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This year’s event was purely driven to inspire action according to the organizer Marissa Reyes, who stressed the urgency, citing  a UN’s climate report.

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro opened the United Nations’ General Debate yesterday by defending Brazilian policy in the Amazon.

SAN JUAN — Puerto Rico “is the place to invest in right now, because inefficiency breeds the biggest opportunities,” said Michael Scott Williams-King, founder of financial firms Kinetic Funds and Kinetic International.

The RadioLAND podcast for September 19, 2019.

SÃO PAULO (AP) — The number of invasions of indigenous lands in Brazil has jumped in the first nine months of President Jair Bolsonaro’s administration, a Brazilian Catholic Church agency said Tuesday.

Young Woman: You’re a racist.
Man: I know I am.

“Puerto Rico must no longer be treated as a colony.”

It’s been 15 years since writer Ernesto Quiñonez has released a novel.

NEW YORK (AP) — The Trump administration is more than tripling U.S. support for pro-democracy work in Venezuela and for the first time directly funding opposition leader Juan Guaidó as he attempts to set up a government to rival the socialist administration of Nicolás Maduro.

MÉRIDA, Venezuela (AP) — Blackouts shut off the refrigerators where the scientists keep their lab samples. Gas shortages mean they sometimes have to work from home. They even reuse sheets of paper to record field data because fresh supplies are so scarce.

What are you trying to say about the Spanish-speaking community?

As a scholar of immigration law, I can state with authority that —unlike other policies— this particular move will likely result in the death, kidnapping and torture of individuals seeking safety from persecution and torture in their home countries.

Ni el Gobierno federal ni el de Puerto Rico tienen un plan o protocolo para atender las necesidades de esta comunidad que sufrió discrimen en los refugios, así como al momento de buscar medicinas o alimentos, y al solicitar ayuda de FEMA.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck near Puerto Rico late Monday, rousing and scaring many from their sleep in the U.S. territory.

Araucaria trees have been revered for as long as humans have lived in southern Brazil’s highlands.

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Former combatants for Colombia’s once-largest rebel army asked for forgiveness Monday as they acknowledged kidnappings during the nation’s long civil conflict at a special tribunal created by the peace process.

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The agreements are part of a broader initiative between the United States and Central American countries to forge “safe third countries” to accept migrants trying to reach the United States.

MADRID, Colombia (AP) — After a punishing climb in the Andean mountains surrounding Colombia’s capital, Armando Cárdenas leans against his bike to catch his breath.

This lack of leadership from representatives of Florida is unacceptable.

Many in the meeting emphasized the importance of looking at the debt as a political mechanism.