Just one of the many legacies Trump will be forever cited for in history is how he lost allies. The latest ally to voice the US is not their friend is one Central American destination; Finally, a little ‘bright’…
It’s no wonder that Trump is falling in the polls, especially with his major disinfectant fiasco, but several headlines suggest more pain at the polls await Trump: National Latino and immigration groups released a letter Monday accusing Trump of…
Global Views, zNew Headline
Drought further devastates impoverished Guatemalan farmers
Aug 22, 2014, 1:35 PM 0
By Anna-Claire Bevan LatinaLista Rain is gradually returning to Guatemala after more than a month-long drought in the middle of rainy season brought tragedy to some of the poorest regions of the country. But many agricultural workers say it’s…
Frontera NorteSur Facing ruin, apple producers in the Mexican border state of Chihuahua are mulling an anti-dumping complaint against U.S. imports. Ricardo Marquez Prieto, president of the Chihuahua Regional Union of Fruit Growers, charged that unfair competition from Mexico’s…
Global Views, zNew Headline
American produce distributor launches crowdfunding campaign to give impoverished Mexican farmers seeds needed for planting
May 30, 2013, 4:38 PM 0
LatinaLista — In the years since 1994 when the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was signed among the United States, Canada and Mexico, debate has intensified as to who the real beneficiaries are of the international trade agreement….
Social Justice
Infographic: Here’s why coffee is a billion-dollar business, but not for the coffee farmers
Apr 23, 2013, 10:25 AM 0
By Alex Hillsberg Finances Online Your morning caffeine fix is but a drop in the global bucket that makes coffee the number two most traded commodity in the world after petroleum. But with 100 million Americans like you drinking…
Local News, Southwest
Firms worry that ending tomato pact with Mexico could spark larger trade tiff
Oct 4, 2012, 7:52 AM 0
By Joe Henke Cronkite News Service WASHINGTON – Florida growers have started a tomato fight that some fear will turn in to a larger trade tiff between the United States and Mexico – possibly threatening Arizona’s largest foreign market….
Causes, Nonprofit
Spotlight Nonprofit: Local farmers join forces to feed the hungry
Jul 20, 2012, 3:11 PM 0
LatinaLista — News about food prices isn’t getting any better. In fact, there are predictions that it will get a lot worse because of the massive drought across the country. That’s really bad news for families who are already…
General, Videos
Intrn’l Video: Paraguay’s campesinos engage in “Raising Resistance” to corporate greed
Jun 27, 2012, 12:00 AM 0
LatinaLista — Technology doesn’t always equal progress or profit for all. There’s no better proof of that than in developing countries where rural, disadvantaged people find themselves taking on corporate giants. One such place where this is happening is…
Local News, Southwest
Feds could put women and minority farmers on Arizona county committees
Jun 12, 2012, 9:27 AM 0
By Christopher Leone Cronkite News Service WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Tuesday it could appoint “socially disadvantaged” farmers in six Arizona counties where the elected county committees may be lacking in representation by women and minorities….
