Opinion

The World Cup is here. The hopes for Qatar and other countries in that region is that the international pressures and the contact with thousands of fans from around the world will motivate them to change their laws. But, it's very difficult to change an authoritarian regime from the outside.

Every country, city, and individual will be affected by the climate crisis – but it won’t affect everyone equally.

For now we can breathe. Despite the tantrums, skulduggery and lies by Trump and his deniers, the US system of democracy worked in 2020 and now in 2022.

Just like Donald Trump and the 2020 elections in the US, AMLO keeps talking about allegations of fraud in Mexico's 2006 elections. That may explain his frequent attacks on electoral authorities. But, the same institution that certified the 2006 elections validated López Obrador's victory in 2018, with more than 30 million votes.

Latin American Foreign Ministers give short shrift to consolidating democracy among their regional priorities.

The promises of Democrats to the Hispanic/Latino community are wearing thin. The mid-term elections could bury hope of any immigration reform for the next two years.

Latinos are poised to become a political powerhouse with Latino and Latina leaders at every level of government. However, Hispanics make up 20 percent of the population, but less than 10 percent of Congress.

In his latest movie, Bardo, Oscar Award-winning director Alejandro González Iñárritu explores the conflicts and tensions of those of us who inhabit two countries at the same time.

President Biden is likely to avert the mass deportation of DACA recipients and Dreamers. But what they need is a law rather than another temporary program that will likely be blocked by the courts.

Racism within the Latin community is an open secret. It is an awkward issue, seldom mentioned in public. It happens in Latin America – the region with the world's worst inequality.