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Migrant Caravan Women Don’t Have Enough Pads or Privacy To Deal With Their Periods

HipLatinaDecember 21, 2018August 21, 2020

by HipLatinaDecember 21, 2018August 21, 202001765

Period politics are pretty complicated and not just in the states. It’s taboo worldwide. In the U.S., more states have FINALLY moved to end taxes on tampons but for years menstrual products were taxed and there were very obvious sexist...

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19-Year-Old Traveling With Refugee Caravan Gives Birth In the U.S. After Crossing Border Illegally

Araceli CruzDecember 7, 2018August 19, 2020

by Araceli CruzDecember 7, 2018August 19, 202001919

Maryury Serrano Hernandez, a 19-year-old, traveling from Central America to the U.S. with the migrant refugee caravan, gave birth to a boy less than 24 hours after being detained for illegally crossing the border. She and her 20-year-old husband Miguel,...

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This Is the Woman In The Iconic Picture From the Migrant Refugee Caravan

Araceli CruzNovember 29, 2018August 25, 2020

by Araceli CruzNovember 29, 2018August 25, 202002286

On November 26, the world was stunned to see the migrant refugee caravan being attacked with tear gas by border patrol officers. It looked as if it was a scene from a movie: people rushing toward the border, confronting officers...

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Protest Breaks Out In Tijuana. Mexican Residents Want Migrant Caravan To Leave.

Araceli CruzNovember 19, 2018August 26, 2020

by Araceli CruzNovember 19, 2018August 26, 20200810

As the migrant caravan continues to make it’s way to the U.S./Mexico border, several hundreds have already arrived but are not being welcomed in a positive way. LGBT people that were part of the caravan, but separated from them because...

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The Central American Refugee Caravan Watched An Outdoor Screening of ‘Coco’

Araceli CruzOctober 31, 2018August 31, 2020

by Araceli CruzOctober 31, 2018August 31, 20200744

While most of us are dressed up today, eager to celebrate Halloween, there’s a whole world out there experiencing unimaginable trauma. For at least one evening the Central American refugee caravan that is on their way to seek in asylum...

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President Trump Seeks to Violate International Law By Banning Asylum-Seeking Caravan

Araceli CruzOctober 26, 2018September 2, 2020

by Araceli CruzOctober 26, 2018September 2, 202004281

The caravan asylum seekers continue on their journey toward the U.S./Mexico border. The walk, that began from San Pedro Sula in Honduras and intends to finish at the border, is still thousands of miles away and may take several weeks to...

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These Are the Racist People Who Want Hurricane Willa To Take Out Migrant Caravan

Araceli CruzOctober 23, 2018September 2, 2020

by Araceli CruzOctober 23, 2018September 2, 20200825

There’s a catastrophic hurricane headed for the Pacific Coast of Mexico. But some people on social media aren’t sharing messages of hope or prayers for the people of Mexico, they’re actually laughing at the fact that Hurricane Willa is headed...

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Another Migrant Caravan Is Making Its Way to The U.S With An Estimated 4,000 People

Araceli CruzOctober 18, 2018August 28, 2020

by Araceli CruzOctober 18, 2018August 28, 20200651

For the second time this year, thousands of Hondurans are fleeing their country and walking to the United States aiming for asylum. Late last week the group began their trek from the northern Honduran city of San Pedro Sula, according...

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Asylum Seeker Gives Birth Standing Up at Border Patrol Station

Araceli CruzApril 10, 2020July 24, 2020

by Araceli CruzApril 10, 2020July 24, 202001700

As we shelter-in-place, we read heartbreaking stories about how women are giving birth without their partner or a loved one in the room because of the risk of coronavirus contamination. Now imagine what it would be like to have a...

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24 Latinx Musicians to Keep an Eye Out for in 2020

V. Alexandra de F. SzoenyiDecember 31, 2019July 10, 2020

by V. Alexandra de F. SzoenyiDecember 31, 2019July 10, 2020015462

Latinxs have been making major moves this year in music. While artists like Bad Bunny, Ozuna, and J Balvin dominated the music charts with hit single after hit single, there were other artists garnering big buzz and guaranteeing to blow...

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Daddy Yankee and J Balvin Call Out Latin Grammys For Shutting Out Reggaeton Artists

Araceli CruzSeptember 25, 2019July 29, 2020

by Araceli CruzSeptember 25, 2019July 29, 202001736

The nominations for the 20th annual Latin Grammy Awards were announced yesterday and everyone is not too pleased. Spanish artists Alejandro Sanz and Rosalía lead with the most nominations and there’s been some push back from several other “urbano” artists,...

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Immigrant Woman’s Labor Stopped So She Can Be Sent Back to Mexico

Virginia IsaadSeptember 9, 2019July 27, 2020

by Virginia IsaadSeptember 9, 2019July 27, 202002044

A woman from El Salvador who is eight-and-a-half-months pregnant and experiencing contractions while crossing the Rio Grande was forced to return to Mexico by Border Patrol agents, the Associated Press reports. After being taken to a hospital and given medication...

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