To think that it’s been over forty years since the release of the first “Star Wars” film. For avid fans, there’s no better way to spend May 4th than to kick back and binge the franchise all day long.
In the earlier hours of Sunday, an earthquake with a magnitude of 3.3 rocks Los Angeles, California. The U.S. Geological Survey reported that the epicenter was a mile from a locality in San Fernando Valley.
Demands for resignation and impeachment of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro are moving ahead in Congress. With 29 petitions filed against him, it seems only a matter of time before he’s out of the office.
As Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro discourages state efforts to mitigate the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, Brazilians are staging rallies to support him. Demonstrators are demanding to lift the lockdowns.
Small-scale business owners in Mexico’s localities are struggling to maintain their businesses while they deal with slow production, low sales, and shortage of employees during the pandemic. This week, the federal authorities have approved around 700,000 loans for Mexican businesses.
Violence against the defenders of the environment persists despite that one way to prevent the emergence of infectious diseases like the coronavirus is the preservation of ecosystems that the targeted victims care for.
Corporations from the United States are urging Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to reclassify maquiladoras as essential to reopen the supply chain during the lockdown. Factory workers are pressured to work again, and this time they try to protest.
After much effort and persuasion from U.S. President Donald Trump’s office, the new NAFTA will include stricter compliance to guidelines with regards to labor and automotive content without changing the US$1.2 trillion in trade flows between the U.S.-Mexico-Canada per year.
Beauty pageants all across the world have become a launching pad for young women to join lucrative careers in the television and entertainment industries. In Latin America, these contests have been integrated into the culture.
