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Amazon Tribe in Brazil Patrols Territory, Braces for Fight

ALTO RIO GUAMA INDIGENOUS RESERVE, Brazil (AP) — Deep in the Amazon rainforest, there is talk of a looming conflict over land.

  • Sep 18, 2019
  • 3:33 PM

More Than 300 Land Activists Killed in Brazil Over Last Decade, Rights Group Says

The report documented how illegal logging and forest fires are linked to violence against activists in the region.

  • Sep 18, 2019
  • 12:39 PM

The Failure of Reuniting Migrant Families (OPINION)

This is about cruelty and nothing else.

  • Sep 18, 2019
  • 11:34 AM

Alejandro Sanz and His #DREAMERTeam Are a Beacon of Tangible Hope for These Fearful Times (OPINION)

I am thankful beyond words that Alejandro, and all his very famous friends, have chosen to put a spotlight on the challenges facing DREAMers.

  • Sep 18, 2019
  • 10:12 AM

Federales investigan a empresario que maneja inversiones de agencias de Gobierno

A Michael Williams, fundador de Kinetic Investment, se le imputa haber usado el dinero de sus clientes inversionistas para beneficio personal.

  • Sep 18, 2019
  • 9:28 AM

Cries in the Night: Life in the Limbo of a Mexican Shelter

JUÁREZ, Mexico (AP) — Long after midnight, when the heat has finally relented and the walled courtyard is scattered with men sleeping in the open, someone begins to sob.

  • Sep 18, 2019
  • 8:51 AM

Nurses Speak Out About Border Conditions

RN Response Network/National Nurses United release 20-page report called “Compassion Without Borders: RNs Report on the Public Health Crisis at the Border.”

  • Sep 17, 2019
  • 1:19 PM

Migrants Anxious Before Court Dates in Texas Tents

NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico (AP) — Abel Oset was seized with panic. After an 11-country odyssey that began when he and his namesake son fled Cuba, and a brief moment on U.S. soil, he was crossing back into America.

  • Sep 17, 2019
  • 1:05 PM

At the Inaugural Latinx Games Festival in Long Beach, Attendees Topple Obstacles on the Screen and in the Industry

The festival featured speakers, roundtable discussions, and an arcade with games from Latin American countries. 

  • Sep 17, 2019
  • 12:24 PM

Venezuelan Minority Group to Negotiate With Maduro

The minority group, which represents less than 10% of the seats held in the National Assembly, signed the agreement while appearing on state television.

  • Sep 17, 2019
  • 11:37 AM

After 6 Years of Struggle, First LGBT Couple to Request Marriage in Ecuador Says ‘I Do’

Pamela Troya and Gabriela Correa spent six years fighting Ecuador’s justice system for the right to marry.

  • Sep 17, 2019
  • 10:31 AM

To Revolution or Not to Revolution: Puerto Rico After #RickyRenuncia (OPINION)

After an exceptional summer, during which massive civil protests ousted pro-statehood Governor Ricardo Rosselló, the Ancien Regime, like Rasputin, refuses to die. Instead, it spins the truth and mutates—right back into itself.

  • Sep 17, 2019
  • 8:48 AM

Brazil’s Environmental Workers Tell of Decline Before Fires

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — As fires burn across the Brazilian Amazon, the vast state of Amazonas has been among the hardest hit, with more than 6,600 blazes recorded in August, 2 1/2 times more than the same month a year ago.

  • Sep 17, 2019
  • 7:52 AM

Split Emerges in Venezuela Opposition Over Talks With Gov’t

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — A minority group of opposition parties in Venezuela agreed Monday to enter negotiations with President Nicolas Maduro’s government without the participation of U.S.-backed opposition leader Juan Guaidó, eroding his efforts to hold together a coalition to confront the socialist administration.

  • Sep 16, 2019
  • 5:03 PM

US, Brazil Hold High-Level Dialogue on Trade

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that both countries agreed to increase trade and invest in biodiversity in the Amazon.

  • Sep 16, 2019
  • 1:23 PM

More Than a Wall: Corporate Profiteering and Border Militarization

“Between 2006 and 2018, CBP issued contracts worth $26.1 billion which exceed the accumulated Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) budgets from 1975 to 1998,” a new report noted.

  • Sep 16, 2019
  • 11:30 AM

Spain Won’t Extradite Venezuela’s Ex-Spymaster to US

MADRID (AP) — Spain’s National Court on Monday rejected the extradition to the United States of a former Venezuelan military spy chief accused of drug smuggling and other charges.

  • Sep 16, 2019
  • 10:16 AM

Courts Free More Suspects in Case of Disappeared Students

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Courts have exonerated another 24 people implicated in one of the country’s most notorious crimes, the disappearance of 43 students, a federal official said Sunday.

  • Sep 16, 2019
  • 10:07 AM

#ElPasoFirme and the State of Immigration Politics in 2019

Latino Rebels Radio: September 15, 2019

  • Sep 15, 2019
  • 7:19 PM

Venezuelan Opposition Leader Denies Ties to Criminal Gang

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó rejected allegations Friday that he has ties to an illegal armed group in Colombia, as officials launched an investigation based on photos appearing in social media purportedly showing him posing with members of the gang.

  • Sep 14, 2019
  • 12:51 PM

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