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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.

When Lúgaro commented on the ongoing George Floyd protests, she highlighted her own privilege as a white person in Puerto Rico.

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.

“George helped me carry my Bomba Drum after many shows  in Minneapolis,” Maria Isa said in an email to Latino Rebels.

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.

“We appreciate the open conversation and listening, but more importantly, we are awaiting action because we have been here before. We demand change,” CHC Chair Joaquin Castro said in a statement.

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

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s governor announced Thursday that she will lift nearly all restrictions aimed at curbing coronavirus cases, which means beaches, churches and businesses including movie theaters and gyms across the U.S. territory will reopen after three months.

Las muertes en Puerto Rico han aumentado durante los pasados tres meses pese a los pocos fallecimientos por COVID-19 reportados en la isla y a la reducción en las fatalidades por accidentes y crímenes debido al encierro por la cuarentena, en comparación con el 2019, encontró el Centro de Periodismo Investigativo (CPI).

Our human progress feels brittle in the face of this relentless virus not only because of its devastating impact on our bodies but also because yet again the futility of our political logics, our economic priorities, and our grand theories of trickle-down equality is unmasked.

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.

Brown communities owe our solidarity to Black liberation struggles.

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

What real solidarity looks like.

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

The self-proclaimed ​Freedom Fighters​ need to show up for Black lives.

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced Wednesday that it has expanded COVID-19 testing among people held at its detention facilities following criticism of its response to the outbreak.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Trump administration on Wednesday proposed sweeping restrictions on asylum, seeking to align a legal framework with the president’s efforts to limit immigration to the United States.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico City pledged Wednesday to start mass testing to reach 100,000 tests per month by July, while the federal government appeared to stick by its policy of administering very few tests during the coronavirus pandemic.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — As Puerto Rico considers lifting pandemic quarantine restrictions, health officials said Wednesday that the U.S. territory passed its peak of coronavirus cases and related deaths more than two months ago, though independent experts said those numbers are in doubt.