Mujeres

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, who embodies Argentina’s enduring cycle of hope and despair, appears close to a return to power, this time as a candidate for vice president. So Argentines are wondering how exactly the government would run with her back in it.

I knew I was testing the limits my mother had set for me before we walked into the nail salon.

The Puerto Rican community is guilty of ignorance against some of the most marginalized in the world.

Abortion activists across Mexico were as shocked as the women at the state house when the news broke on social media.

Latino Rebels Radio: October 6, 2019

The two singles are part of their latest bilingual album ‘Indestructible,’ which was just nominated for this year’s Latin Grammys.

Latino USA breaks down the phenomena behind one of the original divas, her conflicts and criticisms, and the impact of her legacy.

She spoke with Futuro Media Group’s Latino USA about her trajectory thus far, her music-making process, her personal life and what inspired her latest creation.

For the latest In The Thick, human rights lawyer and journalist, Gisela Pérez De Acha and journalist with El Universal Mexico, Melissa Amezcua join Maria and Julio to discuss the recent wave of feminist protests in Mexico.

The issue has taken the country by storm, particularly following the assassination of Anibel González Ureña.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hundreds of people marched silently in Mexico’s capital Sunday to urge justice for women who suffer violence in one of the most dangerous countries to be female, victims who include students murdered by rejected suitors, girls raped before they reach puberty and single mothers who disappear without a trace.

Angela Turner Wilson, now 48 and a college voice teacher in the Dallas area, was one of 11 women to come forward after an Aug. 13 AP story in which numerous women accused the long-married, Spanish-born superstar of sexual harassment or inappropriate, sexually charged behavior and of sometimes damaging their careers if they rejected him.

Diedhou works with the National Council to Prevent Discrimination (CONAPRED).

Despite the official ceasefire peace agreement signed by the government and FARC leaders in 2016 after 50 years of civil war, criminal armed groups have re-ignited the violence in areas previously occupied by FARC.

Evelyn Hernández was falsely accused of aggravated homicide after surviving stillbirth.

The protests come after two separate cases that have shaken the nation where policemen have been accused of raping teenage girls. 

In this conversation, Esmeralda Santiago touches on the lessons she has learned over her life and career, the #metoo movement, and writing about the island.

CIUDAD DELGADO, El Salvador (AP) — A young woman charged with homicide in El Salvador after delivering a baby into a toilet faced trial a second time Thursday.

More demonstrations are expected throughout the week in the capital.

I’d cast her in everything.

Me uno al grito de las mujeres boricuas.