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Pinolero shares the flavor and culture of Nicaragua in its Kensington eatery
Tuesday, September 30, 2025 4:50PM Lilliam Orozco and her daughter Sarah show off the land of fire and water, the inspiration for their restaurant Pinolero KENSINGTON (WPVI) -- Pinolero brings the flavors of Nicaragua to Philadelphia. Lilliam...

Florida landlords are turning away immigrants on temporary legal status as deportation worries loom
Doral Landings East, a gated Miami suburb consisting mainly of single-family homes, is experiencing an immigrant exodus. Many Venezuelans lived and worked there under temporary programs that expanded during the Biden administration, The Wall...

Trump gutting protected status for immigrants will strain US healthcare, Democrats warn
The US healthcare system faces a “perfect storm”, more than 100 members of Congress warn today, as Donald Trump’s administration risks exacerbating pressure on its workforce by stripping nearly one million US immigrants of work authorization and...

A decade of immigration in Wisconsin in 9 charts
Reading Time: 6 minutes Are you getting our free newsletters? Of the roughly 6.6 million immigrants who landed in the federal immigration court system over the past decade, at least 41,000 listed addresses in Wisconsin. Those immigrants, many of...

Endorois Youth Unleash Voices, Revitalize Culture Through Media Project
By Titus N’getuny, Communication Officer, Endorois Indigenous Women Empowerment Network (EIWEN) For generations, the Endorois Indigenous community, deeply rooted in their ancestral lands around Kenya's sacred Lake Bogoria, has faced...

Wisconsin immigrants face shifting court, ICE crackdowns
Of the roughly 6.6 million immigrants who landed in the federal immigration court system over the past decade, at least 41,000 listed addresses in Wisconsin. Those immigrants, many of them new arrivals, are now in the spotlight. The Wisconsin...

From Nicaragua to the Vatican: China’s Diplomatic Bidding War with Taiwan
Written by Sophia Li. Image credit: 01.10 尼加拉瓜的建築 by 總統府/ Flickr, license: CC BY 2.0. In 2019, the Solomon Islands received a reported $500 million in promised Chinese investments, days before it cut ties with Taiwan and recognised Beijing. Soon...

UN: Nicaragua denounces imperial aggressions and supports Cuba, Venezuela and Palestine
“As revolutionary brothers in the Great Homeland, sons of our American heroes and protagonists of victorious revolutions, we ratify our full and unequivocal solidarity and brotherhood with Cuba and Venezuela,” said the foreign minister. September...

Hardy the dog joins 1st Nicaraguan-born US bishop
An auxiliary in Newark, Bishop Chau brings his ministry experience -- including to the Deaf Community -- and a trusty sidekick. Newly ordained Bishop Pedro Bismarck Chau brings both his heritage and a canine companion, along with his extensive...

Roberto Clemente added to Pittsburgh Walk of Fame
The City of Pittsburgh announced it’s first-ever Walk of Fame class at The Terminal in Pittsburgh’s Strip District, with one noteable member of the Pittsburgh Pirates. All-time great Roberto Clemente was one of the headlining names for this...

Fiesta DC kicks off amid immigration concerns
Despite a somewhat soggy start, Fiesta D.C.'s food, music and culture took over a part of Pennsylvania Avenue outside the U.S. Capitol building. “You get to experience different cultures — Salvadorian, Honduran, Nicaragua. It's really diverse,”...

Majority World leaders call to reimagine missions with indigenous frameworks and less Western dependence
Believers worship together at church in Jinotega, Nicaragua. In his reflection, Olofinjana urges Majority World Christians to reclaim agency, develop contextual theologies, and shape a missiology grounded in suffering, liberation, and the work of...

Court stops Trump’s middle-of-the-night deportation of children
Some of President Trump’s immigration policies suffered a setback in one federal court and a victory in another. In one case, a federal judge temporarily barred the administration from swiftly deporting nearly 330 Guatemalan children under the...

Deal Dispatch: Six Flags Has An Activist Shareholder At The Gates, Ancestry.com Opts For A Dual-Track
New On The Block Six Flags Entertainment Corp. (NYSE: FUN) insists it has plans to boost attendance and reduce costs. But activist shareholder Land & Buildings Investment Management got specific on Friday, Sept. 26: spin off Six Flags' real estate...

Armani's final gift to the children of Thailand, Bangladesh and the Philippines
To mark the 50th anniversary of his fashion house, the great Italian designer, who died on 4 September, wanted to create Casa Mariù, a solidarity initiative for educational facilities in some of the poorest areas of the world. Among the eight...

Giorgio Armani’s Casa Mariù Initiative Supports Global Child Education
HUMAN PROJECT: Giorgio Armani‘s philanthropic commitment continues to inspire positive change through various humanitarian initiatives. On the occasion of the company’s 50th anniversary, the designer intended to launch the international project...

Residents confirm ICE operations in Grand County
Several residents confirmed the presence of U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement in Grand County on Sept. 14., leading to the detainment of Evin Gonzales, an undocumented Nicaraguan man living in Fraser, according to housemates and employees....

UN human rights experts warn of escalation in Nicaragua repression
A group of UN human rights experts on Nicaragua revealed in a new report on Tuesday that the Nicaraguan government, led by President Daniel Ortega, has intensified repression of exiled critics abroad. The repression includes legal persecution,...
Authoritarians Embrace ‘Foreign Agent’ Laws to Crush Civil Society
Foreign agents laws are proliferating, increasingly threatening the civil society worldwide, finds CIVICUS report ‘Cutting civil society’s lifeline: The global spread of foreign agent laws,’ released today. Russia’s 2012 foreign agents law...
How ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’ nurtured live theater: L.A. arts and culture this weekend
When I was in high school in the 1990s, I worked the box office at Tucson’s sole art house, the Loft Cinema. My favorite shift was Saturday night when a parade of true characters began lining up for the weekly midnight screening of “The Rocky...