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fromwww.theguardian.com
5 hours ago

They're making them disappear again': families fear Mexico's missing are being erased

Over 130,000 people have disappeared in Mexico due to drug cartel violence, with authorities downplaying the crisis and families demanding accountability.
fromArtnet News
22 hours ago

The Printmaker Who Became a Hero of Mexican Cultural Identity

Frida Kahlo, during her 1933 trip to New York, created a colorful haven in her hotel room by covering the walls with prints by José Guadalupe Posada, which depicted sensational news and political imagery.
Arts
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 days ago

Jose Guadalupe Ramos, a Mexican national, dies in ICE detention in LA

Jose Guadalupe Ramos was found unconscious in his bunk at the Adelanto detention center on March 25 and was pronounced dead later that evening. He had diabetes, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia, receiving daily medication for his conditions.
Los Angeles
#cesar-chavez
fromKqed
1 week ago
SF parents

United Farmworkers Struggle With Fallout from Cesar Chavez Allegations | KQED

Social justice
fromTruthout
4 days ago

It's Not Just Huerta. For Many Survivors, Silence Seems Like the Only Option.

Sexual abuse within movements, exemplified by Cesar Chavez, must be addressed to foster change and protect survivors' dignity.
NYC LGBT
fromKqed
2 weeks ago

'The Movement Wasn't Him': Sexual Abuse Allegations Against Cesar Chavez Rock California | KQED

César Chavez, a revered farmworker organizer, was revealed to have sexually abused women and underage girls for years.
SF parents
fromKqed
1 week ago

United Farmworkers Struggle With Fallout from Cesar Chavez Allegations | KQED

Sexual abuse accusations against Cesar Chavez have shocked California's farmworking communities and prompted significant backlash and reevaluation of his legacy.
Mission District
fromSan Jose Spotlight
1 week ago

San Jose prepares to strip public tributes to Cesar Chavez - San Jose Spotlight

San Jose plans to remove Cesar Chavez's name and likeness from public properties following allegations of sexual abuse against him.
Social justice
fromTruthout
4 days ago

It's Not Just Huerta. For Many Survivors, Silence Seems Like the Only Option.

Sexual abuse within movements, exemplified by Cesar Chavez, must be addressed to foster change and protect survivors' dignity.
fromKqed
2 weeks ago
NYC LGBT

'The Movement Wasn't Him': Sexual Abuse Allegations Against Cesar Chavez Rock California | KQED

Social justice
fromLos Angeles Times
2 days ago

Farmworkers conflicted on former Cesar Chavez Day: 'You can only judge a living person'

Farmworkers Day replaces Césár Chávez Day in response to allegations against Chávez, aiming to honor agricultural workers' contributions.
US Elections
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 week ago

Migrants march in southern Mexico to denounce immigration restrictions

Migrants in southern Mexico are protesting against the local immigration system and alleged secret deportation agreements with the US.
Los Angeles
fromKqed
5 days ago

Marching for Immigrant Rights, 20 Years Ago and Today | KQED

The 2006 immigrant rights marches in Los Angeles galvanized Latino organizing and continue to inspire current activism against anti-immigration policies.
#ice-detention
fromSlate Magazine
2 weeks ago
US politics

Everyone Who Is Furious at ICE Might Be Missing an Even More Deserving Target

Joaquin Castro has effectively worked to release families from ICE detention, notably reducing the population at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center.
fromMission Local
2 months ago
Social justice

S.F. faith leaders rally against ICE, announcing 24-hour hunger strike

Faith leaders and activists began a 24-hour fast and meditation outside San Francisco City Hall to protest ICE's militaristic and allegedly violent detention policies.
US politics
fromSlate Magazine
2 weeks ago

Everyone Who Is Furious at ICE Might Be Missing an Even More Deserving Target

Joaquin Castro has effectively worked to release families from ICE detention, notably reducing the population at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center.
#cesar-chavez-allegations
fromABC7 Los Angeles
2 weeks ago
NYC LGBT

ABC's John Quinones calls Cesar Chavez allegations 'devastating' after reporting on him for decades

Rape allegations against civil rights icon Cesar Chavez have emerged, with co-founder Dolores Huerta among alleged victims, shocking those who admired his farmworker advocacy.
fromLos Angeles Times
2 weeks ago
Social justice

'We're in shock': Farmworkers grapple with Cesar Chavez sex abuse allegations

Cesar Chavez faced explosive allegations of sexual abuse and assault from decades ago, causing division within the farmworker community between those defending his legacy and those supporting the victims.
East Bay (California)
fromThe Oaklandside
2 weeks ago

Cesar Chavez sexual abuse allegations shake Oakland community

New York Times allegations of sexual abuse and assault by César Chavez against women, girls, and children have shocked East Bay communities that revered him as a civil rights icon and farmworker movement leader.
California
fromLos Angeles Times
2 weeks ago

Cesar Chavez's name is on buildings, parks, roads and calendars. Some are demanding change

California officials are reconsidering how to memorialize Cesar Chavez following new sexual abuse allegations, with some proposing to rename tributes to focus on the farmworker movement instead.
Social justice
fromLos Angeles Times
2 weeks ago

'We're in shock': Farmworkers grapple with Cesar Chavez sex abuse allegations

Cesar Chavez faced explosive allegations of sexual abuse and assault from decades ago, causing division within the farmworker community between those defending his legacy and those supporting the victims.
fromenglish.elpais.com
2 weeks ago

Mexican president welcomes King Felipe's gesture of rapprochement' in admitting abuses during Spanish conquest

Felipe VI said on Monday that there was a great deal of abuse and ethical controversies in the colonization of the Americas by the conquistadors—the greatest concession to date from the Spanish Royal Household. Sheinbaum welcomed the gesture, and noted that this was unlike several years ago, when the letter sent by then-president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador requesting an apology from Spain for the abuses of that period wasn't even acknowledged.
Madrid food
fromenglish.elpais.com
2 weeks ago

Ivan Cepeda: Our fight is not with Paloma or Abelardo, it is with Uribe'

Cepeda emphasizes that he is not competing against other candidates like Abelardo de La Espriella or Paloma Valencia, but rather against former president Alvaro Uribe Velez.
US Elections
History
fromenglish.elpais.com
3 weeks ago

The hidden history of Afro-Bolivians: From slavery in silver mines to fighting for power

Cerro Rico produced massive quantities of global silver through enslaved African labor under brutal conditions in colonial Bolivia.
Arts
fromenglish.elpais.com
2 weeks ago

The new life of hand-painted signs in Mexico

Sign painting in Mexico City has surged in popularity following the removal of street signs, leading to increased interest and new opportunities for artists.
Social justice
fromThe Nation
4 days ago

On Chavez, People, and Power

A respected figure was revealed to have caused harm to vulnerable individuals, prompting a call for accountability and reflection on past actions and movements.
#immigration-detention
fromAxios
2 months ago
US politics

After Liam Ramos' release, Democrats turn focus to the rest of the kids detained by ICE

fromAxios
2 months ago
US politics

After Liam Ramos' release, Democrats turn focus to the rest of the kids detained by ICE

#deportation
US news
fromenglish.elpais.com
2 weeks ago

Salvadorans deported by Trump to Bukele's megaprison fight against being forgotten

Five Salvadorans deported to El Salvador in March 2024 remain imprisoned without contact with families or lawyers, while Venezuelan deportees were released after a prisoner swap and can rebuild their lives.
US news
fromenglish.elpais.com
2 weeks ago

Salvadorans deported by Trump to Bukele's megaprison fight against being forgotten

Five Salvadorans deported to El Salvador in March 2024 remain imprisoned without contact with families or lawyers, while Venezuelan deportees were released after a prisoner swap and can rebuild their lives.
Arts
fromArtforum
2 weeks ago

A Hard Sell: on Mexican art in the age of austerity

Mexico's Fourth Transformation government has drastically cut arts funding and framed contemporary art as elitist, forcing private initiatives to sustain public cultural institutions.
Mission District
fromMission Local
2 weeks ago

'Shattering' and 'unsettling:' Cesar Chavez abuse allegations stun S.F. leaders

A New York Times investigation revealed that Cesar Chavez sexually abused at least two underage girls between 1972 and 1977, and sexually assaulted labor leader Dolores Huerta twice, fathering two of her children secretly.
Music
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 month ago

In the Mexican state of Oaxaca, a music school keeps children away from violence

The Santa Cecilia School of Musical Initiation transformed a garbage-filled community in Oaxaca into a cultural hub offering music education and university opportunities through sustained community effort.
#immigration-enforcement
fromwww.mediaite.com
3 weeks ago
US politics

DHS Rips Joaquin Castro For Complaining About ICE Arrest

DHS disputed Rep. Castro's claim that a Univision reporter was arrested without a warrant, providing documentation of a valid warrant citing immigration violations.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago
US news

The taking of Liam Ramos reveals the sheer sadism of ICE | Moira Donegan

Immigration agents arrested a five-year-old preschooler and his father at their Minneapolis-area home and transported them to a detention center despite no apparent criminal record.
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
3 weeks ago

DHS Rips Joaquin Castro For Complaining About ICE Arrest

DHS disputed Rep. Castro's claim that a Univision reporter was arrested without a warrant, providing documentation of a valid warrant citing immigration violations.
Madrid food
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 month ago

Berta Caceres and the resistance that was born under an oak tree

Berta Caceres, a Lenca leader murdered in Honduras in 2016 for defending the Gualcarque River against business and military interests, remains a symbol of both judicial progress and persistent impunity in human rights defense.
#climate-change
Social justice
fromKqed
2 weeks ago

Farmworker Activists Reflect on Legacy of Civil Rights Icon | KQED

California and 23 states are suing to reinstate a climate law for limiting greenhouse gas emissions.
Social justice
fromKqed
2 weeks ago

Farmworker Activists Reflect on Legacy of Civil Rights Icon | KQED

California and 23 states are suing to reinstate a climate law for limiting greenhouse gas emissions.
#evo-morales
Mission District
fromSan Jose Spotlight
1 month ago

Paz-Cedillos: Culture is civic infrastructure - San Jose Spotlight

Culture functions as civic infrastructure that anchors communities to place, builds intergenerational trust, and creates stability through belonging and visible history.
fromLos Angeles Times
2 weeks ago

Commentary: The grief behind the cascade of online Dolores Huerta photos

Huerta's disclosed to the New York Times that fellow Chicano civil rights icon Cesar Chavez raped her during the 1960s. It was part of a story that also interviewed two women who claimed the United Farm Workers co-founder sexually abused them when they were young teens in the 1970s.
Social justice
US news
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 month ago

Mexico's president visits Sinaloa following spike in factional cartel fighting

Mexico's Sinaloa state faces ongoing cartel violence between Los Chapitos and La Mayiza factions, causing hundreds of deaths, disappearances, and economic collapse, while President Sheinbaum visits to demonstrate government attention.
Social justice
fromKqed
2 weeks ago

Cesar Chavez Was a Hero to Farmworkers. Now They Confront the Pain of Alleged Abuse | KQED

Dolores Huerta publicly revealed that Cesar Chavez sexually assaulted and raped her in the 1960s, with accusations also involving child abuse in the 1970s, challenging his legacy as a labor and civil rights icon.
Social justice
fromThe Nation
2 weeks ago

What We Must Learn From the Revelations About Cesar Chavez

The New York Times investigation revealed Cesar Chavez sexually abused women and girls for years while leading the United Farm Workers, with survivors staying silent for decades due to fear of harming the movement and disbelief.
California
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

Yosimar Reyes explores lives of the undocumented in Teatro Vision show

Yosimar Reyes, an undocumented poet, became Santa Clara County's first undocumented poet laureate and created a play portraying undocumented community resilience in East San Jose.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Violence, death and stolen land: people need to know the true cost of an avocado | Claudia Ignacio Alvarez

I grew up in San Andres Tzirondaro, a Purepecha community on the shores of Lake Patzcuaro in the Mexican state of Michoacan. My childhood was shaped by water, forests and music. The lake fed us. The forest protected us. In the afternoons, people gathered in the local square while bands passed through playing pirekua, our traditional music. That way of life is now under threat as our land is extracted for profit.
Environment
#sexual-abuse-allegations
Social justice
fromABC7 San Francisco
2 weeks ago

Bay Area farmworker advocates 'betrayed' after Cesar Chavez abuse allegations, support accusers

Cesar Chavez faces multiple sexual abuse allegations from Dolores Huerta and minors, prompting reconsideration of his legacy and calls for renaming locations bearing his name.
Social justice
fromThe Nation
2 weeks ago

Dolores Huerta: "My Silence Ends Here"

Dolores Huerta revealed that Cesar Chavez sexually abused her twice in the 1960s, ending her 60-year silence following a New York Times investigation into his misconduct.
Social justice
fromABC7 San Francisco
2 weeks ago

Bay Area farmworker advocates 'betrayed' after Cesar Chavez abuse allegations, support accusers

Cesar Chavez faces multiple sexual abuse allegations from Dolores Huerta and minors, prompting reconsideration of his legacy and calls for renaming locations bearing his name.
Social justice
fromThe Nation
2 weeks ago

Dolores Huerta: "My Silence Ends Here"

Dolores Huerta revealed that Cesar Chavez sexually abused her twice in the 1960s, ending her 60-year silence following a New York Times investigation into his misconduct.
World politics
fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 months ago

Venezuela rights activist Javier Tarazona freed amid prisoner release

Javier Tarazona, Venezuelan rights activist and FundaRedes director, was released after 1,675 days in detention following terrorism and conspiracy charges.
Food & drink
fromenglish.elpais.com
2 months ago

A recipe for resistance: Indigenous peoples politicize their struggles from the kitchen

Indigenous food cultures preserve biodiversity, seed sovereignty, and traditional techniques, resisting homogenizing Western diets through communal knowledge, cultivation, fishing, and shared recipes.
New York Rangers
fromenglish.elpais.com
2 months ago

Diana Moreno, the Ecuadorian migrant and friend of Zohran Mamdani who hopes to replace him in the New York State Assembly

Diana Moreno, a 38-year-old Ecuadorian immigrant and DSA activist, is the leading candidate to succeed Zohran Mamdani for State Assembly District 36.
Social justice
fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 weeks ago

Dolores Huerta, sexual violence survivors speak out against Cesar Chavez

Civil rights icon Dolores Huerta and other women have publicly accused deceased labor leader Cesar Chavez of sexual violence, with a New York Times investigation revealing abuse of children as young as 12.
Environment
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Men charged with contract killing of Indigenous leader to go on trial in Peru

Peru will try five suspects for the November 2023 killing of Amazonian Kichwa leader Quinto Inuma Alvarado, testing prosecution of violence against environmental defenders.
History
fromenglish.elpais.com
2 months ago

Andrea Martinez Baracs, historian: Indigenous allies saved the Spanish on the Night of Sorrows'

Tlaxcalans allied with the Spanish as strategic partners, maintaining autonomy and leveraging local knowledge to oppose the Triple Alliance during conquest.
World news
fromTruthout
2 months ago

Resisting the Empire Next Door, Protests in Mexico Grow

A broad anti-imperialist movement in Mexico mobilized massive protests opposing U.S. attacks on Venezuela and demanding Latin American sovereignty and independence from U.S. dominance.
World news
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 month ago

Bernardo Arevalo: Guatemala's democracy is at stake in the coming month'

Guatemala's democracy faces a decisive struggle as reformist President Arevalo confronts entrenched corrupt powers resisting judicial and institutional reforms during critical upcoming appointments.
World news
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Justice is optional': why Trump's pardon of Honduran ex-president scares nature defenders

Trump's pardon of Juan Orlando Hernández undermines accountability and risks reinforcing impunity, corruption, and violence linked to extractive policies harming environmental defenders in Honduras.
fromSFGATE
2 months ago

'This isn't America anymore': Thousands rally against ICE in SF's Dolores Park

A drum circle pulsed through the crowd - with maracas shaking and a cowbell clanging - as teens waved signs bearing cheeky slogans like, "We are skipping our lessons to teach you one," "End the ICE age," and "Sex is good but have you ever tried f--ing the system?" Cars passing the park honked in support while chants of "Minnesota to the Bay ICE
US politics
Social justice
fromwww.aljazeera.com
4 weeks ago

Pain Didn't Come to Kill Me' | Ep 4 El Salvador

Bereaved mothers in El Salvador unite through shared grief, transforming personal loss into collective strength and solidarity that transcends violence and despair.
Arts
fromArtnet News
2 months ago

Graciela Iturbide on Risking It All For Life Behind the Camera

Graciela Iturbide's fifty-year black-and-white photography offers a lyrical, mythic vision of Mexico, producing iconic images like La Señora de las Iguanas and international acclaim.
#immigration
fromSan Jose Spotlight
2 months ago

Op-ed: Roma Dawson was a force of nature - San Jose Spotlight

"She was such a force of nature in her enthusiasm for making our city, county and the whole Bay Area a better place." One of many comments shared about Roma Dawson, a dynamic activist who succumbed to cancer last December. Many knew Roma as a longtime dedicated League of Women Voters and community member for San Jose and the Bay Area.
US politics
fromenglish.elpais.com
2 months ago

Liam Conejo Ramos: The face of the hundreds of minors in immigration custody under the Trump administration

January 27 marks one week since Liam Conejo Ramos, a five-year-old Ecuadorian boy, was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Minneapolis while returning from school with his father. Images of the child, wearing his blue hat and carrying a Spider-Man backpack, guarded by federal agents, instantly became a symbol of the indiscriminate nature of President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown in the United States, and reopened the debate about the treatment of children in migrant detention centers.
US politics
World news
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Colombian ex-paramilitary leader jailed for crimes against Indigenous groups

Salvatore Mancuso received a 40-year prison sentence for 117 crimes against Indigenous communities in La Guajira, potentially reducible to eight years with victim-centered collaboration.
World news
fromsfist.com
2 months ago

Bay Area Protests Kick In After Trump's Venezuela Invasion and Regime Change' Coup

President Trump invaded Venezuela, captured Nicolás Maduro, causing dozens of deaths, sparking Bay Area protests and widespread condemnation citing illegality and U.S. oil interests.
US politics
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 month ago

Liam and the other Ecuadorian children trapped between Trump's immigration crusade and Noboa's silence

U.S. immigration enforcement detained Ecuadorian children, leaving families fearful and in hiding while Ecuador's president remained publicly silent, signaling political deference to U.S. power.
US politics
fromwww.mercurynews.com
2 months ago

South Bay protesters gather against Venezuela actions, ICE killing in Minneapolis

Protesters denounced U.S. military action in Venezuela and aggressive immigration enforcement after a deadly strike and a Minnesota woman's death by a federal agent.
fromMission Local
2 months ago

San Francisco joins nationwide anti-ICE walkouts with Dolores Park rally

San Franciscans will descend upon Dolores Park on Friday afternoon to join the "ICE Out" walkouts and protest taking place in dozens of cities across the country today. Organizers are hoping to replicate the success of a "general strike" that took place on Jan. 23 in Minneapolis, when hundreds of businesses shut down and thousands of people filled the streets to lambast Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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