Politics

It was one of those turn your head moments. An Associated Press story saying that “The Dominican Republic’s top court on Thursday stripped citizenship from thousands of people born to migrants who came illegally, a category that overwhelmingly includes Haitians brought in to work on farms.” It caused one of our resident Dominicano Rebeldes to […]

Among the sea of hashtags that have come out of the political standoff over healthcare between #Obamacare and #StandWithCruz came this hidden gem: #TedCruzIsAsLatinoAs. Hundreds took to the web to partake in some (seemingly) harmless Cruz bashing. #TedCruzIsAsLatinoAs Mitt Romney’s dad. — Gabe Ortíz (@TUSK81) September 25, 2013 #TedCruzIsAsLatinoAs taco Bell is authentic Mexican food. […]

Here’s to the voices that need to be heard. Watch. Story of the deportation of a young girl’s mother, and the pain that comes along with it. The terrorizing of immigrant communities needs to stop. No more broken families!

We found this story from a local outlet in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo. Looks like the state’s government has contracted a social media guy whose job is to create bots, manipulate trends and harass political opponents. And he gets good money for it, too: more than 50,000 Mexican pesos every two weeks, which […]

Originally published in Pa’lante Latino on September 23, 2011 We live in a time where revolutionary sentiments unite people under one cause to help them topple dictatorships, sanguine regimes and challenge government policies.  It is no surprise that such outcry is spreading around the world. From Egypt to Libya to Wall Street, people have become aware about the power of collective demonstrations. […]

THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Vice President For Immediate Release                                                September 20, 2013 REMARKS BY VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN AT THE U.S.-MEXICO HIGH LEVEL ECONOMIC DIALOGUE   Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mexico City, Mexico 10:24 A.M. (Local) THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Well, Mr. Minister, Foreign Minister, Finance Minister, thank you very, very much.  It’s a […]

Today there is another 9/11. As one outlet puts its, “that infamous date was synonymous with another assault against democracy: the military coup that toppled socialist president Salvador Allende in 1973 and installed a brutal 17-year dictatorship led by Augusto Pinochet.” This is a video of Allende’s last speech. Here is an another shorter video. […]

What started as an online share of a Breitbart piece falsely claiming that Dream Activist was actively telling young DREAMers to purposely lie about their immigration status has led to a complicated web of accusations and attacks lobbied against several Dream Activist leaders, according to tweets and links shared by the immigrant rights’ group. #NoMames: […]

This just floored us. Watch. On September 6, 2013, Chile hosts Venezuela in the same stadium where the human rights of 12,000 Chileans were violated 40 years ago. To all the Chilean players, we ask that when the first goal is scored, don’t celebrate it. Keep your mouths closed to stop the scream that comes […]

In an interview with El Nuevo Día published this past weekend, Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), chairman of Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, reaffirmed his position that neither the current territorial status nor the “enhanced commonwealth” arrangement are viable options for the future of Puerto Rico. Wyden said that the current territorial status was […]

This weekend at the National Association of Hispanic Journalists conference in Anaheim, things got political and partisan, and many in Latino media are asking why. It all started when Hector Barajas, a Latino GOP strategist with extremely impressive credentials, tweeted the following about John A Pérez, California’s Speaker of the Assembly and a Democrat: @SpeakerPerez […]

Come on. This is actually happening now that Texas senator Ted Cruz has had to address his Canadian past and the fact that he was indeed born in Calgary, but then said he wasn’t a dual citizen and that he was really just a U.S. citizen. Here is what Ted Cruz’s supporters are saying. Take, […]

Har, har, Ted Cruz. This is what how the Canadian-born Texas senator is dealing with the flak he has gotten about his country of origin. As reported in The Houston Chronicle: “I promise that while y’all are out I’ll try not to give any like really juicy piece of crazy news,” said Cruz. Then he […]

For those who really want to know that the US Latino population is all about, checking in with Pew Research’s Hispanic Center should be something you do on a consistent basis. Here are just a few of the data nuggets that Pew features:          

Ted Cruz. The Canadian gift that never stops giving. In an interview with CNN’s Candy Crowley, Cruz addressed the story about how he was technically a dual citizen of the United States and Canada, and how he said that he would renounce any Canadian citizenship. Here are some of the comments Cruz made, according to […]

After The Dallas Morning News reported Sunday that Senator Ted Cruz (R) was a dual citizen of the United States and Canada, Cruz issued a statement to the Associated Press that POLITICO reported: On Monday, Cruz said he would renounce his Canadian citizenship. “I got my U.S. passport in high school,” he said in a […]

Today the National Security Archive released documents confirming the CIA’s role in the 1953 Iranian coup, which ousted Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddeq: Washington, D.C., August 19, 2013 – Marking the sixtieth anniversary of the overthrow of Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddeq, the National Security Archive is today posting recently declassified CIA documents on the United […]

Leave it to Phoenix New Times’ Stephen Lemons to get to the bottom of another immigration raid associated with Sheriff Joe Arpaio: Saturday morning, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raided 16 locations throughout the Valley associated with Danny’s Family Car Wash and the company’s staffing provider HR Betty. According a statement issued by ICE, members of the […]

Today from Texas, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) livestreamed its annual Latino State of the State in Texas discussion. In case you missed it, here is the full session. Meanwhile, some of us have asked us why we were critical of MALDEF for supporting a Latina maids show we think does […]

We can do without the dramatic music, but we did receive the following YouTube from a fan, and so we are sharing it. . Watch, and you decide about La Torre de David, in Caracas. As the channel’s YouTube says: Welcome to the world’s tallest slum: poverty-ridden Venezuela’s Tower of David. Squatters took over this […]

Steve King is officially America’s #1 Pendejo. Yes, this is what the Republican congressman from Iowa, he of the cantaloupe legs and immigrants are like dogs comments, decided to take his neo-nativist ways on the road this month. Granted, not many people showed up. However, as POLITICO reports, here is what King said: He began […]