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Puerto Rico’s Statehood Commission Promotes Online Petition to President Trump
The petition, which was created by noted Latino conservative Alfonso Aguilar, one of the commission’s Shadow Representatives, has gotten more than 1,500 signatures over the past day.
New Discovery Sheds Light on Mayan Civilization
Indigenous community members originally discovered the cave, called Balamku, 50 years ago.
UT/TT Poll: O’Rourke Outpacing Castro, Trump Position Stable as Texans Look to 2020
With political observers expecting both candidates to tout their support in a demographically changing Texas, O’Rourke is more well-known than Castro at this early point in the campaign.
Puerto Rico Gov’t Lacks Plan to Integrate Communities into ‘Opportunity Zones’
House Speaker Méndez says local legislation to enable the federal tax exemption program on the island will likely be approved, after being on conference committee since November.
Organizations Pressure ICE to Release Infants, Young Children From Detention
RAICES staff said this is the youngest population it has ever documented in immigrant detention, with some clients’ files showing they are as young as five months old.
The Latest: UN Calls for Dialogue in Venezuela Standoff
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The latest on Venezuela’s political crisis (all times local).
Guaidó Returns to Caracas, Calls for Nationwide Demonstrations
The push for protests coincides with the celebration of Carnival in Venezuela.
The Fight for Abortion in Latin America
Latino Rebels Radio: March 3, 2019
Mexico Is Being Held to Ransom by Oil Thieves and Systemic Corruption
People in Mexico have been generally supportive of the president’s measures to prevent theft, despite widespread shortages and explosions at pipelines where oil has stopped and tapping has occurred.
The ‘Loser Teachers’ Who Keep Immigrant Communities Together
Donald Trump Jr.’s words were insulting not only to those who teach our children, but those who care for them following disasters, whether those disasters are natural or manmade.
The President Plays Hard to Get
He shouldn’t worry though. There are other fish in the sea—and some he doesn’t even have to fly all the way to Asia for.
UN Security Council Rejects Venezuela Resolutions From US and Russia
The U.S. draft in support of self-declared interim president Juan Guaidó called for “the peaceful restoration of democracy.”
How the US May Still Undermine the Venezuelan Opposition (OPINION)
The next act in the great drama unfolding in Venezuela will be determined by one central question: Will the unity forged in the opposition hold up?
Due to Lawsuit, DHS Extends TPS for El Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua, Sudan to January 2020
“While we welcome this victory, it cannot distract from the urgency and need for robust legislative reform that provides permanent solutions for all TPS holders,” said José Palma, spokesperson for the National TPS Alliance.
Black History Month: Reflecting on the Anti-Black History of Excluding Haiti From Latinidad
Let’s examine how Haiti and Haitians are historically and today excluded from Latinx identity.
Puerto Rico’s Fiscal Board Wants to Take Its Case to US Supreme Court
This doesn’t mean that the case will go to SCOTUS.
Why Doesn’t Anybody Care About Report of Refugee Children Sexual Abuse Under Trump? Because #ObamaDidItToo (OPINION)
Obama did not, in fact, have a policy of separating children, but he did have the practice of separating thousands of children from their parents.
Diplomats Walk Out During Venezuelan Foreign Minister’s UN Speech
Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza called for direct talks between Trump and Maduro to find “common ground” and was joined by Bolivian President Evo Morales.
Citizens in the West Should Care About Discriminatory Immigration Policies (OPINION)
Our research shows that these types of policies remain fairly common among liberal democracies.