Latin News

By Isaac Cohen* The U.S. Department of Commerce reviewed the economic growth figures previously released, last April, of a meager rate of 0.1 percent for this year’s first quarter. But the revision is downwards. Now, the estimate is that the US economy shrank 1 percent in the first quarter. The…

The Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA) is starting construction on improvements to the Cedar Lane and Maryland Route 355 (Rockville Pike) intersection that will require the detour of Ride On Bus Route 34 beginning June 6 through August 22. To avoid the construction, the bus route will bypass Cedar Lane…

In recognition of Caribbean Heritage Month in June, AFI Silver is proud to host the DC Caribbean Filmfest, now in its 14thh year. The festival is co-presented by Caribbean Association of World Bank and IMF Staff (CAWI), Caribbean Professional Network (CPN), Institute of Caribbean Studies (ICS) and TransAfrica. OPENING NIGHT: …

Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett today announced that an eight-year bus stop improvement program has enhanced Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) accessibility and pedestrian safety at 2,879 bus stops. A survey of the County’s 5,400 stops completed in 2006 identified 3,400 in need of some type of improvement. Work continues…

By Isaac Cohen* Today’s energy map is undergoing profound changes, particularly because of the production of shale and tight oil and gas in North Dakota and Texas. In 2010, with 5 percent of the world’s population, the United States consumed 19 percent of world energy production. In that same year,…

By Isaac Cohen* Last week’s reports that consumer prices in the United States increased slightly, in April, were viewed positively. The Labor Department informed the consumer price index increased 0.3 percent in April, or 2 percent from last year. Other indicators were also moving in the same direction. Also in…

On Saturday, May 17, 32BJ SEIU awarded Hector Barrera, a 19-year old University of Maryland Baltimore County freshman and Silver Spring, MD resident with a $5,000 yearly scholarship. Barrera, a Montgomery Blair High School graduate, is one of 344 applicants who are children of 32BJ members. His mother, Rosa Mercado…

By Isaac Cohen* Last week, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen presented mandated testimonies on monetary policy to committees of both the House of Representatives and the Senate. One of the main highlights of both presentations to the US Congress was the polite but firm refusal by Chair Yellen to declare…

El Salvador’s President-elect Salvador Sanchez Ceren, in an official trip to Washington, will meet with US Secretary of State, John Kerry this Monday May 12, at the State Department. Kerry has confirmed the meeting with Sanchez Ceren and said that the US will continue to work with El Salvador on…

On May 14 the National Network of Salvadorans in the Extrerior (RENASE) will show “Fusilemos La Noche!” a documentary on the life and death of El Salvador’s great poet—revolutionary, Roque Dalton. The showing will be followed by a discussion with the film’s director, Tina Leisch, and journalist and son of…