Nelly Arenas: “Nobody talks about participatory democracy anymore”

On February 19, the International Monetary Fund’s staff concluded that Argentina’s debt was now ‘unsustainable.’ Previously, the IMF Debt Sustainability Analysis published in July 2019 considered it sustainable but ‘not with high’ probability. Over the seven months, some of the risks stated…
When the pandemic broke out in the U.S. earlier this year, many networking events had to cancel until further notice. Simultaneously, a Latino-owned business was finishing up its beta testing was getting ready to launch its mobile application (app) on the App Store…
When Maria Jose first arrived in the U.S., she was shocked by how much people were willing to pay for coffee while farmers back in the fields where she grew struggled to make ends meet. With this thought in the back of…
Nathalie Rayes is a first-generation immigrant with a story similar to thousands of Latinos across the United States. Through her hard work and perseverance, she has taken advantage and made the most of the phenomenal roles she has accepted. This…
With China, among a few other countries, recently moving from country-wide to localized school closures caused by COVID-19, as of May 6, over 1.2 billion students around the world have been affected by school shutdowns. UNESCO reports this statistic represents 72% of…
China, al igual que otros pocos países, recientemente modificaron sus medidas nacionales que exigian el cierre de las escuelas en todo el pa´is y pasan a ser medidas locales. Por ello, al 6 de mayo, más de 1.200 milliones de…
Mariana Atencio says her role as a journalist is to “make people care.” Finding the facts is not enough for her; she has to establish an emotional connection between the subject and the viewer. And perhaps these emotionally raw narratives…
“Immigration is part of the DNA of this great nation. It’s a source of our strength and something we all can take pride in.” —Katherine Vargas, White House Director of Hispanic Media (2015) Since 2014, June is #ImmigrantHeritageMonth in the…
The Hispanic Heritage Foundation and Catholic Relief Services hosted an event at the U.S. Capitol Building last week to discuss immigration on both sides of the Southern U.S. border, mainly, that coming from the Central American Northern Triangle. The event…