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El Magonista Newsletter | Vol. 11, No. 21 | JULY 15, 2023
*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* View this email in your browser "El Magonista" | Vol. 11, No. 21 | July 15, 2023 NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS: Fall 2023 Independent Dreamers Study Abroad Program (IDSAP) SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER PLEASE READ ALL PROGRAM INFORMATION AND FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQs) BEFORE APPLYING! See Mexico from a different point of ... -
In Honduras, Xiomara Castro’s Government Is Caught in the “Remittances Trap”
As state spending rises, money from the diaspora is an economic lifeline—but it comes at a steep cost. By Gina Kawas | Americas Quarterly | JUL. 3, 2023 | Photo by Federico Parra After her election in 2021, observers had high hopes for Honduran President Xiomara Castro—and much skepticism. Now, ... -
Denver Mayor Michael Hancock drops $40 million contract for immigrant support
Story and photo by Nicole Brambila | Colorado Politics | JUL. 6, 2023 Denver will not move forward on a contract to outsource support for immigrants coming to the city, the mayor’s office said Thursday. Mayor Michael B. Hancock provided little explanation for the reversal, except to say there remained ... -
Why White Supremacist Groups Attract Latinos to Their Ranks
Former FBI agent Michael German, who went undercover to infiltrate white supremacist groups, explains the phenomenon. By Michael German & Mireya Navarro | Brennan Center for Justice | JUN. 20, 2023 | Photo by Noah Berger The idea seems counterintuitive: Latinos, often targets themselves of racist hatred, supporting an extremist far-right movement ... -
Rep. Norma Torres discussed DACA, states sending migrants to California
By Inside California Politics | KTLA-5 | JUL. 9, 2023 (Inside California Politics) — Congresswoman Norma Torres, D-Pomona, joined Inside California Politics co-host Frank Buckley to discuss DACA, where these President Obama era policy now stands, and reacts to the latest news surrounding migrants arriving in California from other states. -
Cut off from DACA, new generation faces uncertain futures
As legal challenges to the Obama-era program continue, undocumented teens coming of age in U.S. aren't even eligible. By Suzanne Monyak | Roll Call | JUL. 12, 2023 | Photo by Tom Williams Alondra, a 19-year-old born in Mexico who came to the U.S. about a decade ago, grew up ... -
The mysterious ‘Gringo Zapatista’ who fought in Mexico’s Revolution
By Sheryl Losser | Mexico News Daily | JUN. 29, 2023 | Photo by Edher A. Moreno The story of Australian Roderick James Martson (at times referred to as Marston) – the photographer who became a Zapatista – was largely unknown until the 1990s, 60 years after his death, when ... -
Carlomagno Pedro: the man who broke the ‘art’ ceiling
By MND Staff | Mexico News Daily | MAY 27, 2023 | Photo courtesy of Friends of Oaxacan Folk Art Mexico’s handcraft tradition is so much more than eye-catching wares displayed for sale on the street. Rather, it is a testament to millennia of both history and aesthetic evolution. Mexico’s ... -
Mexico's Sheinbaum leads race for ruling party presidential ticket-poll
By Natalia Siniawski | Reuters/NASDAQ | JUN. 28, 2023 | Photo by Henry Romero MEXICO CITY, June 28 (Reuters) - Former Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum has a lead of more than 10 percentage points in the contest to be the candidate of Mexico's ruling party for the 2024 presidential election, a ... -
Harvard University awards honorary doctorate to Oaxacan founder of Radio Bilingüe
He is the first Latino in the United States and Mexican indigenous to receive this recognition; before him he was received by Octavio Paz and Carlos Fuentes. By Araceli Martinez Ortega | La Opinon (translation by Google) | JUN. 6, 2023 | Photo courtesy of Harvard Univ. At 74 years ...
