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Cuba: US Protest Narrative Paving Way for Military Incursion
HAVANA (AP) — Cuba criticized the United States and President Joe Biden on Wednesday for a series of statements by senior officials after the unprecedented protests on the island last week, accusing the U.S. government of seeking to justify a military intervention.
Sanders Supports Overruling Parliamentarian to Pass Immigration Reform
“The time is very long overdue for us to have comprehensive reform and why many people say it will be in there,” Senator Sanders told Latino Rebels on Tuesday afternoon, “but this is something that will need to go through the parliamentarian.”
Mexican Mothers Expelled From Swimming Pool for Listening to Spanish-Language Music
The event happened last Monday, July 12 at the Flex Fitness and Recreation Center pool where the eight women and their kids were having a fun time and decided to play music on a speaker.
From EL FARO ENGLISH: Pandemic’s Darkest Hour Yet in Guatemala
“We still have no testing or contact tracing strategy to control the pandemic,” Óscar Chávez, of independent think tank and data clearinghouse Lab Datos GT, told El Faro English. “As we see a spike in cases almost double that of the peak in 2020, in reality, we know that the impact of the pandemic is much broader, but we just can’t see it.”
Virus Slams Cuba as It Races to Roll Out Its New Vaccines
HAVANA (AP) — The COVID-19 pandemic is slamming Cuba like never before, even as the country races to roll out its homegrown vaccines, the only locally developed shots being widely used in Latin America.
Haiti Arrests 3 Cops, Installs New PM, While Mourning Moïse
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haitians held official ceremonies Tuesday to honor assassinated President Jovenel Moïse while installing a new interim leader and arresting at least three police officers implicated in the killing.
Leftist Pedro Castillo Is Peru’s President-Elect
LIMA, Peru (AP) — A teacher in one of the poorest communities in the Andes who had never held office is now Peru’s president-elect after officials in the South American country declared him the winner of a runoff election held last month.
La colombiana
Nunca me he sentido tan colombiana como cuando migré a Estados Unidos.
Senate Considers Requiring Women to Register for Military Draft
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senator Angus King (D-ME) told Latino Rebels on Monday afternoon that a proposal by Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) requiring all Americans, including women, to register for the military draft will be debated “over the next couple of days” in the markup of the National Defense Authorization Act.
OPINION: Congress Should Admit DC and Puerto Rico as States of the Union
As states of the union, Puerto Rico and Washington, DC, can become a powerful political force to push forward the inconclusive agenda of our nation’s minority communities.”
How I Made It: El Peso Hero (A Latino USA Podcast)
This July, “El Peso Hero” is celebrating 10 years of fighting Mexican cartels, corrupt officials and advocating for the rights of migrants on the border.
US Immigration Judges Considering Asylum for Unaccompanied Minors Are ‘Significantly Influenced’ by Politics
Political factors such as ideology, the political party of the president who appointed them and who was president at the time they decided the case significantly influenced whether these children were allowed to stay in the country.
Colombia Announces Police Reforms Aimed at Stemming Abuses
BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) — Colombian President Iván Duque on Monday announced reforms to the nation’s police forces that are meant to improve accountability and decrease human rights abuses, following weeks of protests in which officers were accused of killing at least two dozen demonstrators.
Sens. Casey and Cardin Indicate Immigration Reform Funding Exists in Democrats’ $3.5 Trillion Budget Agreement
“I’m certainly for immigration reform,” Cardin told Latino Rebels on Thursday. “I think it’s in the agreement, the dollars it involves.”
Renee Goust and La Bruja de Texcoco Premiere Corrido for LGBTQ Activist Sylvia Rivera
Called “El corrido de Sylvia Rivera,” the song tells the story of Rivera’s historical significance with music that traditionally would not touch on issues of sexual diversity, according to Goust, who is from Sonora and wrote the lyrics.
Judge Orders End to DACA, Current Enrollees Safe for Now
HOUSTON (AP) — A federal judge in Texas on Friday ordered an end to an Obama-era program that prevented the deportations of some immigrants brought into the United States as children, putting new pressure for action on President Joe Biden and Democrats who now control Congress.
OPINION: Patria y Vida
To be clear: this isn’t about Trump. This isn’t about Obama. This isn’t about any of your favorite or most hated politicians. And this isn’t about the embargo.
UCLA Study Says US Is Behind 79 Other Countries in Preventing Detention of Migrant Children
The study also noted that only 11% of 150 countries have laws protecting migrant children from detention.
Unsafe In Foster Care, Part 2 (A Latino USA Podcast)
While looking into what happened the night Joseph Chacón died, reporter Deepa Fernandes found something shocking buried in the autopsy records: another baby, Draco Ford, had passed away in the same foster home two months earlier.
From EL FARO ENGLISH: The Cuba Question in Central America
Some long-time leftists say that old regional alliances and unwavering support for the Cuban regime are cracking.
The Cuba Protests
Latino Rebels: July 15, 2021