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How Latino Voters Made Electoral History in 2020
Latino Rebels Radio: January 21, 2021
What Senator Menendez Said About the Biden Immigration Bill That He’s Sponsoring
“We must start this conversation from a position of strength to advance a bold vision for immigration reform,” the New Jersey Democrat said during a briefing.
What Really Happened With Central Florida Latino Voters in 2020?
“Observing the precinct data, a clear trend that is hard to ignore quickly emerged: The higher the proportion of Puerto Rican voters in a given precinct, the higher the proportional support for Joe Biden was in the 2020 presidential election in that precinct.”
New Senate Democrats Report: Documenting Cruelty, Coercion, and Legal Contortions in Trump Administration’s Asylum Agreements
“Nobody imagined that America’s asylum policies would be systematically weaponized and twisted to the point where they purposely put vulnerable people in danger, yet that is exactly what President Trump did with his shameful Asylum Cooperative Agreements,” Senator Bob Menendez said in the release.
GLAAD and Puerto Rico Para Tod@s Call Out ‘Dangerous Trend of Anti-Trans Violence in Puerto Rico’
This is a “state of emergency for gender violence and hate crimes,” a Friday statement said.
Country Before Party
Latino Rebels Radio: January 14, 2021
National Lawyers Guild Issues Statement on Group’s Ex-President, a White Woman Who Pretended to Be Puerto Rican and Colombian
“Last week’s revelations of cultural appropriation by an NLG past president, Natasha Bannan, have elicited expressions of outrage, hurt, dismay, from Guild members as well from people across the country and the world,” the statement starts.
From His $1.2 Million Home, Disgraced Former Governor Rosselló of Puerto Rico Claims He Suffered PTSD
“I need to show the other side of that story. From my vantage point, everything I did, I did it for the people of Puerto Rico,” he told the Times.
Immigrant Rights Groups Take Action in Anticipation of Biden’s Inauguration
“While the current administration has done nothing but vilify the immigrant community, spewing hatred in all forms throughout the last four years, immigrant leaders know that changing administrations has never been the solution,” Movimiento Cosecha said.
US Motions Expand Drug Claims Against Honduras President
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. federal prosecutors have filed motions saying that Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández took bribes from drug traffickers and had the country’s armed forces protect a cocaine laboratory and shipments to the United States.
LatinoJustice PRLDEF Says Senior Counsel Employee Who Pretended to Be Colombian and Puerto Rican Has Resigned
The organization’s about section no longer lists Natasha Bannan as an employee of the organization.
Argentina Makes History
Latino Rebels Radio, January 7, 2021
A 2020 Desmadre
Latino Rebels Radio: December 31, 2020
The Political Legacy of Diego Maradona
Latino Rebels Radio: December 29, 2020
Undocumented and LGBTQ (Part 7)
The latest episode of Latino Rebels Radio.
Amigxs All-Stars Give a 2020 Twist to a Holiday Salsa Classic
More than 20 artists collaborated from home on an updated rendition of “La Fiesta de Pilito,” a classic from El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico.
Anything for La Reina
Latino Rebels Radio: December 17, 2020
NAHJ New England Chapter Condemns ‘New arrivals, your job is to learn English’ Editorial
“We call on the Lowell Sun’s editorial board to retract the editorial and to issue an apology to its community. Such words do not belong in a newspaper in 2020.”
Progressive Organizations Pen Open Letter to Biden, Listing Priorities for Puerto Rico
The letter, shared with Latino Rebels on Tuesday morning, lists several policy initiatives for the island—including a full repeal of PROMESA and debt cancellation,
Central America’s Two Tragic Hurricanes
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The Future of the National Museum of the American Latino (VIDEO)
On Thursday, the U.S. Senate Committee on Rules and Administration approved the National Museum of the American Latino Act (H.R. 2420)