Hispanic Community June 2018

Only A Few Of Guatemala Volcano's Dead Have Been Identified [Beyond Education]

People of the villages skirting Guatemala's Volcano of Fire have begun mourning the few dead who could be identified after an eruption killed dozens by engulfing them in floods of searing ash and mud. Mourners cried over caskets lined up in a row in the main park of San Juan Alotenango on Monday evening before rescuers stopped their work for another night.

Hispanic Community June 2018

Team Studies Bones To Identify The Disappeared In Mexico [Beyond Education]

The fragments of burnt bone laid out by investigators for the Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team are among the remains of tens of thousands of people who have simply disappeared in Mexico's long and bloody drug war. These particular bones come from one of three isolated ranches in the city of Cuauhtemoc in the northern border state of Chihuahua.

Hispanic Community June 2018

Guatemala Volcano Toll Up As Rescuers Dig In Ash, Mud Flows [Beyond Education]

Rescuers used heavy machinery and shovels found the bodies of several more victims of an eruption at Guatemala's Volcano of Fire on Monday, and rescuers pulled 10 people still alive from ash drifts and mud flows.The official death toll stood at 25 but Associated Press journalists saw more burned and ash-covered bodies being unloaded after being dug out in the village of El Rodeo.

Hispanic Community May 2018

Puerto Rico Grid 'Teetering' Despite $3.8 Billion Repair Job [Beyond Education]

After months of darkness and stifling heat, Noe Pagan was overjoyed when power-line workers arrived to restore electricity to his home deep in the lush green mountains of western Puerto Rico. But to his dismay, instead of raising a power pole toppled by Hurricane Maria, the federal contractors bolted the new 220-volt line to the narrow trunk of a breadfruit tree.

Hispanic Community May 2018

AP Fact Check: Fallacies On Both Sides In Immigration Debate [Beyond Education]

Since the government acknowledged last month that the Trump administration had lost track of nearly 1,500 immigrant children, the debate over what that means and who is to blame has roiled Twitter. AP takes a look at the partisan claims and a reality check behind the latest immigration fight.

Hispanic Community May 2018

Study Estimates Higher Death Toll In Puerto Rico Post-Maria [Beyond Education]

A new study contends that many more deaths than normal occurred in Puerto Rico in the three months after Hurricane Maria devastated the island, mostly because of problems getting medicines or medical care. Researchers surveyed a small sample of neighborhoods and from that estimated that up to 4,600 more deaths than usual occurred, far more than earlier studies have suggested.

Hispanic Community May 2018

Visa Woes Have Summer Businesses Looking To Puerto Ricans [Beyond Education]

Frustrated by red tape and visa limits on foreign workers, tourism businesses from Maine to Missouri are turning to Puerto Ricans who are fleeing a shattered economy and devastation caused by Hurricane Maria. Bob Smith, owner of Sebasco Harbor Resort in Phippsburg, hired a half-dozen Puerto Ricans last summer for housekeeping, landscaping and kitchen work, providing relief to his overworked staff.

Hispanic Community May 2018

Amid Anti-Immigrant Sentiment, Some Spanish Speakers Wary [Beyond Education]

Until recently, Lilly Mucarsel has spoken Spanish just about everywhere since arriving in the United States from Ecuador three decades ago: at the library, the movies, the grocery store. She raised three daughters who also speak Spanish and are passing on the tradition to her American-born grandchildren.

Hispanic Community May 2018

AbbVie Donates $100 Million To Strengthen Access To Healthcare, Housing For Hurricane-Ravaged Puerto Rico [On A Positive Note Beyond Education]

AbbVie, a research-based global biopharmaceutical company, announced this week a donation of $100 million to two organizations, Direct Relief and Habitat for Humanity International, to strengthen access to healthcare and housing in Puerto Rico. The organizations will receive $50 million each. This donation is an extension of the more than $4 million AbbVie provided following the unprecedented natural disasters of 2017.

Hispanic Community May 2018

Hispanic Female Ex-Sheriff Wins Democratic Runoff To Become Texas' First Openly Gay And First Latina Governor Nominee [Beyond Education]

A liberal outsider who founded an activist group against President Donald Trump lost her insurgent bid for a U.S. House seat in Houston on Tuesday night while a Hispanic former sheriff became the first openly gay and Latina nominee for governor in Texas history.

Hispanic Community May 2018

DeVos: Reporting Undocumented Students Is A Local Decision [Education News]

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said Tuesday that decisions on whether to report undocumented students to authorities rest with local communities. But Lorella Praeli, director of immigration policy and campaign at the American Civil Liberties Union, said in a statement that a school taking such action would violate the U.S. Constitution's guarantee of education to every child.

Hispanic Community May 2018

Venezuela's Opposition Scrambles To Regroup After Maduro Win [Beyond Education]

Venezuela's fractured opposition emerged even more powerless Monday, a day after an election it boycotted propelled socialist President Nicolas Maduro to an easy victory amid a crushing economic crisis. The coalition's strategy to sit out the vote succeeded at exposing declining support for the government.