LatinaLista — We’ve all heard about the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure and for some of us, it’s about the only time we join with friends and strangers to lace up and sweat for a good cause….
LatinaLista — What do you get when an Indian woman known the world over as the “Hugging Saint” who lives a life of peace and love meets a group of mostly Latino hotel workers protesting their employer’s refusal to…
LatinaLista — Conducting warrantless and aggressive work site and home raids, detaining raid victims without granting them access to legal counsel or allowing contact with their family members by phone, property seizures for construction of the border wall, building…
LatinaLista — How many times have you thought, while leisurely surfing the internet, that you should be doing something more constructive with your online experience? Well, there’s a way to actually help out your favorite nonprofit without doing anything…
LatinaLista — Throughout our lives, we are bound to know someone afflicted with cancer. The very word can strike fear into those who are diagnosed with it and for their families who suddenly realize that one’s mortality is really…
LatinaLista — The brakes have been applied to the mean-spirited city ordinance that would have banned the rental of apartments to undocumented immigrants. The federal judge, U.S. District Court Judge Sam Lindsay, found the ordinance to be unconstitutional and…
LatinaLista — These days, the Mexican border town across from El Paso, Texas, Juarez is under siege by drug cartels. Every week, there are reports of new murders. Yet, with these murders, at least it is known they are…
By Rocio Arango Giraldo COLOMBIA: Ofelia is the name of my wheelchair. It stands in stark contrast with the worn-out wheelchairs of the salespeople’s wheelchairs that enter the building where my new job is located. These are the people…
LatinaLista — Today was supposed to be a day where people, who want immigration reform, an end to work site raids, deportations and a more humane consideration of the undocumented, were to take to the streets en masse and…
LatinaLista — Today, throughout South America and the United States is a very special day. It’s El Dia de los Niños or Children’s Day. South of the border this day is taken very seriously if the local newspapers are…
LatinaLista — If you don’t, thankfully there’s still time to sign up to witness firsthand an unique event that attempts to erase borders and bring the world together through film. May 10, 2008 is officially now known as Pangea…
LatinaLista — Ever hear of Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl in Mexico? If you haven’t, no surprise. It’s hardly a place the country is proud to claim as its own. In fact, even the natives are afraid to venture within the boundaries…
LatinaLista — Out of all the demographics in the country, the Latino population is by far the youngest. In fact, fifty thousand young Latinos turn 18 every month. While a good number of young Latinos have already gotten involved…
LatinaLista — While YouTube has been the premier choice outlet to post videos, the audience is not always so kind in their remarks when seeing those videos that promote human rights or deal with issues like immigration, police brutality,…
By Ana Maria Hanssen ARGENTINA: Buenos Aires is going through the unimaginable; there’s no meat, anywhere. This quite possibly could be one of the worst moments in history to be a visitor. Protests, chaos, a bouncing dollar and even…
LatinaLista — Today, Cesar Chavez would have been 81-years-old. For the majority of Latinos, especially those of Mexican descent, Chavez is our version of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. While schools have been named after the co-founder of…
LatinaLista — For lovers of Tejano music, this week has been rough with the news that Grammy award-winning Tejano superstar Emilio Navaira almost lost his life, and remains in grave condition, after his tour bus wrecked on a Houston…
By Benita Ferrero-Waldner LatinaLista Benita Ferrero-Waldner is European Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy. On March 6, 2008, she addressed a group of over 50 women, including leaders, foreign ministers, lawmakers, first ladies and top European Union…
By Cecilia Muñoz LatinaLista Cecilia Muñoz is senior vice president of research, advocacy and legislation for the National Council of La Raza (NCLR). As such, she monitors developments across the country resulting from the enforcement/enactment of federal policies as…
LatinaLista — Past responses to stories posted on Latina Lista regarding the fight South Texans are putting up against the Department of Homeland Security in building the congressionally appropriated border fence have not always been kind to the residents….
LatinaLista — The hype for the video game, ICED – I Can End Deportation, has been ongoing since last spring when it was first announced by its creators at Breakthrough tv. The object of the game is to become…
LatinaLista — Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez does say the darndest things. Maybe it was because he felt invincible after helping arrange the release of two prominent female hostages by the Colombian terror group FARC earlier this month, but whatever…
LatinaLista — For the last couple of weeks, one topic that has perpetuated the media and the blogosphere is the notion that there exists a Black-Brown divide on the national political front. It’s pretty much accepted among the inteligente…
LatinaLista — Flor Crisotomo is the latest undocumented immigrant to ask for sanctuary at Chicago’s Adalberto United Methodist Church, the former sanctuary of Elvira Arellano. Flor Crisostomo, an illegal immigrant from Mexico arrested at a workplace raid at a…
LatinaLista — Chicago’s Adalberto United Methodist Church is back in the news. Known for providing sanctuary to Mexican national Elvira Arellano, the church finds itself facing the same request by more members of their congregation. Adalberto United Methodist Church…
