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The Latest From Super Tuesday

WASHINGTON (AP) — The latest on the Democratic presidential primary and Super Tuesday (all times local).

  • Mar 3, 2020
  • 7:21 PM

SEC acusa por fraude millonario a un inversionista que maneja fondos del Gobierno de Puerto Rico

Podría enfrentar juicio por jurado en tribunal federal del Distrito de Florida por 15 cargos.

  • Mar 3, 2020
  • 6:49 PM

Portrait Of: Residente (A Latino USA Podcast)

In this episode of Latino USA, Maria Hinojosa sits down with Residente to talk about his activist childhood and to dig into the mind of the man o dig into the mind of the man who has experimented with so many musical genres.

  • Mar 3, 2020
  • 4:20 PM

Biden, Bernie’s Super Tuesday Brawl to Shape Democratic Race

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Millions of voters from Maine to California headed to the polls on Super Tuesday, the delegate-rich prize in the fight for the Democratic presidential nomination that’s shaping up as a contest between two starkly different visions for the party’s future as it hurtles toward a November rematch with President Donald Trump.

  • Mar 3, 2020
  • 4:05 PM

Puerto Rico’s Special Prosecutor Finds More Possible Severe Crimes by Telegram Chat Members Sánchez and Miranda

The information was made public in a PFEI resolution released on February 13, in which the panel formally announced the start of its investigation into several members of the controversial Telegram chat called “WRF,” which sparked massive protests that led to the resignation of Rosselló Nevares.

  • Mar 3, 2020
  • 3:39 PM

Lawsuit Accuses ICE of Illegal Detention Before Hearings

ICE is legally mandated to evaluate cases individually and release people who do not pose a threat or a flight risk.

  • Mar 3, 2020
  • 12:50 PM

Fringe Religious Party Gains Power in Crisis-Stricken Peru

After 40 years of failing to qualify for a national election, the political party of the Israelites —called the Agricultural People’s Front of Peru, or Frepap— won 15 congressional seats. In a fragmented Congress with nine parties, that makes the Israelites the third-largest legislative bloc.

  • Mar 3, 2020
  • 10:06 AM

Immigrant Rights Group RAICES Action Releases Candidate Scorecard Ahead of Super Tuesday

“This scorecard represents the values, vision and principles that matter to us and the policies that are contained in the Migrant Justice Platform,” RAICES Action said in a statement.

  • Mar 3, 2020
  • 9:30 AM

Colombia Court Upholds Law Restricting Access to Abortion

BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s Constitutional Court voted Monday in favor of upholding the nation’s restrictive abortion law in a ruling that had been closely watched around Latin America.

  • Mar 3, 2020
  • 9:09 AM

What to Watch as 14 States Vote in Super Tuesday Primaries

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The Democratic presidential candidates are racing toward the biggest day in the primary calendar, when 14 states vote on Super Tuesday. It’s the day when the primary moves from retail to wholesale. Instead of one state voting at a time, candidates have to focus on contests in every region of the country with all types of voters.

  • Mar 3, 2020
  • 5:53 AM

Venezuelan Official Denies Threat to Guaidó as a ‘Lie’

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — A powerful ally of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Monday denied any type of armed threats against U.S.-backed opposition leader Juan Guaidó as shown in a widely circulated photograph.

  • Mar 2, 2020
  • 9:25 PM

What Latino Voters Want in a Presidential Candidate (AUDIO)

On Monday, Latino Rebels founder/publisher Julio Ricardo Varela was the in-studio guest for a show about the 2020 Latino vote on WBUR’s On Point. 

  • Mar 2, 2020
  • 5:52 PM

Friends Say Tijuana Woman Was Stalked Even After Death

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The man was obsessed with Marbella Valdez. He sent her gifts, bought food for her friends. Prosecutors say he even planted a tracking device on her car.

  • Mar 2, 2020
  • 4:36 PM

Pre-Super Tuesday California Latino Voter Poll Shows Sanders With 27-Point Lead

The poll also noted that Sanders leads all California Latino subcategories, including age groups.

  • Mar 2, 2020
  • 4:16 PM

Decades After Killing, Man With Dementia Faces Deportation

ATLANTA (AP) — As he approaches a flock of pigeons on a downtown Atlanta sidewalk, John Lokos flaps his arms slowly to let them know he’s a friend. He pours peanuts and rice on the ground and puts his finger to his lips.

  • Mar 2, 2020
  • 2:14 PM

Argentina and Colombia Weigh Legalizing Abortion

Argentine President Alberto Fernández told the country’s congress that he will introduce a bill to legalize abortion within the next 10 days.

  • Mar 2, 2020
  • 12:06 PM

Authorities Announce 2nd Coronavirus Death in US

SEATTLE (AP) — Health officials in Washington state said Sunday night that a second person had died from the coronavirus, a man in his 70s from a nursing facility near Seattle where dozens of people were sick and had been tested for the virus.

  • Mar 2, 2020
  • 8:14 AM

Nicaragua Refugee Farmers Carve Out Existence in Costa Rica

UPALA, Costa Rica (AP) — In Costa Rica’s rural north, several hundred Nicaraguan refugees are carving out an existence with machetes and a firm belief that they could be jailed or killed if they return too soon to their country.

  • Mar 2, 2020
  • 8:02 AM

NALEO: Nearly 280,000 Latino Voters in Colorado Expected to Cast Ballots in 2020 Election

Latino voters expected to play a critical role in the outcome of the Colorado Democratic Primary.

  • Mar 2, 2020
  • 7:39 AM

Which Side Are You On? (OPINION)

The President and Bernie are the polar opposite answers to the same basic question: Who is this planet for?

  • Mar 1, 2020
  • 11:02 PM

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