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Chiquita Bananas – And The Victims Of 9/11

The Chiquita banana company — the world’s largest banana producer — has so far successfully blocked legislation that would […]

By José (Cha-Cha) Jimenez To fully understand the legacy of a movement, you must first understand the political, economic, and

The recently published anthology of Salvadoran poetry, Theatre Under My Skin (Kalina Press), includes the work of Salvadoran-born Connecticut

Issued by the office of Senator Richard Blumenthal (D) CT U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) today joined Connecticut Borinqueneers Celestino

A Congressional Gold Medal is an award bestowed by the United States Congress and is, along with the Presidential

Compiled by CTLatinoNews.com Through an act of Congress on March 2, 1899, the first Puerto Rican unit was formed for

By Diane Alverio CTLatinoNews.com So often, we are asked why we created CTLatinoNews.com; the answer is simple –

Brian Woodman, Jr. CTLatinoNews.com Frank Medina, grew up in Bridgeport, CT and still remembers when he first learned about the legendary

By Jens Manuel Krogstad Pew Research Center A broad overhaul of the nation’s immigration laws has been

Cesar Chavez died more than 20 years ago, and yet the name of the National Farm Workers Association co-founder is

Google has apologized–sort of–to a Los Angeles-based Latino group after the group called the tech giant out, arguing that it

The Hispanic Division and the Poetry and Literature Center at the Library of Congress have launched a collaborative