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Hits by two late Latin music icons whose ballads and salsa songs are constants in playlists across generations have been inducted into the National Recording Registry at the Library of Congress. Juan Gabriel’s “Amor Eterno” (“Eternal Love”) and Héctor Lavoe’s “El Cantante” (“The Singer”) are among the 25 recordings and albums selected Tuesday for preservation at the nation’s audio history library. Released in 1990, Gabriel wrote the heart-rending ballad “Amor Eterno” in memory of his deceased mo…
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Education Secretary Miguel Cardona met Monday with about half a dozen teachers and borrowers in New York City to mark the announcement of a newly proposed federal student debt relief plan that could benefit more than 30 million people. This is the first direct attempt at bringing back a revised version of President Joe Biden’s student debt forgiveness program, which the Supreme Court struck down last year, crushing the hopes of more than 40 million eligible borrowers who could have had up to $20…
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Forty-nine Latino leaders signed an open letter released Friday honoring the memory of the Latino immigrant workers who died in the Baltimore bridge collapse last week, while also condemning the spread of “a false narrative” undermining the contributions of the nation’s Hispanic people. The letter coincides with President Joe Biden’s visit to the site of the deadly Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, where he met with some of the victims’ families. “We lift this painful moment as a reminder that…
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Most of the workers killed or presumed dead following the Baltimore bridge collapse are originally from Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador and Mexico — illustrating the dangers Hispanic workers face as they continue to be overrepresented in the construction industry. Eight construction workers were fixing potholes on the Francis Scott Key Bridge’s roadway early Tuesday when an immense cargo ship experiencing technical issues after it lost power accidentally crashed into the bridge, causing it to c…
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The risk of getting sick with dengue fever is ever present in Puerto Rico and other places with hot, humid climates — but this year “cases have exceeded historical figures,” according to Puerto Rico Health Secretary Carlos Mellado. Mellado declared a public health emergency this week in an effort to curb the rise in dengue fever cases, saying the decree helps guarantee Puerto Rico has access to the resources needed to combat the outbreak. The declaration is set to last 90 days and can be renewe…
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Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles is known for being one of the biggest and oldest MLB baseball parks in the country, having hosted 10 World Series and served as a grand entertainment venue for music icons like the Beatles and Elton John. But before its construction in 1962, the area was home to thousands of residents, many of whom were of Mexican, Chinese and Italian descent. Nearly 1,800 of those families were displaced to build the stadium. State legislators are now considering a bill seeking rep…
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Vice President Kamala Harris arrived in Puerto Rico early Friday afternoon to embark on her first visit to the U.S. territory since being sworn in three years ago. According to her office, the purpose of the trip is to highlight President Joe Biden’s “commitment to supporting Puerto Rico’s recovery” following hurricanes, earthquakes and the Covid-19 pandemic — with a special focus in promoting the administration’s investments on the island’s infrastructure and economic recovery initiatives. Her…
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Latinos are getting their news mostly in English and from digital sources, according to a new Pew Research Center study, which also found significant nuances on how this bicultural and often bilingual set of the American population stays informed. The study shows how their changing demographics and language dynamics are having an impact in the way Latinos consume news. Almost 1 in 5 Americans, 62.6 million, are Hispanic, according to the 2020 census, a 23% increase from 2010, mainly driven by U.…
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Actor and entrepreneur Eva Longoria has received $50 million from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his fiancée, Lauren Sánchez, to spend on the charitable organizations of her choice. The money is part of Bezos’ annual “Courage & Civility” prize, awarded to individuals who make significant contributions to society. Longoria has been a longtime advocate for Latino communities in the U.S. In 2012, she established the Eva Longoria Foundation to provide educational programs, scholarships, mentorship an…
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Bad Bunny has sued a concertgoer who refused to take down videos posted to YouTube containing “substantial portions” of his recent show in Utah, according to a lawsuit filed by the reggaeton artist. The rare legal dispute over copyright infringement, fair use of an artist’s work and the promotional value of fan videos online was triggered by a response from the YouTuber who posted the videos. The complaint filed in a federal court in California last week alleges that Eric Guillermo Madroñal Garr…
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Frida Kahlo’s distinct image and iconic paintings are omnipresent art symbols recognizable by most people even 70 years after her death, creating a false sense that everything there is to say about the Mexican painter has already been said. But filmmaker Carla Gutiérrez cuts through that by doing what no one has done before in retelling the legendary artist’s story on-screen: use Kahlo’s own words. In her new documentary film “Frida,” Gutiérrez uses the painter’s illustrated diary, intimate cor…
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Jennifer Lopez knows how to grab our attention. Her latest project, an album and accompanying musical film titled “This is Me… Now,” has been both praised and criticized, with many in between trying to understand what Lopez’s latest artistic endeavor even means. Yet the myriad reactions dissecting the project all point to one key fact. Like it or not, we’re talking about J.Lo. “She’s an anomaly,” culture critic Jack Rico told NBC News. “Today, I don’t think it’s possible to fully comprehend a…
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Rita Moreno is widely known for breaking down barriers for Latino performers in Hollywood, but the legendary actor revealed Monday that she did not always embrace her Hispanic identity. “For many years, I didn’t like being a Hispanic person,” Moreno, who is Puerto Rican, told “TODAY” show host Hoda Kotb while promoting her new film, “The Prank.” “It took a very long time to get over the feeling that I was an unworthy person, that I wasn’t pretty or that I was a Latina.” Moreno has previously op…
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A federal judge handed Latino and civil rights groups a victory when he struck down a provision in a Florida state law that would have barred noncitizens from registering voters in time for the 2024 election. Chief U.S. District Judge Mark E. Walker determined Friday that a provision in Florida’s SB 7050 assessing a $50,000 fine for each noncitizen found to be “collecting or handling voter registration applications” violates constitutional equal protection rights. The ban covered people with leg…
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As snow totals continue to accumulate by the hour, winter storm warnings in California’s Sierra Nevada are expected to continue past Sunday, according to the National Weather Service. The region has been experiencing relentless blizzard conditions since Thursday, resulting in the closure of a long stretch of Interstate 80 in California and residents’ being asked to take shelter as heavy snow and strong wind gusts threatened their safety. The National Weather Service said Saturday that more than…
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From residents to ranchers, Texans are grappling with the ongoing devastation stemming from some of the biggest wildfires in the state’s history. On Saturday, fires continued to burn throughout parts of northern Texas, much of which is considered cattle country. The wildfires have destroyed as many as 500 homes and structures, according to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. At least two people have died. In a Facebook video on the Texas A&M Forest Service’s incident information page, Blue Team Operations S…
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Students in Puerto Rico tired of attending classes in dilapidated public schools have used TikTok to expose the poor conditions in their buildings, putting education officials on the defensive amid renewed attention on a long-standing issue. Alaisha Torres Soto, the senior class president at Luis Felipe Crespo High School in Camuy, said she was compelled to use TikTok to report the “poor conditions” of the bathrooms at her school earlier this month after not seeing any improvements. One TikTok v…
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Protesters in Georgia disrupted a news conference Wednesday morning as Athens Mayor Kelly Girtz defended the city’s policies aimed at limiting cooperation with federal authorities enforcing immigration enforcement actions. Tensions over such practices, sometimes deemed as “sanctuary” policies, started rising last week after the suspect in the slaying of nursing student Laken Riley was revealed to be an undocumented immigrant from Venezuela. Protesters called for the mayor’s resignation and accus…
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ATHENS, Ga. — After the suspect in the slaying of nursing student Laken Riley was revealed to be an undocumented immigrant from Venezuela, students at the University of Georgia and Latino organizations have made pleas against hateful rhetoric directed at Hispanics and immigrants. The Latino Community Fund Georgia said that it has been “monitoring instances of folks that have been saying that they want to go ‘hunting for immigrants,’” which Gilda Pedraza, executive director and founder of the gro…
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This report is a collaboration between NBC News and Sky News, both of which are owned by Comcast Corp. WOODRIDGE, Va. — Jessica Barahona-Martínez and her family had already decorated their home for Christmas by Dec. 1, something the recently released 40-year-old had been dreaming of doing over the six years she was held in immigration detention in Louisiana. She had fled persecution in her native El Salvador in 2016 and sought asylum in the U.S., only to be arrested a year later by Immigration a…
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Latino members of Congress want U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to waive an internal policy requiring their congressional offices provide USCIS with certified translations of non-English documents they’re filing on behalf of immigrant constituents, according to a letter first obtained by NBC News. Congressional offices often help constituents with immigration- related issues such as “inquiring for status updates and requesting expedited processing for citizenship cases, DACA renewals,…
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