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The hope for humanity depends on our ability to use our heart space to redesign our communities that uplifts people based on authentically caring, sharing, and loving one other.

Immigration, criminal legal reform, and civil rights groups call on DOJ to halt immigration prosecutions, close “Operation Streamline” courts, and drop existing charges 

Due to the coronavirus,  this year is the first time since 1983 that the Abuelas and Madres of Plaza de Mayo won’t march on the anniversary of Argentina’s military dictatorship. In this story, reporter Lucía Cholakian Herrera checks in with one of the reunited families.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican health officials on Tuesday called on all businesses and organizations to suspend work that requires the movement of people.

The U.S. has come under repeated criticism for unsanitary conditions in its immigration facilities.

I keep pushing this can down the road.

“We appreciate Telemundo for hosting Dr. Fauci in this critical time as we work to best inform the public,” a White House official noted in a statement.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Increasingly empty beaches and quieter streets in Mexico contrast with a still-crowded subway system and active street vendors, as shutdowns and social distancing measures have begun but remain very uneven.

The head of the World Health Organization says the coronavirus outbreak is accelerating but insists “we can change the trajectory of this pandemic.”

SÃO PAULO (AP) — Pacaembu Stadium in downtown São Paulo is being turned into an open-air hospital to handle cases from the coronavirus outbreak.

“A few years ago, it was unthinkable to reassess the word fascism,” the Chilean rapper said.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico on Monday announced a record $787 million financial package to help alleviate the economic impact of the new coronavirus in the U.S. territory.

For many Latinos, political events that affect their places of origin significantly influence their electoral preferences.

Colombia is scheduled to begin a nationwide lockdown to stem the spread of COVID-19 on Tuesday.

“Not doing so could spell disaster for hundreds of thousands,” the letter said.

The pandemic affects our psyches three ways: It influences how we think, how we relate to others and what we value.

Latino Rebels Radio: March 22, 2020

The death toll from the global coronavirus pandemic has surpassed 14,400 people worldwide, and it has sickened more than 331,000. Leaders in the U.S. are hammering out a rescue package that could be worth $1.4 trillion or more, while the death toll in Italy soars again.

BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) — A deadly riot broke out in a prison in Colombia’s capital, leaving 23 inmates dead, authorities said Sunday, as tensions rise over the spread of the coronavirus in one of the most vulnerable locations: crowded, poorly kept penitentiaries.

Bolivia’s Supreme Electoral Tribunal on Saturday recommended that elections scheduled for May 3 be delayed as the government imposes nationwide restrictions in an attempt to curb the spread of the new coronavirus.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haitians rushed to buy food, gas, soap and face masks Friday after the announcement of two imported cases of the coronavirus sparked worries that the Western Hemisphere’s poorest nation could be overwhelmed by the illness.