Primavera Sound Recap Day 3: PinkPantheress Almost Causes a Stampede and The Cure Made History Acts like PinkPantheress, Ethel Cain, JADE, and The Cure took over Day 3 of Primavera Sound Barcelona. Latin Times · Jun 6
Fighting Bugs With Bugs: Google's Plan To Reduce Mosquitoes in California and Florida The Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, a species native to Africa have spread across nearly half of California's counties since first being detected in the state in 2013. Latin Times · Jun 6
Treasury Secretary Refuses To Answer Questions About Trump's Proposed IRS Audit Immunity Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office on June 3, Trump also declined to clarify whether the compensation fund had been permanently scrapped or merely put on hold. Latin Times · Jun 6
Spain and France headline the 2026 World Cup race as England and Argentina complete the favorites' quartet The 2026 World Cup begins on June 11 with the tightest field at the top in recent memory. Three independent sources —the betting markets, artificial intelligence and FIFA's official ladder— paint, for the first time in years, the same map of power. And on that map, four flags share almost… Latin Times · Jun 6
Cuba Blasts New U.S. Sanctions After Trump Targets President Díaz-Canel, His Family and Raúl Castro's Inner Circle Cuba's government lashed out at Washington after the Trump administration imposed a sweeping new round of sanctions on President Miguel Díaz-Canel, his wife, his stepson, relatives of Raúl Castro and five key Cuban entities, escalating a pressure campaign that is now reaching not only the island's formal leadership but also… Latin Times · Jun 5
Xavier Becerra's First Shot as a California Governor Candidate Isn't at Tom Steyer: It's at Donald Trump Mexican American politician Xavier Becerra has not even officially begun his general-election campaign for California governor, but he has already chosen his first target, and it isn't fellow Democrat Tom Steyer or Republican Steve Hilton: It's Donald Trump. Latin Times · Jun 5
Report: Trump Admin Considered Declaring 2.7 Million Living People Dead as Part of Immigration Crackdown The executive said the proposal was never implemented and ultimately abandoned. Had it been carried out, it could have effectively cut affected individuals off from the financial system. Latin Times · Jun 5
Judge Rejects Trump's Asylum and Visa Freeze, Slams Admin for Leaving Immigrants in 'Indeterminate Legal Limbo' "Over six months later, many of those individuals remain without work, without legal status, and without any meaningful ability to plan for their futures," the judge wrote Latin Times · Jun 5
Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings Suspends Florida Governor Bid After Prostate Cancer Diagnosis Jerry Demings has served as the Orange County mayor since 2018; he previously served as sheriff of Orange County from 2009 to 2018. Latin Times · Jun 5
Madrid Becomes Global Gathering Point This Weekend as Pope Leo XIV and Bad Bunny Draw Massive Crowds As many as 1.5 million people are expected around the Cibeles area during the papal events, while Bad Bunny's concerts across multiple dates could draw roughly 600,000 attendees in total Latin Times · Jun 5
Daughter of RFK Jr. Says She Quit the Trump Administration Over CIA Spending Concerns, Including Gold Bullion Amaryllis Fox Kennedy, a former CIA officer and senior Trump administration intelligence official, says she resigned last month because she could no longer sign off on intelligence spending she believed lacked proper oversight, including the movement of taxpayer-funded gold bullion. Latin Times · Jun 5
Trump Administration Secretly Paused Some Green Card Cases for Refugees and Asylees from Latin America - REPORT The Trump administration quietly halted the processing of green card applications filed by some refugees and asylees, according to records obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request by the American Immigration Council. Latin Times · Jun 5
Hospitality Workers at SoFi Stadium Threaten Strike One Week Before World Cup According to Unite Here Local 11, which represents nearly 2,000 hospitality workers at SoFi Stadium, voting on the potential strike is scheduled to conclude June 6. The union and management are expected to return to the bargaining table June 8. Latin Times · Jun 5
Yucatán's Guillermo Keb Canul vs Elias Espadas: Friday Night Boxing Fight in Arlington, Texas Unbeaten prospect Guillermo Keb Canul (14-0) and veteran Elías Espadas (23-8) clear the scales in Arlington, Texas, carrying decades of Yucatecan boxing legacy into their toughest fights yet. Latin Times · Jun 5
Latin Times · Jun 5 Four Senate Republicans Block SAVE Act in Latest Split With Trump as Fellow GOP Senator Says They 'Betrayed Their Constituents' Sens. Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Mitch McConnell and Thom Tillis voted with Democrats to prevent it from being attached to the immigration enforcement funding package
Latin Times · Jun 5 Primavera Sound Recap Days 1 & 2: Wet Leg Kicks Off the Festival and Geese Performs Through the Rain Headliners like Doja Cat, Bad Gyal, & Massive Attack canceled their performances on Thursday due to adverse weather conditions.
Latin Times · Jun 5 Months After Major Social Security Workforce Layoffs, Disability Advocates Report Growing Delays and Access Problems The SSA has eliminated more than 7,100 positions since early 2025, reducing its workforce by roughly 13% as part of a broader federal effort to shrink government operations
Latin Times · Jun 5 The World Cup Shadow: Mexico Teachers' Union Strike Escalates Days Before Kickoff Mexico's most militant teachers' union, the CNTE, has entered its fifth consecutive day of strikes and blockades, escalating from street protests to storming the federal Education Ministry and shutting down major highways — all six days before the FIFA World Cup kicks off. President Sheinbaum refuses to meet with them…
Latin Times · Jun 5 Where American Men Live May Shape Their Odds of Surviving Prostate Cancer, New Study Reveals Researchers and public health experts point to several overlapping factors, including poverty, lack of insurance coverage, fewer primary care physicians and limited access to specialists
Latin Times · Jun 5 Republican Lawmakers Again Break With Trump on Ukraine Aid in Second Major Foreign Policy Rebuke in as Many Days The Ukraine legislation would provide more than $1 billion in security and reconstruction assistance to Ukraine while making an additional $8 billion available through defense loans
Latin Times · Jun 5 US Journalist Who Worked for Chinese State Media Admits Acting as Unregistered Agent for China Pauken reportedly received more than $100,000, along with travel expenses, for reports he was told would be read by President Xi Jinping
Latin Times · Jun 5 Internal DHS Report Noted Use of Excessive Force, Unsanitary Conditions at ICE Detention Center in Louisiana The Winn Correctional Center is owned by the Winn Parish Sheriff's Office and operated by private contractor LaSalle Corrections. At the time of the inspection, ICE housed 1,576 male detainees at the facility.
Latin Times · Jun 5 Bolivia's Cabinet Split Over Mass Protests Between Dialogue and Repression Bolivia has reached over 30 days of nationwide blockades and protests, ignited by President Rodrigo Paz's neoliberal reforms, proposed privatization of indigenous lands, and judicial actions against workers' unions and former socialist presidents Luis Arce and Evo Morales.
Latin Times · Jun 5 Rubio Marks Tiananmen at 37: 'No Amount of Censorship Can Erase the Past' Secretary of State Marco Rubio marked Tiananmen's 37th anniversary, vowing censorship can't erase 1989 — and Beijing pushed back. A look at what June 4 still means.
Latin Times · Jun 5 Is Bolivia's Protests Really Just About Politics? Why Bolivia's Drug Cartels May Have a Stake in Toppling Paz Bolivia's crisis looks political — but the DEA's return, a billion-dollar cocaine trade, and Washington's accusations raise the cartel question.