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The Internet is on Red Alert starting today, as the Senate heads toward a crucial vote to overrule the FCC’s overwhelmingly unpopular repeal of net neutrality.

In one video, 18 shots of tear gas canisters seem to be heard as people ran away coughing and in panic. About 12 of those shots were heard after protesters were already retreating.

Led primarily by students, protests broke out last week in response to a government-backed pension reform.

“While many of our students succeed, too many have to take on immense financial risk for a shot at the American dream.”

“When white supremacists run the government, it’s each of our responsibilities to show that they don’t speak for us.”

“Es un proceso interno en Costa Rica, y un proceso en América Latina de la visibilización de los pueblos afrodescendientes, que se consolida con esta victoria electoral”, le dijo a Latino USA.

This announcement comes almost a week FEM said that it would not extend its TSA program for 83 families living in hotels in the city.

“Trump wants to use the National Guard like an invading army because he is obsessed with demonizing both immigrants and California.”

Latino Rebels Radio, April 15, 2018

The course will be called “Ethnic Studies: An Overview of Americans of Mexican Descent.”

“Many of the arrests have taken place in immigrant neighborhoods, targeting residents from Central America.”

The Dominican Republic’s east coast is losing the fight against coastal erosion, due to a lack of government intervention against companies linked to hotel development.

The former president of Brazil turned himself in to the police in São Paulo on Saturday evening and was flown by helicopter to the southern city of Curitiba to begin a 12-year sentence for corruption charges.

This is the first time in U.S. history that an ex-head of state has been held legally responsible for human rights violations.

The President zeroed in on a migrant caravan composed largely by Hondurans who crossed the southern border of Mexico and are making their way to a conference on migration issues in the central state of Puebla.

In a small room full of cameras, an American flag pinned on the wall becomes the backdrop of every shot.

The systemic violence encountered throughout the migrant route in Mexico is exacerbated by anti-immigrant enforcement policies backed by the U.S. government, fueled by the Mérida Initiative.

La cuenta la pagaría el Gobierno de Puerto Rico y ya suma $134.8 millones en solo nueve meses.

The government of Puerto Rico foots the bill, which already tops $134.8 million in only nine months. Some lawyers have already made four times more than what the highest paid Commonwealth officials make annually.

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