Latin America

Books that include diverse characters and reflect the lives of these kids can get them reading and give them a sense of belonging, in school and in society at large.

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AMANDA LA QUE MANDA is back, and we’re so happy to feature Amanda here.

Latino Rebels Radio: November 25, 2018

Luis Mayol, a conservative and member of President Sebastian Piñera’s governing coalition, had initially defended the operation that left 24-year-old Camilo Catrillanca dead and six other Mapuches injured.

They will be spending the night in fear of vigilantes and those who will look to persecute them as they continue to stream into Tijuana, regarding them in derisive terms simply because of who they are.

Guzman’s trial has rested for the week and will continue Monday.

My memories are broken and fuzzy blurs.

A column of ash reached almost 23,000 feet (7,000 meters) above sea level and wafted towards Guatemala City.

Disgruntled locals chanted “Out! Out!” and defensively sang Mexico’s national anthem, a sharp contrast to other Mexicans who have helped the caravan migrants on their arduous and long journey in the past few weeks.

In The Thick desde CDMX.

Given the government’s estimate of 23 percent inflation next year, the social spending reductions may reach as high as 35 percent.

The call is out to surround the Caravan with love. Love overcomes hate.

The construction company Odebrecht is at the center of a massive corruption scandal spanning Latin America and has admitted to paying bribes in 12 countries.

“Our security is first,” a man in the video says in Spanish. “Mexico first. Our families first. Our nation first. Then them.”

The Atacama Desert in Northern Chile. (Photo by A. Duarte/Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0)

From NPR

The report calls out violence and hate speech against indigenous and LGBTI people as well as Afro-descendants and women.

General Juan Emilio Cheyre, who served as head of the army from 2002 to 2006 and is 71 years old, was a young officer when the “Caravan of Death” arrived in the Northern city of La Serena and executed 15 individuals.

The rules are widely expected to target Central American migrants, of which 5,000 are currently being sheltered in a sports arena in Mexico City.

The risk is that democracy is failing many, increasingly normalizing the demonization of the “other.”