Hispanic Community May 2019

Sotomayor Speaking At Manhattan College

Justice Sonia Sotomayor will be the first sitting Supreme Court justice to speak at Manhattan College. Sotomayor is delivering the college’s undergraduate commencement address.

Hispanic Community May 2019

CUNY Appoints 1st Minority Chancellor

Felix Matos Rodríguez, a native of Puerto Rico, is making history as the City University of New York's first minority chancellor for the first time in their 172-year history.

Hispanic Community May 2019

Alabama’s Teacher Of The Year

Ana Carolina Bechel, who was originally from Guatemala, has been named Alabama’s teacher of the year. Bechel teaches at Weeden Elementary School in Florence.

Hispanic Community May 2019

Update: Asylum Seekers In Mexico

People in border cities in Mexico are voicing their concern, following a court ruling that the Trump administration could make asylum seekers wait in Mexico for their court hearings.

Hispanic Community May 2019

3rd Guatemalan Child Dies In US Custody

Sixteen-year-old Juan de León Gutiérrez has died at a Texas youth detention facility, making him the third Guatemalan child to die in U.S. custody since December.

Hispanic Community May 2019

Martin Sheen To Give Commencement Address

Actor and activist Martin Sheen will give Santa Clara University’s 168th undergraduate commencement address at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, June 15, at Stevens Stadium.

Hispanic Community May 2019

What's Next For Venezuela?

After two days of violence, Venezuela’s streets are calmer, but the political stalemate between President Nicolás Maduro and opposition leader Juan Guaidó continues.

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.