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Definition

admonición

admonition, admonishment, warning

n. a mild but serious warning, correcting, or urging.

to criticize or rebuke mildly but firmly.

a signal or notice of an impending situation, esp. a dangerous one.

agri-negocio

agri-business, corporate farming

n. a term that describes the business of agriculture, specifically, what is seen by some as the practices of would-be megacorporations involved in food production on a very large scale.

alien

extranjero, extraterrestre, invasor

n. one who is considered foreign to a particular group or family; outsider.

a resident of a country who is not a citizen of that country.

a living being from another planet or from elsewhere in outer space.

anuencia

assent

n. agreement, approval, or compliance.

azuzar

to sic (the dogs) on someone

n. to urge (a dog) to attack or set upon another animal or person.

castaño

brown

adj. having skin the color of soil or coffee.

descendiente

descendant

n. one regarded as the biological offspring of a given ancestor or ancestors.

desequilibrio

imbalance

n. the condition of lacking balance.

desplazamiento

movement

n. a change in position or location.

diatriba

diatribe

n. a bitter, abusive attack in speech or writing.

dualidad

duality

n. of or relating to two, esp. having two, often similar, components, people, sections, or the like; double.

having a double or two-sided nature or character.

emigración

emigration

n. the act or an instance of emigrating.

a group of emigrants.

envío de divisas

remittance

n. money that is sent to someone or some place.

etnia

ethnic group

n. minority group classed by race, religion, language, nationality, or culture.

exacerbar

aggravate, exacerbate

v.to increase the painfulness or severity of (illness, suffering, hard feelings, or the like).

fuera de la ley

outcast

n. one who is cast out or rejected by society or a group.

grupo extremista

extremist group

n. an organization that advocates extreme acts or policies.

hacer la vista gorda

to turn a blind eye

n.to knowingly refuse to acknowledge something which you know to be real.

horadar

to bore through

to drill a hole in

n. to create or force (an opening or passage).

horda de inmigrantes

hordes of immigrants

n. a large number, group, or crowd; throng; multitude.

ilegal

illegal

adj. contrary to law, rules, or the like; unlawful.

inmigración

immigration

n. the act or process of immigrating.

a number of immigrating people.

lineamiento ideológico

ideological guideline

n. an indicator of a procedure or course to be followed concerning basic beliefs, concepts, and social and political aims of an individual, group, or institution or concerning ideology.

migración

migration

n. the act or process of migrating.

a group that migrates together.

movilidad humana

human mobility

n. the ease with which people in a society can move from one social class, job, or place to another.

muralla fronteriza

border wall

n. is actually several separation barriers designed to prevent illegal movement across the Mexico – United States border.

proyecto minuteman

minuteman project

n. an activist organization started in April 2005 by a group of private individuals in the United States to monitor the United States–Mexico border's flow of illegal immigrants.

rampante

rampant

n. unrestrained or uncontrollable; unbridled.

violent in nature or behavior; raging.

recalcitrante

recalcitrant

adj. stubbornly disobedient; refractory.

that defies control or manipulation.

retórica

rhetoric

n. the art, ability, or study of using language effectively in speech or writing, esp. to influence or persuade one's audience.

supremacismo

supremacism

n. the belief that a particular race, religion, gender, species, belief system or culture is superior to others and entitles those who identify with it to dominate, control or rule those who do not.

tendencias excluyentes

excluding tendency

n. to prevent from enjoying ordinary rights or privileges.

Tratado de Libre Comercio con Centroamérica

CAFTA, Central America Free Trade Agreement

n. a free trade agreement (legally a treaty under international law, but not under US law). Originally, the agreement encompassed the United States and the Central American countries of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua, and was called CAFTA. In 2004, the Dominican Republic joined the negotiations, and the agreement was renamed DR-CAFTA.

xenofobia

xenophobia

n. excessive or unreasoning fear or hatred of foreign people or things.