These days, the media is focusing on two P words: pandemic and polls. Most of us try to keep up with the latest news on the pandemic but only catch up on polls when heard on the news. While…
Coronavirus cases keep rising and the GOP keeps pushing for life to get back to pre-pandemic levels. However, the only way we can do that is for an effective vaccine. Today is the start of the biggest COVID-19 study…
The ranks of the unemployed are rising. While 40% of low-income households have lost a job and a new poll shows increase worries about having enough to eat as grocery prices rise, the Trump administration is actively trying to…
Perhaps the biggest blow to Trump’s ego (so far) is the May 16 virtual graduation commencement that will be nationally televised. The headlining commencement speaker is President Barack Obama. No doubt Trump will be tweeting his displeasure because, of…
We start a new week — of restlessness, anxiety and dread. Dread for what this week holds, what more loco crap will come out of Trump’s mouth and if someone (more) we know will be taken from us by…
Even as the death rate from the coronavirus reaches new milestones, and many small business owners discovering they’ve been out maneuvered by big companies, with armies of lawyers, for a slice from any federal bailout, Trump’s administration has been…
We made it to Friday! Before now, that small milestone would only have meant the start of the weekend. In these times, it means one more day closer to a possible end to this modern pesadilla. Yet, as the…
When President Obama was in office, there was hope that the country was on its way to a colorblind future. Unfortunately, that hope was either a delusion or has been shattered by the Trump administration. Case-in-point: government contracts; It…
As Trump demands more and more money – even taking it away from social services – to build his “big, beautiful wall” (that blows down in strong winds), border immigration agents are voicing that there may be something new…
Fears of contracting the coronavirus is spreading around the world and has now reached our southern border; The Supreme Court’s decision on DACA has farther reaching implications than anyone thinks; With every earth-shaking tremor, Puerto Rico in danger of…
President Trump’s campaign team thinks his ongoing rally appearances will seal political wins for himself in 2020 and those he endorses. The reality is slowly sinking in and a new study just put another hole in that expectation; Child…
Headlines touting that apprehensions at the border are down are misleading. True, border apprehensions are down but the bigger story reveals a more troubling reality; Did Montgomery, Alabama just make history?!; and Feel bullied and discriminated against? There’s an…
Is the Congressional Hispanic Caucus finally recognizing Latina voters with its newest initiative?; We knew there would be consequences when Trump froze aid to Guatemala, and now it begins.; Are UFO sightings on the increase? Well, it’s enough for…
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How U.S. and Salvadoran politicians alike use Temporary Protected Status (TPS) as a political tool
Oct 24, 2017, 10:26 AM 0
By Cristian Izquierdo NACLA Less than four months into Trump’s presidency, the administration began its attacks on Temporary Protected Status (TPS), a long-standing program created as part of the 1990 Immigration Act that protects otherwise undocumented immigrants from being…
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Crowdfunding: Creating a library for the children of Vilcabamba, Loja, Ecuador
Jul 19, 2017, 3:24 PM 0
GritoBlast! — In April 2015, a volunteer artist cooperative known as Arte Intercultural Vilcabamba (AIV), was launched in Vilcabamba, Loja, Ecuador, South America. In two short years, the artist cooperative transformed themselves into a service organization with a single…
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Can’t find a way to donate to Ecuador’s earthquake relief efforts? Check out this round-up of 73 fundraisers.
Apr 28, 2016, 3:22 PM 0
LatinaLista — The world may have moved on to other news events — Trump sweeping the latest primaries; the death of Prince, etc. — but for the people in Ecuador affected by the recent earthquake, it will take a…
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Crowdfunder: Quenching Ecuador’s dire thirst for clean water
Apr 25, 2016, 3:43 PM 0
LatinaLista — On Saturday April 16th, 2016 the coastal region of Ecuador was struck by a massive 7.8 earthquake. There are many families affected and devastation all around. The most affected areas are in the provinces of Manabí and…
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Video: A place in Ecuador where conservation means collaboration
Jun 22, 2015, 12:22 PM 0
LatinaLista — More and more people around the world raising the alarm over humankind’s impact on the environment. Whether it’s overdeveloping land for new homes and disrupting the natural habitats of animals or draining underground water tables or polluting…
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Colombia-Ecuador border earthquake sparks concern of possibly imminent volcano eruption
Oct 21, 2014, 2:04 PM 0
By Emil Foget Colombia Reports Authorities in southwestern Colombia have raised alert levels on Tuesday after a 5.6M earthquake hit the border region, sparking concerns that two nearby volcanoes might erupt in a matter of days. Colombia’s Geological Service…
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Today’s Crowdfunding Campaign: Francisco Needs Scoliosis Surgery
Jul 3, 2014, 3:06 PM 0
LatinaLista — Today’s Campaign: Francisco Needs Scoliosis Surgery Since a young age Francisco has suffered from spina bifida and severe scoliosis in his native Ecuador. And though he has managed to overcome these challenges so far, and make due…
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Mother of teen missing in Ecuador shares her profound grief via art
Nov 8, 2013, 12:22 PM 0
LatinaLista — Pingbacks are when other sites link to your site. The other night, I received an alert that someone had pinged a post on Latina Lista. The post was about the Oklahoma teen, August Reiger, who disappeared Father’s Day…
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The question baffling two countries: What happened to August Reiger?
Sep 6, 2013, 2:40 PM 0
By Juan Miret LatinaLista On June 16, 2013, 18-year-old August Reiger had the world at his feet — until he mysteriously vanished along an Ecuadorian mountain trail just a few yards in front of his family. The Oklahoma City…
By Ángela Meléndez InfoSur Hoy QUITO, Ecuador – The dreams that many families in Ecuador have for their 14-year-old children are being turned into nightmares by drugs. That’s the average age young people start using drugs in Ecuador, according…
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Ecuador’s banana exports designated ‘ambassadors’ to boost tourism in unique high-tech global initiative
Jul 24, 2013, 2:31 PM 0
LatinaLista — Ecuador is a tiny country. Tucked in between Colombia and Peru along the Pacific Ocean, it’s best known for being the steward of the Galapagos Islands. But to the frustration of the country’s tourism department, Ecuador’s mainland…
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Guest Voz: Mermaids in America. Or, how does this Ecuadorian girl end up writing fantasy?
Jun 14, 2013, 11:10 AM 0
By Zoraida Córdova LatinaLista I’m Zoraida Córdova, and this post is a can of worms. I wish they were tequila worms, but I don’t think those are allowed in YA (young adult). (just kidding.) I’ve been starting and stopping…
