Why I Always Have To Make Everything About Race

Why I Always Have To Make Everything About Race

Mary Mata April 8, 2011

As a Latina who not only was raised to be aware of these issues, but who’s studied in them in school and written about them professionally for several years, I […]

Puerto Rico’s Economic Recovery Outlook Not Great

Mary Mata April 7, 2011

[Editor’s Note: The following post is excerpted from remarks made by William C. Dudley, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on April 1, 2011.] […]

The Problem With Latin America’s Aging Population

Mary Mata April 6, 2011

[Editor’s Note: The following was published by The World Bank] Report advises Latin American countries to prepare for a ‘greying revolution’; rapid aging no longer a rich country phenomenon. Region’s […]

Bien Hecho: Puerto Rican Students Win NASA Moonbuggy Race

Mary Mata April 5, 2011

Students from Puerto Rico took the top prizes in the high school and college division in the NASA Great Moonbuggy Race this year. The teams came from Teodoro Aguilar Mora […]

VIDEO: Pitting Immigrants, African-Americans Against Each Other

Mary Mata March 30, 2011

African-Americans and immigrants are often pitted against each other by politicians in this country trying to convince us all that there’s only so much to go around, and so we […]

VIDEO: The Fate Of Comprehensive Immigration Reform

Mary Mata

The future of comprehensive immigration reform (CIR) is in serious doubt and for this reason, it’s important to work toward reform in steps, according to Oscar Chacón, Executive Director of […]

VIDEO: Why Anti-Immigrant Sentiment Is Anti-Latino Sentiment

Mary Mata

We recently had the chance to chat with the executive director of the National Alliance of Latin American and Caribbean Communities (NALACC), Oscar Chacón, about several issues. Interestingly, Chacón points out that […]

Central America Increasingly Caught Up In Drug Wars

Mary Mata March 24, 2011

Drug violence that has plagued Mexico and Colombia for decades is moving into Central America as the U.S., as well as Mexican and Colombian governments, step up enforcement on drug […]

Guatemala’s First Couple Divorces, Wife To Run For President

Mary Mata

Guatemalan President Álvaro Colom and his wife, Sandra Torres filed for divorce recently so that Torres could run for president later this year. According to the Constitution in Guatemala, one […]

U.S. Ambassador To Mexico Quits

Mary Mata March 22, 2011

In part due to a leaked Wikileaks cable that questioned Mexico’s ability to fight the drug war, and probably due to a whole lot of back door politics, the U.S. […]