November 26, 2008
President-elect Obama has made another cabinet pick, Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano to head the always troubled Department of Homeland Security. The decision is being praised left and right because of her experience inside the border state and a "practical" attitude. And while I suppose being practic...
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For over a year, we've been covering the various anti-immigrant measures in Virginia and the Latino community's struggle against the hate. The Washington Post is reporting that the state is attempting a different approach, with the aim of assimilating, not isolating, the undocumented... Recommend...
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Another Latino besides Bill Richardson is being eyed for a cabinet position in the Obama White House. Bronx Borough President, Adolfo Carrion Jr., is allegedly being considered to be the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Via / Gothamist ...
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Regular readers know of my dislike (to put it mildly) of the Thanksgiving holiday. Pero if I needed a reason to not celebrate, it could very well be this video of the once starry eyes U.S. VP hopeful, Alaska's Governor Sarah Palin going on and on about the holiday as turkeys are being killed behind ...
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You can't have it both ways. You cannot in one breath say that abortions are the cause of illegal immigration and criticize a woman's decision to have a child outside of marriage especially if both decisions are based in "American uteruses". You can't pick and choose your female reproductive organs....
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From the AP comes the following news about the plans that prospective Homeland Security secretary, Janet Napolitano, plans to make should she get the job: Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano, President-elect Barack Obama’s reported primary choice for Homeland Security secretary, says she still thinks N...
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President-elect Obama isn't the only one making questionable choices in his political appointments. Puerto Rico's Governor-elect Luis Fortuño chose the current assistant director of the FBI in Puerto Rico, José Figueroa Sancha, to head the island's police force, further blurring the line between P...
go to article »November 25, 2008
You know that when President Bush wears something it is most definitively a fashion don't. So I declare ponchos worn by lame duck Republican presidents to be not in style. Post extendido - Leer más 'President Bush Gives "Latin" Fashion A Try at APEC Summit in Lima'... ...
go to article »November 20, 2008
The would be Attorney General, Eric Holder, has a questionable relationship with Latin American politics. First: Holder is defense lawyer for Chiquita Brands international in a case in which Colombian plaintiffs seek damages for the murders carried out by the AUC paramilitaries - a designated terro...
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Regardless of what you think of undocumented immigration, I think we can all admit that there's some serious problems surrounding the issue of 'immigration' here in the U.S.. But what may be more difficult to admit to is the problems with incarceration in the U.S. that immigration exposes. Take, f...
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