Opinion

America cannot celebrate the richness of its Latino heritage without also recognizing the challenges Latinos face in today’s political landscape.

Despite the verbal violence I’m not going to stop using social media. Why? Because then I wouldn’t get to hear the voices of the opposition in Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cuba, or the opinions of Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

The former Vice President knows that addressing immigration simply as a border issue ignores the underlying stark realities forcing people to flee.

The revolving doors at the White House leaves many scratching their heads over the direction of Latin America policy. But there's some good news. The departure of the ultra-hawk John Bolton, could put policy back in the hands of more pragmatic diplomats.

"While Democrat candidates remain oblivious and out of touch, Americans – especially in Texas – are taking note of the positive impact that President Trump and Republicans’ pro-growth, pro-business policies are having on American families and businesses."

The annual United Nations General Assembly meets next week at a time of declining international confidence in the Trump administration. That's hardly a surprise given the Trump administration’s philosophical contempt for the U.N. and the President’s relentless personalization of American foreign policy.

That is the fate facing a young Honduran boy who suffers from cystic fibrosis after the Trump administration told his family they had to leave the United States.

On August 23, a 17-year old Palestinian student headed to Harvard was detained at Boston airport and sent back to Lebanon. But his story had a happy ending, offering a lesson in perseverance and citizen advocacy.

There’s no doubt that AMLO has changed the image and direction of the presidency. His huge failure so far, however, has been his inability to crack down on crime.

Despite the president's latest tweets, most observers agree that the best thing that happened in Puerto Rico recently was not Trump, but the way the island came together in a grave political crisis in July.