Latinos in Need
Cost of College Said to be Keeping Minorities in Poverty
February 15, 2013 | by HS News Staff
Going to college has become a losing proposition for a growing number of minority youth in Colorado who find themselves burdened with student debt in an economy that is short on good-paying jobs continue reading »
9-Year-old That Gave Birth in Mexico, Raped by Step-Father
February 14, 2013 | by HS News Staff
The girl who gave birth last month at a hospital here is at least 12 years old - not 9 - and the pregnancy resulted from rape by her step-father, prosecutors in the western Mexican state of Jalisco said. continue reading »
Employees of Mexican Newspaper Briefly Kidnapped, All Returned Safely
February 8, 2013 | by HS News Staff
A criminal group kidnapped five workers at Mexican daily El Siglo de Torreon and held them for several hours, a spokesman for the northern state of Coahuila's Attorney General's Office told Efe. continue reading »
Can You Help This Man Find his Birth Family?
February 5, 2013 | by HS News Staff
"Help Me Find My Birth Family" reads a sign being held by a young man in a photo now circulating on the internet. The unidentified man was reportedly given up for adoption in continue reading »
Latin America News: Bus Crash in Colombia Leaves 6 Dead
February 4, 2013 | by Estelle Gonzales Walgreen
Six people, including a child, died when a small bus crashed on a highway in Norte de Santander, a province on Colombia's border with Venezuela, the highway patrol said. continue reading »
Death in PEMEX Blast Rises to 32
February 1, 2013 | by HS News Staff
A powerful explosion at the headquarters of state-owned oil monopoly Petroleos Mexicanos left at least 25 dead and 101 injured, according to the Mexican government's latest bulletin. continue reading »
PEW Report :A Nation of Immigrants A Portrait of the 40 Million, Including 11 Million Unauthorized
January 29, 2013 | by HS News Staff
The nation’s total immigrant population reached a record 40.4 million in 2011, according to an analysis of Census Bureau data by the Pew Hispanic Center, a project of the Pew Research Center. continue reading »
Latin America News: Venezuela Prison Riot Leaves 58 Dead, 100 Injured
January 28, 2013 | by HS News Staff
A riot last week at Uribana prison in the western state of Lara left 58 people and around a hundred others injured, the head of Venezuela's penitentiary service said. continue reading »
Arrests Made in Deadly Brazil Nightclub Fire
January 28, 2013 | by HS News Staff
One of the owners of the Kiss nightclub and two musicians have been arrested in connection with the fire that killed 231 people over the weekend at the establishment in Santa Maria, a city in Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul state, media reports said Monday, citing investigators. continue reading »
JUST IN: 245 Dead Thus Far in Deadly Brazil Nightclub Fire
January 27, 2013 | by HS News Staff
Brazilian authorities are reporting that at least 245 people have died in a 2:00 a.m. nightclub fire and that death toll could rise throughout the day. continue reading »
