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Waive the Jones Act for Puerto Rico to Help Rebuild its Infrastructure and Economy

Victor Landa September 26, 2017

Everyone has seen the unprecedented devastation in Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricanes Irma and Maria.  The entire island is without power and thousands of Americans may die.  Many […]

Chávez Amado y Odiado, la Voz de los Pobres

Mary Mata March 7, 2013

Exploring Indigenous Legacies

Mary Mata January 30, 2013

The Context of the 2012 Plebiscite on Puerto Rico’s Status

Mary Mata December 27, 2012

By Charles R. Venator-Santiago, Latino Decisions On November 6, 2012, the residents of Puerto Rico went to the polls to vote on both island-wide general elections and a local plebiscite on […]

2013 May Be Cuba’s Lucky Year

Mary Mata December 26, 2012

By Yoani Sanchez, Huffington Post Latino Vocies In the Kabbalah, the number is not mentioned, a superstition with numbers, the calamity that even pronouncing eight letters could bring. I remember […]

Latin America Green News

Mary Mata November 8, 2012

By Amanda Maxwell, La Onda Verde de NRDC Chile Fifty half-dressed activists covered in blue paint greeted Senators on their way into the congressional building on Wednesday, advocating for the politicians not […]

Celia Cruz Wins! But Your Input Still Needed

NewsTaco May 30, 2012

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco Several weeks ago NewsTaco wrote about a campaign to get a portrait of Celia Cruz hung in The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. The call […]