Hispanic Community May 2019

Latest On Protests In Venezuela

As the uprising attempt sputters, Venezuelans took to the streets following opposition leader Juan Guaidó's call to fill streets around the country.

Hispanic Community May 2019

Cuba Business Partners Can Now Be Sued

President Trump has activated a provision of the U.S. embargo on Cuba, which allows Americans to sue companies doing business in properties confiscated by Cuba’s government.

Hispanic Community May 2019

Janet Murguía Speaking At UCLA

Janet Murguía is giving the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs Commencement keynote address. The ceremony begins at 9 a.m. in Royce Hall.

Hispanic Community May 2019

Venezuela Braces For New Protests

Nicolás Maduro's loyalists and the opposition have vowed to take to the streets as the people of Venezuela brace themselves for more upheaval.

Hispanic Community April 2019

Uprising In Venezuela

Unrest in Venezuela has reached a boiling point with Venezuela opposition leader Juan Guaidó took to the streets with heavily armed troops, calling for the ousting of Nicolas Maduro.

Hispanic Community April 2019

Migrants Stage Mass Escape From Center

Cuban migrants staged the largest mass escape in recent memory from an immigration detention center in Mexico. There were at least 1,300 migrants involved who all fled on foot.

Hispanic Community April 2019

Migrants Turn To ‘The Beast’ After Raids

“The Beast,” a freight train notorious for people dying or losing limbs when they fell from it, carried a few hundred migrants out of Ixtepec, Mexico, earlier this week.

Hispanic Community April 2019

Migrants Fearful Following Caravan Raid

The recent raid by Mexican authorities on a migrant caravan has left migrants fearful. Hundreds were arrested during the raid.

Hispanic Community April 2019

Mexican Authorities Raid Caravan

Authorities in Mexico and immigration agents detain hundreds in Mexico’s south during a surprise raid of a caravan of Central American migrants on route to the United States.

Hispanic Community April 2019

Women Sell Hair In Venezuela

To get by during a sharp economic decline, women in Venezuela are selling their hair to be used in extensions and wigs to help them and their families survive.

Hispanic Community April 2019

Record Population Drop In Puerto Rico

New data has shown that Puerto Rico’s population has dropped by 129,848 between July 2017 and July 2018, which is the greatest drop in the island’s recorded history.

Hispanic Community April 2019

Ex-Peruvian President Shot Himself, Dies

Ex-Peruvian President Alan García shot himself and died after undergoing emergency surgery. Recently, García was targeted in Latin America’s biggest corruption scandal.