Latin American women /tags/latin-american-women Latin American women en-US SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ä± Tue, 07 Apr 2026 18:58:17 GMT Hundreds of Cuban women rally against US energy blockade as crisis deepens /americas/2026-04-07/hundreds-of-cuban-women-rally-against-us-energy-blockade-as-crisis-deepens Hundreds of Cuban women have gathered in Havana to decry a U.S. energy embargo and other measures imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump that are strangling the Caribbean island. Tuesday's rally was organized by the Federation of Cuban Women. It is a massive organization with close ties to the government and the Communist Party. Tue, 07 Apr 2026 18:58:17 GMT /americas/2026-04-07/hundreds-of-cuban-women-rally-against-us-energy-blockade-as-crisis-deepens Andrea Rodriguez | Associated Press U.S. Latinas contributed $1.3 trillion to the GDP, about as much as Florida's economy, report finds /business/2024-08-27/u-s-latinas-contributed-1-3-trillion-to-the-gdp-about-as-much-as-floridas-economy-report-finds Latinas contributed $1.3 trillion to the U.S. gross domestic product in 2021, up from $661 billion in 2010 and at a growth rate nearly triple that of non-Latinos during the same time period, according to a new report funded by Bank of America and conducted by professors at California Lutheran University and UCLA. Tue, 27 Aug 2024 18:00:00 GMT /business/2024-08-27/u-s-latinas-contributed-1-3-trillion-to-the-gdp-about-as-much-as-floridas-economy-report-finds Claire Savage | Associated Press A lack of Latina representation in media led this Miami native to create The Mujerista /podcast/sundial/2023-07-26/miami-journalist-digital-media-mujerista Marivette Navarrete is the founder of The Mujerista, a Latina-focused digital media platform based in South Florida. Marivette is a Nicaraguan American from Miami. Wed, 26 Jul 2023 17:20:21 GMT /podcast/sundial/2023-07-26/miami-journalist-digital-media-mujerista Carlos Frías, Elisa Baena, Helen Acevedo Mexican Women Stay Home To Protest Femicides In 'A Day Without Us' /2020-03-09/mexican-women-stay-home-to-protest-femicides-in-a-day-without-us Women across Mexico skipped school, work and social activities Monday to demonstrate against the staggering levels of violence women face in the country. About 10 women are killed in Mexico each day. Mon, 09 Mar 2020 22:40:25 GMT /2020-03-09/mexican-women-stay-home-to-protest-femicides-in-a-day-without-us James Doubek Populists, Immigrants, Refugees – And Women – Dominated Latin America In 2018 /show/latin-america-report/2018-12-26/populists-immigrants-refugees-and-women-dominated-latin-america-in-2018 Immigrant caravans – and family separation. Venezuela and Nicaragua rocked by refugee and human rights crises. Someone not named Castro becoming president… Wed, 26 Dec 2018 13:13:58 GMT /show/latin-america-report/2018-12-26/populists-immigrants-refugees-and-women-dominated-latin-america-in-2018 Tim Padgett