Latin American banks still slow to protect the environment, report finds https://news.mongabay.com/2025/06/latin-american-banks-still-slow-to-protect-the-environment-report-finds/

#environment #LatinAmerican #banks

'The American dream is over': Trump's deportation policies are pushing Latin Americans to Spain
U.S. President Donald Trump's sweeping deportation campaign and hardline approach to restricting immigration, mainly from Latin American countries — with a particular focus on Venezuelans — has caused a knock-on effect in Spain. The country is seeing an ...
#politics #immigration #UnitedStates #Spain #LatinAmerican #News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-impact-asylum-claims-spain-1.7545134?cmp=rss

'The American dream is over': Trump's deportation policies are pushing Latin Americans to Spain
U.S. President Donald Trump's sweeping deportation campaign and hardline approach to restricting immigration, mainly from Latin American countries — with a particular focus on Venezuelans — has caused a knock-on effect in Spain. The country is seeing an ...
#politics #immigration #UnitedStates #Spain #LatinAmerican #News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-impact-asylum-claims-spain-1.7545134?cmp=rss

At the time, the League of United #LatinAmerican Citizens, one of the nation’s oldest #Latino #CivilRights organizations, said that officers conducting the raids took cellphones, computers & documents. An 87-year-old retired educator described heavily armed officers barging into her home & taking personal items.

#LULAC leaders accused the famously *conservative* AG #KenPaxton of trying to #suppress Latino voters & asked the #DOJ to investigate the raids.

#VotingRights #law #ElectionLaw #racism

How much did the odds change in favor of a #LatinAmerican Pope, or even a #Mexican with this one?

Easily doubled, according to me.

#Conclave #NewPope #WhiteSmoke

NOT THE WORST POPE! Seriously!!!

From 2023: For this group of #TransWomen, the #Pope and his message of #inclusivity are a welcome change

By Nicole Winfield

TORVAIANICA, Italy (AP) — " #PopeFrancis’ recent gesture of welcome for #Transgender #Catholics has resonated strongly in this working class, seaside town south of Rome, where a community of #TransWomen has found help and hope through a remarkable relationship with the pontiff forged during the darkest times of the pandemic.

"Thanks to the local parish priest, these women now make monthly visits to Francis’ Wednesday general audiences, where they are given VIP seats. On any given day, they receive handouts of medicine, cash and shampoo. When COVID-19 struck, the Vatican bussed them into its health facility so they could be vaccinated ahead of most Italians.

"On Sunday, the women — many of whom are #LatinAmerican #migrants and work as #prostitutes — joined over 1,000 other poor and homeless people in the Vatican auditorium as Francis’ guests for lunch to mark the Catholic Church’s #WorldDayOfThePoor.

"The menu was evidence of Francis’ belief that those most on the margins must be treated with utmost dignity: cannelloni pasta filled with spinach and ricotta to start; meatballs in a tomato-basil sauce and cauliflower puree, and tiramisu with petit fours for dessert."

https://apnews.com/article/vatican-transgender-lgbtq-b3d67868504ba701cce09da9ecc94de0

#TransgenderRightsAreHumanRights #RIPPopeFrancis

[20:20] Pope Francis dies of stroke, confirms Vatican doctor, nine days of mourning begin and Dublin-born cardinal with a key role

Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, has died, the Vatican said in a video statement on Monday, ending an often turbulent reign marked by division and tension as he sought to overhaul the hidebound institution.

https://www.independent.ie/world-news/pope-francis-dies-of-stroke-confirms-vatican-doctor-nine-days-of-mourning-begin-and-dublin-born-cardinal-with-a-key-role/a608708287.html

#Francis #first #LatinAmerican #theRomanCatholicChurch #Vatican #Monday

[15:10] Pope Francis dies aged 88: Nine days of mourning, tributes from world leaders and a Dublin-born cardinal with a key role at Vatican

Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, has died, the Vatican said in a video statement on Monday, ending an often turbulent reign marked by division and tension as he sought to overhaul the hidebound institution.

https://www.independent.ie/world-news/pope-francis-dies-aged-88-nine-days-of-mourning-tributes-from-world-leaders-and-a-dublin-born-cardinal-with-a-key-role-at-vatican/a608708287.html

#Francis #first #LatinAmerican #theRomanCatholicChurch #Vatican #Monday

[12:10] ‘Pope Francis holds a special place in the hearts of the Irish people’: Taoiseach and President join tributes to pontiff after his death at 88

Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, has died, the Vatican said in a video statement on Monday, ending an often turbulent reign marked by division and tension as he sought to overhaul the hidebound institution.

https://www.independent.ie/world-news/pope-francis-holds-a-special-place-in-the-hearts-of-the-irish-people-taoiseach-and-president-join-tributes-to-pontiff-after-his-death-at-88/a608708287.html

#Francis #first #LatinAmerican #theRomanCatholicChurch #Vatican #Monday

[10:03] Pope Francis has died, Vatican announces

Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, has died, the Vatican said in a video statement on Monday, ending an often turbulent reign marked by division and tension as he sought to overhaul the hidebound institution.

https://www.independent.ie/world-news/pope-francis-has-died-vatican-announces/a608708287.html

#Francis #first #LatinAmerican #theRomanCatholicChurch #Vatican #Monday

A Latin American bid to select the next U.N. secretary-general is gaining steam, with growing support for a woman to take the post. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/10/world/latin-american-un-leader-candidates/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #latinamerican #un #barbados #chile #costarica #colombia #caribbean #southamera #centralamerica

A happy moment yesterday, at the #book launch of "Cabezas en la ventana", a new #anthology of #LatinAmerican #horror #fiction: Rich Orozco gave me this drawing, in which I'm placed in wonderful company. Thank you so much!! 🖤👹
#books #literature #LatinAmericanLiterature #LatAmLit #MarianaEnriquez #BernardoEsquinca #RamiroSanchiz #GabrielaDamián #SolangeRodriguez #RecommendedReading #AlbertoChimal #DavidLynch #EdgarAllanPoe #Lovecraft

Yesterday, Thursday I ran some errands in the #FortLauderdale area #SamsClub where there are normally hundreds of legal #Haitian immigrants spending most of their paychecks on food and other items. They were not there. Then I went nearby to #HomeDepot. To my shock, that store is usually full of legal #LatinAmerican contractors and there were hardly any there. The store was 80% empty when it is normally bustling. They must be Fearful of being deported. Bad for economy.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/02/07/jobs-report-january-data/78315117007/

#MiSide #Mita #Spanish #LatinAmerican
Y'all want some Spanish Cappie?

#MrMacliciousGaming #Youtube #SteamDeck #MiSide #Mita #Spanish #Spain #LatinAmerican

Sentenced to death, Trỗi got a reprieve after the FALN, a #Venezuelan #MarxistLeninist #guerrilla group, kidnapped US Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Michael Smolen in revenge for Trỗi's sentence. The group threatened to kill Smolen if Trỗi was executed. Smolen was eventually released unharmed, and Trỗi was shot by firing squad shortly thereafter in Chí Hòa Prison.

In the West, Trỗi's arrest went largely unreported. Major news media did not report on Trỗi at all until the #FALN kidnapping episode. His anonymity persisted after his execution, despite the honors bestowed upon him in the #EasternBloc. Apart from advocacy by #revolutionaries like the Weather Underground & a brief mention in Abbie Hoffman's Steal This Book (1971) as a "Vietnamese hero", Trỗi is still rarely acknowledged in Western accounts of the #VietnamWar.

Many cities in Vietnam have named major streets after him. In #HồChíMinh City, the road upon which McNamara traveled ,& where Trỗi planned to assassinate him is named Nguyen Van Troi Boulevard & a memorial park, Bia tưởng niệm Anh Hung Liet Si Nguyễn Văn Trỗi is located near the former Cong Ly Bridge. In #ĐàNẵng, the Nguyễn Văn Trỗi Bridge spans the Hàn River. Other countries have commemorated Trỗi, particularly #Cuba. A 14,000-seat public stadium in #Guantánamo is named Nguyen Van Troi Stadium & his statue overlooks Nguyen Van Troi Park in #Havana; the city also has a school & hospital named for him.

Anti-war activists Jane Fonda & Tom Hayden named their son, an actor now known as Troy Garity, in honor of Trỗi.

The 1975 film Chronicle of a #LatinAmerican subversive (Spanish: Crónica de un subversivo latinoamericano) by director Mauricio Walerstein, narrates the kidnapping episode of Colonel Smolen by FALN guerrillas in response to Trỗi's death sentence.

(Ref: Doling, Tim (2019). Exploring Saigon-Cholon – Vanishing Heritage of Ho Cho Minh City. Thế Giới Publishers. ISBN 9786047761388.)

(Ref: https://web.archive.org/web/20100803012635/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/4711422/The-heart-doesnt-grow-Fonda.html)

(Ref: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/cronica-de-un-subversivo-latinoamericano-chronicle-of-a-latin-american-subversive/)

#AsianMastodon #Vietnam #VietnameseRevolutionaries #ColonialResistance #Communist #VietnameseHistory #AsianHistory #SouthEastAsia #Viet #Geopolitics #USWarOnVietnam #LongLiveVietnam #VietnameseSovereignty #LearnHistory #TootSEA

The heads of the two #LatinAmerican giants are huddling to strategize over how to react to #Trump. Indeed, one unintended consequence of Trump’s return is that #Mexico and #Brazil are likely to enjoy warmer relations than they have in generations.

https://is.gd/VzOI0O
#Dems #BlueVote

This is a commentary on #capitalism and #economics and #immigration If you expect customers to pay an extra $160 for hauling away their old chair, then pay your #LatinAmerican drivers enough that a $20 tip to each (which I was going to give them anyway) isn’t enough for them to break policy.

The only way to fight Latin America’s fearsomely sophisticated transnational gangs is for its nations to band more closely together — the goal of a promising initiative that its top development bank is about to launch. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2024/12/17/world/cartels-are-conglomerating/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #latinamerican #crime #drugs #interamericandevelopmentbank