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Supreme Court: Puerto Rico’s Fiscal Control Board Has ‘Sovereign Immunity’

On Thursday the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Puerto Rico’s unelected fiscal control board has “sovereign immunity” and does not have to answer journalists’ requests for government documents.

  • May 12, 2023
  • 10:50 AM

How Will Puerto Rico’s Private Energy System Deal With Climate Change?

With rising temperatures and the increasing threat of tropical storms due to climate change menacing Puerto Rico, many fear the islands’ access to electrical power will only worsen under privatization.

  • May 11, 2023
  • 3:11 PM

As Mexicans Observe Mother’s Day, Parents of Disappeared Demand Answers

With the hope of finding their children dwindling, hundreds of parents whose children are missing marched through Mexico City demanding answers as the country observed Día de la Madre (Mother’s Day).

  • May 11, 2023
  • 10:35 AM

Trump Appearing at CNN Town Hall After Sex Assault Verdict

Former President Donald Trump will return to CNN’s airwaves on Wednesday, joining the network for a two-hour town hall event in early-voting New Hampshire a day after a civil jury found him liable for sexually assaulting an advice columnist nearly three decades ago.

  • May 10, 2023
  • 10:39 AM

Protest in Eastern Cuba a Day After Pro-Government March in Havana

Coming a day after a pro-government May Day demonstration in the capital city of Havana on Friday, Cubans in the municipality of Caimanera, near the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, marched in protest against the government.

  • May 9, 2023
  • 10:56 AM

SUV Driver Hits Crowd at Texas Bus Stop Near Border; 8 Dead

Police are preparing to arrest the hospitalized driver of an SUV that slammed into a crowd, killing eight people waiting for a bus Sunday outside a migrant shelter in the border city of Brownsville, Texas. At least 10 others were injured, authorities said.

  • May 8, 2023
  • 10:16 AM

Celebrating 30 Years of Latino USA

Futuro Media announced the launch of “Celebrating 30 Years of Latino USA,” a campaign to commemorate the three decades that the Peabody Award-winning  Latino USA has been on the air

  • May 5, 2023
  • 9:37 AM

Mexico President Complains US Is Funding Opposition

Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has again complained to the United States that the U.S. government is funding organizations opposed to his administration, this time in a letter to President Joe Biden.

  • May 4, 2023
  • 10:39 AM

US, Mexico Agree on Tighter Immigration Policies at Border

U.S. and Mexican officials have agreed on new immigration policies meant to deter illegal border crossings while also opening up other pathways ahead of an expected increase in migrants following the end of pandemic restrictions next week.

  • May 3, 2023
  • 10:48 AM

Canelo Álvarez Returning Home to Guadalajara to Fight Ryder

Fighting in his native Guadalajara for the first time in 12 years has presented some different challenges for Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez, like finding out just how many tickets he needs to accommodate family and friends.

  • May 2, 2023
  • 10:48 AM

After Backlash, Abbott Expresses Regret After Labeling Shooting Victims ‘Illegal Immigrants’

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott expressed regret Monday after facing intense criticism for labeling all the victims of the Cleveland, Texas shooting rampage on Friday as “illegal immigrants,” even though it appears at least one of them was not undocumented.

  • May 1, 2023
  • 5:36 PM

Where Is Central America on the Political Map?

Honduras, Nicaragua, and El Salvador’s nods to Russia and China are often read as a jealousy game in the U.S. bilateral relationship. Regional leaders claim sovereignty and multipolarity as their mantra. Experts say that non-ideological short-term calculus and a search for impunity are instead guiding their actions.

  • May 1, 2023
  • 2:13 PM

Brazil Recognizes 6 Indigenous Areas in Boost for Amazon

Brazil President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Friday granted official recognition of nearly 800 square miles of Indigenous lands, most of it in the Amazon, in a move that seeks to safeguard critical rainforest from the unchecked exploitation that marked his predecessor’s administration.

  • May 1, 2023
  • 10:32 AM

In Puerto Rico, ‘Historic Moment’ for Labor Movement

Like many firsts of May in the past, this year’s May Day will see workers and activists around the world take to the streets to demand greater labor rights and protections. In Puerto Rico, they will also be condemning displacement and environmental destruction.

  • Apr 28, 2023
  • 1:47 PM

Mexico Has ‘Unprecedented Appetite for Baseball’ After WBC

The San Diego Padres will play against the San Francisco Giants next weekend at Estadio Alfredo Harp Helú in the country’s capital, where fans are eager to watch more baseball after Mexico’s deep run at the World Baseball Classic in March.

  • Apr 28, 2023
  • 10:48 AM

Salvadoran Abortion Case Enters Final Phase at Inter-American Court

Beatriz, a woman diagnosed with lupus, was denied an abortion of an anencephalic fetus in 2013 in El Salvador despite 15 doctors’ recommendations that she do so to protect her health. Attorneys for Beatriz’s family —she died in 2017— are challenging El Salvador’s total ban.

  • Apr 27, 2023
  • 1:30 PM

Mexico Human Rights Agency Slams States for Marriage Bans on People With HIV, Serious Diseases

Mexico’s governmental human rights commission on Wednesday called on ten of the country’s 32 states to get rid of old laws that ban marriage between people with “chronic, incurable, hereditary or contagious diseases,” saying that could discriminate against the HIV-positive or people living with AIDS.

  • Apr 27, 2023
  • 10:46 AM

Bukele Blocks IMF Report on El Salvador

The Bukele administration barred the International Monetary Fund from publishing its yearly report on the “economic situation and policy strategy” of El Salvador. It was striking, given that the country is looking to spur the negotiation of a debt program.

  • Apr 26, 2023
  • 5:53 PM

Indigenous Brazilian Soccer Players Eye Women’s World Cup

Brazil’s Indigenous women often lead their villages and groups, but for many years they were looked down on when they tried to play soccer. As the South American nation improves its structure for female players, Indigenous women say they also feel encouraged to take up the sport.

  • Apr 26, 2023
  • 11:08 AM

Fed Up Haitians Stone, Set Fire to Suspected Bandits

Residents of Canapé-Vert, in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince, set fire to 14 people they said were armed bandits on their way to bring reinforcements for an active attack on the nearby neighborhoods of Turgeau and Debussy.

  • Apr 25, 2023
  • 5:42 PM

Venezuela’s Guaidó Expelled From Colombia

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó said he was expelled from Colombia hours after he crossed the border from Venezuela to try to meet with some participants at an international conference Tuesday to discuss his country’s political crisis.

  • Apr 25, 2023
  • 10:33 AM

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