Comedian George Lopez, Actress/ Producer Aubrey Plaza and Gold Medal Olympic Gymnast Hezly Rivera were honored as "trailblazers" in Time's "2024 Latino Leaders." — Time, September 12, 2024 "Singer, actor and entrepreneur Selena Gomez has reached billionaire status, according to Bloomberg, which added the celebrity to its billionaire index on September 6." — Time, September 7, 2024 "Hispanic and Latino" remain the two most popular pan-ethnic terms for the U.S. population with roots in Latin America and Spain. While "'Latinx' has emerged as a gender-neutral alternative, nearly half the Hispanic population "has never heard of the term." Of those who have, 75 percent "say it should not be used." — Pew Research Center, September 12, 2024 "Jessica Ramos, a progressive New York State senator from Queens, announced (September 13) that she was entering the race to unseat Mayor Eric Adams in next year's Democratic primary. Ms. Ramos is the fourth prominent Democrat to challenge Mr. Adams." — The New York Times, September 14, 2024 "Alberto Fujimori, the former president of Peru, who in his decade in office rebuilt the nation's economy and quelled two deadly leftist insurgencies, but who was forced out by a corruption scandal and later imprisoned for human rights abuses, died." He was 86. — The New York Times, September 13, 2024 … "Sergio Mendes, the Brazilian-born pianist, composer and arranger who brought bossa nova music to a global audience in the 1960s through his ensemble, Brasil '66, and remained a force in popular music for more than six decades, died." He was 83. — The New York Times, September 7, 2024 "Mexico's Senate (September 11) narrowly passed a sweeping proposal to revamp the judiciary system, effectively clearing the last major obstacle to a measure that the country's president had vowed to push through before stepping down at the end of this month." — The New York Times, September 12, 2024 "Protecting the world's most pristine ecosystems is essential to curb climate change and prevent biodiversity loss, but it also continues to be deadly. At least 196 people were killed last year defending the environment," — The New York Times reported September 11. Colombia topped the list with 79 killings of environmentalists and activists.