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Mexico Won’t Accept Minors Awaiting US Asylum Claims

National Immigration Institute Commissioner Tonatiuh Guillén said the country will accept only asylum seekers aged 18 to 60 at El Chaparral.

  • Jan 29, 2019
  • 12:33 PM

US Announces Sanctions on Venezuelan State-Owned Oil Company

The sanctions block all PDVSA property and operations under U.S. jurisdiction and prohibit transactions by U.S. entities.

  • Jan 29, 2019
  • 12:01 PM

As US Pressure Mounts, Venezuela’s Presidential Crisis Remains Unsolved

On Monday, the United States Department of the Treasury imposed new sanctions on Venezuela’s state-oil company PDVSA, which includes Citgo Petroleum Corporation.

  • Jan 29, 2019
  • 11:08 AM

Pilot Program Makes Asylum-Seekers Wait in Mexico While Claims Are Processed (OPINION)

The U.S. launched the move through a pilot program starting in San Diego last Friday. It is inhumane.

  • Jan 28, 2019
  • 2:40 PM

Latino Leaders Demand More From NBC, Brokaw and Meet the Press for Xenophobic Comments (OPINION)

It is unacceptable that a major network news program would give a platform to one of their most well respected personalities to repeat and extend these untrue and harmful stereotypes to Latinos.

  • Jan 28, 2019
  • 1:44 PM

Maduro Backtracks on Expulsion of US Diplomats, Rejects Early Elections

On Sunday, Maduro stated on an interview with CNN that he will not be calling for early elections.

  • Jan 28, 2019
  • 11:22 AM

Amazon Deforestation, Already Rising, May Spike Under Bolsonaro

By Robert T. Walker, University of Florida Over the past 25 years that I have been conducting environmental research in the Amazon, I have witnessed the the ongoing destruction of the world’s biggest rainforest. Twenty percent of it has been deforested by now—an area larger than Texas. I therefore grew hopeful when environmental policies began […]

  • Jan 28, 2019
  • 10:53 AM

NAHJ Reprehends Commentary and ‘Apology’ by Tom Brokaw

Applauds correspondent Yamiche Alcindor for immediate fact check.

  • Jan 27, 2019
  • 11:20 PM

Countering the Latest Media Narratives About Puerto Rico

Latino Rebels Radio: January 27, 2019

  • Jan 27, 2019
  • 10:55 PM

Venezuela Allows US Diplomats to Stay, Defusing Showdown

The Foreign Ministry issued a statement saying Maduro’s government was suspending the expulsion to provide a 30-day window for negotiating with U.S. officials about setting up a “U.S. interests office” in Venezuela and a similar Venezuelan office in the United States.

  • Jan 27, 2019
  • 10:19 AM

Case of Detained 15-Month-Old Baby Exposes Continued Separation of Families by Trump (OPINION)

Father’s charging documents did not include details of the family separation, hiding it from the court and from the public. Family and advocates demand her immediate release and demand answers to why the government continues to separate families.

  • Jan 26, 2019
  • 10:52 AM

Venezuelan Showdown Moves to UN

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo addressed the meeting ahead of Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza and other council members.

  • Jan 26, 2019
  • 10:37 AM

Venezuela: Another Failure of Democracy… in the US (OPINION)

The hypocrisy is duly noted.

  • Jan 26, 2019
  • 9:49 AM

What Is the Green New Deal?

Let #AmandaLaQueManda explain. 

  • Jan 25, 2019
  • 1:36 PM

The Latest: Russia Says US Moves in Venezuela ‘Unacceptable’

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The latest on the political crisis in Venezuela (all times local).

  • Jan 25, 2019
  • 1:13 PM

World Leaders Take Sides as Venezuela’s Crisis Deepens

Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke with Maduro on the phone to offer his support.

  • Jan 25, 2019
  • 1:09 PM

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