"A leading Hispanic organization is demanding assurances from the two major presidential candidates that they'll push for comprehensive immigration revisions and dramatically increase Hispanic representation in the federal government. ...
"Asked on Super Duper Tuesday to choose between a black candidate and a white candidate, Latinos chose both — and neither.“The candidates need to understand where Latinos stand,” says Smithe Celestrin, 31, standing outside Public School 24 in Brooklyn’s diverse...
"As if Katie Couric didn’t already have enough problems. Weighed down by record-low ratings at the anchor desk of “CBS Evening News,” and by reports suggesting she will leave that post two years before her multimillion-dollar contract expires, Couric now has civil...
"Most current polls show Barack Obama taking the lead in Texas, but one pollster argues that Hillary Clinton has in fact regained the momentum in the race. Here are the latest InsiderAdvantage numbers, compared to...
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"Nothing is more distressing to busy white people than the idea of individual opinions among minorities, especially potentially violent, perpetually dissatisfied minorities like blacks and Latinos, but especially blacks. They are all dissatisfied about different things then...
It is a comedy errors! Disingenuous rhetoric often leads to embarrassment by those who spew it. Hey, why not just be honest and come clean, these guys are capitalist and anything short of that makes them con men. No wonder the Hollywood crowd is so in love with this form of...
"Bargaining with pharmaceutical firms to bring down the price of Aids drugs and producing cheap generic versions has saved Brazil $1bn, a study has shown.
Infection rates in the Latin American country have been kept at a similar level to the US, the report finds.
And more...
The GOP may soon find itself regretting the choices that are being made on the road to 2008. The internal conversation among Latinos is to seperate themselves from the immigration debate and turn this into a full out Latino Civil Rights Movement. It is apparent that what...
In the politics of law enforcement when funding is budgeted for drug enforcement the mantra is 'Coke on the Table', seems that Mexican authorities have done well in putting it on the table this now will justify the money. Questions are... How many more multi ton bust will...
"Cuba's foreign minister on Tuesday warned that his country is prepared to defend itself if the United States tries to bring regime change by force, saying a conflict would jeopardize U.S. stability.
"We are not threatening and we never bluff," Felipe Perez Roque said in an...
"The first official order for the so-called "$100 laptop" has been placed by the government of Uruguay.
The South American country has bought 100,000 of the machines for schoolchildren aged six to 12.
A further 300,000 may be purchased to provide a machine for every child in...
In a recent conversation with a Cuban dissident in Venezuela he referred to his current view of the political situation as 'Deja vu'. For some this political change in Venezuela is nothing more then a replay of Castro's Revolution. How are things different? Could...
Is the honeymoon over? Venezuelan citizens reaction to the rapid political changes has brought to light many possible civil abuses, that have been part of the Cuba experience over the years. The road to socialism is...
"As the national debate
over immigration reached a fever pitch, some mainstream advocacy groups
"reached for the playbook of hate groups" -- resorting to hateful and
dehumanizing stereotypes and outright bigotry to...
Parece que el movimiento Revolucional de Sur America no esta en el 'Fast Track' que muchos esperaban. Se esta viendo mas desencion en la populacion general dando indicacion que no todos estan dispuesto a marchar en paso con el liderato y sus nuevos ideales. Varios me han...