Records of Afro-Latino players who played in the Negro Leagues will finally be included among those added to the Major League historical record, the MLB announced this week. https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-latino-887c6d30-1d36-11ef-8072-9b12a11e4641.html?chunk=4&utm_term=twsocialshare#story4 #axioslatino
Axios Latino - Afro-Latino players get MLB recognition

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Key Underground Railroad to Mexico site closer to historic recognition

Historians believe that between 4,000 to 10,000 enslaved Black people may have used the Underground Railroad to Mexico.

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Two U.S. House members want the FBI and CIA to declassify all documents related to the surveillance and harassment of Latino civil rights leaders from the 1950s to the 1970s https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/fbi-cia-latino-civil-rights-joaquin-castro #axios #AxiosLatino #latino #latinohistory
Congressmen pursue FBI, CIA files on Latino civil rights pioneers

It's unknown if the FBI or CIA "tried to sabotage or disrupt" the Latino civil rights movement, per a letter from lawmakers.

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A novel that Nobel Prize-winning author Gabriel García Márquez had ordered destroyed before his death has been released and is drawing mixed reviews
https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/gabriel-garcia-marquez-until-august-texas #writing #axios #axioslatino
The "lost" novel of Gabriel García Márquez released

It was published by his sons in Spanish and English this week against their last father's wishes.

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When JFK took power, he began a massive effort to reset relations in Latin America. On this 60-year mark of his assassination, Axios Latino is examining Kennedy's legacy in the region #jfk #vivakennedy #axios #axioslatino https://www.axios.com/2023/11/21/jfk-kennedy-latin-america-legacy
60 years after his death, examining JFK's legacy in Latin America

When Kennedy took power, he began a massive effort to reset relations with Latin American countries that distrusted the U.S.

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Former President John F. Kennedy and first lady Jacqueline Kennedy were only supposed to drop by and say hi during a Nov. 21, 1963, gathering of Mexican American activists in Houston. Instead, something special happened 60 years ago today #jfk #lulac #vivakennedy #axios #axioslatino

https://www.axios.com/2023/11/21/jfk-kennedy-latino-civil-rights-dallas-houston-lulac

JFK visited with Latino civil rights leaders on his last night

Historians believe the meeting was the first time a sitting president publicly recognized the Latino vote.

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The population of undocumented immigrants in the U.S. is becoming more diverse, and Mexicans now have the smallest share they've ever had, according to a new study by the Pew Research Center. #axios #axioslatino

https://www.axios.com/2023/11/16/us-immigrants-undocumented-mexican-diverse-pew-research

The U.S. undocumented population is growing more diverse, less Mexican

Conflict, climate change and sophisticated smuggling networks are driving more migrants from all over world to the U.S.

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A vast majority of Republicans say they support installing deterrents such as razor wire and floating barriers in rivers to prevent immigrants from entering the country illegally, even if people are endangered or killed, a new survey finds #immigration #axios #axioslatino

https://www.axios.com/2023/10/31/border-barriers-immigration-republican

Most Republicans support border barriers even if they injure or kill someone

Republicans say Democrats and the Biden administration aren't doing enough to address an increase in migrants at the border.

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Joan Baez, a Mexican American counterculture folk singer who participated in some of the most critical moments of the Civil Rights Movement, is the subject of a personal and revealing new documentary "Joan Baez I Am a Noise" #music #JoanBaez #AxiosLatino #axios https://www.axios.com/2023/10/05/joan-baez-documentary-i-am-a-noise-latino
Film uncovers secret struggles of folk singer and activist Joan Baez

"Joan Baez I Am A Noise" is scheduled to be released at select New York theaters on Friday and elsewhere on Oct. 13..

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The percentage of U.S. Latinos living in poverty has dropped significantly in the last decade but is well above the national average.

16.8% of Latinos nationally lived in poverty in 2022. That's well above the nation's overall poverty rate of 11.5% #axios #axioslatino

https://www.axios.com/2023/09/28/hispanic-poverty-rate-census

Latino poverty rate falls but remains above U.S. average

Experts say failure to address systemic economic inequalities among Latinos may threaten the nation's economic future.

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