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Mi Barrio Latino América

“Mi Barrio Latino América” consists on a short series of biographical articles on people Ramon Hernandez and Karol Carranza are interviewing throughout their travels in Central America and Mexico. The articles highlight personal stories, concerns, opinions and issues in the words of the people interviewed. Mariana Zeledón Navarro & Claudia C. Sevilla Navarro, Granada, Nicaragua, […]

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People’s victory in the face of a mining threat in Panama

On March 18 the Panamanian Congress unanimously approved a law project that abolished February’s regulation that reformed the Mineral Resource Law. This regulation caused mass social and indigenous movement protests. The protesters rejected the regulation because they deemed it harmful to their land. The law known as Law 8 of 2011, that the government issued […]

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Gran Victoria para el pequeño comercio

El pequeño comercio ya no está sujeto a las reglas poco razonables de cobros vencidos y ahora disfrutan una protección igual a las de los consumidores residenciales. Cuentas gigantes atrasadas pueden literalmente quebrar a un pequeño comercio que no tiene mucho dinero en efectivo a la mano. Organizaciones como La Red de Reforma de Compañías […]

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Big win for small businesses

Small businesses are no longer subject to unreasonable back billing rules and now enjoy similar protections to the ones residential customers have. Huge back-bills can literally bankrupt small business without a lot of extra cash. Organizations like The Utility Reform Network (TURN) advocated for the same limits that apply to residential customers to apply to […]

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City College administra tesoros del arte público latino

El arte más preciado de City College es el mural de Diego Rivera ‘La Unión de la Expresión Artística del Norte y del Sur de este Continente’, también conocido como ‘La Unidad Panamericana’. Dicha obra fue un encargo para la Exposición Internacional del Golden Gate que tuvo lugar en Treasure Island en el año 1940. […]