Pablo De La Rosa

La alcaldesa de Los Ángeles, Karen Bass, firmó una proclamación para renombrar el Día de César Chávez como el Día de los Trabajadores Agrícolas. “Su familia está de acuerdo con la decisión”, expresó. Video: Newsource

Anna, I'm going to be honest. I'm haunted by Huerta's voice at the moment. I'm not sure what to say about it. I wasn't expecting what I felt throughout the interview. When she said "I have to take personal responsibility", I thought, "Is that real or is she still blaming herself? What kind of hold did Chavez have on her and through what means? Is it still there today? In this interview?" And I think about threads like yours as well, and the fact that we put ideas and images of people on a pedestal. Do we really know our heroes? It's a shocking and unbalancing situation. I have no answers, but to center the victims. To support the structures that will allow them to come forward. And I feel a deep loss when I think that maybe that's the only answer we're going to get — that we need to help the victims. In that respect, we agree.

@pblodlr Agreed! Here is my response to @Maria_Hinojosa. It is morally unconscionable if anyone stayed silent about Cesar Chavez's sexual abuse — including Dolores Huerta — which may have prevented the rape of innocent young girls. Justice demands accountability & no one gets a free pass

This is a tough interview with a lot of hard questions, as I knew there would have to be. There are some parts of the interview where I deeply empathize with Huerta and other parts where it really hurts to listen. This is not an interview that made me feel good. I would need some time to process to say more. I will say the organizations carrying on the movement today have focused their attention on setting up processes for support and accountability, encouraging any other victims to come forward. That's a good thing and what we should be talking about. But some of the initial reaction online, suggesting to replace Chavez with another leading figure, felt a little rushed to me and still does.

"We're talking about millions of farm workers. And I think my staying quiet and not revealing this — I don't know if that contributed or didn't contribute. But in my mind, when people say, 'Why didn't you leave? Why didn't you tell people?' Well, this is why," Huerta says. "Because I felt that my coming out and saying that would have hurt the movement. And that's the only reason I can see. I guess I have to take personal responsibility for my decisions. I do believe that would have been the end of the movement, pretty much at the very, very beginning."

Listening now to Dolores Huerta's first interview since the New York Times piece on Cesar Chavez's history of abuse, just published this morning on Latino USA. Huerta says early in the interview that she is devastated after learning about the extent of the abuse, and that it speaks to a lack of respect for women and girls in our society that still needs to be addressed. Huerta only recently learned of the abuse of teenage girls from New York Times reporters, who wrote that she broke down upon hearing the accounts. She credits the victims who first came forward with her own coming out. "I just want to say that I think the fact that the women, the survivors who had this happen to them as girls, that they have had the courage to come out — God knows, I really applaud them so much, because I think their courage has given me the courage also to be able to come out," Huerta says in the interview. "Because in many instances, they will want to blame the girls. Some people will try to blame me. But they don't realize that Cesar, I often refer to him as a genius, because he did so much in terms of inspiring leaders and leading the movement. But I don't think anybody knew that he would even do this," Huerta says. Listen to the full interview: latinousa.org/2026/03/19/dol…

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@nunez_anna @ValOnTheBorder @arelisrhdz @edjsandoval @laurenvillagran @Perla_Trevizo @FrancescaDnunz @ujohnnyg @lomikriel @acolleendg @nachoaguilar @AaronTorres_ @SergioMarBel Thank you, Anna! Saluods!

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Pretty sure the Rio Grande Valley is the only region in the country where 20+ high schools have conjunto programs, and they compete all day to see who is the best. These kids at the Texas Conjunto Showdown are great. #RGV

📰 Our daily news brief for Friday — RGV advocates demand ICE accountability while San Benito rolls out Flock surveillance cameras, plus two analyses of the 57% Democratic primary turnout surge in the Rio Grande Valley. acrosstheamericas.com/hidalgo-camero…

@CMartinezDC Thanks for sharing this.

@pblodlr unidosus.org/press-releases…

“The first thing is just that stark divide between Democrats and Republicans in Hidalgo County — that’s pretty dramatic. It’s more than triple,” Kaswan said. Kaswan said that it may be too early to tell what exactly drove the sudden wave of voters in the Rio Grande Valley, but offered a few theories. myrgv.com/local-news/202…

Community organizers in the Rio Grande Valley, including We The People RGV, LULAC, and the Brown Berets, rallied on a McAllen overpass Friday morning holding "No War" and "Fuck Trump" signs alongside Mexican and U.S. flags. The coalition is demanding that local law enforcement reject collaboration with ICE, adopt a warrant-only enforcement model, and ensure due process and humane treatment for all people in immigration detention. Migrants in legal process are being incarcerated nationwide, a major departure from previous practice, under which legal applicants were allowed to work and build lives as their cases were processed. A follow-up protest is scheduled Saturday, March 14 at 11 a.m. at El Valle Detention Center in Raymondville, Texas. 📩 Read and subscribe at acrosstheamericas.com for exclusive content from the Texas-Mexico border in your email inbox.

The city of Starbase plans to cancel the May 2026 Starbase City Commission election. All three incumbents are running unopposed #rgv

Great recap from @sammiecarrots in the Border Chronicle of where things stand with the wall in the Big Bend sector. theborderchronicle.com/big-bend-borde…

BREAKING: more than 130 orgs, outfitters & rural Texas businesses are urging Congress to block funds for border wall construction through Big Bend. Walls here would cut off public river access, decimate rural economies & block wildlife from their only reliable water source.

📰 From the daily news brief — Port of Brownsville tempers claims about the proposed oil refinery's environmental safety, while a new study warns Trump’s National Defense Area could cause severe flooding on the Rio Grande. acrosstheamericas.com/news-briefs-ch…

The full background behind Trump's recently announced oil refinery at the Port of Brownsville that began more than a decade ago, and the political party fracturing under the pressure of soaring gas prices. My latest for Across The Americas — acrosstheamericas.com/port-of-browns…

Just now — President Trump announces a new $300 billion oil refinery for the Port of Brownsville, billed as the first new U.S. refinery in 50 years and part of a deal the president is calling “the biggest in U.S. history”. For Rio Grande Valley residents: Even refineries marketed as “clean” raise real concerns about air quality, water use from the Rio Grande, and impacts on nearby wildlife refuges and coastal ecosystems. Many Valley communities depend on these natural resources for fishing, tourism, and quality of life.