By David Gagne Insight Crime A new report by an international humanitarian organization provides fresh statistics on the dangers that migrants from Central America’s Northern Triangle face both in their home country and during their perilous trek to the…
LatinaLista — Throughout my 20+ year journalism career, I’ve had the privilege of meeting many Latino and Latina trailblazers who fought, and are still fighting, for justice and social equality defending the rights of Latino communities. They were Latino…
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…
By Ricardo Herrero Huffington Post There is no better way to promote openness in Cuba than by allowing everyday Americans to travel freely to the Island and serve as on-the-ground ambassadors of our democratic values. This would seem obvious…
LatinaLista — An early Christmas has come to Argentina's Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo. At a press conference scheduled for Tuesday, December 1, the group of grandmothers, who have made it their mission to find the estimated 500 grandchildren…
Cultural Survival Conflicts over land rights, violence and impunity, and lack of adequate social service were major topics of discussion with the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Ms. Vicky Tauli Corpuz during her official…
LatinaLista — University of Georgia historian Claudio Saunt reveals in his 2014 book West of the Revolution: An Uncommon History of 1776, how the United States, between 1776 and the present, seized roughly one eighth of the habitable world by treaty and…
LatinaLista — The world understands why the refugees from Syria, Afghanistan, Pakistan, etc. are streaming into Western Europe in numbers described as “unprecedented in its sheer scale since the end of World War II.” Thanks to the hundreds of…
LatinaLista — One of the cushiest government contractor jobs is those who receive federal funds for operating immigrant detention centers. Working with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, these facilities are virtually guaranteed an uninterrupted flow of federal monies for…
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…
By Alexis White-Mobley Cultural Survival Native American and Alaska native women are 2.5 times more likely to be raped or sexually assaulted than other women in the US; 86% of reported cases are perpetrated by non-Natives. A 2014 study…
Hispanic News Online The 12th episode of Hispanic News Online's 30-4-30 Latino Leaders Podcast series features Andrew Arana. Andrew Arana is an American-born Honduran native who relocated to Mississippi courtesy of Hurricane Katrina back in 2005. Arana is a Mississippi…
By Marcia G. Yerman Moms Clean Air Force The People’s Climate March was a watershed moment. Participants, politicians, and the media got a complete overview of the seriousness of individual and group commitment to making change on the ground….
LatinaLista — Saying undocumented immigrants are here in the United States only for handouts and to take advantage of the system is nothing more than rhetoric by desperate politicians who want to capture votes on the tailwind of manufactured…
By Zoe Greenberg & Brie Shea RH Reality Check (Editor’s note: The following is an excerpt of the fuller investigative piece found at RH Reality Check.) Coors Light is the second most popular beer in the United States, bringing…
LatinaLista — September 26 marks the one-year anniversary when more than 100 young students, from the Escuela Normal Rural of Ayotzinapa, were attacked by local police, resulting in the deaths of 3 students, more then 20 injured, and the…
LatinaLista — In December 2014, the Nobel Women’s Initiative launched a three-part mini documentary series spotlighting the women of Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico who have committed their lives to fighting for human rights. Women Crossing the Line, provides the…
By Rebeca Morla PanAm Post On Sunday, July 5, hackers infiltrated the Italian information-technology company Hacking Team (HT), which sells offensive intrusion and surveillance software to government clients all over the world. The data breach revealed 400 gigabytes worth…
By James Phillips Cultural Survival The Tolupanes of Yoro in central Honduras have become major actors in the massive protests and demonstrations that have been filling the streets of Honduran cities for weeks. Revelations that Honduran government functionaries and…
By Martha Ramos LatinaLista The struggle for gender equality is very closely associated with defending the environment, both relate to human rights. They serve as the three main pillars for the development of a civilized society. So the events…
LatinaLista — Syria. Sudan. The Democratic Republic of Congo. Pakistan. New Delhi. These five countries have the dubious global distinction of having the worst records for human rights abuses. But if the protests in Ferguson, Berkeley and the developing…
By Gabrielle Mentjox Colombia Reports Colombia’s Defense Minister said Thursday the country’s largest rebel group, the FARC, are the biggest violators of women’s human rights in the country, having kidnapped 261 women and committed 394 homicides between 2003 and…
By Pablo J. Sáinz La Prensa San Diego A group of women and children on a mission to create awareness on immigration issues from California’s Central Valley to the border was greeted and welcome by some 100 people in…
By Anna-Claire Bevan LatinaLista “I will fight for human rights until the day I die,” said Ixil community member, Juana Sánchez Toma, to a crowd of more than 250 people at the European Parliament last week. The indigenous Guatemalan…
By Anna-Claire Bevan LatinaLista A Korean-owned factory in Honduras is being investigated for allegedly violating labor rights after former employees complained they had to wear diapers to work because they were not given sufficient bathroom breaks. Kyungshin-Lear Electrical Distribution…
