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November 5, 2009
Obama and the White House in Spanish
October 29, 2009
Obama, en esfuerzo bilingüe, busca votos latinos en New Jersey y Virginia
October 27, 2009
Obama’s Dirty War On Immigrants
October 26, 2009
RNC unveils Spanish ad questioning Obama, Biden trips to Florida
October 15, 2009
Reforma Migratoria: “Sin movilización no ganamos esta batalla”: Congresista Gutiérrez
October 14, 2009
VÍDEO- Obama baila “Amor a la mexicana” con Thalía
Obamas Throw A ‘Fiesta’ Mas Fina
October 13, 2009
Obama celebrates Spain and Hispanic music
Hispanos ponen a bailar a Obama en la Casa Blanca
Obama Hosts Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Celebrates Latin Music On Tuesday
October 12, 2009
Seneca returns with observations about President Obama and Latinos – (interesting)
October 7, 2009
PRESIDENT AND MRS. OBAMA HOST ‘IN PERFORMANCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE: FIESTA LATINA’ DURING NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH — PBS Music Special to Feature Latino Performers Marc Anthony, Jimmy Smits, George Lopez, Gloria Estefan and More, Airs October 15
October 2, 2009
Obama and DeMint locked in proxy fight over Hugo Chavez – DeMint has blocked the appt. of Arturo Valenzuela, the choice for the post of assistant secretary of state for Western Hemisphere affairs.
September 30, 2009
Businessman activist Cid Wilson (only Dominican in the group) has proudly set to work on the task given him by President Barack Obama, which is to plan together with other prominent leaders the creation of the National Museum of the American Latino.
September 28, 2009
Obama explains why he used the term “illegal immigrant”
September 24, 2009
Barack Obama’s call for action on climate change and his admission that rich nations have a particular responsibility to lead has received strong praise from an unusual source – U.S. nemesis Fidel Castro.
Emilio Estefan may finally have his shot at getting the Miami Sound Machine named a national treasure. – President Barack Obama has deemed the former member of group member a suitable candidate for the Commission to Study the Potential Creation of a National Museum of the American Latino
U.S. President Barack Obama Wednesday appointed several people to a panel studying the feasibility of creating an American Latino museum, the White House said.
September 22, 2009
Obama overreaches on immigrant care
Obama takes heat from other side of immigrant healthcare debate – He suggests that those here illegally be kept from taking part in an insurance exchange set up by the government. Some on the left say that’s bad policy that panders to the likes of Joe Wilson.
Barack Obama Invites Juanes And Olga Tañon To The White House
September 17, 2009
Marc Anthony celebra sus 41 años con J.Lo y Barack Obama
Obama praises Sotomayor at Hispanic gala
Obama links healthcare, immigration reform – “My commitment is real and so is my desire to get this (immigration reform) done,” Obama said Wednesday during the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute’s 32nd Annual Awards Gala.
September 15, 2009
“Joe Wilson ganó”, afirma congresista demócrata Luis Gutiérrez
Latino Lawmaker Rips Obama for Making It Harder for Illegals to Buy Private Insurance – The criticism was leveled in Spanish by Rep. Luis Gutierrez
President Obama’s usage of the term “illegal immigrants” is more than just semantics
September 14, 2009
President Obama has extended the U.S. trade embargo on Cuba for one year
September 10, 2009
Video: Obama Heckled by GOP During Speech to Congress
How volatile is immigration in DC – In Lawmaker’s Outburst, a Rare Breach of Protocol – South Carolina GOP Rep Joe Wilson interrupted President Obama’s speech Wednesday night with a shout of “You lie!”
September 9, 2009
Time for Obama to break with current detention policy and enact one worthy of a world-class champion of democracy
Laid-off Undocumented Migrants Seek End to Crackdown and E-Verify
September 8, 2009
Justice Sonia Sotomayor has taken her seat at the Supreme Court in front of a packed courtroom that included President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden.
September 3, 2009
A sad day in N.TX – parents revolt against Obama’s speech to students to stay in school
September 1, 2009
Obama’s 1st year sets record for Hispanic nominations – 43 Latinos with major posts
Does Obama deserve praise for picking Latinos? – 43 Latinos have federal jobs that required Senate confirmation (but…)
August 26, 2009
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson said Wednesday he plans to report to Barack Obama’s administration his assessment of Cuba-U.S. relations following a five-day trade mission to the island even though he is not an official envoy of Washington.
August 21, 2009
President Obama and Secretary Napolitano Reaffirm Commitment to Advancing Immigration Reform and Bringing Accountability to Current Practices
Obama drops by immigration meeting, promises reform
President Barack Obama on Thursday managed to undo some of the damage he did recently with immigrants’ rights advocates — who were angered when Obama said in Mexico that immigration reform would have to wait until after health care and energy bills passed Congress.
August 17, 2009
Part of President Barack Obama’s education team is traveling through California this week to talk about which reforms are needed to help Latino students. The first stop was in San Diego on Sunday at San Diego Mesa College. – Juan Sepulveda
August 16, 2009
President Barack Obama outlined national and international priorities and their effect on the domestic Hispanic and hemisphere populations in an Aug. 7 round-table press meeting with Hispanic Link News Service and nine other Latino-beat reporters.
August 13, 2009
Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo attended a reception Wednesday for newly sworn-in U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor at the White House hosted by President Barack Obama.
August 12, 2009
Sotomayor honored at White House reception
August 11, 2009
Obama Reverses Campaign Pledge To Renegotiate NAFTA
Disappointment in Mexico as Obama Says Immigration Reform Will Have to Wait
August 10, 2009
Obama Pushes Immigration Reform to 2010, Jokes About Being Called “an Illegal Immigrant”
Obama: immigration overhaul will have to wait until next year
August 6, 2009
Obama’s Vision of “Truly Civil” Immigrant Prison Reform: More Prisoners, More Prisons
August 5, 2009
The Obama Style and Latin America
August 4, 2009
George Lopez landed a big name cameo in the pilot presentation of his talk show: President Barack Obama.
After early pledges by President Obama that he would moderate the Bush administration’s tough policy on immigration enforcement, his administration is pursuing an aggressive strategy for an illegal-immigration crackdown that relies significantly on programs started by his predecessor.
July 30, 2009
Obama Accused of Continuing Bush’s Racial Profiling of Immigrant – While Obama’s racial diplomacy with Skip Gates is making the headlines, rights groups say that he has expanded Bush’s racist immigration policies.
July 28, 2009
The administration of President Barack Obama is vastly expanding a federal effort begun under President George W. Bush to identify and deport illegal immigrants held in local jails known as Secure Communities. But in Houston where the effort got a trial start eight months ago, people on each side of the immigration debate have found fault with it.
July 23, 2009
Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa says the Honduras coup probably occurred with the U.S. military’s knowledge and he questioned President Obama’s control of the U.S. government.
July 20, 2009
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega accused unnamed U.S. intelligence agencies of planning the coup that ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya without the knowledge of President Barack Obama.
July 1, 2009
President Evo Morales on Wednesday accused Barack Obama of lying by pledging to change America’s historically heavy-handed relationship with Latin America and then halting $25 million in annual trade benefits for Bolivia.
June 26, 2009
SUMMARY: FCC Petition for Inquiry on Hate Speech in Media – Filed January 28, 2009 by Georgetown Law’s Institute for Public Representation on behalf of the National Hispanic Media Coalition
June 23, 2009
George Lopez on The View joking with Obama
June 20, 2009
Video: President Obama Speaks at the Esperanza National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast
June 19, 2009
Full Text: Remarks by the President at the Esperanza National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast
President Barack Obama says he is committed to a comprehensive immigration overhaul that includes a way that illegal immigrants can become U.S. citizens – at the Esperanza National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast and Conference.
June 17, 2009
President Barack Obama to Address 2009 National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast
May 14, 2009
Inside Barack Obama’s Hispanic strategy
May 7, 2009
A national poll of Latino voters shows strong support for President Obama’s first 100 days in office. :: 81%
April 27, 2009
President Barack Obama’s recent easing of travel restrictions on Americans visiting relatives in Cuba may open the door to greater cooperation between these two nations, long at odds with one another. This could be of immense importance not only to Cuban-Americans and their native island neighbors, but to preserving Cuba’s unique, and increasingly threatened, coastal and marine environments.
President Barack Obama has tapped Elizabeth A. (Liz) Montoya to be Chief of Staff for the U.S. Office of Personnel Management
April 20, 2009
Is Obama Isolated in Latin America?
April 5, 2009
President Barack Obama plans to lift longstanding U.S. restrictions on Cuba, a senior administration official said, allowing Cuban-Americans to visit families there as often as they like and to send them unlimited funds.
March 26, 2009
With Mexico in the headlines of late, President Obama will talk directly to a massive Hispanic aud when he makes an historic appearance on “Premio Lo Nuestro,” Univision’s longest-running and most popular music awards show on Thursday.
March 24, 2009
Obama Flinches on Immigration
March 23, 2009
President Barack Obama said last week that he wants to follow through on his promise to fix the immigration system. But that goal, always politically difficult, faces major hurdles: the crumbling economy, drug violence in Mexico, and a jam-packed agenda already facing Congress.
March 22, 2009
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Sunday called President Obama “ignorant,” saying he has a lot to learn about Latin America.
March 18, 2009
Obama recibe a la bancada latina del Congreso (CHC) – Discusión se centra en la reforma migratoria y los pasos a tomarse para abordar el tema este año
US President Barack Obama will visit Mexico next month amid mounting US concern over Mexican drug cartel violence that is spilling over its southern border, officials said Wednesday.
March 17, 2009
Hispanic Democrats – Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) – will have their first West Wing meeting with President Obama on Wednesday morning to discuss immigration reform, according to Democratic sources.
March 12, 2009
President Obama weighed in Wednesday on the escalating drug war on the U.S.-Mexico border, saying that he was looking at possibly deploying National Guard troops to contain the violence but ruled out any immediate military move.
March 11, 2009
In an address to the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Obama issued a challenge to states to increase the quality of reading and math instruction to keep American students at pace with other countries.
March 9, 2009
Obama Says Hola To a More Inclusive Press Strategy
March 4, 2009
Obama’s silence on immigration can’t last long
February 4, 2009
Obama’s press office needs diversity
February 1, 2009
Fidel Castro on Thursday threw his first punch at President Barack Obama after several weeks of praise for the new leader, demanding the U.S. return Guantánamo Bay military base to Cuba and criticizing the U.S. defense of Israel.
January 29, 2009
Obama And Cuba: How Will US-Cuban Relations Change
January 26, 2009
Bautizan como “Barack Obama” a bebé colombiano
El presidente de Estados Unidos, Barack Obama, ya tiene su corrido mexicano, que a ritmo de banda reconoce los méritos del nuevo mandatario y lleva un mensaje de esperanza y de cambio a todos los inmigrantes hispanos en el país, aseguró hoy su autor, Juan Carlos Sánchez
January 21, 2009
El cantautor puertorriqueño Luis Fonsi, cuya participación en la Gala Hispana para Barack Obama se canceló a último minuto por falta de tiempo, asegura que no se siente frustrado y dice que fue él quien tomó la decisión.
Far from Washington, D.C., performance artist and writer Gabrielle Civil created her own homage to new U.S. President Barack Obama in Mexico City on Tuesday, gathering mariachis to perform renditions of iconic African American songs both for Obama and the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.
In Cuba, Latin America hope for better U.S. relations under Obama
Hispanics greet Barack Obama’s presidency with optimism
Obama’s Immigration agenda on new WhiteHouse.gov’s website
January 4, 2009
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson has withdrawn his name from consideration as commerce secretary for President-elect Barack Obama, citing an ongoing investigation about business dealings in his state.
December 28, 2008
It’s way too early to tell whether the United States under President-elect Barack Obama will restore realism, sanity and lawfulness to its immigration system. But it’s never too early to hope, and the stars seem to be lining up, at least among his cabinet nominees.
El New York Times se manifestó optimista el viernes de que el gobierno entrante de Barack Obama enfrentará de manera más eficiente y humana el problema de la inmigración ilegal después de un manejo “desastroso” y “retrógrado” por el gobierno de George W. Bush.
December 23, 2008
Obama’s Latino Problem: Hispanic Leaders Criticize the President-elect’s Cabinet Choices
A Diaper Change You Can Believe In – Why, exactly, are thousands of God-loving Spaniards paying almost twenty bucks for Barack Obama to relieve himself in their nativity scenes? Somewhere between tradition and transition lies perhaps the funniest Christmas story you’ll learn this season.
December 19, 2008
Elián González could come up in Obama Cabinet hearings Barack Obama’s pick for attorney general, Eric Holder, might face questions about Elián González.
Rep. Hilda L. Solis (D-El Monte), a Congressional Hispanic Caucus leader considered to be one of the most reliably pro-union voices in the House, is President-elect Barack Obama’s choice to head the Labor Department, a Democratic official said Thursday.
December 18, 2008
President-elect Barack Obama’s nomination of Bill Richardson as Secretary of Commerce sparked a wave of protest in the Chinese American community, because of Richardson’s connection with the Wen Ho Lee case – but Chinese American media denies that their cause has anything to do with anti-Latino sentiment.
Why Becerra rebuffed Obama – turned down the U.S. trade representative gig because he was concerned that trade would not be a big priority in the new administration. But the Obama team may have already soured on Becerra thanks to his hemming and hawing over the post, according to people close to the situation
December 17, 2008
Facing pressure to appoint more Hispanics to high-profile slots, President-elect Barack Obama is considering Miami-Dade Aviation Director José Abreu for a leadership post in the federal Department of Transportation.
