Poor planning caused houses to crumble in Mexico quake
In Juchitan, a large number of houses are self-build with poor materials, lack planning.
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In Juchitan, a large number of houses are self-build with poor materials, lack planning.
The Mexican filmaker, known for his gothic horror films, dedicated the award to young Latin American directors.
The Catholic pontiff concluded his four-day visit to Colombia by giving an open Mass in which he encouraged Colombian population to be involved in the peace process to help the country recover from its decades-long armed conflict with the FARC and other guerrilla groups. He also addressed the heavy polarization among Colombian society.
The young man has become a symbol of the heroism of DREAMers - young undocumented foreigners who were brought to the US as children - who have staved off deportation thanks to the DACA program, which Trump has decided to eliminate.
Bajo el título "Latino Cultures in the U.S.", esta colección digital engloba 4.300 documentos relacionados con los hispanos y tours virtuales por emblemáticos lugares latinos en Estados Unidos como el barrio Pilsen de Chicago o Little Havana en Miami.
A coalition of 16 United States attorneys general filed suit Wednesday in a New York federal court to halt President Donald Trump"s plan to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which shields more than 800,000 young undocumented immigrants from deportation.
Se espera que el Fiscal General Jeff Sessions comunique hoy en una breve rueda de prensa cuál será el futuro del DACA, el programa implementado por el ex presidente Barack Obama para proteger a los inmigrantes indocumentados más jóvenes de la deportación.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions is scheduled to hold a news briefing Tuesday morning on the future of DACA, an Obama-era program that shields young immigrants from deportation.
Ten years ago, Juan Pablo Romero decided to open a place in his childhood home to get the youngsters off the street of Guatemala.
Universal free education is one of the hallmarks of the Cuban Revolution, although for a number of years the shortfall in the number of teachers and reportedly low quality of the offered classes have been the focus of attention on the island, where students make up about one-fifth of the population.
Girls of African descent will host Pope Francis next Sunday when he visits a poor Cartagena neighborhood that is the home of Talitha Qum, a program that seeks by means of religious faith to save little girls from the surrounding dangers of violence, prostitution and drugs.
During her first visit to Latin America, Malala Yousafzai, a 20-year-old activist and philantropist, urged young people to use social network on issues that they truly care about, such as equality, women's rights and education.
In taking on the role of Amado Carrillo, "one of the most powerful narcotraffickers in Mexico's history, the actor hopes third season of "Narcos" will help to have a discussion, a reflection, about what's being done well and badly in Mexico's war against drug trafficking.
Dos semanas después de los atentados islamistas que sembraron el terror en Barcelona y Cambrils, la sociedad catalana se pregunta qué ha fallado a la hora de integrar a los inmigrantes musulmanes.
The organization highlighted the situation in Syria, where after 7 years of conflict 15 million people, of whom 6.4 million are minors, are in need of safe water, adding that this basic need has frequently been used as a weapon of war.
A Cuban civic group calling itself #Otro18 said Thursday that despite harassment by authorities, it plans to present more than 170 independent candidates in upcoming nationwide municipal elections.
The legendary Cuban orchestra Los Van Van returns this weekend to New York to close its US tour featuring a new songstress and a performance of its greatest hits plus a preview of its new project bringing back songs of the 1960s and '70s.
A Spanish family will tour Latin America in a library-school on wheels, which will allow them to discover the educational modes in the most remote areas of the South American continent and serve as an inspiration to other teachers.
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.
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.
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.
El sábado hubo una gran afluencia de visitantes en Las Ramblas de Barcelona, que poco a poco vuelven a la normalidad, dos días después de los atentados ocurridos en Cataluña que se han saldado con al menos 14 muertos y alrededor de un centenar de heridos.
Colombia is considered to be the country with the second most landmines in the world, following Afghanistan.
The Central American Minors (CAM) Program was established by former President Barack Obama in 2014 in order to offered legal protection to thousands of unaccompanied minors and families from Central America who arrived at the U.S-Mexico border seeking entry into the United States.
El Programa de Menores Centroamericanos (CAM), conocido como Libertad Condicional, ouesto en marcha por Barack Obama en 2014, permitía a los menores solicitar asilo político en sus países de origen para evitar que tomen las peligrosas rutas, atravesando varias fronteras, hasta llegar a EE.UU.