By Ivonne Jeannot Laens Global Press Institute As the world celebrates Earth Day, urban gardeners take advantage of limited spaces in Buenos Aires to grow and exchange their own vegetables rather than buying them. One urban gardener has tallied 1,500 fruit trees in the city from which many people, including the homeless, can eat for [...]
Guest Voz: Why AP dropped the “illegal” word
By Eduardo Stanley LatinaLista On April 2, 2013, the Associated Press (AP), perhaps the biggest news agency in the world, announced it would no longer use the word “illegal” when referring to immigrants without legal residence or working permits. The announcement was made by Kathleen Carroll, Vice President and Executive Editor of AP, who explained [...]
Colombia no longer on human rights ‘blacklist’
By Johnny Crisp Colombia Reports The Inter-American Commission for Human Rights (IACHR) yesterday ratified its 2012 decision to remove Colombia from its human rights “black list.” This is the first time in over a decade that Colombia has not been included in Chapter IV of the report, which is known as the black list, and [...]
Let go of suffering: 5 daily practices
By Sandra Guzman The New Latina’s Bible This karmic cleanse is a like weeding a garden, except in this case, you are not toiling soil, but weeding your soul. It all starts with the work we do within–clearing out spaces so that we can grow and harvest goodness. Going in and checking to see what [...]
The Border Book Festival at the Casa Camino Real
Condor Musings I first experienced Denise Chávez at a fabulous Port Townsend Writers Conference directed by Cristina Garcia. Although I’m a huge supporter of Centrum and the Port Townsend Writers Conference, and I live only a ferry ride and an hour’s drive away, I have not been able to attend another conference since, as for [...]
New report reveals Latin American citizens not shy about taking to the streets to demand better quality of life
LatinaLista — A good hint at how civically involved undocumented immigrants from Latin America will be in US politics once they gain citizenship can be found in a new United Nations’ report Understanding Social Conflict in Latin America. The report, released by the United Nations Development Fund (UNDP), found that social uprisings are common in [...]
