| As health departments move forward in implementing the National HIV/AIDS Strategy released in June 2010 (“the Strategy”), Native American health workers are finding their communities are being left out of local HIV prevention plans. |  PR Web (press release) |
| By PAUL HAVEN AP HAVANA — Cuban authorities detained a prominent dissident and dozens of her colleagues early Sunday, while others held a weekly protest march through Havana. Members of dissident group Ladies in White pray in Santa Rita church before ... |  Atlanta Journal Constitution |
| A Miami man wants to know how two Miccosukee tribe members who admitted causing his wife's death had millions to pay their lawyers put nothing to pay him. Carlos Bermudez, left, and his son Mathew, right, 14, Monday, August 22, 2011. |  MiamiHerald.com |
| Pope Benedict XVI has asked for prayers for his upcoming trip to Mexico and Cuba. (AP Photo) Vatican City. From the war on drug cartels in Mexico to reviving faith in Cuba, Pope Benedict XVI will address a series of burning issues in his first trip to ... |  Jakarta Globe |
| Police use water cannons and tear gas to break up a march by thousands of Chilean students in Santiago on Thursday. At euronews we believe in the intelligence of our viewers and we think that the mission of a news channel is to deliver facts without ... |  euronews |
| The HIV epidemic in Latin America is mainly concentrated among men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender persons. The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has created a specialized technical unit to strengthen its capacity to protect ... |  UNAIDS |
| In a race in which every delegate counts -- and in which a connection with the Latino vote could pay off in the long run -- the Puerto Rico primary will matter more than many probably expected it to this year. Delegates Puerto Rico will award a total ... |  CBS News |
| “Here in Guatemala, Ireland has a reputation of being a caring and giving country because of the incredible contribution we have made to helping Guatemala's poorest people,” she said. Jenny works for the development agency Trocaire, whose projects ... |  Offaly Express |
| A man's death sentence was carried out this week in the US despite appeals from Norway's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Timothy Shaun Stemple, who has family in Norway, was given the death penalty in 1996 after being convicted of beating her to death as ... |  The Foreigner |
| No state has a vacancy rate higher than Florida, standing at more than 20 percent. The metro area of Miami, shown here, has a population of some 5.5 million. By Michael B. Sauter, 24/7 Wall St. As home prices continue to slide, more and more homeowners ... |  msnbc.com |
| After decades of a model based on “North-South” assistance, a new wave of trilateral partnerships shines a spotlight on Latin America's up-and-comers. Fresh produce awaits purchase in Brazil. The country is applying its success in agriculture to help ... |  USAID (press release) |
| The Northern Arapaho, a Native American tribe in Wyoming, has the right to kill two bald eagles for a religious ceremony this year. The Associated Press said Wednesday that the Fish and Wildlife Service granted the tribe permission to "kill or capture ... |  Syracuse.com |
| A group of 13 Cuban dissidents who have occupied a Havana church for two days are no longer demanding an audience with Pope Benedict XVI when he visits this month, but vowed Thursday to continue their protest. The dissidents say they are now asking the ... |  ABC News |
| Steve McCraw, the Texas Director of Public Safety, says that there is a significant criminal threat from Mexico drug cartels that are smuggling drugs throughout his state and the nation. By Mark Potter, NBC News correspondent TUCSON -- On an isolated ... |  msnbc.com (blog) |
| After decades of a model based on “North-South” assistance, a new wave of trilateral partnerships shines a spotlight on Latin America's up-and-comers. Fresh produce awaits purchase in Brazil. The country is applying its success in agriculture to help ... | USAID (press release) |
| Then, the Agency was largely focused on helping consolidate the region's new democracies, reducing poverty, and curbing population growth. The Colombia mission was on the verge of closing, USAID's presence in Mexico was minor, and the Food for Peace ... |  USAID (press release) |
| Eighty percent of Afro-Colombians live in conditions of extreme poverty: Health, education, and income indicators are lower than national averages, and they represent 30 percent of the internally displaced populations. Despite recent gains in the ... |  USAID (press release) |
| Young men under supervised probation play soccer at Boa Viagem beach in Recife, Pernambuco state, northeast Brazil. Instituto Empreender, a USAID partner, uses sport to strengthen basic principles like rules, authority, and leadership. |  USAID (press release) |
| By Nick Visser A growing number of LGBT public servants have scaled political ladders in Latin America to hold high-profile offices, according to a new report from the Associated Press. Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil, Argentina, and Mexico all have at least ... |  Advocate.com |
| The latest report shows American Indian adolescents ages 12-17, and young adults ages 18-25, smoke more than any other race or ethnicity. The tribe is fighting back with anti-tobacco programs taken to schools and into the community. |  WLOS |
| The moves makes Brazil the latest Latin American country to prosecute alleged human rights violations committed under military rule. In January, it was announced that former Guatemalan military leader Efrain Rios Montt would be tried for genocide and ... |  BBC News |
| While members of our team have varied opinions on capital punishment, we did not consider whether Missouri should retain the death penalty. Our 400-page report, sponsored by the American Bar Association and released earlier this month, makes a number ... |  Kansas City Star |
| By Berta Joubert-Ceci Without getting publicity in the United States, a struggle opposing US corporate interests is brewing in Central America. An Indigenous woman, Cacica [Chief] Silvia Carrera is leading this struggle. Last Sept. |  Workers World |
| By contrast, that data shows that only one in 10 children in Jefferson Parish live in areas of concentrated poverty -- roughly equal to the national average. Compared with children in New Orleans, Louisiana's children are about half as likely to live ... |  NOLA.com |
| The wife of American aid worker Alan Gross, who's been imprisoned in Cuba for more than two years, said Tuesday she is “disappointed” that President Barack Obama hasn't responded to her plea to discuss her husband's case. Gross, 62 and suffering from ... |  Politico |
| Samira Zuniga, a naturalized US citizen originally from Guatemala and former owner of Iowa City-based Xtreme Construction Company, was arrested in June on suspicion of harboring and employing roofers from Mexico who were charged in April with immigrant ... |  KCRG |
