"Democratic U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas and his wife were indicted on conspiracy and bribery charges and taken into custody (May 3) in connection with a U.S. Department of Justice probe into the couple's ties to the former Soviet republic of Azerbaijan." — The Associated Press, May 3, 2024 Careers. While Hispanics represent 19 percent of the U.S. population, they only account for 5 percent of the nation's lawyers. — Hispanic Executive, May 6, 2024 … "In 2022, men accounted for nearly 78 percent of the bachelor's degrees awarded in computer science, while Latina and Black women combined earned just 2 percent of the bachelor's degrees." — The New York Times, May 16, 2024 "As of April 2023, according to the Pew Research Center, 62 percent of Latinos believed abortion should be legal in all or most cases. Twenty years earlier, Hispanics who told Pew that they opposed abortion rights outnumbered those in favor nearly two to one." — The New York Times, May 9, 2024. "Nearly 20 percent of the total US population is Hispanic. That 20 percent has an annual buying power of $3.2 trillion — more than the entire GDP of the UK. Despite this, Hispanic—focused advertising currently stands at about 4 percent of the total ad spend." — Radio Ink, May 16, 2024 Rebeca Ramos successfully led her abortion rights group in filing an injunction against Mexican law and having the country's Supreme Court decriminalize abortion. Ramos was among Time's "most influential people in health." — Time, May 13, 2024 Medar de la Cruz, a contributor to The New Yorker, received a Pulitzer Prize for illustrated reporting and commentary for a "visually driven story set inside Rikers Island." — The New York Times, May 7, 2024 "César Luis Menotti, the charismatic coach who in 1978 led Argentina to its first World Cup title, achieving that milestone in the country's capital, Buenos Aires, has died. He was 85." — The New York Times, May 11, 2024