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We survived Trump! And I say that with a huge sigh of relief. As though we were just emerging from a war. Now it's our turn to make sure this trauma never happens again.

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Trump's final days

Since the November 3 election, President Trump has engaged in elements of a 'self-coup' (auto-golpe) similar to what we have seen in Latin America when a president rejects the authority of other constitutional bodies in an attempt to bolster his own power.

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The Inter-American Democratic Charter should be invoked in response to attack on US Capitol

Who had the brilliant idea that the best way to reverse the legitimate results of the U.S. presidential election was a violent invasion of the Capitol?

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The insurrection

Trump has lost many times. First the Nov. 3 elections, and then the court battles. His humiliation grows with each legal defeat.

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Trump and the truth

El terreno se encuentra ubicado sobre South Canalport Avenue y South Desplaines Street. El proyecto contempla 32,000 pies cuadrados de área comercial y 176 lugares para poder estacionar. El concejal Byron Sigcho-López indicó que hasta el momento no hay objeción al respecto, pero que se llevará a cabo una reunión con la comunidad para escuchar su opinión.

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Buscan convertir un lote baldío en Pilsen en un espacio comercial y de estacionamiento

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What was identified in early 2020 as a “viral pneumonia” in Wuhan, China, turned into the biggest medical challenge of our lives. What was normal will never be normal again in the same way.

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The sickly 2020; when normal became fatal

Before the vaccines arrived to save us, Fauci was our vaccine – in other words, our best protection against the virus - and President Donald Trump. If he says it's safe for Santa, then it must be true.

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Santa Claus and Dr Fauci

“Portraits of Immigrant Voices" is a new content initiative which provides an example of humanity’s “will to overcome adversity and live a better life. 
<a href="https://www.univision.com/noticias/opinion/dia-internacional-del-migrante-honrando-la-capacidad-de-superar-la-adversidad">Puedes leer este artículo en español. </a>

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International migrants day: honoring the ability to overcome adversity and live a better life

Honduras is experiencing dire symptoms of a failed state, accelerated by a pandemic and two hurricanes, and nurtured by weak state capacity, corruption and poor rule of law. How to fix that?

Queen Letizia Visits Honduras After Hurricanes ETA and IOTA

Corruption, weak institutions and natural disasters: is there hope for Honduras to rebuild?

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The Biden administration should seize this opportunity to both improve the lives of Central Americans so they have an alternative to migration, as well as make long-term improvements in the region’s democratic governance that can improve citizen security and trust in government.

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Picking up the pieces in Central America

It is naive to believe the recent revolt by artists in Cuba can end a 61-year-old dictatorship. But the difference now is that everyone is hearing about it, thanks to the internet. (
<a href="https://www.univision.com/noticias/opinion/la-rebelion-de-los-artistas-en-cuba">Leer es español</a>)

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Revolt of the artists

"Siempre he luchado por la justicia racial, y es por eso que tengo la esperanza de que ambos partidos podrán trabajar juntos en la respuesta del gobierno a nivel federal con respecto a la marihuana y concentrar más energía en crear oportunidades para todos, especialmente las empresas de propietarios minorías y los emprendedores"

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Empezando de cero: cómo los latinos se beneficiarían de reformas a las leyes de marihuana

Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives, passed the MORE Act, which would end the marijuana prohibition at the federal level and includes other provisions to level the playing field for marijuana businesses.

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A clean slate: how Latinos would benefit from reforms to marijuana laws


How can the U.S. incentivize Northern Triangle elites, political and economic, to support anti-corruption efforts when they know that they will be the ultimate targets of those efforts?

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The corruption conundrum in Central America


The new normal established by Trump was great for ratings, but not for civility or democracy. The nation’s balance of powers has survived quite well for nearly two and a half centuries. We should never again allow someone to create an alternative reality in order to seize the presidency.

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They didn't listen to us

Immigration reform is needed to simplify the process for people to apply and immigrate through legal channels, reducing pressure on the border and immigration detention facilities.

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With the election behind us, Latinos need leaders come together to pass necessary reforms

In 2020, it’s no longer acceptable to build a senior team or cabinet without including Latinos in a meaningful way.

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Not all appointments are equal: the need for tier one Latino cabinet officials

López says he reached the conclusion "that I could contribute much more from outside ... being a voice in the fight for Venezuela's freedom." He adds that he is designing a strategy to be able to return soon.

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The escape (and return) of Leopoldo López

Our “stability” is very fragile, and although President Sagasti managed to obtain the necessary support to be elected, no one can guarantee that Congress—which a few days earlier removed Martin Vizcarra from office—will not remove him in response to any measure that is not to its liking.

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Peru is out of the emergency room, but the prognosis remains guarded

Latinos voted in larger than ever numbers in the 2020 elections. But what they showed most of all is that there is no monolithic 'Latino vote,' rather there are Latino voters with diverse influences and interests.

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How we Latinos voted

Trump will have to leave the White House because the democratic system has proven itself to be much stronger than him.

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How to remove Trump from the White House

The 60.6 million Americans lumped together under the umbrella term 'Latino' are a racially, ethnically and geographically diverse group. And they have equally diverse political opinions.

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So-called ‘Latino vote’ is 32 million Americans with diverse political opinions and national origins

Will anyone buy the president's lies about election fraud or is something changing? That's what happens anywhere in the world when someone with a lot of power begins to deflate.

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No virus, no Trump

"I came to the United States from Honduras at 6 years old. I am American in my heart. Just not on paper. I dream of one day going to law school, but if Trump stays in office, my dreams will be shattered because he has promised to get rid of the DACA program and I could be expelled from the only country I call home." 
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An open letter to the American people: Justice for immigrants is on the ballot and the choice between Trump and Biden could not be more clear

Biden has a long list of promises to fulfill, and Latinos won’t let him forget it. The first is to (finally) pass an immigration reform bill legalizing the millions of undocumented immigrants living in the United States and offering them a path to citizenship.

Supreme Court Rules President Trump Can Not End The Deferred Action For Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Program

Biden can fix Latino's disappointment with Democrats

I have been closer to Republicans on international affairs, but this year I am voting for Joe Biden. The former vice president is a decent man who understands the value of diplomacy, defends democratic values, supports human rights, believes in the rule of law, and will make America proud again.

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A former refugee and U.S. ambassador offers his election choice

From immigration to heathcare and taxes, a Biden Administration will reflect the full diversity of our country, including the Latino community.

Democratic Presidential Candidate Joe Biden Campaigns In Las Vegas Area Of Nevada

For our country to continue to succeed, we have to make sure that Latinos are fully dealt in on the American Dream. 

Does anybody want to go down the same path that Fidel Castro took Cubans? President Trump embraces populist authoritarians who appeal to patriotism, emotions and convictions while eroding confidence in democracy, and sowing confusion and division.

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Do Cuban Americans want to endure another authoritarian?

This year could become the most violent in the modern history of Mexico, with even more murders than the 34,669 recorded in 2019. And after the arrest of a top general there are new doubts about the failed national strategy against the violence.

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The general and the dead

Though the southern border has long been demonized as a source of insecurity, crime, and even terrorism, there is in fact a long tradition of Mexicans crossing the border to contribute to American national security. Like the Mexican firefighters in California in Texas.

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When Mexico sends its people, they’re sending their best

Nicaraguans want a leader in the United States who truly supports democracy.

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Who advocates best for democracy in Nicaragua?

Those of us who suffered directly or indirectly from the consequences of communist rule in Cuba are traumatized. We have developed a hyper sensitivity to the word "socialism," a type of post-traumatic stress disorder that sometimes steals our ability to exercise our political judgment.

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Cuba, the President and "Guasinton"

Trump's refusal to accept the results – when the polls say he could lose – is a grave threat to a democracy more than two centuries old. Those are the kinds of things we hear from dictators in Latin America, not in the United States.

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And if Trump loses ...

As the United States prepares for the November 3 elections, president Trump is systematically dismantling the effectiveness of efforts to promote democracy in the hemisphere by the shabby manner in which he treats it at home.

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How to lose democracy in the Americas

Since President Nayib Bukele was swept into office in 2019, El Faro and other independent news outlets in El Salvador have been under increased pressure, including bans on certain reporters from presidential press conferences, defamatory articles in government-controlled media, cyber-attacks, break-ins and theft.

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Bukele vs El Faro

Barrett’s induction onto the Court will have a profound affect on the future of health care, and on the lives and livelihoods of millions of Americans.

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Judge Barrett will hold the future of America's health in her dangerous hands

On the pandemic, Trump has been disinformer-in-chief. All the president's covid-19 drama and risks could have been avoided if Trump had always worn protective masks in public. But Trump seldom listens to doctors or scientists.

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Behind the mask

The politicized heavy-handed responses of governments that prioritize law and order is a global phenomenon that has done little to address the social inequities that lead to violence in the first place.

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Public security is more than ‘Law and Order’

Democrats’ investment in Latino education and outreach has paid off in past elections in battleground states across the country. With mere weeks until the most significant presidential election in our lifetimes, Democratic candidates need to do everything in their power to earn our support.

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For a 'Blue Wave' in 2020, we need the Latino vote

"The Venezuelan community in the United States has the power to stop Trump and his Republican enablers from turning our nation into an authoritarian regime as Chávez and Maduro did in Venezuela."

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Trumpismo and Chavismo: two sides of the same coin

Analistas políticos estudian por qué algunos latinos siguen apoyando al actual presidente a pesar de su política antiinmigrante y de no representar los valores morales y religiosos que ellos defienden.

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La paradoja del voto latino en favor de Trump

A new 443-page report on Venezuela by the U. N. Human Rights Council is a terrifying guide to evil and cruelty. So, here's a question: how many people are needed for a protest that topples a dictator?

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Maduro's brutality

More than individual trials, what we need in Mexico is a truth commission. And if that leads to hard accusations about specific crimes and violations, then a criminal process may follow later. What is most important is to learn what happened.

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Yes, former presidents must be investigated

The men and women who come from Mexico and other countries to work these jobs can be abused - physically, verbally, financially - and they have no recourse to complain.

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The H-2A visa needs to be restructured and enforced more carefully

President Trump has driven the Cubans back to an isolated suffering and further removed our country from its position of leadership in the region.

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I used to oversee our nation’s immigration system. President Trump has betrayed it and America’s ideals

Trump’s fear tactics are nothing less than Fidel Castro’s intimidation of his opponents and the media and – far more dangerous – his willingness to incite violence and to subvert democratic institutions. (
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 I know what it’s like to live in a dictatorship

I never imagined that the United States would have to confront our very own Caudillo in the making, not after the misery and devastation so many of us have seen inflicted by anti-democratic and failed leaders from Caracas to Havana to Managua.

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 I know an authoritarian when I see one

Trump's lies about the coronavirus will be remembered as one of the most lethal in the modern history of the United States. They are only comparable to George W. Bush's lies before the Iraq invasion in 2003.

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When the President lies

This year, a projected 32 million Latinos will be eligible to vote, making them the largest racial or ethnic minority ever to participate in a presidential election. And for the first time, Latinos will outnumber Black voters, according to the Pew Research Center.

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There is no route to the White House without Latino voters

"For those employed, so many Latinos are essential workers who risk their health daily to provide for their families (...) We are still on the job and helping make sure America weathers this pandemic."

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Honor Workers by Committing to Build Back Better

Before COVID-19 shut down most of the country, the Pew Research Center projected that in November 2020, 10% of the U.S. electorate would be naturalized citizens. Many of these new citizens are concentrated in states that are likely to play a big role in November’s election.

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Citizenship delays imperil voting for hundreds of thousands of immigrants in the 2020 election

In a newly published study, scientists at the University of Florida examined 42 post-hatchling loggerhead sea turtles that stranded on beaches in Northeast Florida. They found that almost all of them had ingested plastic in large quantities.

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Newly hatched Florida sea turtles are consuming dangerous quantities of floating plastic

I am part of the 65 percent who would take the coronavirus vaccine when it becomes available, according to a Gallup poll. But the other third - mostly Republicans - would not.

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Yes, I will take it

The tremendous strain Covid-19 has put on the region’s struggling health care and governance systems threatens to bring further social unrest and higher levels of poverty.

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A worrying trend of backsliding in Latin America

If López Obrador wants to investigate the frauds that blocked him from the presidency in 2006 and 2012, it wouldn't be bad if he also reviewed the monumental fraud in 1988 that gave the presidency to the PRI's Carlos Salinas de Gortari. López Obrador could simply ask Manuel Bartlett, one of his key collaborators, who was in charge of that election.

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AMLO, the videos and the frauds

Vice President Biden has a history of overcoming tragedy. Like Latinos who are suffering during this administration, Joe Biden knows what it’s like to be down but not out, to fight back for the love of family to overcome adversity.

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Why Joe Biden is right for Latino voters

Kamala Harris understands, like few others, what it is to be an immigrant or the daughter of immigrants in an multi ethnic state like California, which has the country's largest number of foreigners.

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Kamala, Daughter of Immigrants

Cuban-American entrepreneur Felice Gorordo got to know Joe Biden when his mother was battling cancer. "When I shared in passing what we were going through, Joe’s instinct was to reach out and call her to see how she was doing." (
<a href="https://www.univision.com/noticias/opinion/joe-biden-tiene-el-mejor-plan-economico-para-la-comunidad-latina">Leer en español</a>)

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Joe Biden: the compassionate candidate with the best economic plan for the Latino community 

At a time when mothers and infants are increasingly in danger from covid-19, it is time for our government to invest in our nation’s fragile healthcare systems by providing support and relief where it's most needed - community healthcare workers.