Rebecca Aguilar

Rebecca Aguilar

Contributor, The Americano

is a multiple Emmy award-winning reporter with more than three decades of experience. She is based in Dallas, TX. Her investigative reports have shut down shady foster care placement centers, put crooked lawyers behind bars, and helped create federal hiring policies.

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Climate Meet the Two Young Latina Climate Activists Who Spoke at the DNC

Katherine Lorenzo and Alexandria Villaseñor have found ways to raise their voices and give their generation "a fighting chance" to save the planet.

August 21, 2020 1:41 pm EDT Rebecca Aguilar Rebecca Aguilar
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Elections Here Are the 3 Latino Democrat ‘Rising Stars’ the DNC Spotlighted Tuesday Night

They said it was going to be a different kind of keynote at the Democratic National Convention Tuesday night, and that’s what they delivered.

August 19, 2020 6:08 pm EDT Rebecca Aguilar Rebecca Aguilar
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Coronavirus Legendary Singer Trini López Dies From Covid-19

Born to Mexican immigrant parents, the singer and actor proudly kept his last name on his way to becoming a star.

August 13, 2020 1:01 pm EDT Rebecca Aguilar Rebecca Aguilar
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Coronavirus Texas Is Averaging 9,000 New COVID Cases a Day. Latinos Are Hardest-Hit.

What started as a small family cookout ended in 14 family members infected with COVID-19 and one dead. A cautionary tale to anyone underestimating the dangers of COVID.

July 31, 2020 4:17 pm EDT Rebecca Aguilar Rebecca Aguilar
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Culture IN PHOTOS: Latino Artists Paint Murals to Demand Justice for Soldier Vanessa Guillén

Meet the three Latino artists demanding 'Justice for Soldier Vanessa Guillén' and honoring her life by painting murals in Texas.

July 25, 2020 10:45 am EDT Rebecca Aguilar Rebecca Aguilar

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Business Here’s How Praising Trump Could Cost Goya More Than a Boycott

Many Hispanic consumers feel betrayed by Goya Foods after its CEO's comments praising Trump. 'They will pay for it,' says a Latino marketing expert.

July 17, 2020 4:03 pm EDT Rebecca Aguilar Rebecca Aguilar
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Crime Officer Who Wrote Offensive Vanessa Guillén Post Says It Was Misunderstood

A former Wisconsin Air Guard Officer says she didn't mean to imply Vanessa Guillén deserved to be sexually harassed when she posted "Sexual harassment is the price of admission [to the military].

July 6, 2020 4:18 pm EDT Rebecca Aguilar Rebecca Aguilar