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4 Things to Know About What’s Happening in Cuba and How to Help

Virginia IsaadJuly 12, 2021

by Virginia IsaadJuly 12, 202105121

Cuban residents took to the streets of Havana and other towns to protest a decades-long dictatorship, food shortages, and an economic crisis as Covid-19 cases continue to spike. Live streams show protesters chanting “Freedom!” “Down with Communism!” and “Patria y...

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‘Vaccine Tourists’ from LATAM Are Traveling to U.S. to Get Vaccinated

Virginia IsaadJune 3, 2021

by Virginia IsaadJune 3, 202103522

While the United States is slowly but surely (for now) coming out of the pandemic, some countries in Latin America are continuing to see spikes in Covid cases and deaths. More than one million people in Latin America and the...

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AOC Tours NYC on ‘Vacunabus’ to Make Covid-19 Vaccine Accessible

Virginia IsaadMay 14, 2021

by Virginia IsaadMay 14, 202106434

The Latinx population in the U.S. remains one of the least vaccinated communities despite a desire to get the Covid-19 vaccine. A report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that only about 13 percent of people in...

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Covid Vaccine Program for POC in LA Misused in Affluent Communities

Virginia IsaadFebruary 23, 2021February 23, 2021

by Virginia IsaadFebruary 23, 2021February 23, 202103237

Communities of color in California have had difficulty accessing the Covid-19 vaccine and now a program designed to aid them has been misused by affluent Angelenos, the Los Angeles Times reported. In an investigation the newspaper conducted, they found that...

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Americans Flee to Mexico to Escape Strict Quarantine

Virginia IsaadJanuary 4, 2021November 5, 2021

by Virginia IsaadJanuary 4, 2021November 5, 2021014266

The quarantine in the U.S. remains intact and some Americans have decided to flee to Mexico to escape strict stay-at-home orders. The New York Times recently did a report exploring the influx of Americans looking to settle down in Mexico...

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Former Covid Patient Margarita Montanez Made 800 Tamales for Health Care Workers

Virginia IsaadDecember 18, 2020December 18, 2020

by Virginia IsaadDecember 18, 2020December 18, 202004884

Margarita Montanez spent 20 days in the hospital in April battling coronavirus and now she’s giving back to those who helped heal her by making 800 tamales, KTLA reported. The San Fernando Valley resident was hooked up to a ventilator...

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Kristin Urquiza Denounces Trump After Dad Dies of Covid-19 in Powerful DNC Speech

Virginia IsaadAugust 18, 2020

by Virginia IsaadAugust 18, 202002854

Kristin Urquiza gave one of the most powerful speeches of the night at the Democratic National Convention when she shared how her father trusted Trump when he said the pandemic would go away. Her father, Mark Anthony Urquiza, died of...

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Latina Mom Maribel Rosado-Morales Murdered During Daughter’s Zoom Class

Virginia IsaadAugust 13, 2020August 13, 2020

by Virginia IsaadAugust 13, 2020August 13, 202008050

During a 10-year-old girl’s first day of online school her mother was shot and killed in their home by her ex-boyfriend. Maribel Rosado-Morales, 32, was killed on Tuesday by Donald Williams, 27, who has been charged with first-degree murder after...

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8 Latina Artists That Are Offering Hope During the COVID-19 Crisis

Johanna FerreiraJune 8, 2020June 8, 2020

by Johanna FerreiraJune 8, 2020June 8, 202009296

There’s a lot going on in the world right now. From the coronavirus pandemic that has disproportionately impacted and killed people of color — black and Latinx people specifically — to the cruel and senseless killings of black lives including...