By Evan Fagan Council on Hemispheric Affairs On July 12, ten of the twelve candidates running for the Secretary-General (SG) position of the United Nations took center stage before the U.N. General Assembly. In an attempt to promote…
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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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Latin American Countries’ Response to the Syrian Refugee Crisis: The Brazilian, Argentinian, and the Uruguayan Examples
Jul 13, 2016, 11:21 AM 0
By Ernesto Cicchitelli and Ivan Valladares Council on Hemispheric Affairs The stress faced by the European Union (EU) due to a large inflow of Syrian refugees at its borders, has led an increasing amount of countries towards stricter immigration…
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Guest Voz: Four Factors to Understand Gender Equality in Latin America
Mar 8, 2016, 2:05 PM 0
By Julio Valeriano LatinaLista While there have been some advances in addressing gender inequality in Latin America, women and girls continue to be one of the most marginalized groups in the continent. The benefits of working toward a more equal society for…
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Six Latin American countries join to create streaming platform showcasing Latin American film
Mar 7, 2016, 5:24 PM 0
LatinaLista — Netflix may be striving for world domination but when it comes to Latin America they are now facing some formidable competition. Launched on March 4, 2016, Retina Latina is a new platform that streams high-quality Latin American…
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Researchers create “BFF” campaign to save bananas from extinction, which may be closer than we realize
Feb 29, 2016, 4:33 PM 0
LatinaLista — Can you imagine a world without banana smoothies? Sliced bananas on cereal? Chocolate-doused bananas frozen on a stick? (gasp) Banana splits?! The idea that we would be deprived of the health benefits of the banana — not…
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Crowdfunder: Four Friends, One Mission — Bringing Clean Water to Latin American Families
Jan 5, 2016, 2:51 PM 0
LatinaLista — Campaign: The Water Van Project Diego, Coke, Chechu and Edu are four childhood friends who wanted to make a difference in the lives of poor Latin Americans who are dying because they have no access to clean…
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Guest Voz: As another year passes debating merits of Colombus Day, the Americas need a new perspective
Oct 19, 2015, 9:45 AM 0
By Marcela Figueroa LatinaLista When I was a kid, as all kids in Mexico that went to public schools, I used to sing a song for Cristopher Colombus on October the 12th every year. The song used to say…
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Podcast: ListaPodcast News Roundup September 18
Sep 18, 2015, 5:25 PM 0
Managing editor Obed Manuel gives a brief rundown of the week’s news. Recording and editing by Obed Manuel
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Leaked documents reveal several Latin-American governments involved in cyber espionage against their citizens
Jul 15, 2015, 11:54 AM 0
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 Jim Baer Council on Hemispheric Affairs Protestors in Lima, Peru demonstrated in March against the anticipated arrival of the USS George Washington, a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier that will spend several days in port at Callao as it returns…
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Latin American flags coming to streetlights in Chicago’s Humboldt Park
Jun 22, 2015, 9:37 AM 0
By Alex V. Hernandez EXTRA! CHICAGO — The twin Puerto Rican flags that bookend Division Street in Humboldt Park will soon be joined by steel flags from other Latin American countries. “What they’re going to do is install these…
Immigration
Young voices from the border: Fear and unaccompanied migrant children
Jun 8, 2015, 2:03 PM 0
By Larissa Converti Council on Hemispheric Affairs “Do not send your children to the borders. If they do make it, they’ll get sent back. More importantly, they may not make it.” – President Barack Obama The past few years…
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Latin America outpaces the rest of the world in Twitter growth
May 26, 2015, 4:09 PM 0
LatinaLista — While Wall Street continues to fret over the profitability of Twitter, a new study finds that the social media service is growing non-stop south of the border. According to eMarketer, Twitter’s growth in Latin America in 2015…
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Documenting the undocumented within Latin America
Dec 5, 2014, 12:45 PM 0
By James A. Baer Council on Hemispheric Affairs (LatinaLista Editor’s Note: The following article uses the term “illegal immigrant” to describe immigrants living in a country without the proper authorization. It is a term that Latina Lista does not…
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UK Study on impact of punitive drug laws could impact Latin America’s drug policies
Nov 4, 2014, 10:58 AM 0
By Marguerite Cawley InSight Crime A new study published by the British government found that punitive drug laws don’t necessarily result in less drug use, a finding that could have important implications for drug policy reform in Latin America….
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New poll shows more women in Latin America battle disrespect, violence and loss of dignity on daily basis
Oct 14, 2014, 2:39 PM 0
LatinaLista — The recent comments by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella that women shouldn’t ask for raises but instead trust in karma, smacked many who heard it as epitomizing the inequality that rages on for many women in male-dominated environments….
LatinaLista — In addition to the UN Climate Summit happening in New York City which is attracting world leaders, Hollywood celebrities and politicians, there is also happening an equally important conference — the Indigenous People’s World Conference. The two-day…
By W. Alejandro Sanchez COHA Bolivia has accomplished a major victory in its quest to consolidate itself as the world’s most-renowned producer of quinoa. In late August, the Andean Community, a South American bloc, recognized the miracle grain as…
By Harry C. Alford LatinaLista I am writing this article from the beautiful nation of Costa Rica (Rich Coast in English). It is our mission to connect the dots of the African diaspora and this dot is pretty key…
By Daniela Oliveira Infosurhoy.com The Bibliotaxi cultural project, which offers free books to passengers in 25 Brazilian cities, has now spread to Chile, Colombia and Peru and is going digital. RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – Is traffic backed up?…
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Today’s Crowdfunding Campaign: Comadre.com – a website built for and by Latinas
Jun 10, 2014, 4:07 PM 0
LatinaLista — Crowdfunding Campaign: Comadre.com – a website built for and by Latinas Comadre.com is the first social shopping site built for Latinas by Latinas! As the first social shopping website for Latinas, Comadre.com’s purpose is to give Hispanic…
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Mexico now ranked as a country without a free press
May 22, 2014, 4:42 PM 0
LatinaLista — According to this year’s annual report on global press freedoms by the Washington-based advocacy organization Freedom House, 2013 registered as the worst time for press freedoms in over a decade. After consulting over 60 analysts and digging…
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Washington and Moscow’s military bases in Latin America
May 20, 2014, 3:36 PM 0
By W. Alejandro Sanchez Council on Hemispheric Affairs In spite of ongoing tensions in Ukraine, which have seriously soured relations between Russia and the U.S. & Europe, Moscow has not altogether forgotten the Western Hemisphere. A case in point…
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First international forum of women leaders from South America and Arab countries convenes
Apr 7, 2014, 2:27 PM 0
By Via Andina Peru This Week The First International Forum of Women Leaders from South America and Arab countries is set to run from April 7-8, 2014 under the theme “Women leaders transforming the world.” The two-day event is…
