Gangs attack a neighborhood in Haiti that's home to the country's elite
Heavily armed gangs in Haiti have attacked a neighborhood that’s home to most of the country’s elite and had been largely ...
US Has Frozen Funding for the UN-Backed Mission to Quell Gangs in Haiti, UN Says
The U.S. has been the biggest contributor to the mission led by Kenyan police, which was launched last year and is struggling ...
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From Street Gang to Revolutionaries — José ‘Cha Cha’ Jiménez and The Young Lords Laid Groundwork for Radical Racial Justice Movements
José “Cha Cha” Jiménez, radical Puerto Rican activist and civil rights icon, passed away on January 10, 2025. He was 76. Best ...
José Jiménez Dies at 76; Turned a Gang Into a Voice for Puerto Ricans
He retooled the Young Lords into a militant advocacy and service organization, modeled after the Black Panthers. Based in ...
New contingent of Kenyan police joins UN-backed mission to fight gangs in Haiti
A fourth contingent of Kenyan police arrived Thursday in Haiti to help repel violent gangs as officials brushed off concerns ...
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José "Cha Cha" Jiménez, who turned Chicago's Young Lords gang into human rights activist group, dies at 76
"At the time, the gangs were not like the gangs of today ... the 1937 Ponce massacre in Puerto Rico, and activist and Puerto Rican nationalist Pedro Albizu Camps, according to the biography.
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UnidosNow, Ringling Museum of Art collaborate for third annual NocheUnidos celebration
The event features Bomba Yemayá, from Puerto Rico, and the 79rs Gang, who bring the spirit of Carnival from their New Orleans community. “For our region, this beautiful space is the 'nido'or ...
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José ‘Cha Cha’ Jiménez, prominent Puerto Rican civil rights leader, dies at 76
Mr. Jiménez in the 1960s started the Young Lords as a street gang to counter the growing hostility toward the Puerto Rican community in Lincoln Park, at the time one of the most impoverished ...
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José “Cha Cha” Jiménez, Founder of the Young Lords, Dies at 76
In the 1960s, Jiménez turned a Chicago street gang into a Puerto Rican political organization inspired by the Black Panthers. José “Cha Cha” Jiménez: “So, the Young Lords were a gang in ...