El Sr. Corchea is an exquisite blog created by Elvia Rosa Castro Martín (Sancti Spíritus, 1968) in order to combine the testimonies and opinions from a plethora of Cuban authors and artists. Elvia Rosa Castro Martín obtained a Philosophy Degree…
In the early hours of May 31st, residents in the community of La Anona in San Luis La Herradura in El Salvador were wide awake. Like thousands of others across the country, families in cantón La Anona were at high…
In the United States, June is Pride Month. Around the world, June 28 is International Day of LGBT+ Pride. Some may ask, why June and why June 28? Picture of Stonewall Uprising: Crowd attempts to impede police arrests outside…
“We came to the US out of pure survival,” says Christy, an Immigration Writer with Latina Republic. She is an avid cross country runner, political science major and aspiring immigration lawyer who happens to be a DACA recipient. Christy’s family…
Each year since 2001, the U.S. State Department recognizes modern abolitionists tirelessly working to end exploitation across the globe with the TIP Report Hero Acting to End Modern Slavery Award. In 2019, Daniel Rueda, along with his colleague Veronica Supliguicha,…
The streets of Barranquilla, Colombia are vibrant, the air thick with humidity, and each corner has its own fruit stand filled with sweet juicy treats. Barranquilla has no designated bus stops, so I lean over the edge of the sidewalk…
After the presidency of Hugo Chávez from 1999 till his death in 2013, his Vice President, Nicolás Maduro, was appointed and later elected into office. Following a mismanagement of government finances, underinvestment in infrastructure, and the collapse of oil prices…
Last year, the indigenous-led organization Waorani Resistencia took its fight for land rights to court to keep oil extraction out of their territory. They successfully sued 3 Ecuadorian government bodies over their improper consultation processes, preventing the exploitation of over…
In this conversation, I speak with Robert Vivar, director of the Unified U.S. Deported Veterans Resource Center, as well as the coordinator of ViaCafe’s new Charlamigos program. Both of these non-profit organizations are dedicated to bettering the lives of the…
On March 26th, 2020, Hugo López-Gatell, Mexico’s top epidemiologist on the COVID-19 pandemic, urged citizens to remain home during the initial March 23rd to April 19th social distancing initiative. Although a necessitated measure in the elusive effort of flattening the…