Politics

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 […]

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 […]

The following post comes from Think Progress and it is example #1,200 as to why some Republican politicians still don’t get it, and probably never will. This week’s GOP Latino Denial winner is Rep. Tim Huelskamp. Here is what he said on the radio earlier this week: “[It’s] very discouraging,” Huelskamp told conservative radio host […]

For the record, Florida Senator Marco Rubio’s favorite rappers are NWA, Eminem, and Tupac. Jay-Z is never mentioned. So it comes as no surprise that Rubio is not a happy guy right now after news of the Cuba visit by Jay-Z and Beyonce has gotten Miami’s anti-Castro forces riled up. Here is what Rubio issued […]

It was one of the darkest moments in the history of Chile. The 1973 military coup that led to the death of Chilean president Salvador Allende and placed the military’s Augusto Pinochet into power. From 1973–1990, Pinochet ruled Chile as its military dictator, and it is common knowledge now that “the people of Chile were […]

This morning on CBS’ Face the Nation, two members of the bipartisan Gang of Eight, Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and Chuck Schumer (D-NY), talked about the current developments in crafting a comprehensive immigration bill. Schumer said that an initial draft of a bill will “hopefully” be ready by the end of this week, while both […]

NISGUA (Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala) filed the following Day 10 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 […]

For all those who think that the current national debate on immigration reform is a question of the restrictive right vs. the accommodating left, we offer the latest series of posts by Alex Nowrasteh of the Cato Institute, considered by many to be one of the most influential “think tanks” in the world. Cato bills itself […]

NISGUA (Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala) filed the following Day 9 report (from April 3, 2013) 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 […]

For most of my life I did my best to stay away from politics. I always felt that there was no point and that it is just a huge waste of time. In fact I still feel this way most of the time. We have created these imaginary sides, the left and the right. Team […]

NISGUA (Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala) filed the following Day 8 report (from April 2, 2013) 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 […]

Of all the stories and accounts that I have read the last few weeks about the U.S. tour of Cuban dissident blogger and Twitter rockstar Yoani Sánchez, this tidbit from The Florida Center for Investigative Reporting (FCIR) says it all for me: Cubans must pay as much as $6 to $12 per hour to access the […]

NISGUA (Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala) filed the following Day 7 report (from April 1, 2013) 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 […]

Yesterday we ran an April Fools piece that the Associated Press had dropped the terms “illegal immigrant” and “illegal” when describing a person. Today, it really did happen. We repeat: it really did happen. The AP dropped the “I-Word” when describing people. As first reported by Cristina Costantini of ABC/Univision, the AP posted an official […]

Is Pennsylvania Rep. Lou Barletta part of some unknown Italian American tribe that has always been here in this country because last time we checked the Ellis Island records, there are about 667 people named Barletta who crossed the Atlantic Ocean for a better life in the United States of America. Guess Rep. Barletta can’t […]

As first reported by The New York Daily News, “several immigrant rights and Latino groups” are planning a noontime protest tomorrow in front of the New York office of Senator Chuck Schumer as well as other events around the country to raise awareness about Schumer’s “extreme positions on immigration.” News of the protest events comes […]

UPDATE, April 1, 2021: Our publisher was finally able to locate the 1974 letter Chávez wrote to the San Francisco Examiner on November 27, 1974. Books about this letter erroneously cited it as being published in November 22, 1974. Here is a thread from our publisher about what the letter said: Am acknowledging the terms […]

The craziness continues. UPDATE: Some people thought that this entire fuss was about the late Hugo Chávez. Seriously. UPDATE: Google has responded. We enjoy celebrating holidays at Google but, as you may imagine, it’s difficult for us to choose which events to highlight on our site. Sometimes for a given date we feature an historical […]

Here is what Florida Senator Marco Rubio issued this morning in response to the news that major progress has been made on a comprehensive immigration bill: I’m encouraged by reports of an agreement between business groups and unions on the issue of guest workers. However, reports that the bipartisan group of eight senators have agreed […]