The Journey to Hoy

“I was always a reporter,” Mercedes Fernandez said simply. From Lima, Peru to Chicago, Illinois, this statement rings true. A reporter for Hoy, the Chicago’s Tribune Spanish-language newspaper, Peruvian...

Democrats err on immigration, Latino issues

As they recall the failure of immigration reform in Congress, Democrats want to come off as the good guys."This means burying the fact that their patrons in organized labor instructed them to kill any compromise that included guest workers — a concept AFL-CIO President John...

Women Are the New Coyotes

""Gaviota" (not her real name) has six phones that don't stop ringing. Her booming business produces net profits of more than $50,000 a month."

Stamp to honor newsman Ruben Salazar

"The U.S. Postal Service has announced plans to issue a stamp in honor of a Hispanic newsman killed during a 1970 riot in Los Angeles. The stamp commemorating Ruben Salazar, who was news director for the Spanish-language station KMEX at the time of his death, will be issued...

Among networks, Spanish-language Univision is now a top contender

"Many Americans click past Univision's melodramatic Mexican soap operas and sportscasters yelling "GOOOOOOAL!" But after a couple of recent rating coups, the Spanish-language TV network is carving out a Latino face on the Mount Rushmore of broadcast television alongside NBC,...

Immigration Conflict Puts Sen. Martinez In Tough Position

"For many in the country's fastest-growing segment of the electorate, Sen. Mel Martinez is the face of the Republican Party. The Florida senator was handpicked by President Bush to become the first Hispanic chairman of the Republican National Committee, and when Univision...

Democrats Talk English Only in Univision Debate

"Univision's late entry to the field of networks hosting such high-profile political events was evident Sunday night. Reporters from around the world who came to Florida to cover the debate were left with no audio feed in the room where they were placed outside the debate...

Ignoring Hispanic vote shortsighted and insightful

So, the Latino Vote is just incidental spillage to the GOP and taken for granted by the Dems. This is just more proof of how useless the Latino community is without a central voice or agenda. Until Latinos get a united direction they will yield no political power. "What's the...

English-only signs in Merrimack

""My concern is that multi-lingual nations have a history of problems, and have no mechanism for unification. If you look to the north, Quebec made a move to secede from Canada, and the vote only failed at 49 percent. I don't think we want that.""Texas, Florida, California,...

Plea deal reached in El Nuevo standoff

This is the guy who made dozens of Miami Herald employees wish they stayed home the day after Thanksgiving.  "The man who barricaded himself inside the newsroom of El Nuevo Herald in November pleaded no contest to assault and burglary charges and received two years of...

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