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Violence broke out in an indigenous community last week in Guatemala after a peaceful protest against the unjust policies of the mayor of Santa Cruz del Quiché, Estuardo Castro. The brutal attack against the K’iché hearkened back to Guatemala’s brutal history of repressing indigenous populations. On Wednesday night, July 4th, the indigenous K’iché Community Council […]

NOTE: This story and its headline have been edited and updated from its original report to reflect new information about the total number of respondents in this Quinnipiac poll. Governor Mitt Romney, the presumptive Republican candidate for President, may be gaining support with US Latino voters, according to a Quinnipiac poll released today. The poll […]

You don't think the US Latino vote is not important? Conventional political wisdom pretty much has said over and over again that for Mitt Romney to win the presidency in 2012, he has to move the needle on the Latino vote. If he is not around the 35-40% range with US Latino voters, he is […]

This week, the Tucson Unified School District, which gained national attention when TUSD school board member Michael Hicks appeared on "The Daily Show" to discuss why the board had decided to suspend the district's Mexican American Studies (MAS) program, held another public board meeting this past Monday. The official accounts from local news outlets chronicled pretty basic […]

Today the California state senate passed the TRUST (Transparency and Responsibilities Using State Tools) Act, 21-13. Billed by many as the "Anti-Arizona SB 1070" act, the TRUST Act, if signed by Governor Jerry Brown would essentially do the following: This bill would prohibit a law enforcement official, as defined, from detaining an individual on the basis […]

It is still one of the greatest documents ever written. Take a moment to just read it, and separate it from the historical context and how this country was formed. This Declaration of Independence, signed 236 years ago today, was in its essence, rebellious in nature. A huge FU to a King. The United States was […]

Today, the Twitter account of the National Council of La Raza tweeted the following announcement: The tweet was intended to promote NCLR's annual conference this weekend in Las Vegas. Other companies, like UPS, Walmart (that is another story), Bank of America, and Southwest Air, were also mentioned in separate tweets. However, the Wells Fargo announcement has […]

In light of last week's Supreme Court ruling on Arizona's controversial SB 1070 law, the American Civil Liberties Union released a video about how to people should know your rights. Basically, just be quiet when asked about your status. Silencio. No digas nada. Here is the Spanish one: And here is the English one.

For those who thought that #YoSoy132 and the "Mexican Spring" would disappear now that the Mexican elections concluded on July 1, think again. A YouTube channel called AnonElecciones (AnonElections) has produced two videos the last two days suggesting that voter fraud and other repressive measures occurred during the elections. Enrique Peña Nieto, the candidate of Mexico's […]

Even though the results will continued to be counted tonight and not fully confirmed until Wednesday, Mexico's Institute of Federal Elections (IFE) announced tonight at 12:15 am EST that Enrique Peña Nieto of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) was leading in the country's official "Quick Count." Tonight's results included 7,500 voting locations that are a […]

Even as votes continue to be counted tonight, the official website of Enrique Peña Nieto has already announced that Peña Nieto has already won the presidency, returning the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) to power after ruling Mexico for 71 years, from 1929-2000. Major outlets are reporting a win for the PRI, based on exit polls but […]

Jason Mattera is an ambush personality. We couldn't say that he is an actual journalist, just a personality who has made a career of catching the DC establishment off guard and selling it as "reporting." It really isn't journalism, but that isn't the point of this post. Mattera, who is of Puerto Rican and Italian […]

We knew it would happen sooner than later. Following a ruling by the Supreme Court last Monday—which basically struck down Arizona's controversial SB1070 law immigration, but allowed for the section 2(B) "show me your papers" provision to continue—organizations are beginning to challenge section 2(B), fearing that it will lead to racial profiling. On Wednesday, the […]

How much do we love Luis Gutierrez? A lot. Brilliance. Pick out the immigrant, people. Time to play! (h/t to @Synbad)

From the YouTube channel of GRBEntertainment: At a time of increasing debate about immigration from Mexico, filmmaker Christian Rodriguez looks at the roots of the issue, its current state, and where it is headed. It explores the reality of being an immigrant in a new land when the act of being an immigrant itself is […]

Here is what LatinoJustice PRLDEF had to say about today's Supreme Court decision on Arizona v. United States:   The Court found that the provisions that made it a crime for non-citizens who are unlawfully present in the United States to work in Arizona; criminalized working in Arizona without federal work authorization; and authorized local […]

The slippery slope (and the spin) now begins. Here is what Arizona Governor Jan Brewer released this morning after the Supreme Court struck down most of her state's controversial SB1070 law. She is hinging her hopes on the "check your papers" provisions, which was deemed as constitutional even though it will be closely monitored by […]

This just in from the Supreme Court regarding Arizona's SB 1070 laws and AZ Central provides a very good summary of today's opinion: The Supreme Court has ruled that one key part of the Arizona immigration law known as Senate Bill 1070 is constitutional, paving the way for it to go into effect. The court ruled […]

Technically, the following headline on Gallup's page, "Hispanic Voters Put Other Issues Before Immigration," is factually correct. However, once you really look at the data, the headline is also misleading. And that is the problem with the mainstream media and polls. It continues to try and prove that the US Latino vote does not care […]

Today on "Meet the Press", Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) once again avoided answering direct questions. Does he have the political cojones to just say what he writes in his book, where he suggests that people might not be so worked up about the politics and complexities of immigration if most immigrants came from Canada instead […]

The day after Mitt Romney spoke to the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) in Orlando, President Obama made his remarks. Did we not hear this message before in 2008? We will see, Mr. President, we will see. Let the ¡PANDERFIESTA! begin!     THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Gracias! (Applause.) Thank you […]