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(Español) Puerto Rico ¿estado 51 de la Unión? en NY desfilan y votan
(Español) Argumentan también que si Puerto Rico se integrara plenamente Estados Unidos, “recibiría más gasto federal para reactivar la economía, que actualmente tiene una tasa de desempleo cercana al 12%”.
Immigrants Seek to Expunge their Records to Avoid Deportation
The Puerto Rican independence activist Oscar López Rivera, recently released after serving 36 years in prison for alleged sedition, was chosen to head the National Puerto Rican Day Parade in New York and honored as a Hero of National Freedom.
Mexico Edition.
FRIDAY, MARCH 31 PROGRAM # 8032 12:00 PM PT Mexico Edition. Although the Mexican Supreme Court limited some of the abuses of the law regulating the use of public force in the state of Mexico, it did endorse the use of firearms to dissolve demonstrations and public protests. The resolution will increase the risk for […]
Hearing on Exide Pollution Raises Hopes of Neighbors
The first hearing of a California Assembly committee in a zone that for decades was polluted with lead, arsenic and other dangerous toxic products by the battery recycling company, Exide, represented a small ray of hope. The neighborhood families, who are mostly Latino, strongly criticized state authorities for the slow moving operations of monitoring and clean-up.
Mexican Journalists’ Uphill Battle for Asylum
The documentary “El Paso” shows the harrowing journey of two Mexican journalists who flee their country to seek asylum in the United States, to avoid being killed by organized crime. One of the protagonists is Ricardo Chávez, who hosted a radio program reporting on drug trafficking in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua.
Zika Virus Outbreak. Also, Massive Lead Contamination.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8. PROGRAM # 7713 12:00 PM PT Zika Virus Outbreak. The Zika virus is now a global health emergency. Puerto Rico and parts of Florida have declared a state of emergency due to the rapid spread of the outbreak of this virus, which is associated with brain damage in newborns. Now the first […]
Mexico Edition.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5. PROGRAM # 7712 12:00 PM PT Mexico Edition. The U.N.’s Working Group on Arbitrary Detention asked the Mexican government to take “necessary measures” to free Nestora Salgado and give her “appropriate compensation.” Salgado’s attorney says the resolution is obligatory for Mexico, because it signed the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights […]
(Español) Nuevo limbo legal para Nestora Salgado al dictarle auto de formal prisión
(Español) El abogado espera que Nestora salga en libertad “si esta sala resuelve anular el proceso… Ya la juez de Tlapa rechazó este incidente de nulidad bajo el argumento de que al momento de que Nestora Salgado rindió su declaración preparatoria nunca dijo que tenía también la nacionalidad estadunidense”.
(Español) Contra empleadores mañosos, ya hay ley II
(Español) Estos trabajadores pudieron ganar el caso pero no pudieron recolectar ese dinero adeudado. “Porque en ese tiempo el señor se declaró en banca rota, y no había ni una herramienta legal con la que pudiéramos seguir luchando.
(Español) Urge a la opinión pública presionar a favor de los ovejeros
(Español) “No podemos controlar o evitar los abusos, el hambre y el frío que sufren los ovejeros en la propiedad privada o en condados con el 80% de tierra pública”.