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Latino Rebels Radio: March 1, 2020

Three people with knowledge of Buttigieg’s decision tell The Associated Press he is informing campaign staff. They were not authorized to speak publicly and requested anonymity.

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — A right of center president took office in Uruguay on Sunday, promising to crack down on crime and tighten government finances after a 15-year string of left-leaning governments.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Joe Biden said Sunday he can “unite this country, the whole country” after scoring a comeback victory in South Carolina’s Democratic primary that could force moderate rivals out of the race and blunt the rise of progressive leader Bernie Sanders.

Dr. Lupita Montoya was the first Latina engineer to be hired on a tenure track at the University of Colorado Boulder.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel voted unanimously Friday to suspend an order it issued earlier in the day to block a central pillar of the Trump administration’s policy requiring asylum seekers to wait in Mexico while their cases wind through U.S. courts.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Joe Biden scored a thundering victory in South Carolina’s Democratic primary on Saturday, riding a wave of African American support and ending progressive rival Bernie Sanders’ winning streak.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The Democrats’ 2020 nominating fight turned to South Carolina on Saturday for the first-in-the-South primary, with Joe Biden confident that his popularity with black voters will seal him a victory and help blunt some of front-runner Bernie Sanders’ momentum.

Via the state’s election commission.

“We fully anticipate the Latino community will have a decisive say in what is widely considered to be a toss-up state this November,” NALEO’s Arturo Vargas stated.

A person has died in Washington state of COVID-19, state health officials said Saturday, marking the first such reported death in the United States.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Dealing a significant blow to a signature Trump administration immigration policy, a federal appeals court ruled Friday that the government can no longer make asylum-seekers wait in Mexico while their cases wind through U.S. immigration courts.

According to the two polls, Sanders leads all Texas voters with 26% of support. He also leads Texas Latino voters with 31%.

On Thursday, Dominicans took buses across the country and headed to La Plaza de la Bandera in Santo Domingo for a giant demonstration amid suspended municipal elections and growing concerns about lack of transparency in the electoral process.

On February 16, the nation’s Central Electoral Board abruptly canceled its municipal elections following reports of glitches in the voting machines.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — México’s assistant health secretary announced Friday that the country now has two confirmed cases of the new coronavirus.

According to UWDA, these “two candidates rise far above the rest to bring real change for immigrants and people of color.” 

Bolivia is preparing for a May presidential election after president Evo Morales was ousted in a military coup last November.

Would all the children in your family (or extended family) pass the biological litmus test?

SÃO PAULO (AP) — Signs of anxiety appeared Thursday among Brazilians after Latin America’s first case of the new coronavirus was confirmed in Sao Paulo, and the number of suspected cases skyrocketed, even as the government sought to reassure the population about preventative measures.

NEW YORK (AP) — New evidence against Mexico’s former top security official has been uncovered since he was charged with taking tens of millions of dollars in bribes to protect Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán’s notorious Sinaloa cartel, federal prosecutors said Thursday.