Latin America

At a press conference on February 1, the Mexican president said his government would embrace what he called “Franciscan poverty” if it would “transfer funds to the people” and achieve “development, jobs and welfare.”

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS — The caravan is the first in recent months to head toward Texas instead of California.

President Nicolás Maduro has continued to deny that Venezuela is facing a humanitarian crisis.

In a scenario that has become increasingly common in elections throughout the hemisphere, an outsider candidate who distanced himself from the political establishment emerged triumphant.

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS — The struggle for power resurged this year when congress leader Juan Guaidó declared himself interim president, saying Nicolás Maduro’s re-election in May was fraudulent.

Arias was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1987 for being a peace-broker in Central America

Latino Rebels Radio: February 6, 2019

Just read the writing on the wall.

In a conversation with Maria Hinojosa, Dr. Alyshia Gálvez discusses her new book about how NAFTA has dramatically changed the types of food Mexicans eat.

Meanwhile, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro ignored the European Union’s request for new elections.

Women like Viviana Muciño are leading the fight against femicide in Ecatepec.

Bukele, 37, rose through the ranks of the FMLN as the Mayor of Nuevo Cuscatlán (2012-2014) and San Salvador (2015-2018).

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS — Maduro, for his part, stood defiant, accusing the United States of preparing a coup in the South American country and rejecting a U.S.-backed effort to send emergency food and medicine into his country.

The year aims to combat the impending extinction of the world’s linguistic biodiversity—and not only for the benefit of those who speak these languages, but for humanity at large.

“Nayib has the capacity to makes us dream of a different country,” one of his supporters told Latino Rebels on Sunday.

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS: Speaking from behind a podium decorated with Venezuela’s presidential seal, Juan Guaidó told supporters he would keep his opposition movement in the streets until President Nicolás Maduro stopped “usurping” the presidency.

The country’s civil war will cast a shadow on a new round of national elections.

What the VP is saying these days.

Guatemalan and Salvadoran immigrants have organized far-reaching workers rights’ campaigns in migrant-dominated industries that mainstream unions had thought to be untouchable.

The Canadian ambassador will remain in Cuba, and consular services will continue despite the reduction in staff.

Despite the alarming anti-Indigenous measures that the Bolsonaro administration has taken over the past month, the message of the “Red January” protests is one of hope and resilience.