Politics

HAVANA (AP) — More than 400 Western Union offices that Cubans heavily rely on for remittances sent by family abroad are in danger of closing amid a growing number of sanctions the U.S. government has placed on the island.

With just five days before Election Day, new polls of Latino voters released by both Univision and Telemundo are sharing insights into an eligible voting bloc that is estimated to be at 32 million.

My sisters and I are proof that liberation is possible, if only we come together to demand change.

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — The fireworks and street celebrations are over in Chile, and now many months of hard work and uncertainty loom for a population impatient for change.

Most of the killings took place in one incident on Saturday evening in the municipality of Jerez, where a confrontation led to a car chase which left 14 people dead.

According to NALEO, 34 percent (up 18 points from Week 7) of respondents say they have already voted.

Hector Alamo chats with Lillian Gorman, the director of the Spanish as a Heritage Language Program at the University of Arizona, and proud Nuevomexicana from Albuquerque

Joe Biden is not faring as well among Latino voters in the polls as Hillary Clinton did in 2016. But Democrats in Texas are working to motivate the key voting bloc.

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Amid a year of contagion and turmoil, Chileans turned out Sunday to vote overwhelmingly in favor of having a constitutional convention draft a new charter to replace guiding principles imposed four decades ago under the military dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet.

A record 32 million Latinos are eligible to vote this election. But research suggests that in battleground states, 57% of them are not going to cast ballots.

LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — A final official vote count released Friday gave leftist Luis Arce a smashing victory in Bolivia’s presidential election, a vindication for the Movement Toward Socialism party of ousted President Evo Morales, who was barred from running.

My fear of the virus hasn’t been the only thing I’ve wrestled with these past few months.

Thousands of union members, teachers, students and Indigenous people filled a historic square in the capital city of Bogotá, protesting against the social and economic policies of President Iván Duque, as well as the killing of human rights activists and recent police violence.

October 18 marked one year of mass protests for systemic change in Chile, and one year of brutal repression.

In a court filing this week, the ACLU said the parents of two-thirds of those children have already been deported to Central America.

You and I may have a few things in common.

A decade after the cholera outbreak of 2010, family members and victims took to the streets to march along the Artibonite River.

I had not thought of those days for a long time.

The fact that Puerto Rico has a vast conservative electorate, and the grand majority of these voters support statehood, begs the question of why the GOP would even consider alienating a future constituency.

Since the poll’s first week, Biden has seen a three-point increase in support, with Trump seeing a one-point increase.

BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) — Thousands of Indigenous protesters marched through Colombia’s capital city on Monday to demand a public meeting with President Iván Duque and call for reforms they say are crucial for their survival.