Politics

This is the first of a series of reports from the Open Society Justice Initiative about the trial in Guatemala City of former Guatemalan dictator Efraín Ríos Montt, and José Mauricio Rodríguez Sanchez, former military intelligence chief. The charges are “crimes against humanity and genocide.” As the OSJI states, “The charges arise from systematic massacres of […]

This week the trial of Guatemala’s ex-dictator Efraín Ríos Montt began. Democracy Now! featured this story today on their show. Here is the video: The show’s site also provided more context about this historic trial: In Guatemala, a landmark trial is underway against former U.S.-backed dictator Efraín Ríos Montt on charges of genocide and crimes […]

Watch this and learn. Amazing what happens actual people who know about immigration get to speak with neo-nativist senators who don’t. Senator Jeff Sessions gets schooled. As the original Think Progress post says: Two-thirds of legal immigration is family-based, and a majority of immigrants are now women, thanks to the emphasis on family visas since […]

So the Republican National Committee decided that it needed to wake up this weekend and begin to court the new U.S. voter demographic, when it issued “The Republican National Committee’s Growth and Opportunity Project,” which “is recommending softening some of the party’s conservative positions — or at least how it communicates them.” As one part […]

Rick Perry. He isn’t boring, that is for sure. Here is what he said at CPAC yesterday. Hearing boos after mentioning the GOP strategy of reaching out to “growing Hispanic demographic” is the least of his problems. Just watch the rest of it. Yes, U.S. Latinos just live for government handouts, that conservative is “blind […]

How is your voice today? I’m asking because it’s the most valuable thing we Latinos have. Yes, I think that your car, clothes, house, even your latest pairs of amazing celebrity-endorsed shoes are expensive, but it’s not as valuable as your voice, your thoughts, your experiences being young, Latino, and with the world at your […]

Any questions, GOP? Do you also notice the other color that is growing on the fence? (H/T Upworthy)

A ruling in the case CURTIS ACOSTA, et al., Plaintiffs, vs. JOHN HUPPENTHAL, et al. Defendants, has been rendered out of United States District Court, District of Arizona. In short, the ruling was a crushing blow to the Mexican American Studies program out of Tucson, which is banned under current Arizona law. As Plantiffs’ attorney […]

Think it over, MLB Network. Last night during the World Baseball Classic telecast between Team Mexico and Team USA, the graphics group at the MLB Network wanted to shares some fun facts about the countries. They got most of the information correct, except for one big error: the United States does not list English as […]

UPDATE: Another video has surfaced that shows Peña Nieto waking up from his “nap.” This clip comes from a left-leaning site in Mexico. Here is the original story we posted: This is why you have to be careful about what you do in public these days. You never know. Such is the case of Mexican […]

Why do we even need to write essays about Puerto Rico’s political status and statehood pipe dreams when The Daily Show just covered the real issues in just four minutes? Like Al Madrigal says, you really want more representatives in Congress these days? Classic. Here it is. The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Get More: […]

Yes, familia, even opinion writers in blue state Massachusetts show their cultural ignorance once in a while. Take the case of The Boston Globe’s Jeff Jacoby, a conservative columnist who today penned the following opinion piece, “Americans speak every language, but only English unites us.” The column focuses on Gabriel Gómez, a second-generation Colombian American […]

This morning, Democracy Now! ran a 50-minute roundtable surrounding the death of Hugo Chávez and where Venezuela goes from here. Here is the entire segment: “With the death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez after a two-year fight with cancer, we host a roundtable discussion on a revolutionary leader whose democratic-socialist policies not only transformed his […]

Multiple reports have confirmed that Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez has died today due to health complications that resulted from his fight with cancer. He was 58 years old. Venezuelan Vice President Nicolás Maduro announced Chavéz’s death less than an hour ago. According to Maduro, Chávez died at 4:30 pm local time. Chávez, admired by many […]

Yesterday media outlets began to report about Jeb Bush’s new book, “Immigration Wars” and his positions as he considers a 2016 run to the White House. The news led many to conclude that Bush had suddenly changed his views on immigration, causing a very strong reaction with reformers. When our own Charlie García tweeted a […]

Tonight Ernesto Villegas, Venezuela’s Communication and Information Minister, said via Venezuelan television that the heath of President Hugo Chávez has worsened, and that a “new and severe infection” has developed. According to Villegas, Chávez, who recently spent two months being treated in Cuba for an unidentified form of cancer that was revealed in 2011, is […]

This just in from DRM Action Coalition. Senator Chuck Schumer has been one of the lead persons on immigration and memeber of the Gang of 8; however, after reviewing his record, he can hardly be called a champion. Latinos and our community voted for humane immigration reform to ensure families are together, not more out […]

News outlets in Mexico this week have been overrun by the sudden announcement of the arrest and detention of Elba Esther Gordillo Morales, known simply as ‘La Maestra’ and dubbed by many as the most powerful woman in Mexico. Gordillo was the head of the powerful SNTE teachers union in Mexico—which is in fact the […]

The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) is one of the oldest and most respected Hispanic civil rights organizations in the United States. Formed in 1929, it has an exceptionally notable history, and as part of its mission statement reads, LULAC’s goal “is to advance the economic condition, educational attainment, political influence, housing, health […]

The following is raw YouTube video about a confrontation between Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, one of the nation’s most vocal anti-immigrant voices, and members of the Sunflower Community Action, a “a Kansas-wide, non-profit, grassroots organization” that promotes social and racial equality. This is what local Kansas media is reporting: Kansas Secretary of State […]

Is mocking someone with cancer funny? If you are on the Internet the last two months, there have been thousands of tweets and memes that have made fun of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, who is dying from cancer. That is bound to happen, and most of the content being shared is pretty tasteless. However, does […]