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Brazil, Mexico Presidents Among Last to Congratulate Biden
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro congratulated U.S. President-elect Joe Biden, becoming the last major Latin American leaders to do so.
Sex Work Is Work (Remember the Show! Podcast)
Hector chats with Jared Trujillo, president of the Association of Legal Aid Attorneys and a new leader in the fight to decriminalize and destigmatize sex workers.
Progressive Organizations Pen Open Letter to Biden, Listing Priorities for Puerto Rico
The letter, shared with Latino Rebels on Tuesday morning, lists several policy initiatives for the island—including a full repeal of PROMESA and debt cancellation,
How I Made It: From Med School Student to Cimafunk (A Latino USA Podcast)
Innovative and creative, thirty-year-old singer and songwriter Cimafunk, or Erik Rodriguez, is building a new stage for Cuban music.
Will the Biden Administration ‘Look Like America’? (OPINION)
As much as I believe the people who run our government should look like the people they represent, I get that Biden’s promise won’t be easy to keep, even in the era of so-called racial reckoning.
Dominican Mothers in Puerto Rico Face the Pandemic ‘In the Shadows’
The absence of a public policy on immigration issues in Puerto Rico has triggered mothers and their children to face needs that have worsened with the coronavirus emergency.
Only Congress Can Make Puerto Rico the 51st State of the Union
It is unlikely that Puerto Rico will achieve statehood any time soon.
It’s Time for Democrats and Progressives to Do the REAL Work With Latinx Voters (OPINION)
Because authentic engagement is year-round work.
Rising Latino Voters Could Be Force in Georgia Senate Races
LILBURN, Ga. (AP) — As Georgia heads into two key runoffs that will determine control of the U.S. Senate, Democrats are hoping to count on Latino voters who helped tilt the state blue in November.
Biden’s Homeland Security Pick Faces Questions on 2015 Probe
WASHINGTON (AP) — The last time Alejandro Mayorkas faced Senate confirmation, not a single Republican voted for him because there was an open investigation into his management of the U.S. immigration agency under President Barack Obama.
Argentina’s Lower House Approves Bill Legalizing Abortion
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Lawmakers in Argentina’s lower house on Friday passed a bill that would legalize elective abortions to the 14th week of pregnancy, a proposal from President Alberto Fernández in response to long-sought demands from women’s rights activists in the homeland of Pope Francis.
SELENA, THE SERIES, One Week Later: Exposing Fault Lines (and Strengths) in Our Community
Last Friday, Selena: The Series premiered. And so did the backlash.
How the Mapuche Are Helping to Shape Chile’s Next Constitution
According to Dr. Amaya Alvez Marín, the constitutional process is “an invitation to unlearn our Western ways, our extractive ways, our imperialistic ways,” which have not protected nature.
Puerto Rico Cannot Become Another Hawai’i (OPINION)
What do the people of Puerto Rico have to lose by abandoning their century-old resistance to American domination? Ask the Hawaiians.
Central America’s Two Tragic Hurricanes
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Mexico Failed to Provide Human Rights Training to Armed Forces
Of all the institutions consulted, the organization found that the Secretariat of National Defense (Sedena), the Secretariat of the Navy (Semar) and the National Guard did not have “complete evidence to evaluate the outcome of the training that was carried out.”
The Amazon’s Burning Libraries (A Latino USA Podcast)
From illegal mining and logging to destructive dams to land grabbers to a federal government that often ignores their concerns outright, the Munduruku along the Tapajós River are under attack on all fronts.
Argentine Congress Debates Abortion Rights; Activists Gather
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentine lawmakers on Thursday debated a bill that would legalize abortion in most cases as demonstrators for and against the initiative gathered in separate areas outside the congress building.
SELENA, THE SERIES: Season 1 Offers a Look Into the Music Icon’s Collective (OPINION)
Selena: The Series should not be dismissed, although no body of work can possibly reveal all the complexities of who Selena was and could have been.
Senior El Salvador Official Resigns Amid Cover-Up Allegations
The resignation came just as lawmakers were to vote to strip Mauricio Arriaza Chicas of immunity.
Latino Leaders Back Nomination of Xavier Becerra to Lead HHS
Groups like LULAC and NALEO have praised the decision.