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November 7, 2009

Rep. Loretta Sanchez reiterates that she is not running for Governor

Honduras leadership in limbo as accord dissolves

November 6, 2009

MASCOTTE — Voters in this south Lake County city this week reversed a historical decision made two years ago when they elected Central Florida’s first Latino mayor. – The tables turned for Feliciano “Felix” Ramirez and Jeffrey Krull, whom Ramirez easily defeated in his landmark 2007 election with 68 percent of the vote. This time, Krull squeezed by with 12 more votes to defeat Ramirez, who had strong ties with Mascotte’s increasing Latino population.

A Victory in the Senate with the Halt of the Vitter Amendment – LULAC

The closing immigration window

Trenton Latino political leader: Time to lick wounds and focus on unity – rethinking campaign strategy yesterday after three Latino candidates lost

Like California’s 30 years ago, Oregon’s growing Latino population is reaching a tipping point: A critical mass of Latino professionals is starting to organize and influence state and local politics. – dubbed Latino Agenda for Action

A third woman has filed a paternity claim against Paraguay’s Roman Catholic bishop-turned- president, her lawyer confirmed Thursday – President Fernando Lugo

Senate Democrats Thursday blocked a GOP attempt to require next year’s census forms to ask people whether they are U.S. citizens – Vitter’s attempts fail

November 5, 2009

AZ GOP Committeman: Ask “Brown People” About Crime in Tucson

For the first time ever, Bolivians living abroad will be able to cast their ballots in the upcoming general election.

Hope and Disappointment in Uruguay’s Elections

Low Latino voter turnout in NJ and VA elections reveal a return to the old ways

Lawrence City Council will have Hispanic majority – Massachusettts

Hispanic Voter Turnout Remains Low – voter turnout rate of just 21% in Yakima, WA

Democrats push Pelosi to protect immigrants

Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-Tex.), the powerful chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, was the subject of a complaint to ethics investigators last year after an aide contacted U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) about the kidnapping of a distant relative of Reyes’s wife.

U.S. Rep. Silvestre Reyes aide: No misuse of power in rescue of relative

Deal to restore Manuel Zelaya in Honduras at risk – Supporters of ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya say lawmakers are stalling efforts to bring him back to office before a Nov. 29 election.

Cuban Tomas Regalado was elected mayor of Miami with a pledge to control spending, limit property-tax increases and curtail development

November 4, 2009

Statement of US Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis on this week’s immigration enforcement and workers’ rights report

Life’s a real beach for New York Latino politicos

Hispanic Women Run for Nevada Office – Several candidates hope to alter the composition of the Nevada State Legislature. There are currently no Hispanic women serving in the legislature, but four have already announced they will run next year

Mexican-born immigrant rights activist Jorge Mujica plans to challenge incumbent Rep. Dan Lipinski in next year’s Democratic primary for Illinois’ 3rd congressional district.

Miami mayor candidates could trigger different shake-ups – Joe Sánchez and Tomás Regalado

Reid Gets No GOP Support For Resolution Honoring Hispanic Media

Last Argentine dictator, ex-generals go on trial

California Congresswoman Loretta Sánchez Leads Congress’s Charge Against Domestic Abuse

U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis and former Chilean President Ricardo Lagos arrived in Tegucigalpa on Tuesday to join a commission set to verify compliance with the accord reached last week by deposed Honduran President Mel Zelaya and the de facto regime installed by the June 28 coup.

The debate over health care for illegal immigrants continues to percolate in Congress despite the Obama administration’s efforts to put it to rest, with lawmakers in both houses also wrangling over how much coverage to provide for immigrants who have settled in the country legally.

Lawrence elects Massachusetts’ first Latino mayor – William Lantigua

November 2, 2009

Latinos need more than lip service – Families are being torn apart by America’s broken immigration system. President Obama needs to show leadership and fix it – (the view from England)

The Real Winner in Honduras: The United States?

Minorities Seek To Make History In Elections – Massachusetts

Rep. Raul Grijalva, Co-Chair of Progressive Caucus, Vows to Bring “Robust” Public Option to House Floor

Zelaya, Micheletti Beginning to Disagree About Crisis-Ending Accord

Democratic Party leaders meeting at a pre-election dinner Thursday announced their endorsement of Assemblyman Jose Peralta over Monserrate in the 2010 primary – NY

October 30, 2009

Puerto Rico lawmakers have voted to adopt one of the world’s lowest legal limits for drunk driving.

LULAC Hails the Inclusion of Puerto Rico in the House Healthcare Bill

Senator Reid States He Is Keeping Anti-Immigrant Vitter Amendment From the Senate Floor

Queens, NYC State Senator Hiram Monserrate : Once a Community Defender, Now an Attacker?

Sanchez sisters eyed by House ethics panel for alleged collusion – Linda and Loretta CA Democrats

Did a resolution honoring Hispanic media trigger a silent boycott among the GOP?

San Francisco mayor vetoes new city sanctuary law

Deposed President Manuel Zelaya and his opponents have agreed to a U.S.-brokered deal that he believes will return him to power four months after a coup shook faith in Latin America’s young democracies.

October 29, 2009

Hijo de activista Rudy Lozano ingresa a la política en Chicago

Obama, en esfuerzo bilingüe, busca votos latinos en New Jersey y Virginia

Hispanics voice concerns to mayoral candidates in Tulsa

Obama Official: Immigration Reform Will Be Introduced Once Votes to Pass It Are Assured

October 28, 2009

Latino Leaders Launch National Campaign for Healthcare Reform – New website unveiled today will educate and mobilize community on healthcare reform.

GOP needs new approach for Hispanic vote

Congress Members Urge Obama to “Break the Silence” on Honduran Rights Violations

Statement by Sarah Stephens, Center for Democracy in the Americas, UN Vote on Cuba embargo – After UN Embargo Vote, Obama Should Push Further, Faster on Cuba Policy Reforms

CNN Columnist Ruben Navarrette: Immigration Reform Must Wait – response to Rep. Luis Gutierrez

Phoenix City Council members on Monday named David Cavazos the next city manage

Illinois Congressman Luis Gutierrez: Immigration Reform Cannot Wait

After Arpaio is Stripped of Immigration Powers, Conservatives Counter With A New Anti-Immigrant Bill

October 27, 2009

The Corzine campaign is airing a television ad unveiled over the weekend that features President Obama telling viewers in Spanish that the future of New Jersey is in their hands — “El futuro de Nueva Jersey esta en tus manos,” the president says.

René, de Calle 13: “El presidente de Colombia no es Colombia”

MTV apoya a René, de Calle 13: “Los artistas son libres de expresarse”

Passage of Hate Crimes Bill Signals a New Day for Justice, Says NCLR

Maurice Ferre pledges to help bring an end to “poisonous political games in Washington” – Releases second video with details of background and how he will approach the job of U.S. Senator

The Case of the Cuban Five: American Justice as a Political Weapon

Police Leaders from Across the Country Call For Immigration Reform – Law Enforcement Officials Describe Impact of Broken System on Public Safety and Community Trust

Impractical and Unconstitutional – Sen. Vitter Tries to Use the Census to Further Anti-Immigration Agenda

Rep. Crowley and Members of Congress to President: We Need Immigration Reform Now

Senator Vitter’s Amendment is Gumming Up the Census

Obama’s Dirty War On Immigrants

October 26, 2009

U.N. Vote to Condemn (Obama’s?) Embargo on Cuba

U.S. troops will be allowed to use six Colombian military bases and other facilities necessary for joint operations,

Fidel Castro’s younger sister, Juanita, now living in Miami, reveals in a Univisión-Noticias 23 report on her new book that she worked with the CIA while living in Cuba.

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn has appointed three people to the state’s Latino Family Commission – has never met since it was established in 2007 (?)

Poll: Tomás Regalado leads Miami mayoral race – 40% favored him, with 18% supporting his opponent, Joe Sanchez. 42% of voters were undecided.

The city spent $15,100 to throw a dinner party for state Sen. Juan “Chuy” Hinojosa, D-McAllen, Oct. 15, and city leaders defended the expense as a well-deserved thank you to the powerful senator, despite recent budgetary cutbacks.

October 17, 2009

El Diario Endorses Thompson, Likening Bloomberg to Hugo Chávez

Miami-Beach Florida’s Mayor Matti Herrera Bower’s 19 Day Countdown to Mayoral Re-Election – city’s first female and Cuban-American Mayor

Children sang, soldiers paraded and crowds cheered during the historic pageantry of the first meeting of the presidents of the United States and Mexico 100 years ago today in El Paso and Juárez. – The meeting between U.S. President William Howard Taft and Mexican President Porfirio Diaz will be commemorated by events and an exhibit at the El Paso Museum of History that opens Saturday to the public.

Question just a tactic, but revealing of feelings – (re proposed census question about immigration status)

October 15, 2009

Crafting a final version of health insurance legislation to attract moderate Republican support would be a “waste of time,” according to the leader of the House Progressive Caucus. – Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.)

Media Matters for America has obtained evidence that CNN contributor Alex Castellanos’ political consulting firm, National Media, is the ad buyer for the insurance industry group America’s Health Insurance Plan’s (AHIP) new ad blitz attacking Democratic health reform plans.

CNN To Disclose Alex Castellanos’s Health Care Industry Ties – (Republican political media consultant)

Honduran Accords Hung Up on Zelaya’s Reinstatement

El Diario-La Prensa endorses Bill Thompson for Mayor of New York City – largest Spanish-language daily newspaper in the NYC area

Reforma Migratoria: “Sin movilización no ganamos esta batalla”: Congresista Gutiérrez

Hundreds of Thousands of Puerto Rican Workers, Faith Leaders, Students and Citizens to Unite in Hato Rey on October 15 – National March Will Protest Massive Cuts in Essential Public Services; Republican Administration Under Investigation for Civil Rights Violations Against High School Students

October 14, 2009

HEALTH CARE BILL OVERCOMES EXTREMIST POLITICS, BUT STILL NEEDS IMPROVEMENT, SAYS NCLR

Former Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Colo.), a 2008 Republican presidential candidate and fierce opponent of illegal immigration, is criticizing the nomination of Stephanie Villafuerte for District of Colorado U.S. Attorney.

New York Needs More Immigrants, Says Bloomberg

Lawmakers Scrap Plan for 300 More Miles of Fencing on Mexican Border

Governor Schwarzenegger Addresses Latino Water Coalition

In the Streets and on Twitter, Activists Demonstrate Tuesday for Immigration Reform

A Cuban blogger who has become an international sensation for offering frank criticism of her country’s communist system said she was denied government permission Monday to travel to New York to receive a top journalism prize. – Yoani Sanchez

Martin Quezada, a graduate from ASU’s College of Law, is running for Arizona State House Representative in the 2010 election.

U.S.-Cuba travel picking up steam – Bills in Congress to allow all travel to Cuba are increasingly drawing support among U.S. lawmakers and the public — but they still face an uncertain future.

Former Venezuelan president Jaime Lusinchi has been hospitalized due to a gastric ulcer in Miami

Thousands of immigrants came to Capitol Hill on Tuesday for a day of lobbying and an afternoon rally calling for comprehensive immigration reform.

Faced with a deep recession, Cuba tries socialism lite – scaling back socialism in an attempt to save it

The United States should reinstate a Clinton-era ban on assault weapons to prevent such guns from reaching Mexican drug cartels, former officials from both countries said in a report released Tuesday.

The White House became “La Casa Blanca” on Tuesday, celebrating Hispanic musical heritage with a South Lawn concert and such guests as Gloria Estefan, George Lopez, the Bachata music group Aventura, Jose Feliciano and more. – Latin music ‘tends to make us move a little bit ourselves,’ says Obama

Forcing the debate over immigration reform starts now

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