By Marcia G. Yerman Moms Clean Air Force As parents, one of our key and foremost concerns is keeping our children safe. Under the Trump administration’s philosophy of shrinking government, a slew of protections to children’s health are being…
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Why Puerto Rico ‘doesn’t count’ to the US government
Oct 26, 2017, 8:47 AM 0
By Jay L. Zagorsky The Conversation Hurricanes Irma and Maria devastated Puerto Rico in September, destroying homes, crops and communications. Many weeks later, power has been restored to fewer than 20 percent of homes. A third of the population…
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Puerto Rico needs help & support, not threats & insults hurled from the White House
Oct 13, 2017, 8:00 AM 0
By Carmen Yulin Cruz ncluido Editor’s Note: The following was sent by Puerto Rico’s Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz to members of Congress in response to President Trump’s tweets and threats of revoking aid to the island. Puerto Ricans have…
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Guest Voz: Many in Latin America no entiende U.S.’s hang-ups about gender roles
Dec 7, 2016, 3:40 PM 0
By Deborah Charnes LatinaLista NICARAGUA — I’m in a shared taxi in Nicaragua. Next to me is a matronly lady. Up front, sit our middle-aged driver and another man in his 60s. I broach the subject of same-sex marriages….
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Cruz & Rubio’s stance on Cuba don’t represent majority of Latinos but does Trump know that?
Nov 28, 2016, 4:15 PM 0
Marisa Treviño LatinaLista When Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz declared themselves candidates for President, myself, like many Latinos in the nation, were happily anxious at the prospect of having representation in the highest office of the land. So what…
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Mexicans are migrating, just not across the US border
Nov 28, 2016, 10:36 AM 0
By Jeffrey H. Cohen & Bernardo Ramirez Rios The Conversation Mexican migration to the U.S. is in decline. The Pew Hispanic Research Center has found that since 2009, more than one million native-born Mexicans living in the U.S. returned to Mexico. But…
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The U.S. wants Costa Rica to host refugees before they cross the border. Here’s why
Sep 2, 2016, 10:48 AM 0
By Caitlin Fouratt The Conversation Violence in Central America continues to push its citizens to seek refuge. In July, the U.S. government announced a plan for Costa Rica to temporarily host up to 200 refugees from Central America while they are…
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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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More Mexicans are leaving the US than coming across the border
Jan 5, 2016, 12:25 PM 0
By David Cook Martín The Conversation During the most recent Republican debate, Donald Trump declared “people are pouring across the southern border.” Trump is right that the United States has been a major immigrant destination since the 1960s, but if…
By Peter Kelley Futurity A digital project is using data visualization to depict social movements in United States history, including the NAACP, the American Socialist Party, and the Industrial Workers of the World. For example, it’s one thing…
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Why US investors claim half the treasure found in Colombia’s Caribbean
Dec 7, 2015, 5:05 PM 0
By Adriaan Alsema Colombia Reports The gold inside the sunken galleon San Jose, found off the Caribbean coast of Colombia on Friday, is worth between a staggering $4B and $17B but is disputed by a US investor group…
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Guest Voz: What’s the line between disrespecting Latino culture and genuinely embracing it?
Nov 12, 2015, 4:55 PM 0
Erik De La Cruz Latina Lista Culture is vital in the Latino community. However, there is a difference between respecting a culture and exploiting it. Being from San Diego County, we are surrounded by Mexico’s influence because of…
By Michael Lohmuller InSight Crime In its 2015 annual drug assessment, the DEA emphasizes Mexico cartel dominance of the US drug market, highlighting the growing strength of the Jalisco Cartel. Chuck Rosenberg, the Acting Administrator of the Drug…
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Guest Voz: Cuban American millennial drafts open letter to Obama asking him “to stand up for the Cuban people”
Jul 20, 2015, 4:23 PM 0
LatinaLista — In much pomp and circumstance, Cuba officially opened its Washington DC embassy today, raising its flag in the United States for the first time in 54 years. It’s a diplomatic and economic move that the Cuban government,…
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This year’s Human Rights Day theme strives to remind everyone that human rights should be respected every day
Dec 9, 2014, 1:15 PM 0
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…
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Monarch butterflies making annual migration south
Nov 19, 2014, 3:52 PM 0
Mexico News Daily The butterflies are coming, along with an estimated 160,000 visitors close behind. The annual migration of the Monarch butterflies is on schedule, with an ETA in Michoacán and State of Mexico this week in time for…
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Top of the U.S., Mexico bridge popular wedding spot for binational couples
Nov 6, 2014, 2:38 PM 0
By Laura Torres Borderzine EL PASO – The bride and groom stood on either side of the borderline on the Santa Fe International Bridge, the bride’s toes up against the U.S. side of the line, the groom’s shoes on…
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VIDEO: Immigration Could Set Stage For Big U.S. Budget Showdown
Aug 28, 2014, 1:48 PM 0
LatinaLista — President Obama’s self-imposed deadline for taking independent acton on immigration reform is fast approaching. As can be expected, conservatives are not happy. However, rather than execute their fundamental duty as elected officials — pass legislation for the good…
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Video: Latina comic balances “pretty strong opinions” with humor
Aug 7, 2014, 1:28 PM 0
LatinaLista — Mexican American Grace Parra has some “pretty strong opinions.” It’s what is making her YouTube videos so compelling to watch. Not because she rants and raves but inserts a HUGE dose of humor to present a different…
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Guest Voz: Regardless of citizenship status, immigrants make positive contributions to the country
Jul 18, 2014, 8:05 AM 0
By Edward T. Rincón, Ph.D. LatinaLista We produced the attached map and assembled the following facts (source: American Community Survey 5-year estimates covering 2008-2012) to provide some balance to the wave of bad news surrounding immigrants. While it does…
By Sara Inés Calderón Más Wired A Texas-based entrepreneur says that Mexico has amazing potential to be a global hotbed for IT workers. And, if the right amount of investment is made there, a startup and entrepreneurial ecosystem could…
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TX US Rep Cuellar: “Mexican leaders cannot believe the United States has not responded to its offer to help secure the southwest border”
Jun 20, 2014, 2:23 PM 0
By Steve Taylor Rio Grande Guardian McALLEN, TX — Mexican leaders cannot believe the United States has not responded to its offer to help secure the southwest border and they wonder just how much commitment its neighbor to the…
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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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Intrn’l Video: Documentary highlights unique relay spanning two countries devoted to Our Lady of Guadalupe
Apr 30, 2014, 12:00 AM 0
LatinaLista — Where did La Virgin de Guadalupe originate? Why is she such an iconic symbol for Mexicans wherever they live? These are just two questions that don’t concern too many people of devout faith. But for those who…
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U.S. decline in press freedom rankings called “one of the significant declines of the year”
Feb 24, 2014, 2:30 PM 0
LatinaLista — Every year, the organization Reporters Without Borders releases their world press freedom rankings. In conflict-torn countries like Syria, Mexico, Venezuela, Egypt, Yemen, etc, the clampdown on journalists’ reporting is not surprising. Since news is knowledge and the…
