Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has changed her position on Cuba, and will ask Congress to lift the U.S. embargo against the communist island. GOP presidential candidate Jeb Bush pointed out that Clinton has opposed the easing of "restrictions against Cuba," but is now changing her tune, as the former First Lady and Secretary of […]
The effort to relieve, or bail out the U.S. commonwealth of Puerto Rico from its current economic struggles, has just received a big boost form the Obama administration. U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew has said that allowing Puerto Rico the opportunity to file for bankruptcy will in fact help the island get out from under […]
Former Futbol, or Soccer great, Diego Armando Maradona could make a run for the FIFA presidency next year. The devout socialist, who has the faces of both Che Guevara and Fidel Castro tattooed on his body, is said to be mulling over the decision make a run for the top Soccer job in the world. […]
Democratic Congressman Luis Gutierrez (IL), who is one of the most outspoken supporters for a pathway to amnesty for all illegal immigrants living in the U.S., took to the House floor to make the case for why Congress needed to act, and bailout the island of Puerto Rico from its current state of economic misery. […]
The island of Puerto Rico, which is a commonwealth of the United States, has slowly plunged into an seemingly insurmountable $72 billion debt load and spike in unemployment, that is causing a mass exodus of native Puerto Ricans from the island to the mainland U.S. Aside from tourism, Puerto Rico doesn't offer much in terms […]
Mexican-born model Anett Pikula, now a U.S. citizen, has been arrested at the U.S. southern border on drug possession charges. Border agents found $134,000 in cocaine stashed away the gold 2006 Mercedes Benz that the "overly talkative" and flirtatious Pikula was driving back into the U.S. Pikula's flirting may work on men (not this time) […]
A chip off the old block. Venezuela's President Maduro continues his Hugo Chavez-like antics when he called Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy a "hitman," prompting the Spanish government to once again summons the Venezuelan ambassador. The Spanish foreign ministry has summoned the Venezuelan ambassador to once again protest comments by Venezuela's president against Spanish Prime […]
The 2016 election may very well be the one election that changes the face of Florida politics. How so? Well, considering that the island of Puerto Rico, a U.S. commonwealth, is enduring unprecedented unemployment and a staggering $72 billion in debt, more and more islanders are moving to Florida, mainly to central Florida. Aside from […]
Former Governor Jeb Bush becomes the first 2016 presidential candidate to call for Republicans to embrace the Hispanic and African-American communities. While Bush's position supporting pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrations is highly unpopular with the Republican voting base, his message of embracement of Hispanics is correct, because the long-standing Republican "outreach" message has proven […]
One of all-time favorite baseball players growing up as a kid in Los Angeles was then-Mexican pitcher Fernando Valenzuela. My dad used to take us to Dodger stadium to watch baseball games, and on two occasions, we were treated to Valenzuela's outings. It didn't really matter to me that he was Hispanic, it was his […]
A man suspected in the homicides of five people — including his mother and baby daughter — had also been linked to the death last year of a toddler, police said. Martin "Marty" Martinez, 30, was arrested Sunday in the deaths of the five, whose bodies were found a day earlier. Modesto Police Chief Galen […]
California Congressman Xavier Becerra (D), who if you couldn't guess from his name is Hispanic, is pushing for same-sex Social Security benefits for those recently married, and future married gay couples. No matter who we love and marry, we all deserve the same #SocialSecurity marriage benefits. — Xavier Becerra (@RepBecerra) July 24, 2015 Becerra, along […]
The forever-adolescent pop singer Justin Beiber has just had his arrest warrant in Argentina revoked. The warrant was filed due to 2013 incident in Buenos Aires, where he allegedly sent two of his bodyguards to rough up a photographer, or paparrazo. The Argentine court dropped the international arrest warrant that ordered his "immediate detention," but […]
Bruce Jenner, or Caitlynn Jenner, whichever name you prefer to use, has helped the transgender community in the biggest way. Jenner doesn't deserve all the credit, but his or hers, transformation has made waves in Washington,D.C., as well throughout society. Now transgender detainees being jailed on immigration offenses may soon getting preferential treatment. Immigration and Customs […]
The Cuban-American congressional delegation from Miami, Florida, held a press conference denouncing the opening of the U.S. embassy in Havana, Cuba, as well as calling the new Cuban embassy in the United States as a " base" for the Cuban Intelligence Service. Reps. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Carlos Curbelo, and Mario Diaz-Balart, all Republicans, each took turns […]
Colombian-American Annette Taddeo is running for the U.S. Congress in Florida's 26th congressional district. Taddeo began her public service by heading the Democratic Party in Miami-Dade County before being tapped by former Republican Governor-turned Democrat Charlie Crist, as his running mate for his failed 2014 gubernatorial campaign against sitting Florida Governor Rick Scott (R). Taddeo […]
Comedian George Lopez, who is Mexican-American, performed his comedy show this past Saturday night in Phoenix, Arizona, leading "the audience at the Phoenix Celebrity Theatre in a profanity-laced chat against" Donald Trump. “This country is better with Latinos in it,” Lopez said before getting the crowd to repeatedly yell, “Donald Trump! F**k that p**o!” […]
Shortly after midnight on Monday, and after decades of oppression and human rights violations, the United States has all but pardoned communist Cuba for their past crimes by restoring full diplomatic relations between the two countries. The Cold War era stand off between the communist nation of Cuba and America has ended, as the Cuban […]
Rapper Pitbull, or "Mr. Worldwide" as he is known, took the stage to accept an award at the Premios Juventud 2015 awards, and used the opportunity to delivered a warning to Republican presidential candidates, Donald Trump. Pitbull called out Marco Rubio, Jeb Bush, and Hillary Clinton to bolster their respective presidential campaigns because Trump cannot […]
When Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán flew the coop from the maximum security prison where he was held for about a year and a half, he left behind a little friend in the nest. Or in the wastebasket, rather. Mexican government officials searching the drug lord's cell after his brazen escape from the Altiplano Federal prison […]
Spanish-language TV Network Univision has obtain a video that catches the exact moment drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman escaped his cell at the maximum security prison he was being held at. Guzman's tunnel diggers took their time digging out a long and elaborate tunnel several meters under his cell and directly into the shower […]
2016 Democratic presidential candidate and self-proclaimed Socialist, Bernie Sanders, is making a push to win over all of those Latino and Black voters that helped usher in President Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012. Riding his current and unprecedented political wave of support, the anti-Hillary Clinton presidential candidate spoke to at the national conference of […]
One of South Florida's biggest supporters of the ongoing U.S. embargo to Cuba, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D), is breaking with President Obama in regards to his move to reestablish full diplomatic and economic relations with the communist government of Fidel and Raul Castro. “My view is different from President Obama’s,” the DNC chairwoman said […]
The shooting death of 32-year-old Kathryn Steinle on a San Francisco, California, pier has taken another twist, as the gun used to killer her appears to belong to a federal agent. Convicted felon Francisco Lopez Sanchez, the illegal immigrant who has been deported back to Mexico on 5 separate occasions, and has been accused of […]
Remember that old quote from the movie "The Breakfast Club," where the teacher warns one of the students "mess with the bull young man, you'll get the horns?" It seems as if more and more people who travel to Pamplona, Spain tand partake in the yearly running (messing) of the bulls festivities wind up getting […]
It appears that you really can't have your cake and eat it too. Police in Hagerstown, Maryland have arrested 30-year-old Robert Wilson for first-degree assault and child abuse, after a 9-year-old Jack Garcia (his girlfriend's son), who had been restrained with handcuffs as punishment for eating a piece of birthday cake, and then punched in […]
The New York Times continues their unilateral assault against Senator and Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio with a recent story written from interviews conducted with Cubans on the Island of Cuba. Would you believe that everyone interviewed thinks Rubio to be the Anti-Christ? Rubio, who is considered to be in the top tier of Republican presidential candidates, […]
Mexican drug dealers really to believe in going out with a bang, a bang for their buck that is. In the Mexican city of Culiacan, which is considered by many as a breeding ground for many of the ruthless and murderous drug dealers in that area, is a little cemetery called Jardines de Humaya. This […]
The backlash continues against Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and his "colorful" remarks about Mexico and the crime and immigration problem that it facilitates across the U.S. southern border, as Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio and Mitt Romney have all joined in on the anti-Trump political dog pile. Romney jabbed at Trump, saying that his remarks were […]
The recent theft of 12,000+ border crossing passes could have turned into a big immigration and national security headache for the United States. Fortunately, Mexican authorities have recovered 10,000 of the missing 12,600 immigration border crossing passes that were stolen last month from a semi-trailer in the northern part of Mexico. According to Univision, the […]
President Obama's move to take Cuba off the State Sponsor of Terrorism list, and "normalize" relations between the U.S. and that criminal regime has been met with bipartisan disapproval in the U.S. Congress, leaving many Americans questioning where their values as a country have gone. It goes without saying that the American-Cuban delegation in the […]
According to Univision, Costa Rica joins Mexico in boycotting the upcoming Miss Universe pageant on July 12, and Colombia has now pulled its application to host the next Miss Universe pageant. And for what? Because of Donald Trump's recent controversial statement about immigrants coming to the United States, which was completely accurate? Miss Mexico posted […]
One of the U.S. spying secret admissions that originated from former NSA analyst Edward Snowden was that the government agency was keeping tabs on the Brazilian government. The news of the spying forced Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff to cancel a trip to Washington, D.C, and created a deep diplomatic rift between the two nations. Now […]
Politics aside, both Republicans and Democrats have caught World Cup fever, this after the U.S. Women's team blanked top ranked Germany to advance to the finals against the winner of the match between Japan and England. Congrats to the #USWNT! Can't wait for the finals. You make us all proud! — President Obama (@POTUS) July […]
South Florida radio show host and former CNN News Anchor Rick Sanchez, has just penned an opinion column over at Fox News Latino, which he states that because of his controversial statement about Mexican and other Latinos, Donald Trump has united Latinos across the U.S. While I respect Mr. Sanchez, and applaud him for what […]
The 2015 Copa America championship in Chile is coming to a close. The tournament is in the semi-final stage, and up to this point, Futbol fans across the world have not been disappointed in the level of play. Colombian recently lost their quarterfinal match against Argentina on penalty kicks, sending the Argentines to the semi-finals […]
