Alejandro Garcia Padilla, governor of Puerto Rico, signed an executive order authorizing the use of medical marijuana over the weekend, adding the island territory to the growing list of nations and territories allowing for the drug's medical use.
Potential presidential candidate Jeb Bush is reaching out to the Latino community. He spoke in fluent Spanish at a conference this week, CBS Local reports according to AP.
In the upcoming presidential race it is obvious that voters are going to want to go for the candidate who understands all the issues, but, with roughly 54 million Latinos calling the U.S. home, it would be prudent for any serious candidate to understand Spanish as well.
Analysts have observed that the recent violence in Western Mexico that resulted in seven dead people and a forced down a military helicopter may have all been a way that the Jalisco New Generation drug cartel, used to display its increasing power
Recently declared Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is already in the midst of formulating a plan to tackle the nation's mounting student debt crisis.
President Nicolas Maduro has raised Venezuela's minimum wage for the second time this year. He gave housing to a woman who threw a mango at him last week, and now President Nicolas Maduro has further ingratiated himself to the economically burdened people of his country by raising Venezuela's minimum wage for the second time this year.
According to a Census Bureau study conducted primarily by researcher Eric Jensen, China was named the country of origin for 147,000 recent U.S. immigrants in 2013. India came in second with 129,000 immigrants. So both countries beat out Mexico which sent, according to the latest research, just 125,000 immigrants to the U.S..
Maria del Pilar Hurtado, the former head of Colombia's secret police, has just been sentenced to 14 years for spying on politicians, judges, and journalists.
The campaign of Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton on Thursday slammed a House Republican effort to overwrite a District of Columbia law that bans discrimination against employees who have had abortions.
Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has been criticized by a Texas-based civic engagement organization for his inaction on immigration and immigrant families.
Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao's boxing match is set for Saturday night, but the topic has made its way in the U.S. Senate. During an address on Thursday, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, acknowledged the Mayweather-Pacquiao match will generate "hundreds of millions" into the state's economy.
Democrats under 30 are backing Hillary Clinton in a hypothetical primary, while their Republican counterparts have yet to settle on a favorite among the GOP's various contenders, a new Harvard Institute of Politics poll showed.
Sen. Cruz continues his attempts to appeal to Latino voters. He recently spoke at the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce touting Latinos' conservative ideals.
Addressing the economic concerns of the United States territory of Puerto Rico on Thursday, Gov. Alejandro Garcia Padilla pledged to negotiate with legislators after they voted down an overhaul of Puerto Rico's tax system.
U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders officially launched his bid in the 2016 presidential race on Thursday, promising to fight against "obscene levels" of income disparity in America.
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush said the 11 million U.S. immigrants deserve an "earned legal status," but his comments on immigration has drawn ire from groups.
