Los Angeles is one of the cities with the most prohibitive costs of rent in the whole country. In several areas of the city, construction and remodeling of old apartment buildings has caused the displacement of many poor families, many of whom are Latino and African-American, who had lived there for decades.

The budget crisis in Puerto Rico is not over, and without concrete actions from the Obama administration and Congress, representatives of more than 40 organizations from the island decided to take their struggle to Washington, D.C. Social leaders say the measures of austerity imposed by the government have provoked a humanitarian emergency among the poorest residents.

(Español) El plan es aumentar el salario mínimo de manera cuidadosa y responsable, proveyendo alguna flexibilidad para casos de eventuales cambios negativos en las condiciones económicas y del presupuesto estatal”, declaró en su oportunidad el gobernador.

(Español) Los triunfos de California y Nueva York esta semana, en su inteción de elevar el salario mínimo, indican ciertamente que el movimiento por los 15 dólares la hora, aunque con algunos tropiezos y limitaciones, se abre paso en la nación.