By Edy Bestle LatinaLista (LL Editor’s Note: News outlets have been reporting over the rising protests, the biggest in 20 years, to hit Brazil. The following piece provides insight into the unrest that a country making preparations to host the 2016 Olympics and currently hosting the FIFA Confederation Cup is facing from its own people [...]
How the Economy Is Shaping Hispanic Young Adults’ Lives
By Insight Tr3s Today, the state of the economy is shaping Hispanic young adults’ lives more than anything else. Just as they were entering or approaching adulthood, the global economy went sour, forcing them to behave differently than people of earlier generations as they started their adult lives. College was supposed to lead to dream [...]
Decline of coral reefs should pave the way to join list of Endangered Species Act
By Jaclyn Lopez LatinaLista The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the federal agency responsible for managing our marine resources, announced recently that it is proposing to list 66 species of coral as endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species Act. This proposal is based on a scientific petition submitted by the Center for Biological Diversity [...]
New Concerns for President Peña Nieto: Hezbollah’s Rising Profile in Mexico
By J.T. Larrimore Council on Hemispheric Affairs A day after Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto’s inauguration, opposition leaders met with the new leader to sign the “Pact for Mexico”, a bipartisan agreement to increase economic cooperation and improve the stability in a country notorious for its violent drug war and devastating corruption. The current plague [...]
Latin America’s Working Women
By Stephanie Leutert LatIntelligence Over the last decade, poverty, and inequality have fallen throughout Latin America. Behind these positive trends are external factors, such as high global commodity prices and substantial foreign direct investment flows, as well as internal influences, including Latin America’s growing middle class, increased consumption, and successful government-run conditional cash transfers (which [...]
Guest Voz: Which way Florida Latinos swing in November depends on which candidate is the most economically fair
By Tom Perriello and Vanessa Cardenas LatinaLista The 2012 presidential race is less a contest between two men than it is a choice between two very different versions of the American Dream. President Barack Obama emphasizes a strong middle class through expanded access to education, health care, a secure retirement, and good-paying jobs. In contrast, [...]
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