In a study released earlier this week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that Hispanics had the highest rate of teenage pregnancies in the U.S. in 2012. Per 1,000 Hispanic teens aged 15 to 17 years old, the birth rate was 25.5 percen,t while the total birth rate per 1,000 teens across all ethnicities in the same age group was 14.1 percent, according to the CDC Vital Signs study released Tuesday. Carla Galindo, behavioral scientist for the CDC, said the birth rate among Hispanic teens has decreased, but they still rank the highest in teen pregnancies based on ethnicity.
Tandas is a resource that many Latinas consider when dealing with financial difficulty or when someone close is struggling financially. Tandas are a no-interest, short-term loan that's arranged among friends, and can be managed in a number of ways.
Women have mobilized before, prompted by a number of causes. History has shown that education, reproductive rights, equal pay, domestic and sexual violence, sexual harassment and women's suffrage has caused women to act; now women are acting in solidarity with immigrant families.
We've already seen that Latinos watch more streaming digital video that the general U.S. consumer. Now, the Motion Picture Association of America's newest study on moviegoers at the theater has found that Latino oversample in that arena, too.
The largest online tutoring service announced the availability of Spanish tutors online for high school and college students receiving Spanish courses.
It was only a matter of time before Bjorn Ironside -- played by Alexander Ludwig of "The Hunger Games" -- found himself a love interest on "Vikings." And this love interest is a slave girl, Porunn, played by French actress Gaia Weiss in her breakout role. But this begs the question: who was Porunn, and how common were slaves in Viking society?
The Free LA: No More ICE event was one of 10 similar rallies staged in Southern California, which were all part of about 70 #Not1More demonstrations held across the nation.
When observing the developing countries in Latin America, most analysts look for Argentina, Brazil, or Mexico, but Chile may be providing new ground for the mobile market.
During the last several months, numerous civil rights and immigration reform advocates have protested at detention centers around the nation calling for President Barack Obama to end deportations and the inhumane treatment of detainees.
Voto Latino, the non-partisan organization that's charged with helping millennials claim a better future for themselves and their community, and is committed to continual acts of Latino progression, has helped to promote the knowledge that Latino issues are American issues.
A United Nations report released earlier this week revealed that 20 percent of teenagers in Latin American countries between the ages of 11 and 18 do not attend schools.
In his youth, Oscar Torre wanted to be a baseball star. He played often, invested time and energy into the sport, but lacked the skill and speed to make that dream a reality. Yet, becoming an actor was accidental for the motivated and eager film and screen star. "I fell into acting by chance," Torre said. "I had one more credit left in college, an elective. And my girlfriend at the time, I asked her to sign me up for a class. And, as a joke, she decided to sign me up for acting class, though I was quite shy."
Latin America has embraced the digital age, and Argentina is utilizing the technology for digital purchases. A study conducted by Prince Consulting for the Cámara Argentina de Comercio Electrónico (CACE) revealed business-to-consumer and consumer-to-consumer digital transactions totaled $4.53 billion in 2013, or 24.8 billion pesos in Argentina.
Evocative Latino brothels, erotic Asian massage parlors, and the merchandising of the female body online and offline are the foundation of the underground commercial sex industry in D.C. and Atlanta; stimulating the local economy. Pun intended.
Atlanta, Dallas, Denver, Kansas City, Miami, San Diego, Seattle, Washington, D.C were examined by researchers, in an attempt to discover the extent of the "underground sex economy," which includes not only prostitution, but also sex trafficking of adults and children and child pornography.
Last year Immigration and Customs Enforcement rounded up 193,000 foreign nationals with criminal convictions and charges but deported only 125,000 of them while releasing 68,000, "Fox News" reported.
Southeast Raleigh High School senior Selina Garcia is only 17-years-old, yet, she spent three weeks in an adult jail because the foster care system could not find a place for her. Last Thursday, Garcia was freed after she plead guilty to misdemeanor counts of disorderly conduct and battery that stemmed from an incident on a school bus.
"Yearning..." "Love that remains," "Pining for love lost," "A complex feeling that involves romantic values... or a distinct feeling of longing." These are responses when asked to convert the rich, untranslatable word Saudade from its native Galician-Portuguese to English.
In the midst of deportations, there's misery, loss and separation; and there are some who've decided to profit off of unsuspecting undocumented immigrants who are attempting to avoid relocation.
