Maria Gabriela Chavez, the favorite daughter of the late Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez, has become her country’s deputy permanent representative to the United Nations.
The Karnes Family Detention Camp, in Karnes City, Texas, is home to a Holy Week hunger strike being demonstrated by 40 mothers who are protesting the detainment of their children as they await their asylum and immigration hearings, according to advocates.
The highly contagious paralysis-inducing, but preventable, virus Poliomyelitis (polio) is rare due to advances that have helped to reduce childhood exposure and increase immunity. However, a 'polio-like' strain of enterovirus D68, B1, may be the cause behind sudden cases of paralysis affecting children, according to a new study.
The quaint Central Valley-located California town Dinuba, with its unchanging landmarks and the conversational closeness of its residents, is a source of creative stimuli for professor and author Manuel Muñoz.
Venezuelans have been getting in line to add their signatures to a manifesto railing against the Obama administration's recent decision to sanction seven Venezuelan officials over alleged human rights abuses that occurred during last year’s anti-government protests.But some Venezuelans say they are being coerced into signing.
In an effort to establish outreach programs designed to inform immigrants of their rights regarding U.S.-related labor organizing, The federal government has signed agreements with Mexico, Ecuador, and the Philippines.
With every stroke of his brush, Irish painter Brian McGuire has made it his artistic and human mission to tell the stories of victims in Juárez, Mexico, which is considered to be "the murder capital of the world." It's where more than 5,000 people have been butchered by drug cartels over the past six years, including the more recent travesty, the 2014 Iguala mass kidnapping of 43 male students who are believed to be dead.
The sovereign island nation Barbados is a tropical paradise, offering tranquil beaches, succulent food, radiant culture and pulsating nightlife, and decades upon decades of colorful history. "101 Things to Do and Places to See in Barbados," a book written by financier and author Russell Streeter, details the best-kept secrets and charms of the island.
Bolivian President Evo Morales has fired his Defence Minister Jorge Ledezma for wearing insensitive attire.
On a humanitarian trip made to deliver drinking water to a flood-ravaged region of Chile, Ledezma for wore a vest that bore a logo that made reference to Bolivia's claim to a section of coastline that it lost to Chile in a 19th-Century war.
“Devious Maids,” the Marc Cherry and Eva Longoria produced Lifetime series about four Latina domestics working in the homes of Beverly Hills’ wealthiest and most powerful families while dealing with murderous secrets, is on its third season.
More than their white, black or Asian counterparts, Latino Millennials embrace conservative views on abortion care, according to a new survey. However, Latinos are reluctant to label themselves, and millennials of all backgrounds support contraception accessibility.
A new report reveals that although homeownership in the U.S. Hispanic community increased in 2014, the growth rate slowed down in respect to previous years.
Twenty-one people have been killed and 38 have been seriously injured in Peru when a bus went off the road and plunged directly into a ravine in southeastern Andes Mountains.
A recent March 15 demonstration, which boasted a crowd of over 200,000 participants, was lead by a 19-year-old college dropout named Kim Kataguiri, an online sensation who has been motivated by libertarianism and conservative free-market ideals.
U.S. Latinos face unique health risks because they're most likely to experience the highest occurrence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. The Mayo Clinic indicated that nonalcoholic fatty liver disease could lead to liver inflammation, scarring and irreparable damage, similar to the effects of alcohol, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, malnutrition or cirrhosis on the liver.
Opening Holy Week services with Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square, Pope Francis brought his attention recent tragic events by stressing his congregation strive toward humility and take time to remember the dead in the Germanwings crash.
The National Latino Evangelical Coalition (NaLEC), in a unanimous vote, has come together to urge their 3,000 member congregations to help put and end capital punishment across the country.
Puerto Rican reggaeton artist Daddy Yankee is one of big stars to perform for the 26th annual Billboard Latin Music Awards airing live on Telemundo Apirl 30, according to Billboard.
