national

  • Government Starts Work on Rail Project in Poor Southeastern Mexico

    The “Maya Train” Begins Its Construction in Southern Mexico Marti Quintana EFE Mexico City – President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador inaugurated construction over the weekend of the Maya Train, a colossal infrastructure project and an “act of justice” that is bound to bring a radical change to impoverished southeastern...
  • “Fearless Girl” statue relocated to NY Stock Exchange

    EFE New York – The popular bronze statue of the “Fearless Girl” that has been facing down Wall Street’s iconic “Charging Bull” for the past 18 months, was moved Monday to its new and permanent location in front of the New York Stock Exchange. The work of Uruguayan-born sculptor...
  • Gay couples in Brazil marrying sooner for fear of Bolsonaro bias

    Nayara Batschke EFE Sao Paulo – After 15 years together, social networks manager Marcelo Serrano and designer Wellington Pereti decided to get married immediately instead of waiting until the end of 2019 as they had planned, out of fear of a reduction of LGBT rights in Brazil following the...
  • Tabasco logra el Récord Guinness del tamal más largo del mundo

    EFE Villahermosa (México) – El estado suroriental mexicano de Tabasco logró noviembre 25 el Récord Guinness del tamal más largo del mundo, con 50,05 metros de longitud y 16 centímetros de ancho en una sola pieza, cocinado en un horno Unas cien personas, entre ellas estudiantes de gastronomía, propietarios...
  • Northeast Expected to See Increased Impacts of Climate Change

    Trimmel Gomes Public News Service RICHMOND, Va. – The northeastern states are treasured for their four seasons and have built economies around them, but the new National Climate Assessment says the region is in for higher temperatures and bigger environmental swings than the rest of the country. States from Virginia northward...
  • Slave descendants fight to keep their homes in Rio de Janeiro

    EFE Rio de Janeiro – Descendents of African slaves surviving in one of the most sought-after residential districts of Rio de Janeiro are fighting the real estate speculation that for years has tried to kick them out of their homes. These are the inhabitants of Sacopa, located on one...
  • Midterms Spotlight Rising Latino Power

    Roberto Lovato Ethnic Media Services The full tally of the Latino vote on the mid-term election is not in yet, but the available information makes one thing clear:  Latino power is rising. Preliminary reports indicate that Latinos eligible to vote now number a record 29 million (12.8% of all...
  • Las elecciones de EEUU mantienen la polarización política y cambian panorama

    Walter R. Mebane, Jr Especial para EFE Los resultados de las elecciones celebradas esta semana en Estados Unidos cambiarán drásticamente el funcionamiento del Gobierno de ese país, aunque es poco probable que reduzcan la polarización partidista o mejoren el tono del debate político. Lo más significativo para la política...
  • Polling Shows Health-Care Protections a Hot-Button Election Issue

    Mary Kuhlman Public News Service COLUMBUS, Ohio — Health care appears to be a hot-button issue for voters in Ohio and across the nation. According to polling from the Kaiser Family Foundation, 75 percent of Americans say it’s very important the Affordable Care Act provision protecting individuals with pre-existing...
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