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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) — Chatting with friends and carrying his lunch cooler, Carlos Carrillo was among hundreds packing the international bridge as they returned to Mexico from their jobs across the border.

“MOJADA” is a window into the sacrifices immigrants make coming into the United States.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned the swearing in of Pedro Pierluisi as the island’s governor less than a week ago, clearing the way for Justice Secretary Wanda Vázquez to take up the post after weeks of turmoil. The unanimous ruling said Pierluisi must step aside immediately.

“Our hearts go out to the victims, and to all communities targeted by hatred and gun violence.”

In comparison to July 2018, deforestation in the Amazon this past month grew by 278 percent.

EL PASO, Texas (AP) — The massacre that killed 22 people at a Walmart in El Paso struck a city that has long been the cradle of Mexican American culture and immigration and suffered through bloody episodes of racial violence in the past.

Manifestations took the form of typical as well as atypically dramatic actions intended to show opposition to oppressive political, economic, religious, and/or educational systems/institutions.

My resolution is to remember why I am here and why I do what I do.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Attorneys submitted arguments by a Tuesday noon deadline in what many consider the biggest decision in the 119-year history of Puerto Rico’s Supreme Court: who will be the governor of the U.S. territory mired in political and economic turmoil.

Trump did not pull the trigger, but his irresponsible words and deeds contributed to this.

With an executive order, the U.S. government has frozen all economic assets belonging to President Nicolás Maduro and his associates.

EL PASO, Texas (AP) — The Latest on a mass shooting in El Paso, Texas.

Latino voters in CA, TX, NV, FL, AZ weigh in as the 2020 election season kicks into high gear.

American imperialism has not been a serious electoral issue since the days of one of the nation’s most famous anti-imperialists, Mark Twain. It’s time we change that.

The President had empowered that white woman in the car.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The Latest on Puerto Rico’s political crisis (all times local):

President Donald Trump, who expressed his condolences via social media hours after the attacks, has been criticized for fueling hate for his divisive rhetoric online and at campaign rallies.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s constitutional crisis was expected to deepen on Monday after the island’s Senate filed a lawsuit seeking to oust a veteran politician recently sworn in as the island’s governor as legislators squabble over who should lead the U.S. territory.

And Trump is helping normalize the rhetoric.

In the border town of El Paso, Texas, a shooter opened fire and left 20 people dead and more than two dozen injured. Hours later in Dayton, Ohio, a shooter killed 9 people and injured at least 27 others.

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Latino Rebels Radio: August 4, 2019