Ebony Garcia was stabbed to death inside her Queens apartment on Saturday night. Police are searching for Segundo Penafiel, her ex-boyfriend who has a history of violence and abuse. Ebony Garcia, 21, ran into Segundo Penafiel, 25, outside of a nightclub early on Sunday morning and left with him at around 1:30 a.m. Garcia phoned […]
Child leash advocates strain to be heard during election year
Child-leash law advocates strain to be heard during presidential election El Segundo, Calif — About 40 families took part in a rally on Sunday in this beach community just south of Los Angeles International Airport to raise awareness for a new child-leash law proposal they hope will be on the ballot next year in […]
Panama: The Indigenous Leader Who Took on the Government
Written by Ariel Moreno and Translated by Betsy Galbreath This post is part of our special coverage Indigenous Rights [1]. Panama went through one of the biggest crises it has seen since democracy was restored in 1989 when the indigenous people of Gnobe-Bugle decided to take over the highway on January 31, 2012, [2] protesting mining and construction of hydroelectric facilities […]
Argentina: President Cristina Fernández’ Controversial Cancer Diagnosis
Written by Natán Calzolari Tranlated by Louella Mahabir On December 27, 2011, the Casa Rosada revealed that Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner was suffering from a papillary thyroid carcinoma in the right lobe of her thyroid gland. The cancerous growth had been detected during a routine checkup on December 22. During the following days, the most […]
In Mexico, Citizen Journalism in the Midst of Drug-Trafficking Violence
In the last months, the violence stemming from drug-trafficking organizations reached a peak in the Mexican state of Nuevo León, the metropolitan area of Monterrey and the North. There are constant battles in public spaces with firearms [es] and grenades [es], and“express” kidnappings [es] (known as “levantones”). There have also been cases of executions and […]
Honduras crisis triggers international relations debate in Brazil
There has been much discussion about the constitutional right to oust Honduras president Manuel Zelaya. The crisis itself has made the headlines in many countries and many Latin American bloggers, including Brazilians, are contributing to the debate on the events. Brazil has now been involved in an unusual diplomatic situation. Even though there is as […]
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