Texas Border Residents March Against “Mounting Human Rights Crisis”
Texas Border Residents March Against “Mounting Human Rights Crisis”
By Peter Malof, Texas News Service EL PASO, Texas – The number of illegal border crossings from Mexico has dropped sharply in recent years, but that hasn’t slowed human-rights violations […]
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Thursday June 7, 2012 Romney woos Hispanics over economy (The Hill): Mitt Romney is using Hispanics’ double-digit unemployment rate to argue that the key voting bloc should support him instead […]
Finding Oscar: Massacre, Memory And Justice In Guatemala, Chapter 8: Two Guatemalas
(Editor’s note: This is the last of an eight part series) By Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, and Ana Arana, Fundación MEPI Chapter 8: Two Guatemalas Last August, a Guatemalan court found three former […]
Voter Fraud: Real Problem Or Real Hoax?
By Felipe Diaz, Being Latino So far, this election’s most controversial debate (other than the recent return of the birthers) is arguably voter I.D. laws. Thirty-two states have already implemented some […]
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Tuesday June 6, 2012 Long Pause in Illegal Immigration Sweeps as Arpaio Faces Discrimination Lawsuits (Associated Press/Fox News Latino): Critics of America’s self-proclaimed toughest sheriff, known for his hardline stance […]
The U.S. Latino Story Is Our Story, Let’s Tell It
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco First let’s list the things we know about being Latino in the U.S. These aren’t things that have been empirically proven, well promoted and marketed – […]
Latin America Climate, Energy And Environment News
By Amanda Maxwell, La Onda Verde Chile In a surprise move, the Board of Directors of the energy company Colbún announced that it wants to suspend progress on HidroAysén transmission line […]
Top Facts About Latinos In Today’s Primaries
PRESS RELEASE WASHINGTON, June 4, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — On the eve of the Republican primaries in California, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, and South Dakota, the Hispanic Leadership Network released […]
Internet Freedom Worries Pivot To Privacy Concerns
By Renee Blake, New Mexico News Connection ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Legislation aimed at fighting cyber-terrorism may have the unintended effect of violating the privacy of millions of Americans online, according […]
Hispanic Unemployment Rate Climbs
By Griselda Neváres, Voxxi The unemployment rate among Hispanics in May rose significantly to 11.0 percent, up from 10.3 percent in April. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday that overall […]
