Climate Change Expected to Increase Displacement, Migration

Climate Change Expected to Increase Displacement, Migration

Victor Landa February 11, 2021

HOUSTON — The Biden administration has said it wants to prevent worst-case scenarios due to climate change, and Texas has several risks that need to be addressed. A 2020 study by […]

NewsTaco Rundown – January 29, 2019

Victor Landa January 29, 2019

Nobody Believes A Wall Will Stop Illegal Immigration – Forbes In a January 25, 2019, speech, Donald Trump argued on behalf of a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border by stating, “Israel […]

Latino Climate Politics, or Seeing God’s wrath in the hurricanes

Victor Landa September 21, 2017

Hurricane Harvey left fear, uncertainty and ruin in its wake. The Category 4 storm left some people questioning what could come next, to which Mother Nature quickly responded with another hurricane: Irma. […]

It Shouldn’t Be This Hard to Get People of Color Onto Cable News Shows

NewsTaco June 12, 2017

*Let’s start with “I agree.” It shouldn’t be hard to get Latinos on cable news shows, but it is. This is about a specific issue, but it’s emblematic of the […]

The Miami of My Dreams

NewsTaco December 15, 2016

*It’s a contrast between the reality of science and people selling their homes near the ocean, and the politics of climate change denial. Trump’s pick to head the EPA, Scott Pruitt, […]

The impact of climate change on Latino communities

NewsTaco October 3, 2016

*The environment consistently rate among the highest concerns of Latino voters. VL By Angela Goldman, Bloomberg Government (2 minute read) During an election season in which terrorism, immigration and the economy […]

Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change: 3 Things to Know

NewsTaco August 12, 2016

*Indigenous communities consistently fly under the climate change radar. They’re mostly isolated across Latin America and they’re being affected in unprecedented ways. VL By Maria Martinez, NRDC Each August 9, […]

The Decline and fall of the American Empire

NewsTaco February 11, 2015

By Dr. Henry Flores, NewesTaco One of my favorite all-time historiographic books is the classic Gibbon’s Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.  The book qualifies as a tome being […]

Breakdown of negotiations in Peru puts Climate Change Convention in peril

NewsTaco December 15, 2014

*This wasn’t the best start possible … Developing countries say the developed world should carry a larger burden to correct climate change. U.S. says the fix is equitable. VL By […]

“Crucial” climate summit begins in Peru

NewsTaco December 2, 2014

*The problem for U.S. politics is that much of the data discussed at the summit rely heavily on science. You could expect many of the agreements reached in Peru to face […]