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Venezuelans have a crucial decision ahead of them. On Sunday, they decide whether to give President Nicolas Maduro a third six-year term in office or to allow the opposition a chance to deliver on their promise to undo the policies that caused economic collapse and forced millions to emigrate.
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Adding a citizenship question to the census reduces the participation of people who aren’t U.S. citizens, particularly those from Latin American countries.
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'Our Roof is Blue' tells the story of two young siblings in Puerto Rico during and after a hurricane. The book, based on the story of a kid who lost his voice after Irma and Maria in 2017, has hurricane preparedness tips and climate change information for children. It's been chosen as the Florida Youth Pick for the 2024 Library of Congress National Book Festival.
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Puerto Rico has lost thousands of its doctors in the past decade, many having fled to the U.S. mainland for better pay. That's why one doctor, Pedro Juan Vázquez, who is better known by his stage name PJ Sin Suela, is trying to fill the gaps
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Nicolás Maduro and his regime have made sure millions of expats can't vote in Sunday's presidential election in Venezuela. The diaspora in South Florida and across the world has responded by quietly organizing to make sure Venezuelans in the country can — and do.
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The Biden administration declined to pursue a union complaint of labor abuses in Mexico, raising new concerns about offshoring.
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An Argentinean government official said Messi, who is the team captain, and the president of the country’s soccer federation, Claudio Tapia, should apologize after a video was shared on social media showing members of Argentina’s triumphant squad singing a racist chant about French players with African heritage.
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COMMENTARY The loutish example of soccer bosses like Ramón Jesurún helps explain the hooligan behavior of soccer fans like those who stormed Hard Rock Stadium at the Copa America final.
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An estimated 10 to 20 tons of fish died on the Piracicaba River, prosecutors said. An initial investigation points to an "irregular discharge of wastewater" from a sugar and ethanol plant.
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Surveys and focus groups show that Latino voters, like other Americans, have warmed to more punitive measures on illegal immigration, and that more Latinos are saying they trust Trump and Republicans over President Joe Biden and Democrats to better handle migration at the Southern border.
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Doctor Hernández Pacheco has turned her family-run clinic into a safe haven for Haitian migrants, whether they are planning to stay in Mexico or continue the journey north toward the U.S.
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Even as production surges, domestic and foreign shifts in the global drug industry have devastated many poor Colombians whose livelihoods are tied to cocaine.