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US Weighs Policy on Venezuela as Maduro Signals Flexibility
MIAMI (AP) — Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s government is intensifying efforts to court the Biden administration as the new U.S. president weighs whether to risk a political backlash in Florida and ease up on sanctions seeking to isolate the socialist leader.
OPINION: We Can’t Talk About Adam Toledo Without Talking About 7th Grade
I want to talk about what it means to be a 7th grader. Adam Toledo attended 7th grade.
More Members of CHC Support Follow-Up Investigation of 2019 Sexual Harassment Report
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Three members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) told Latino Rebels on Monday that they support an investigation into sexual harassment allegations of Capitol custodial staff that were published in a 2019 report by the Architect of the Capitol’s Office of Inspector General (OIG).
El Gobierno de Puerto Rico nunca hizo las pruebas que establecía el protocolo para el regreso a la escuela
Una investigación del Centro de Periodismo Investigativo (CPI) encontró que ni el DS ni el Departamento de Educación hicieron las pruebas de COVID-19 antes de la apertura en abril ni durante la clases presenciales.
Census: Texas Gains Congress Seats, California Loses First Time
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States’ population growth has declined to its slowest rate since the Great Depression, the Census Bureau said Monday, while the nation’s political center of gravity keeps shifting further to the Republican-led South and West. Texas, Florida and other Sun Belt states are gaining congressional seats as chillier climes like New York and Ohio lose them.
OPINION: This Time, at Least, the System Got It Right
It was the only logical and moral conclusion, and still it seemed almost unimaginable.
Harris Meets Virtually With Guatemalan President
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris told Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei Monday that the U.S. is planning to increase relief to the Northern Triangle region and “strengthen our cooperation” to better manage the steep increase in migration at the U.S. southern border.
OPINION: What Just Happened at the Academy Awards?
I’m not willing to say it was a bad night for the Latinx community.
Protests Reveal Generational Divide in Immigrant Communities
BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (AP) — When protests began in a Minneapolis suburb after a white police officer fatally shot a Black man, 21-year-old Fatumata Kromah took to the street, pushing for change she says is essential to her Liberian immigrant community.
OPINION: I Will Never Watch the Killings of Black and Brown Children
Why do these videos continue to be released to the public, as if the word of a witness, mother, or father isn’t enough?
OAS Rights Group: ‘Critical’ Levels of Impunity in Mexico
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico is suffering “critical” failures in law enforcement and some of the worst levels of journalist killings outside a war zone, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights said in a report.
Mexico Will Build 17 Shelters for Child Migrants Near Southern Border
The shelters will be run by the country’s child welfare agency and will be located in different places in the states of Tabasco and Chiapas.
A Decisive Week for the El Mozote Case
One expert witness will testify that there was a systematic government cover-up involving both the Salvadoran and United States governments.
Reflections From Chicago, 4 Weeks After the Death of Adam Toledo (OPINION)
Police are not preventing crime in Chicago—they’re perpetuating violence.
Bolsonaro Says Army Could Be Called if Lockdown Leads to Chaos
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has suggested that the army might be called into the streets to restore order if lockdown measures against COVID-19 that he opposes lead to chaos.
Mexican Leader to Talk With Kamala Harris on Migration
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico announced Saturday that President Andrés Manuel López Obrador will hold talks with U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on May 7 to discuss migration amid an increase in underage migrants at the U.S. southern border.
Mexico’s Drought Reaches Critical Levels as Lakes Dry Up
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Drought conditions now cover 85% of Mexico, and residents of the nation’s central region said Thursday that lakes and reservoirs are simply drying up, including the country’s second-largest body of fresh water.
Pelosi Calls for Follow-Up on 2019 Report on Allegations of Sexual Harassment by Members Against Capitol Custodians
“I look forward to seeing the report,” Pelosi said on Thursday.
Outdated U.S. Policies Complicate Reincorporation of Former FARC Members in Colombia
“Get rid of this stigmatization that has us as terrorists.”
Venezuela Prosecutor Who Defied Maduro Implicated in Bribery
MIAMI (AP) — A former Venezuelan attorney general who defied President Nicolás Maduro by siding with his opponents has been implicated in a major corruption case involving a Venezuelan businessman who this week pleaded guilty to paying $1 million in bribes, two people familiar with the case said Thursday.
When Latina Journalists Face Discrimination in Newsrooms
Latino Rebels Radio: April 22, 2021