Asylum From Violence

Asylum From Violence

Mary Mata July 23, 2013

By Andres Caballero, Latino USA After the kidnapping and beheading of the police chief in a Mexican border town, no one dared to replace him. But Marisol Valles Garcia, a twenty-year-old […]

Bolivia Claims U.S. Snowden Fears Kept President’s Plane From Landing

Mary Mata July 3, 2013

By Fox News Latino Bolivia’s president left Europe for home on Wednesday amid diplomatic drama over suggestions he was trying to sneak NSA leaker Edward Snowden aboard his private plane, […]

John Kerry Makes First Latin America Trip As Secretary Of State

Mary Mata June 5, 2013

By Fox News Latino Secretary of State John Kerry departs this week for Guatemala in his first trip to Latin America since taking office, where he will attend the annual […]

Evolving U.S.-Mexico Relations and Obama’s Visit

Mary Mata May 2, 2013

By Stratfor When U.S. President Barack Obama travels to Mexico on May 2, he will arrive amid a period of sweeping transformation in the country. Embroiled in myriad political battles and seeking to […]

Ahead of Obama’s Trip To Mexico, Relationship Shifts From Drugs To Economy

Mary Mata May 1, 2013

By Fox News Latino Just days before President Barack Obama’s visit south of the border, the Mexican government announced it will end the widespread access it has given U.S. security […]

Who Says There Was No Genocide? Guatemala Dictator on Trial

Mary Mata April 22, 2013

By Mary Jo McConahay, New America Media GUATEMALA CITY – When the judge called his name, 70-year-old Tiburcio Utuy, wearing a yellow nylon jacket and looking determined, entered through tall wooden […]

Will Archbishop Romero Soon Become a Saint?

Mary Mata

Pope Francis “Unblocks” Romero’s Beatification By Latino Rebels The National Catholic Reporter published a story saying that “a Vatican official responsible for the sainthood cause of Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador announced […]

Celebrating What’s in the Middle

Mary Mata April 15, 2013

By Eduardo Diaz, Director, Smithsonian Latino Center The majority of Latinos in the United States share an indigenous root and legacy, many more than one. As a Chicano, I was taught about […]

Migration of Latin American Nurses Could Help U.S. Healthcare

Mary Mata April 4, 2013

By John Benson, Saludify Solving healthcare issues on both sides of the border is the theme of the recently released report Strengthening Health Systems in North and Central America: What role for […]

Latin America Green News

Mary Mata

By Amanda Maxwell, La Onda Verde de NRDC Chile Thousands of dead shrimp and small fish have emerged from a duct of the Bocamina II plant, an Endesa-owned thermoelectric power generation […]