LatinaLista — The trouble with a broken immigration system is that it’s easy for people to fall through the cracks. And the trouble with so many stories about this broken immigration system flooding mainstream media is that it’s too easy for the important stories to get lost in the flood. Camp Delta Guantanamo Bay That’s [...]
Rio Grande Valley veterans march for a VA hospital they can call their own
LatinaLista — People in the South Texas region, affectionately known as the Valley, have historically been ignored by the state of Texas and Washington. It wasn’t until Hillary Clinton singled out the Valley during her failed presidential campaign that anyone took much notice of the people there. Valley veterans take to the highway on their [...]
Violence against women rapes a whole society
LatinaLista — Violence against women is a worldwide phenomenon that pits abused women against society and their respective judicial systems. It’s only through men and women working together to create solutions can long-lasting change occur and put a halt to the acts of abuse meant to control, intimidate and shame women. Jennifer Barreto-Leyva’s emails are [...]
Venezuela: Common assaults create uncommon fear and anger over how much Venezuela has changed under Chavez
by Jennifer Barreto-Leyva LatinaLista VENEZUELA: We dont know who the perpetrarors were, we still are thinking and trying to figure out what happened here. This been the most horrific thing someone can experience ever!!!!! Hours after living through every woman’s worst nightmare when she and her family were held at gunpoint, assaulted and robbed, Jennifer, [...]
Rape trees prove Mexican violence has crossed the border and there are women who need justice
LatinaLista — The violence along the U.S.-Mexico border is unprecedented, to say the least. To think that it will not cross the border into the United States as the Mexican attorney general believes is delusional thinking and disturbing since he refuses to acknowledge the fact that the violence is already here. There may not be [...]
Mexican consulates sign child deportation pacts with U.S. government but DHS continues to put unaccompanied minors at risk
LatinaLista — Last week, Mexican diplomats in North Texas were among the first of U.S.-based Mexican consulates to sign “accords” with the U.S. that creates clear guidelines on how the United States should deport children and women and those with disabilities. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) had been found to be negligent in how [...]