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In 2019, there were 2.2 million Afro-Latins in the United States, nearly 1% of the total U.S. population. As a share of the Latino population, Afro-Latins represent 4% of U.S. Latinos and have doubled over the last two decades. From 2000 to 2019, the Afro-Latin population in the United States grew by 120.8%, almost twice the growth rate for non-Black Latinos over the same period. Latinos and Latinidad are not a monolith and Afro-Latinidad is Latinidad. To be in Latino solidar

Domingo Santo Liotta was an Argentine surgeon and pioneer of heart surgery who created multiple cardiac prostheses , including the first total artificial heart . Liotta was a member of medical societies around the world. He owned 12 patents in the USA, Argentina and France. Domingo Santo Liotta, the son of Italian immigrants, was born in the city of Diamante , Entre Rios . He completed his primary education at his hometown at "Independencia School", and his secondary

As a result of the rapid growth of the Hispanic population, there has been some tension with other minority populations, especially the African-American population, as Hispanics have increasingly moved into once exclusively Black areas . The United States has a population of over 60 million of Hispanic Americans, of whom 27 million are citizens eligible to vote (13% of total eligible voters); therefore, Hispanics have a very important effect on presidential elections since

Mr. Quibián Salazar-Moreno, a Panamanian American writer. Immigrated to Denver as a child and navigated multiple cultural transitions including his mother's death, his grandmother's arrival from Panama, and his father's remarriage to an Italian American. He maintains ties to his Panamanian heritage while raising his children to embrace their multicultural Afro-Latina background. Mr. Quibian Salazar-Moreno is a former hip-hop and video game journalist who's byline you might ha

The number of Hispanic children grew from 2010 to 2020. The data show 1 in every 4 children, 25.7% (18.8 million), in the United States were of Hispanic origin in 2020, up from 23.1% (17.1 million) in 2010. States with the largest percentage point increases in their proportion of Hispanic children over the decade: Connecticut, up 6.5 percentage points; Maryland, up 6.5; Rhode Island, up 6.2; New Jersey, up 5.9; and Florida, up 4.9. Among them, New Jersey and Florida each adde

Rafael Edward Cruz was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and is an American politician serving as the junior United States senator...

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To serve in the Senate, nine years of citizenship are required, and the person must be 30 or older and live in the represented state. The...

In 1972 I was in Cienaga, Colombia SA. My friends and I were enjoying Arepas de huevo and Guarapo, while waiting for the Ferry to...

Marco Antonio Rubio was born May 28, 19 71, in Miami , Florida. His parents were Cubans who immigrated to the United States in 1956. His...

An estimated nine million US residents live in “mixed-status” households that include at least one unauthorized adult and one or more...

Scott Gordon Perry is an American politician and retired Army National Guard brigadier general . He is the U.S. representative for ...

The story about Latinos in America is an old one, and most of it isn’t true. It was created generations ago by Whites, to demonize...

Through history, 407 foreign-born Americans have served as members of Congress. That includes 347 immigrants who served in the House of...

Immigrating to the USA is a double-edged blade. They suffer abuse from the population, but they get to send money back home. Immigrants,...

Congress has lawmakers for whom the immigrant experience is a personal one: At least 64 of the current 529 voting members of Congress are...

Have you ever wondered why people think that the only Americans come from the USA. I blame Christopher Columbus, Amerigo Vespucci, and...

In Spanish, América is a single continent composed of the subcontinents of América del Sur and América del Norte, the land bridge...

Our fellow American neighbors who are immigrants, are an integral part of the country's diverse and thriving communities. They make...