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6d ago

Cuba's rural towns are hit hard with fuel shortages

Amid weeklong fuel lines and having to cook with charcoal, the lack of fuel and cooking gas is perceived by many Cubans in the island’s countryside as the last straw.
Farm workers wait in line to refuel their tractors on the highway to Pinar del Rio, Guanajay, Cuba, on May 18, 2023.
Farm workers wait in line to refuel their tractors on the highway to Pinar del Rio, Guanajay, Cuba, on May 18, 2023.

Texas says phone app encourages illegal border crossings in suit against Biden administration

Use of the CBP One app is a core part of the administration’s plans to create a more orderly system at the border where migrants set up appointments ahead of time.
The CBP One App from the US Customs and Border Protection agency.
The CBP One App from the US Customs and Border Protection agency.
7d ago

With affirmative action on the line, colleges consider changes to the admissions process

A Supreme Court ruling that could eradicate race-conscious college admissions has some schools looking for new ways to maintain or increase diversity among students. 
Students walk through the campus of the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill in August 2020.
Students walk through the campus of the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill in August 2020.
8d ago

Fewer Black, Latino and male high schoolers want to go to college, survey finds

73% of Latino and 74% of Black students surveyed said they want to go to college, down from 79% for both groups in 2019.
Students Walk on a university campus.
Students Walk on a university campus.

Two House Latinas propose bipartisan immigration bill

Republican Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar and Democratic Rep. Veronica Escobar aim to break the stalemate around legislation in Congress.
Image: Rep. Maria Salazar, R-Fla., speaks during a press conference on immigration outside the U.S. Capitol on May 23, 2023.
Image: Rep. Maria Salazar, R-Fla., speaks during a press conference on immigration outside the U.S. Capitol on May 23, 2023.

Eva Longoria calls out a double standard in Hollywood: White men can fail, but Latinas can't

"A white male can direct a $200 million film, fail and get another one. That’s the problem," Longoria said at the Cannes Film Festival.
Eva Longoria.
Eva Longoria.

Senior Biden officials are pushing to send U.S. troops to South American jungle to help curb human smuggling

Thousands of migrants attempt to cross the Darien Gap every year, often relying on smugglers to get them through the harsh terrain.
Haitian migrants walk through a river as they cross the Darien Gap
Haitian migrants walk through a river as they cross the Darien Gap

'Mother and Child' director wraps his first Netflix Spanish-language movie

"Netflix’s full support have made this project an unforgettable trip back home," said the Colombian-Mexican filmmaker.
Maribel Verdú and Daniel Giménez Cacho in "Familia."
Maribel Verdú and Daniel Giménez Cacho in "Familia."

8-year-old sought help 3 times on day she died, immigration officials say

The child's mother previously said that agents had repeatedly ignored her pleas to hospitalize her medically fragile daughter, who had heart problems and sickle cell anemia.
Anadith Reyes.
Anadith Reyes.

The parents of an 8-year-old who died in Border Patrol custody call for 'justice'

“My daughter is a human being, they had to take care of her,” said Mabel Alvarez, a migrant from Honduras and the mother of Anadith Tanay Reyes Álvarez.
Anadith Reyes.
Anadith Reyes.

Why no post-Title 42 border surge? Shelter operators in Mexico say some migrants are rethinking how to cross the border

Many migrants now know they face a five-year ban from the U.S. if they are deported under an existing rule called Title 8, and are waiting to get asylum appointments via cellphone app.
Teresa Muñoz, seated at center wearing a pink hoodie, rests at a tent at a migrant shelter where she has been trying unsuccessfully for about a month to get an appointment to enter the United States through a new U.S. government mobile phone app in Tijuana, Mexico, Thursday, May 11, 2023. She fled her home in the Mexican state of Michoacan after her husband was killed and she was badly beaten. (AP Photo/Elliot Spagat)
Teresa Muñoz, seated at center wearing a pink hoodie, rests at a tent at a migrant shelter where she has been trying unsuccessfully for about a month to get an appointment to enter the United States through a new U.S. government mobile phone app in Tijuana, Mexico, Thursday, May 11, 2023. She fled her home in the Mexican state of Michoacan after her husband was killed and she was badly beaten. (AP Photo/Elliot Spagat)

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