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Intrn’l Video: New short looks at Juárez cartel violence through the lens of Mexican photojournalists

Dec 18, 2013, 12:00 AM 0

LatinaLista — Sandwiched in between Afghanistan and Pakistan on the annual Committee to Protect Journalists 2013 Impunity Index is Mexico. The United States southern neighbor ranks 7 among countries deemed dangerous to be a journalist. Targets of cartel violence,…

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Honduras: Garifunas use innovative media techniques to encourage HIV/AIDS prevention

Dec 17, 2013, 4:16 PM 0

By Wendy Griffin LatinaLista When there is a health emergency like the occasional cholera or dengue epidemics in Honduras, non-profit organizations, and the Honduran government try to reach the local people through innovative programs. When the health emergency affects…

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Smartphone tech delivers financial aid to Guatemala’s poorest and most isolated with mobile money

Dec 12, 2013, 9:24 AM 0

By Anna-Claire Bevan LatinaLista When the biggest earthquake to hit Guatemala in 30 years struck San Marcos in the Western highlands last year, more than one million people were affected. Houses were reduced to rubble, communities were cut off…

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VotoSocial.org Offers Independent Look at Ballot Talley Sheets for Honduran Election

Dec 11, 2013, 5:16 PM 0

Honduras Weekly HONDURAS — In an effort to give the average person access to the actual voting tallies for the recent presidential election in Honduras, and thereby provide transparency to the process, a group of enterprising young Hondurans —…

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Dying deportee refused by immigration officials to reunite one last time with family in U.S.

Dec 10, 2013, 1:33 PM 0

LatinaLista — The battle for immigration reform has evolved to mean much more than just overhauling an antiquated admissions system into the country. Another issue that is now getting equal billing with the demand for putting undocumented immigrants on…

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International science organization to launch young scientist support network in Latin America

Dec 9, 2013, 4:39 PM 0

LatinaLista — With a not-so-far-off future looming with dire threats — water shortage, superstorms, food scarcity, stronger earthquakes, rise of ocean levels, species extinctions, etc. — humanity is left to wonder who will save us all. Well,it’s a pretty…

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Researchers ask how Central American Americans see themselves

Dec 5, 2013, 4:03 PM 0

By Mike Allison Central American Politics Norma Stoltz Chinchilla and Nora Hamilton have what looks to be an interesting paper on Identity Formation Among Central American Americans. Here’s part of their conclusion: The individual stories of the Central American…

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More than 70 young people killed each day by violence in Brazil

Dec 3, 2013, 12:20 PM 0

By Patrícia Comunello Infosurhoy.com PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil – Every day, saleswoman Adriana da Silveira relives the morning of April 7, 2011. She still asks herself what she could have done differently to prevent the death of her daughter, Luiza,…

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Guest Voz: The Dominican Republic faces biggest human rights issue in struggle to recognize Haitian-descent citizens

Dec 2, 2013, 1:15 PM 0

By Ivan Marte LatinaLista A September ruling by the Dominican Republic’s Constitutional Court stripping Dominican citizenship of children born in the Dominican Republic (DR) to undocumented parents takes the human rights issue to a whole new level, especially since…

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One Guatemalan woman’s quest for justice inspires a film and continent-wide campaign

Nov 27, 2013, 1:13 PM 0

By Anna-Claire Bevan LatinaLista Described as a David versus Goliath story, Justice for my Sister is the debut feature-length documentary from Kimberly Bautista that tracks one woman’s heroic journey to prosecute the man who murdered her sister. Adela Chacon…

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Spiking pre-election violence in Honduras

Nov 21, 2013, 4:11 PM 0

By Dr. Ronn Pineo & Ian Kowalski Council on Hemispheric Affairs The most violent nation in the world is Honduras, with more murders per capita (92 per 100,000) than even Iraq or Afghanistan and twenty times more than the…

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New research reveals details about human sacrifices in ancient Peru

Nov 19, 2013, 4:49 PM 0

By Rachel Chase Peru This Week New archaeological study published with support from National Geographic is shedding light on human sacrifice by the Moche people. History isn’t always pretty. In fact, “pretty” history is really the exception to the…

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Why is Latin America the Only Region with Rising Homicide Rates?

Nov 14, 2013, 3:26 PM 0

By Natalie Southwick InSight Crime A new United Nations report has found Latin America is the only region in the world where overall homicide rates increased between 2000 and 2010, with the violence rates recorded reflecting changes in drug…

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Minnesota group takes US-born grandchildren to Guatemala for first-time visits with their abuelos

Nov 12, 2013, 1:15 PM 0

By Anna-Claire Bevan LatinaLista Today in the United States there are 4.5 million US citizen children who have at least one undocumented parent. Even though they are entitled to the same rights and freedoms as all Americans, many of…

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Spanish towns, sites of sensational crime scenes, fault Google with keeping bad news top of search results

Nov 11, 2013, 4:52 PM 0

LatinaLista — According to data from the International Telecommunication Union, Spain ranks 13 in the world for both wired and mobile broadband access to the Internet. In other words, the ranking signifies that much of the country is going…

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The 21st Century battle fought by Honduras’ indigenous to know their history and retain their identity

Nov 7, 2013, 1:33 PM 0

By Wendy Griffin Honduras Weekly During a recent Intercultural Education seminar in San Pedro Sula at the Universidad Pedagógica Nacional (National Teaching University) in July 2013, the Pech teacher Angel Martinez was explaining Pech crafts and he was surprised…

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Archaeologists find dozens of dog skeletons in Lima, Peru

Nov 5, 2013, 10:37 AM 0

By Rachel Chase Peru This Week Archaeologists investigating the Maranga complex in the Parque de las Leyendas in Lima, Peru, have made a series of discoveries that appear to be ritual burials of a large number of dogs. According…

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Mexico — a country where over half of unintended pregnancies end in abortion

Nov 4, 2013, 5:09 PM 0

LatinaLista — Mexico ranks as the 11th most populous country in the world, with 122,730.392 people. It’s a country where women outnumber men (50.7% vs. 29.3% of the population, respectively), 85 percent of the people are Roman Catholic and…

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Houston foundation crowdfunds to help finish construction of medical clinic for remote Honduran village

Oct 30, 2013, 4:00 PM 0

LatinaLista — The ongoing sniping back and forth over the Affordable Care Act is trivial and senseless when viewed from the perspective of villagers of Santa Ana, Intibuca, Honduras. Since 2004, the 700 villagers of this remote mountain town…

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Brazilian invention uses plastic bottles and water to generate light — without electricity

Oct 28, 2013, 12:27 PM 0

By Nelza Oliveira Infosurhoy.com UBERABA, Brazil – Mechanic Alfredo Moser said that once he met famous Spiritist leader Chico Xavier on the street in the city of Uberaba in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. They talked a little…

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Small Guatemalan indigenous community receives award from European Parliament

Oct 25, 2013, 2:10 PM 0

By Anna-Claire Bevan LatinaLista “I will fight for human rights until the day I die,” said Ixil community member, Juana Sánchez Toma, to a crowd of more than 250 people at the European Parliament last week. The indigenous Guatemalan…

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Guatemala Gun Homicide Rate Double World Average: Report

Oct 23, 2013, 1:22 PM 0

By Natalie Southwick InSight Crime A new study has found Guatemala‘s firearm homicide rate is almost twice the global average, with the violence fuelled by the large number of illegal arms circulating in the country. A new report published…

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Ongoing assaults against labor activists in Guatemala endanger country’s free trade agreements with Europe and the U.S.

Oct 21, 2013, 1:50 PM 0

By Anna-Claire Bevan LatinaLista Four more trade unionists have been attacked in Guatemala in what are believed to be coordinated incidents. Genaro Cruz Telón, former secretary and member of SNTSG, Guatemala’s National Health Workers’ Union, was gravely injured in…

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Mexican government launches new way to reach its citizens in the U.S. — with an app

Oct 18, 2013, 4:23 PM 0

LatinaLista — If there’s one sure sign of acculturation into U.S. society by immigrants, it’s the ubiquitous smart phone. While not every immigrant may have a computer or even have access to one, most do have a smartphone —…

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Vultures in the Mayan World

Oct 17, 2013, 3:38 PM 0

By Ilena García and Dr. Nicholas M. Hellmuth REVUE: Guatemala’s English-language Magazine Vultures appear in Post Classic Mayan codices featuring three-dimensional effigies, as Late Classic figurines, or as lid handles for Early Classic tetrapod bowls. You can also find…

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