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The Latinx Chamber of Commerce (Part I)
It will take an act of Congress to replace the word “Hispanic.”
Peru’s Acting President, Named by Dissolved Congress, Resigns
For now, Martín Vizcarra remains in charge, with the support of the armed forces.
DACA Recipients, Broad Coalition of Immigrants’ Rights Organizations Launch ‘Home Is Here’ Campaign Ahead of Crucial Supreme Court Hearing
Campaign to spotlight what’s at stake for 700,000 DACA recipients, their families, our communities, the economy, and our country if the Supreme Court allows unlawful termination of DACA to proceed.
Amid Logjam, Haiti Asks: Will President or Protesters Yield?
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The operation dubbed “Find Jovenel Moïse” organized by opposition leaders demanding the resignation of Haiti’s president ended abruptly when he appeared at the National Palace early this week following violent protests in which several people were killed.
Peru Thrown Into Constitutional Crisis Amid Power Struggle
LIMA, Peru (AP) — A struggle between Peru’s president and congress over who will govern threatened to become a lengthy and destabilizing legal battle as each side dug in Tuesday amid the deepest constitutional crisis in nearly three decades, though one rival claimant to the presidency dropped out of the fight late in the day.
Ex-Dallas Officer Who Killed Neighbor Found Guilty of Murder
DALLAS (AP) — A white former Dallas police officer who shot her black unarmed neighbor to death after, she said, mistaking his apartment for her own was convicted of murder Tuesday in a verdict that prompted tears of relief from his family and chants of “Black Lives Matter” from a crowd outside the courtroom.
In Restored Forests, Hope for World Beset by Climate Change
MADRE DE DIOS, Peru (AP) — Destruction of the forests can be swift. Regrowth is much, much slower.
Cuban Foreign Minister: Warming With US Is Irreversible
NEW YORK (AP) — Cuba’s foreign minister said Tuesday that he believes improvements in relations with the United States are irreversible despite the Trump administration’s hardening of the embargo on the island.
Peru’s President Vizcarra Dissolves Congress After Controversial Vote
Vizcarra’s move is part of his anti-corruption agenda, which has pitted him against the majority of lawmakers.
With Impeachment Looming, the US Cannot Forget the Root Causes of the El Paso and Pittsburgh Massacres
Trump’s rhetoric, since introducing his presidential campaign in June 2015, has been filled with racist sentiment.
Pew Recently Released Latest Data About the U.S. Latino Population, and Some of the Findings Might Surprise You
In the the interest of trying to provide factual information about the community, we wanted to share many of the key findings.
U.S. Latino GDP Would Make It World’s 8th Largest Economy, New Report Says
The 2019 version of the LDC U.S. Latino GDP Report concluded that the Latino GDP would be the third-fastest growing economy in the world, accounting for 24.4% of total U.S. GDP growth by 2020.
Peru Lurches Into Uncertainty After President Shuts Congress
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru is lurching into a new period of political uncertainty Tuesday after President Martín Vizcarra dissolved the opposition-controlled congress and called new elections that he contends are needed to uproot the nation’s endemic corruption.
US Citizenship Applications Are Backlogged, Prolonging the Wait for Civil and Voting Rights (OPINION)
In a study published on September 12, the Colorado Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights found the backlog in naturalization applications has ballooned and wait times have doubled in the last three years.
Cuba Battles Plague of Giant Snails
HAVANA (AP) — With their shiny, brilliantly striped shells and bodies up to 8 inches (20 centimeters) long, giant African snails have become public enemy No. 1 for epidemiologists, and citizens have grown to fear their ability to transmit diseases and harm crops.
The Breakdown: The Spell Of Yma Sumac (A Latino USA Podcast)
Latino USA breaks down the phenomena behind one of the original divas, her conflicts and criticisms, and the impact of her legacy.
New Protest Hits Haiti Amid Demands That President Resign
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Thousands of demonstrators set fires Monday and chanted calls for Haiti’s president to resign as the opposition to Jovenel Moïse tried to increase pressure for him to leave office.
US Judge Blocks Child Detention Policy
The policy allowed children to be held indefinitely in immigration detention if they are with their parents.
Drug Traffickers Take Advantage of Uruguay’s Lax Controls
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — First, more than a half ton of cocaine was seized from a plane at a French airport. Then, a shipping container with 4.6 tons of the drug was found in Hamburg, Germany, where authorities estimated its street value at a staggering $1.1 billion.