Lucas Reynoso

1 month ago | english.elpais.com | Joan Royo Gual |Carlos Maldonado |Lucas Reynoso |Carolina Mella

“Excess of words in Yoruba” was the justification used by a member of a judging panel at Rio de Janeiro’s Carnaval to dock points from a samba school. The group Unidos de Padre Miguel had put together a parade that paid homage to the origins of Candomblé, an Afro-Brazilian faith, complete with a song full of words with African roots. The evaluation ignited powerful debate, and even Culture Minister Margareth Menezes weighed in.

1 month ago | english.elpais.com | Antonia Laborde |Joan Royo Gual |Lucas Reynoso

Lawyer Francisca Jünemann, 50, has dedicated her entire professional life to women’s rights. The second of four sisters, she grew up in a home free of discrimination, with the necessary care and an equal level of demand for all. When she started law school and became familiar with the rules of Chile’s Civil and Labor Code, her view of her surroundings changed: “I realized that I was living in a country without equality before the law for women.

1 month ago | english.elpais.com | Maye Primera |Joan Royo Gual |Carlos Maldonado |Lucas Reynoso

“A lot of things happened for me to be able to get to where I am today.” Bamby Salcedo (Guadalajara, Mexico, 1969) is the president and executive director of one of the most prominent non-governmental organizations in the protection and defense of the transgender community in the United States, The TransLatin@ Coalition, which she founded 16 years ago.

1 month ago | english.elpais.com | Marco López |Patricia Caro |Lucas Reynoso

One day before Donald Trump was sworn in for his second term as president, Maray Rojas already knew that her future was not in the United States. On Sunday, January 19, the 49-year-old Cuban woman made a very strange move, given her immigration status: she crossed the bridge that connects Ciudad Juárez and El Paso, but from north to south. This was in the opposite direction being taken by the majority of migrants.

2 months ago | english.elpais.com | Carla Gloria Colomé |José Luis Ávila |Lucas Reynoso

Donald Trump made it clear during his campaign that tackling illegal immigration would be a top priority — and he is following through on that promise. He is not alone in this effort, as he has the strong backing of his loyal supporters in Florida. For nearly a month, undocumented immigrants in Florida have been living in fear — whether sending their children to school, visiting a doctor, or shopping for groceries.