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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s governor on Thursday promised wage increases for teachers, police officers, firefighters and other public workers, unveiling a government budget higher than the one submitted by a federal control board that oversees the island’s finances.

DREAMers celebrated what was an unexpected victory in a majority conservative court. 

Arizona is among several states in the Southwest that reported record increases this week in the number of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations.

At least 50 public hospitals in Ecuador are under investigation after allegations arose that provinces where National Assembly members live were allocated more supplies to combat COVID-19 than others.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected President Donald Trump’s effort to end legal protections for 650,000 young immigrants, a stunning rebuke to the president in the midst of his reelection campaign.

“We seek to fill the void left by media coverage of Cuba by investigating the impact of U.S. policy towards the island and the money and interests driving that policy,” the founders told Latino Rebels.

Today on Latino USA, a story from over 100 years ago, when an intrepid Texas state representative named José Tomás Canales led an investigation into the abuses of the Texas Rangers.

The OAS and CARICOM both stated that the recount was accurate, despite some irregularities.

The case has been widely reported about in local media in Texas, and was brought to national attention in part by Salma Hayek, who posted a picture of herself on Instagram over the weekend holding a cardboard sign with a picture of Vanessa Guillen.

The COVID-19 figures in Haiti don’t reflect the reality on the ground.

President Iván Duque has said that he will not resume peace talks until all hostages are released and kidnappings end.

Jaime Mañalich faced criticism for his methods of counting cases and deaths.

HAVANA (AP) — A week and a half ago, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo issued a strongly worded announcement that the Trump administration was prohibiting business with Fincimex, a Cuban state corporation that works with foreign credit card and money transfer businesses, among others.

In the first of several conversations Latino USA will be having about this moment, Clemente talked about the ongoing work in movements for racial justice, how the Latinx community can take action, and where we go from here.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — As they wait out quarantine in a cramped, windowless room, Natividad Benítez brings her six children all of their meals from the soup kitchen where she earns $133 a month, barely enough to cover her rent and a few extra monthly costs.

County Executive Officer Mike Powers issued apologies on the county’s English and Spanish Facebook pages,

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A judge on Thursday gave Puerto Rico’s education secretary 24 hours to open all public school cafeterias in the U.S. territory or face arrest as impoverished students struggle to obtain free meals amid the pandemic.

LONDON (AP) — From Confederate monuments in the United States to statues of British slave traders, memorials erected in honor of historical figures have become a focus of protests around the world.

The United States and Brazil have much in common when it comes to the coronavirus.

The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Plaintiffs and a proposed class covering hundreds of individuals in the region.

George Floyd, known to his friends and family as “Big Floyd,” was laid to rest Tuesday alongside the grave of his mother.