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NISGUA (Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala) filed the following Days 17-18 report of the genocide trial of former dictator Efraín Ríos Montt and ex-intelligence chief Mauricio Rodriguez Sánchez in Guatemala City. They have given us permission to republish all their reports about this historic trial. NISGUA continues live coverage of the trial in Guatemala of Efraín Rios […]

Originally published at Cuéntame. The ‘Gang of Eight’ Immigration bill contains the toughest and costliest border enforcement measures in U.S. History. LOS ANGELES, CA – Cuéntame, released the following statement after the release of the “Gang of Eight” bi-partisan supported immigration bill. “Cuéntame has long said that comprehensive immigration reform must be passed to address […]

I have been searching for a job of late. Since my speciality is Hispanic/Latino news I wondered what differences there were between Hispanic vs Latino. I wondered if I could find out how those terms impacted my job search. So I did a little digging and this is what I found. From SimplyHired.com, I found […]

That didn’t take long. About a week after a story about how New Mexico umpire Corey Jones asked high school baseball players to stop speaking Spanish on the field went viral online, Jones has quit. Here is what the Albuqueque Journal reported yesterday: LAS CRUCES — The umpire who allegedly threatened to eject Gadsden High […]

I’m positive that you all have in one way or another been exposed to the same-sex marriage debate that is happening right now. Many people have changed their social media avatars in support of marriage equality, while others march and protest on the streets. It is such a big topic that is has recently made […]

The New Progressive Party (PNP) Status Committee, chaired by Luis G. Fortuño, the former Republican governor of Puerto Rico, unanimously voted to support a Puerto Rican Statehood bill that would be presented to Congress by the island’s Resident Commissioner, Pedro Pierluisi, who is also the President of the PNP. The party’s Status Committee also considered […]

Yesterday it was Iowa Rep. Steve King who got all nutty by using the tragedy of the Boston Marathon bombings as his “proof” that immigration security needs to be tighter. Today King was joined by Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert (R). This is what Salon reported today: Louie Gohmert joined Steve King in warning against passing immigration reform […]

So the Mexican Barbie controversy (which started from a blog post by the very cool Laura Martínez) got Mattel to respond: The Barbie Collector Dolls of the World line was launched in 1980 and is the largest and longest-running series in the history of the Barbie brand. Each doll wears an ensemble inspired by the […]

Here is the bill submitted by the Senate’s “Gang of Eight” regarding immigration reform. It is 844 pages long. You can download it here. The bill is titled, “The Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act.” “Gang of Eight” Immigration Bill: Full Text

UPDATE, April 18, 2013, 8:32 AM EST: We spoke with Phil Berne, Marketing Manager for Technical Media at Samsung Mobile. Berne shared the following official response from the company: “Samsung is not offering any such ringtones on our mobile devices.” We suspected that, since the ringtone comes from third parties, and in an open environment […]

NISGUA (Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala) filed the following Days 15-16 report of the genocide trial of former dictator Efraín Ríos Montt and ex-intelligence chief Mauricio Rodriguez Sánchez in Guatemala City. They have given us permission to republish all their reports about this historic trial. NISGUA continues live coverage of the trial in Guatemala of Efraín Rios […]

NISGUA (Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala) filed the following Days 13-14 report of the genocide trial of former dictator Efraín Ríos Montt and ex-intelligence chief Mauricio Rodriguez Sánchez in Guatemala City. They have given us permission to republish all their reports about this historic trial. NISGUA continues live coverage of the trial in Guatemala of Efraín Ríos […]

Last night NBC Latino published the initial details of the “Gang of Eight” immigration reform agreement. After months of negotiations, a bipartisan group of eight Senators has drafted  a blueprint that would sharply transform the nation’s current immigration laws. NBC Latino obtained an advanced memo of the bill’s main points ahead of an announcement.  Here […]

Memo to Congress: Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) needs to shut up. As reported by Think Progress, today King offered his thoughts about the Boston Marathon tragedy and how it proves that this country should not push for comprehensive immigration reform. Here is what TP shared today: Representative Steve King of Iowa, a prominent House conservative, […]

It all started after Jay-Z quickly recorded an “Open Letter” to his critics for having visited Cuba with his wife Beyoncé. The hip-hop megastar had many lines, including one that speaks to what he is suggesting is the U.S. hypocrisy when it comes to US-Cuba relations: “I’m in Cuba, I love Cubans. This communist talk […]

This morning Florida senator Marco Rubio (R) made the Sunday talk-show circuit to talk immigration. Here is his appearance on CBS’ “Face the Nation.” Rubio is “hopeful” that an immigration agreement will be announced this week. What follows are some selected quotes of what Rubio said today: I think this bill answers all of the […]

Sign the petition here. We just got this story from a fan of our of Facebook page, and we needed to share it. You can learn more about this story here. Bring Rodrigo Home – Kids For Kids!​ Rodrigo Guzman was a happy nine-year-old fourth grader at Jefferson Elementary School in Berkeley, California. On January […]

This story came via Deadspin, which found it at the Alburquerque Journal. The New Mexico paper reported that the coaches of a local high school baseball team from Las Cruces planned “to file a formal complaint against an umpire who allegedly told a Hispanic player to stop speaking Spanish during a game in Alamogordo on […]

Just look at the news coming from today’s Boston Globe, regarding the murder case of Aisling Brady McCarthy. The latest news about this case just broke on Boston.com (the Globe’s online platform) under the following headline: “Irish nanny Aisling Brady McCarthy charged with first degree murder in toddler death.” What we find so curious is […]

Today, Suffolk University released the following information about a new Suffolk/Universidad del Turabo poll of 601 likely voters in Puerto Rico: If the United State Congress were to allow the citizens of Puerto Rico to choose between independence and statehood, an overwhelming majority (70 percent) would choose statehood, with 14 percent opting for independence and […]

NISGUA (Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala) filed the following Days 11-14 report of the genocide trial of former dictator Efraín Ríos Montt and ex-intelligence chief Mauricio Rodriguez Sánchez in Guatemala City. They have given us permission to republish all their reports about this historic trial. NISGUA continues live coverage of the trial in Guatemala of Efraín Rios […]