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File photo: Telesurenglish.net The Guatemalan Human Rights Commission/USA is greatly alarmed by the arrest of 21 members of the Chicoyogüito community during a peaceful demonstration in Cobán on June 9. The peaceful protest, to ask the authorities for the return of their ancestral lands, was violently repressed by agents of…

Photo: courtesy of Democracy Now! After the largest expedition ever to the North Pole, researchers say Arctic ice is receding faster than ever before and that we may have already passed the point of no return on global heating. The expedition’s leader, Markus Rex, presented the team’s findings on Tuesday.…

More Hispanics voted in 2020 than in 2016. Foto: Diariolibre.com By Isaac Cohen* In the middle of the pandemic, the US 2020 election registered the largest increase in voting between presidential elections on record. On April 29, Census Bureau economist Jacob Fabina wrote, 17 million more people voted in 2020…

Photo: La Colmena STATEN ISLAND, NY —  This past weekend, L’Unicorns, Staten Island's first LGBTQ+ Latinx immigrant group launched their campaign titled “Vive Con Orgullo” (Live with Pride) in honor of Pride Month by decorating the trees in Tappen Park with rainbow and trans ribbons across. The goal of the…

"We’ll be back soon", said Benjamin Netanyahu. Photo: courtesy of Democracy Now! Benjamin Netanyahu is out after 12 years as Israel’s prime minister. On Sunday, lawmakers approved a new coalition government and swore in far-right nationalist Naftali Bennett as its leader. If their coalition holds, Bennett will be succeeded as…

Photo: courtesy of Democracy Now! On Capitol Hill, a bipartisan group of 10 senators said Thursday they have reached a deal on a $1.2 trillion infrastructure package, but many Democrats have criticized the proposal for not doing enough to address the climate crisis. Senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts appeared on…

File photo: red-viajes.com The campaign is set to decorate trees with rainbow & trans ribbons across Staten Island. STATEN ISLAND, NY —  L’Unicorns, Staten Island's first LGBTQ+ Latinx immigrant group, is set to launch a campaign titled “Vive Con Orgullo” (Live with Pride) in honor of Pride Month by decorating…

Photo: Ultimahoracol.com By Isaac Cohen* The last employment report released by the US Labor Department, last week, supports the prudent posture maintained thus far by the central bank. After the disappointing creation of   278,000 new jobs in April, 559,000 were created in May and    the unemployment rate decreased from 6.1…

Photo: courtesy of Democracy Now! At the Vatican, Pope Francis on Sunday acknowledged the discovery of the bodies of 215 Indigenous children on the grounds of the Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia — which was run by the Catholic Church until 1969 — but stopped short of offering…

Photo: Ibtimes.com Vice President Kamala Harris is traveling to Guatemala on June 8 to meet with President Alejandro Giammattei. Harris and others in the Biden administration have repeatedly stressed the need to improve governance in the region, but Guatemala’s recent crackdown on anti-corruption prosecutors and threatened restrictions on NGOs in…