| Since then, Pinheirinho has become a smoldering symbol of the divide between Brazil's haves and have-nots. Over the last few years, the Brazilian economy has powered forward, pulling tens of millions out of poverty and creating a new middle class. |  Los Angeles Times |
| Colombia's steps to improve security mask deep-seated issues such as unequal land distribution, grinding rural poverty, flourishing criminal gangs and weak institutions. Santos has pushed through major reforms to address some of the structural issues ... |  Independent Online |
| A new report from the Urban Institute says that while the DC area weathered the late-2000s recession "relatively well," the region still endures a stubbornly high unemployment rate and a poverty rate of about 8 percent. The findings, released today, ... |  DCist.com |
| According to Native News Network, the school is more than 60 percent Native American and is about six miles from the Menominee Indian Tribe Reservation. When Miranda was teaching a classmate to say “posoh” and “ketapanen” on January 19, ... |  Indian Country Today Media Network.com |
| Conditions in Honduras, the second-poorest Central American nation, have only deteriorated since the coup. Sixty-seven percent of the population — more than 5.5 million people — live below the poverty level. The unemployment rate is almost 30 percent. |  Workers World |
| North America (MNN) ― It's been over 500 years since the first missionary attempts to reach Native America with the Gospel. Yet only 5 percent of the current Native population in North America knows Christ. "The very first people that we tried to ... |  Mission Network NEws (press release) |
| While they make up only 15% of the country's workforce, Latinos have racked up half the employment gains posted since the economy began adding jobs in early 2010, Labor Department data showed. The improving labor market for Latinos, a key voting bloc, ... |  Los Angeles Times |
| Update: The National Weather Service said this morning that a low-pressure system extending from western Cuba to the Florida straits is producing a large area of showers and thunderstorms. There are no signs of organized surface circulation, however, ... |  Houston Chronicle (blog) |
| By Harvey Carroll, Jr. I am requesting a 10 Billion Dollar Energy Loan to buy CITGO from the Venezuelan People and reinvest it into getting their citizens out of slums and squalor. I need a 10 Billion Dollar Energy Loan to do a Joint-Venture to buy the ... |  Student Operated Press |
| When Gulf Cartel henchman and former Mexican police officer Juan de la Cruz Reyna gets out of a US federal prison in a few weeks, he'll probably be deported to his native Mexico. He and other members of the Gulf Cartel gained infamy for surrounding and ... |  Houston Chronicle (blog) |
| The city is nestled in a gentle twist of the mighty Paraná River about 300 kilometers northwest of Buenos Aires. Due to this close proximity to the nation's capital, Rosario is often overlooked as a potential gay vacation destination by first-time LGBT ... |  San Diego Gay & Lesbian News |
| By Derek Thompson Although Latinos make up only a seventh of the population, they have "racked up half the employment gains posted since the economy began adding jobs in early 2010", the Los Angeles Times reported this morning. |  The Atlantic |
| COLLEGE STATION – Though tightly controlled, there are opportunities for Texas agricultural producers and businesses to capitalize on potential exports of food products to Cuba, according to a Texas AgriLife Extension Service economist. |  AgriLife Today |
| Cordova noted that over 60 percent of the hospital's patients are low-income and receive Medi-Cal, yet they receive the highest standard of care available anywhere. The Latino Business Chamber had previously announced The Meruelo Group as the recipient ... |  Bell Gardens Sun |
| She argues in favor of moving away from the death penalty and makes a case for its unconstitutionality... As Americans, we would like to assume that each and every one of us is protected by the US Constitution. We want to assume that the police cannot ... |  JURIST |
