The latest news relating to the political world as it impacts the US Latino community.
Latinovations would like to thank Octavio A. Hinojosa Mier for his contribution to La Plaza. The Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute (CHLI) this week hosted an insightful Hill briefing centered on the theme: “STEM: How the U.S. Hispanic Community will define the future of U.S. competitiveness.” This standing room only briefing focused on the growing importance [...]
The United Nations General Assembly voted 187 to 3 on Wednesday to express opposition to the US embargo against Cuba, which has stood since 1961. It is the 19th consecutive year in which the international community has condemned the American policy.
Los Angeles Police Chief William Bratton, who will be ending his seven year stint as chief on Saturday, said that the LAPD needs to continue a 30 year old policy known as Special Order 40, which prohibits officers from stopping someone for the sole reason of determining if they are in this country illegally. In [...]
Larry Whitten, 63, is a former Marine and Texan who has spent the last 40 years resurrecting more than 20 struggling hotels across the country. In late July he arrived in Taos, New Mexico with the plan to turn around a hotel by instating rules he used a number of times before. Among the new [...]
On Monday, October 26, the Environmental Protection Agency hosted a forum on Capitol Hill to discuss the involvement of the Latino community in issues surrounding climate change. The event was organized by several Latino and environmental advocacy groups including the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC), the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA), and the [...]
El Paso, Texas has received an unexpected economic boost due to the increasing violence in Ciudad Juárez, the Mexican city on the other side of the Rio Grande. As entrepreneurs come to the United States to escape the drug violence, they have been coming to this city of 600,000 to open new clubs and restaurants.
Latinovations would like to thank Cathy Areu for her contribution to La Plaza. I wonder if Soledad O’Brien and Chris Rock are friends. After a week like the last one, they should be. Both these celebrities – no doubt at the top of their games in their respective fields – took a chance, a risk [...]
Latinovations would like to thank Brent Wilkes for his contribution to La Plaza. With Congress seriously considering climate change legislation, it comes as no surprise that environmental groups and clean energy companies support swift action. We at the League of United Latin American Citizens, the largest and oldest Hispanic organization in the country, wish to [...]
A study recently released by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley shows that children of Hispanic immigrants tend to be born healthy and are at the same level intellectually with other American children, but by the time they reach 2 years old they begin to fall behind in linguistic and cognitive skills.
