The latest news relating to the political world as it impacts the US Latino community.
As featured in today’s Huffington Post: Republican Senators not tired of Latina bashing have set their sights on Obama’s nominee for Ambassador to El Salvador – Mari Del Carmen Aponte. It is hard to gauge if the right misses the cold war as much as they miss having the Sotomayor nomination to vent their political [...]
As the new speaker of the California state assembly, John Pérez is another example of the increasing political power of Latinos in the United States. Mr. Pérez, who is also openly gay, takes over a position that has been held by Latinos in the past, including his cousin Antonio Villaraigosa, the current mayor of Los [...]
Adolfo Carrión, the highest ranking Puerto Rican in Barack Obama’s administration, is confident that he’s the right man for his job. January marks Mr. Carrión’s 10th month as director of the newly created White House Office of Urban Affairs, a policy area to which President Obama has promised to give considerable priority. And given that [...]
Senator Christopher Dodd of Connecticut, often viewed as a friend of the Latino community, has announced his plans to not seek re-election this coming November.
¡Deseándoles un Feliz y Próspero Año Nuevo! As we welcome in the New Year, and for many Latinos, welcome the arrival of the Three Kings, we would like to thank you for an exciting year and for staying engaged with us at La Plaza. We very much look forward to your continued readership and support [...]
A group of 60 African American thinkers and artists have released a statement attacking Cuba’s human rights record as it relates to racial equality on the island and treatment of black political dissidents. The statement, entitled Acting on Our Conscience, claims “increased violations of civil and human rights for those black activists in Cuba who [...]
Lydia Guzman, director of the nonprofit immigrant advocacy group Respect/Respeto has started to use text messages to warn Arizona residents about crime sweeps by anti-immigrant Maricopa sheriff Joe Arpaio. According to Guzman, the new text messaging system is part of an effort to protect Latinos and others from becoming victims of racial profiling by Maricopa [...]
