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Former US federal agent offers unique insight into the crisis in Venezuela and its future

Jul 9, 2020, 1:27 PM 0

By Jennifer Barreto-Leyva LatinaLista Venezuela´s politics are the epitome of exhausting, disastrous, bipolar, extremist and fast-changing. To live in Venezuela or be Venezuelan, requires having strong mental endurance and the strength, like a woman giving birth without an epidural,…

Education, zNew Headline

Unique online course strives to bring Puerto Rico’s ongoing crisis ‘home’ to students

Aug 29, 2018, 12:54 PM 0

LatinaLista — In the hours after Hurricane Maria slammed into Puerto Rico, it was obvious, to those islanders accustomed to weathering tropical storms, that this was no ordinary hurricane. In the days and weeks that followed, as federal relief…

Life Issues, zNew Headline

In honor of World Humanitarian Day, UN takes a ‘tweetful’ approach

Aug 19, 2013, 2:10 PM 0

LatinaLista — The world is full of human suffering. Whether it be Syrian refugees, the ongoing starvation in Africa, or poverty in Latin America, all these crises — and more, need more than just government intervention. It’s the work…