With eyes so focused on who will win the presidency, not many noticed other news as a result of Tuesday’s election. For example, Puerto Rican voters just made their own history, and one state becomes the first state to…
The Trump administration continues targeting migrant children. New report highlights how low this administration continues to fall when it comes to treatment of these most vulnerable children; The debacle in Puerto Rico’s Sunday election shows just how badly an…
It’s funny how that old saying “What goes around comes around” is so true. For example, there’s a judge invoking a law the GOP created to block Obama and now is being used to stop Trump; Another whistleblower comes…
People not familiar with the symbiotic relationship of communities who live along either side of a country’s borders have a completely different impression of the reality of border living. That’s why when the Trump admin allowed the military to…
By Bert Gambini Futurity Customizing political news online to filter out what doesn’t align with your beliefs may have real-world negative effects on democracy. A new study, published in the journal Computers in Human Behavior is among the first to experimentally test the…
By Jim Patterson Futurity Preserving the middle-class in America is necessary for the United States to continue as a democracy, warns Ganesh Sitaraman. “The shrinking middle class is a constitutional problem because our Constitution wasn’t designed for a country with significant…
Transcripts, zNew Headline
President Obama delivers a farewell reminding us all of the meaning of democracy
Jan 10, 2017, 8:34 PM 0
LATINALISTA — The following is a full transcript of President Obama’s farewell address. McCormick Place, Chicago, Illinois — It’s good to be home. My fellow Americans, Michelle and I have been so touched by all the well-wishes we’ve received over…
By Jordan Bazak and Alejandra Castillo Council on Hemispheric Affairs If you are anything like Santiago Siri, the act of voting may leave you feeling a bit unsatisfied. In the age of the Internet, you might wonder why we…
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Guest Voz: US and Venezuela: Give Dialogue a Chance
Jul 20, 2016, 10:48 AM 0
By Antonio Gonzalez LatinaLista Last month, the Organization of American States (OAS) held a special audience with the former prime minister of Spain, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, who, along with former presidents Leonel Fernandez of the Dominican Republic and…
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After 9 years, Cuban dissident finally receives his Presidential Medal of Freedom only to do something unexpected
Jun 23, 2016, 2:57 PM 0
LatinaLista — Like medical doctors around the world, Cuban-born Dr. Oscar Elias Biscet took an ethical and professional oath when medically treating his patients. Yet, Dr. Biscet assumed one more responsibility towards his fellow Cubans — to work tirelessly…
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American elections ranked worst among Western democracies. Here’s why.
Apr 25, 2016, 10:35 AM 0
By Pippa Norris The Conversation The world is currently transfixed by the spectacle of American elections. From New York, London and Paris to Beijing, Moscow, and Sydney there is endless heated debate in the news media and across dinner…
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Crowdfunder: Controversial Cuban artist strives to bring civic literacy to Cuba
Mar 24, 2016, 11:44 AM 0
LatinaLista — Campaign: Institute of Activism / Instituto de Artivismo Hannah Arendt The Institute of Artivism in Cuba is a physical space and an online platform which hosts international artists and activists to foster civic literacy and policy change….
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Guest Voz: Guatemalan voters aren’t clowning around though we just elected one
Oct 27, 2015, 3:07 PM 0
By Mayra Beltrán de Daetz LatinaLista (Editor’s Note: On October 25,2015, Guatemalans went to the polls to vote for their country’s next president after a series of events highlighting the country’s level of corruption was exposed when Guatemalan officials…
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Without A Secured Right to Freedom of Expression, There Is No Democracy In Central America
Oct 20, 2015, 11:31 AM 0
Cultural Survival On October 23, 2015, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights will hold a Thematic Hearing on Examining Freedom of Expression in Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala during its 156th Session in Washington DC. Organized by Asociación Mundial…
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New platform strives to give every Mexican a voice in their nation’s future
Oct 5, 2015, 6:49 PM 0
LatinaLista — The rising level of corruption and impunity that exists in Mexico was bound to reach a boiling point sooner than later. The indiscriminate deaths of innocent students and women by police, cartels and the military, the lucrative…
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A Political Digital Revolution: Argentina’s New Model for Democracy
Jan 29, 2014, 4:02 PM 0
By Lucy Adler Argentina Independent Partido de la Red (PdlR) is unlike any political party you have come across before. They are a party of the present, looking to the future, who believe in using the tools of today…
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New study sounds alarm on Latin American countries turning their back on political tolerance
Jan 22, 2014, 5:27 PM 0
LatinaLista — There’s more to a democracy than a nation holding elections. One of the key elements of a democratic nation is political tolerance. No matter the protests, fistfights, shouts, insulting rally signs, name-calling or public slander, as long…
By Dr. Ronn Pineo & Ian Kowalski Council on Hemispheric Affairs The most violent nation in the world is Honduras, with more murders per capita (92 per 100,000) than even Iraq or Afghanistan and twenty times more than the…
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Electronic Media in Mexico: A Story of Democratization
Aug 29, 2013, 4:20 PM 0
By Beatrice Loayza Council on Hemispheric Affairs Electronic media — that is, anything that ranges from independent online news publications to social media platforms such as Twitter — are taking Mexico by storm. As younger, tech-savvy generations champion the…
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U.S. Embassy in Chile creates citizen journalism contest to help young Chileans get their voices (and issues) heard
May 29, 2013, 4:03 PM 0
LatinaLista — According to Freedom House, an independent organization monitoring freedom issues around the country, only 14 percent of the world’s population lives in a country with a free press. It’s a disturbing decline discovered by the watchdog group…
Videos
Video: Perez Hilton helps explain to young people the history of voting
Nov 6, 2012, 11:36 AM 0
LatinaLista — It’s only fitting that on the day when it’s everyone’s last chance to cast a vote, for the man who will be president for the next four years, that we are reminded of why voting is such…
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Intrn’l Video: Listening to the voices of Buenos Aires through its street art
Oct 10, 2012, 1:56 PM 0
LatinaLista — Argentina has seen its share of sorrows. From the dirty wars of past dictators to the economic crisis that ravaged the country, it was natural that the people should have a history of feeling hopeless — and…
Global Views
Mexican actor creates online petition to pressure UN and Carter Center to send election monitors for presidential election
Jun 28, 2012, 12:49 PM 0
LatinaLista — There are two things the world expects from the outcome of this weekend’s presidential election in Mexico — drama and accusations of cheating. In a country that is recognized the world over for its systemic corruption, expectations…
Global Views
International political movement, Morena, demands and dreams for a more democratic Mexico
Jun 18, 2012, 1:03 PM 1
By Natalia A. Bonilla Berrios LatinaLista UNITED KINGDOM — Eager for a change in their home country, hundreds of Mexicans abroad are demanding true democracy, fair results and social growth as the July 1st presidential election approaches. And they…
By Rodolfo F. Acuña LatinaLista Direct forms of political control are easy to figure out. For a time, laws and police agencies can keep things together. However, most institutions and societies depend on social control to deceive people into…
