Europe, Latin America Call for End to US Sanctions on Cuba (OPINION)

During a recent summit in Brussels, a coalition of all but one member country of the European Union and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States adopted a host of measures that included another call for the United States to lift its sanctions on Cuba.

  • Jul 27, 2023
  • 11:27 AM

Anniversary of Cuba Protests Met With More US Hypocrisy (OPINION)

As Cuban Americans celebrated the first anniversary of protests in Cuba while incessantly provoking an all-out uprising, President Biden flew to meet with leaders in the Middle East, stopping in countries known for suppressing free speech and murdering journalists.

  • Jul 15, 2022
  • 2:11 PM

UN Committee Recognizes Puerto Rico’s Right to Self-Determination, Independence

On Monday afternoon, the United Nations (UN) Special Committee on Decolonization —by consensus and for the 40th time— adopted Draft Resolution L7, which formally recognizes Puerto Rico’s right to self-determination and independence.

  • Jun 22, 2022
  • 10:43 AM

Pro-Independence Group Protests in DC as Power 4 Puerto Rico Blasts Biden for Broken Promises

Hours before President Joe Biden delivered his State of the Union address on Tuesday, members of the Frente Independentista Boricua gathered in Washington, D.C. to call on the federal government to decolonize Puerto Rico, a U.S. possession since 1898.

  • Mar 2, 2022
  • 2:38 PM

Regional Leaders Debate Future of Cooperation Amidst Tensions

The Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) convened its VI Summit of Heads of State and Government in Mexico City on Saturday.

  • Sep 20, 2021
  • 1:33 PM

More Than 2,000 Puerto Ricans in Shelters Following Record Earthquake

More than 40 3.0-magnitude or higher earthquakes have occurred since Tuesday.

  • Jan 10, 2020
  • 11:00 AM

Crisis in Peru’s Legal System Deepens

The head of Peru’s judicial branch, Judge Duberlí Rodríguez, resigned yesterday in the wake of the corruption scandal.

  • Jul 20, 2018
  • 2:51 PM

Close Gitmo. All of It.

On Tuesday Pres. Obama announced plans to close the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, ignoring the issue of the much larger U.S. naval base there.

  • Feb 23, 2016
  • 12:52 PM

Puerto Ricans Deliver Letter for Pope Francis: Free Oscar López Rivera

“Let us say no to forms of colonialism old and new. Let us say yes to the encounter between peoples and cultures. Blessed are the peacemakers.”

  • Sep 22, 2015
  • 6:24 AM

Puerto Rican Law Student Tells UN: Sanction the US for Island’s Colonial Status

A few things you need to know. Phillip Arroyo, the young Puerto Rican law student who appears in the video below, is a new contributor to Latino Rebels. Similar to what I have been writing about for years, Phillip believes that the only way to solve Puerto Rico’s status issue (mired in decades of mediocre […]

  • Jun 24, 2015
  • 2:12 PM

The Meaning (and Power) of ‘Latinos’

Last month The Federalist published an article by Mike Gonzalez, vice president of communications for The Heritage Foundation, in which he does a fairly decent job of summarizing the origins of the term “Latino” as it is used today. “The Spanish-language term Latino America,” he writes, “from which Latino derives, was in fact created by […]

  • Sep 12, 2014
  • 2:30 AM

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