El Día de la Raza cambiará a Día de los Pueblos Indígenas en Filadelfia
02/11/2021 - 12:03
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El cambio, largamente esperado, es una parte más del plan de seis meses "Caminos de reforma, transformación y reconciliación" de la ciudad.
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The long-overdue change comes as another part of the city’s six-month “Pathways to Reform, Transformation, and Reconciliation” plan.
Columbus Day to be changed to Indigenous Peoples’ Day in Philadelphia
02/11/2021 - 11:44
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The long-overdue change comes as another part of the city’s six-month “Pathways to Reform, Transformation, and Reconciliation” plan.
Kamala rompió el “techo de cristal” con su nombramiento y un artista lo hizo realidad
02/09/2021 - 17:42
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La obra del artista suizo Simon Berger fue presentada en Washington D.C. el 4 de febrero y ahora se traslada a Nueva York para tener un hogar permanente.
Inside the art piece that showcases Vice President Kamala Harris’ many broken glass ceilings
02/09/2021 - 12:04
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The piece by Swiss artist Simon Berger was unveiled in Washington D.C. on Feb. 4 and now goes to New York for a permanent home.
[OP-ED]:DACA Opponents Are American Dream Killers
08/22/2017 - 10:14
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Among the persons that provided poignant testimonials on positive benefits from DACA during the recent ceremony in Philadelphia’s City Hall commemorating the fifth anniversary of that fair-minded initiative instituted by former President Obama were two persons from countries that few ever connect with the controversy around undocumented immigrants in the United States.
[OP-ED]: Los opositores del DACA son asesinos del “sueño americano”
08/22/2017 - 10:11
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En la ceremonia llevada a cabo la semana pasada en la alcaldía de Filadelfia para celebrar el quinto aniversario del DACA, hubo dos personas en concreto que aportaron testimonios muy convincentes sobre los beneficios de este programa, instaurado por el expresidente Obama para dar estatus legal temporal a los inmigrantes que entraron ilegalmente en el país siendo menores.
"We are Muslims, not murderers"
08/21/2017 - 20:08
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The Muslim community of Catalunya expressed on Monday its repulsion towards the terrorist attacks last Thursday. Hours earlier, Catalan police confirmed the death of the author of the attack on the Rambla, which killed 15 people and left more than 100 injured.
"Somos musulmanes, no asesinos"
08/21/2017 - 17:23
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La comunidad musulmana de Catalunya se manifestó el lunes en repulsa por los atentados terroristas del pasado jueves. Horas antes, la policía catalana confirmó la muerte del autor del ataque en la Rambla, que mató a 15 personas y dejó a más de cien heridos.
Barcelona attack: Ripoll, the Pyrenees town that spawned a terrorist cell
08/21/2017 - 08:07
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The Spanish authorities said that the attacks that killed at least 14 people in Barcelona and Cambrils appeared to be part of a terrorist cell’s extensive plot led by the imam of a the small mountain town of Ripoll. He may have died a day before the attacks when explosives that the group was manufacturing accidentally detonated.
Mastretta: "Feminism is confused with fighting when it should be mutual solidarity"
08/21/2017 - 07:22
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Seen as a symbol of Feminism in Mexico, acclaimed Mexican novelist Angeles Mastretta admits she is active on the social networks and writes practically every day, even when she doesn't have any ideas for a possible new novel.
Atentado en Barcelona: todo empezó en Ripoll
08/21/2017 - 06:19
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Los jóvenes terroristas del atentado de Barcelona fueron aleccionados por el imam de Ripoll, un pequeño municipio a los pies de los Pirineos, con escasa población inmigrante. Los vecinos no sospechaban nada.
World condemns Barcelona terror attack
08/18/2017 - 04:42
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President Trump condemned the attack in a Twitter post. “Be tough & strong, we love you!,” he wrote.
Barcelona: 5 terrorists killed in resort town after Ramblas van attack
08/18/2017 - 04:06
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Six hours after a van killed 13 people and injured 100 in Las Ramblas,a popular seaside town 100 miles south of the Catalan capital was hit by second vehicle attack, leaving seven wounded.
Attack in Barcelona: at least 13 people dead and 50 injured
08/17/2017 - 15:36
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During this Thursday’s afternoon a van railed against people who were walking one of the busiest streets of the touristic city.
Atentado en Barcelona: al menos 13 personas muertas y 50 heridos
08/17/2017 - 15:15
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Durante horas de la tarde una furgoneta arremetió contra las personas que transitaban una de las calles más transitadas de la ciudad turística.
Mexicans Protest Against NAFTA talks, as Their Government Fights to Save It
08/17/2017 - 06:11
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While Mexican government negotiators fight to save the North American Free Trade Agreement during talks in Washington, thousands of members of social and trade unions on Wednesday protested in Mexico City against the deal, claiming it marginalizes local farmers and hurts the country.
[OP-ED]: Trump hits the debt ceiling
08/16/2017 - 09:40
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The crucial question about raising the federal debt ceiling is: What happens if Congress doesn’t? That is, what happens if Congress defaults? When President Trump returns from his “working vacation” later this month, this promises to be one of the major issues he’ll face, because the Treasury is expected to run out of cash in early or mid-October, according to projections by the Congressional Budget Office.
[OP-ED]: Trump llega al techo de deuda
08/16/2017 - 09:38
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La pregunta esencial sobre elevar el techo de deuda es la siguiente: ¿Qué pasa si el Congreso no lo acepta? Es decir, ¿qué pasa si el Congreso entra en incumplimiento de pagos? Cuando el presidente Trump vuelva de sus “vacaciones de trabajo” más tarde, este mes, éste será uno de los asuntos principales que enfrentará, porque se espera que el Tesoro se quede sin efectivo a principios o mediados de octubre, según proyecciones de la Oficina de Presupuesto del Congreso.
Cuarto líder empresarial renuncia a Consejo de Trump tras polémica racista
08/15/2017 - 13:37
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El presidente de la Alianza para las Manufacturas Americanas, Scott Paul, se convirtió hoy en el cuarto líder empresarial que renuncia esta semana al Consejo de Fabricantes Estadounidenses de Donald Trump tras la tibia respuesta del mandatario a los incidentes racistas en Charlottesville (VA).
[OP-ED]: Publishers shouldn’t confine Latino authors to just ‘immigrant stories’
08/15/2017 - 11:41
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A day or so after Sonia Sotomayor’s biography, “My Beloved World” was released, I got a call from a New York Times reporter asking me how well the book would sell. She jumped in to the first question: “Why don’t Latinos read?”
[OP-ED]:Green Sees Collaborations Across Color Lines
08/14/2017 - 14:30
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Philadelphia City Councilman Derek Green credits the barrier breaking Latino lawyer and jurist Nelson Diaz as one of his key mentors.
Puerto Rico celebra primer año del oro olímpico de Mónica Puig
08/14/2017 - 05:38
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Tras lograr la medalla de oro en los JJOO de Río 2016, la tenista boricua Mónica Puig se convirtió en la primera deportista de la historia en ganar una medalla de oro en representación de Puerto Rico.
"Era como volver a 1960", cuentan testigos de la marcha supremacista en EEUU
08/14/2017 - 05:06
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Una de las víctimas ha sido identificada como Heather Heyer, activista anti-racista, de 32 años. En un intento por frenar la lluvia de críticas contra Donald Trump por su ambigua respuesta al ataque sucedido en Charlottesville el pasado sábado, la Casa Blanca emitió un comunicado 36 horas después en el que condemnaba a los "supremacistas blancos" por incitar a la violencia.
Heather Heyer, Charlottesville Victim, Identified as Anti-Racism Demonstrator
08/14/2017 - 04:50
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Trying to stop the fallout over President Trump’s ambiguous response to this weekend's incident in Charlottesville, Va., the White House condemned “white supremacists” for inciting violence in a statement, issued 36 hours after the protests began.
Santos: "The U.S Knows Perfectly That We Have a Plan to Reduce Coca Crops"
08/10/2017 - 02:49
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Interview with Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos days before the visit of Vicepresident Mike Pence to the country