (UTC)

For WGSS. Feminism in Latin America.

Indigenous Feminism in Latin America 

There are many struggles that Latin American feminists face. They do not little to no political representation across all of Latin America. Not until the 2000s, have indigenous leaders gained any political power. Bolivia had elected Evo Morales for president in 2006. Morales spearheaded a new movement in Bolivia, the Movement for Socialism. This new movement had allowed for Indigenous working-class women to become members of parliament and serve for other branches of the government as well. This important transition of power was more peaceful and much more inclusive than any other country in Latin America. In other countries, there are many obstacles for indigenous women to have any representation or political identity. The Mayan women that live in Guatemala and parts of southern Mexico have struggled to gain any political mobility over the last few years due to immigration crises, economic and educational disadvantages. 

(Today) Evolution of Latin America

Today, there are also feminist groups that have spread to the United States. For example, The Latina Feminist Group formed in the 1990s, composed by women from all places of Latin America. Although groups like these are local, they're all inclusive groups that accept members from all parts of Latin America. Members of the organizations are predominantly from European - Native American backgrounds with some members being completely descendants of Native American people.[23] 

Today there is a pending relationship between lesbianism and feminism in Latin America. Since the 1960s, lesbians have become a growing group in Latin America. They have established groups to fight oppression, fight AIDS in the LGBT community, and support one another. However, because of many military coups and dictatorships of Latin America, feminist lesbian groups have had to break up, reinvent, and reconstruct their work. Dictatorships in the 70s and 80s in Chile and Argentina were examples of the resistance to these feminist lesbians groups of Latin America. 

In contemporary times, Latin American feminist groups have set goals for their communities. They have set goals to advocate for LGBT rights in the political world, form organizations and political groups to acknowledge their rights, and encourage other countries to protect feminists and other members of the LGBT community in Latin America. Leaders such as Rafael de la Dehesa have contributed to describe early LGBT relations in parts of Latin America. His work, "Global Communities and Hybrid Cultures: Early Gay and Lesbian Electoral Activism in Brazil and Mexico" explains the gay communities and puts them in context to coincide with the history of those countries. Rafael has also introduced to normalize LGBT issues in patriarchic conservative societies in Mexico and Brazil to suggest that being gay should no longer be considered taboo.