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If JLo is a “Negrita del Bronx,” then what do we call a Black Puerto Rican woman from the Bronx?

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican health authorities acknowledged Sunday that the country’s true death toll from the coronavirus pandemic is far higher than thought, saying there were 193,170 “excess” deaths in the year up to September 26, with 139,153 of those judged to be attributable to COVID-19.

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.

Not only is a woman’s womb the cradle for all human life, masculinity seems to be an aberration of sorts from a feminine norm.

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.

The IMSS reported that of the 17,331 of the intubated patients in October, 15,070 have died.

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.

This election year, mothers, early childhood educators, and child care providers are part of intentional, relational organizing voter programs to connect with voters they know.

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

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s government said Thursday that it has restored 911 emergency service, but an overnight shutdown of the system led to furious criticism of officials accused of failing to take precautions during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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“I am optimistic that over 3,000 complaints have been filed with the FCC,” Rep. Velázquez told Latino Rebels on Wednesday.

BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) — Protesters filled a historic square in Colombia’s capital Wednesday to demonstrate against the government’s handling of a wide range of issues including the economic fallout of the pandemic and implementation of the peace accord.

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

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis endorsed same-sex civil unions for the first time as pontiff while being interviewed for the feature-length documentary “Francesco,” which premiered Wednesday at the Rome Film Festival.

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.

While a new ad has thousands of likes and could be very effective, the reprisal of the Pachuco character by Edward James Olmos is contradictory.