It's official. The Unites States will have an embassy in Havana, president Obama announced earlier today. Marco Rubio has fired back at the president in a press release, and yo can be sure he'll be talking about it on the campaign trail. The release by the senate office stated: “Throughout this entire negotiation, as the […]
According to The Guardian, a new report shows that the United States trails only Mexico in the number of Spanish speakers residing in the country. A reported 52.6 million Spanish speakers live in The United States, including bi-lingual people. The Guardian reports: Among the sources cited in the report is the US Census Office which […]
According to Puerto Rican Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla, Puerto Rico's debts are "not payable". According to the New York Times, Puerto Rico’s bonds have a face value about eight times that of Detroit’s. Its call for debt relief on such a vast scale could raise borrowing costs for other local governments as investors shy away from […]
In an interview with PJ Media, Ann Coulter showed exactly why the Republican party has had problems winning over the Hispanic community.
According to Live Science, Latin America leads the way in well being. 7 our of the top 10 countries whose citizens are considered "thriving" are in war torn, poverty stricken, Latin America. Meanwhile the United States has fallen from 12th to 23rd. The top ten countries are: Panama: 53 percent Costa Rica: 47.6 percent Puerto […]
At a veteran's forum on Thursday, Marco Rubio was conducting a Q & A session with Former MN Senate Candidate Pete Hegseth. The question came up about the New York Times claim of Marco Rubio having bought a luxury speed boat in Miami for 80k. To his credit, Mr. Rubio answered the question, dismissed the […]
Thursday, Univision dumped all Donald Trump related television programming, including and most prominently, they Miss Universe pageant, which is partly owned by Mr. Trump. This comes on the heels of Mr. Trump's presidential announcement where he called Mexican immigrants murderers and rapists. In a statement provided to The Wrap the company "concluded": At Univision, we […]
Donald Trump's war with Univision took another escalating step today, when Donald Trump sent a letter to Univision CEO Randy Falco effectively banning him, and any other Univision executive from Trump's Doral, FL golf resort. In the letter, Trump also makes mention of his trade agenda, should he become president: P.S. Please congratulate your Mexican […]
In an interview yesterday at his golf course, Donald Trump was asked about Latino voters, and his response was...confident to say the least. This comes on the back of his perceived insult to the Latino community during his announcement speech where he said of Mexican immigrants: They are not the best and brightest, they're rapists, […]
In a World Cup which has thankfully not been overshadowed by FIFA corruption scandals, there are no Latin American or Hispanic representatives left. Colombia, who was the last hope for any kind of cinderella run for a hispanic team was crashed out last night after a 2-0 defeat to The United States. The Lady Yanks, who […]
After massive protests, hunger strikes, and massive amounts of inflammatory political rhetoric, the Venezuelan electoral body, the CNE (Consejo Nacional Electoral), has finally set a date for parliamentary elections. The CNE, which has for a long time been known to be an "ally" of the dictatorship, announced the election date of December 6th, and an […]
The whole of the Washington political establishment seems to be "whipped into a frenzy" over the coming court decision on Obamacare. But let's assume Obamacare goes away tomorrow, will hispanics be affected disproportionally? Let's have a look at the numbers. According to the Washington Post, in 2012, hispanics were disproportionally still without insurance when compared […]
As if FIFA needed even more controversy in the middle of the ongoing corruption scandals and investigations, Diego Armando Maradona has announced his candidacy for FIFA president, at the suggestion of Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro. Maradona who has been involved in numerous drug and cheating scandals in the past is a close friend of Fidel […]
Marco Rubio could upset the FL GOP political establishment again should he beat Jeb Bush in Florida. In a CNN report from Jeb's announcement event, you can see and hear many of the FL GOP's elite essentially telling Mr. Rubio to wait his turn. But in the latest Quinnipiac poll, released today, Rubio now trails Bush […]
Last week, the Obama administration held a high level meeting with, alleged drug kingpin, Diosdado Cabello in Haiti. Now, Venezuela's president, Nicolas Maduro, has said that the meetings could "full;le restore diplomatic relations". According to FoxNews Latino: During a national television address Monday night, he said the two countries were now working "to normalize diplomatic […]
One day after kicking off his campaign in Miami, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush hit the late show circuit, Obama style. During the 2012 election, President Obama notoriously "slow jammed the news" with Jimmy Fallon on the Tonight Show. Now, the Governor if following suit. In the skit, which was riddled with sexual innuendoes, the […]
According to a report by The Daily Caller, the Spanish version of HillaryClinton.com is riddles with mistakes such as repeated paragraphs, omitted sections, and deleted references. According to Patrick Howley: “In 2000, Hillary was elected to the U.S. Senate, becoming the first woman senator from New York…She repeatedly worked across the aisle to get things […]
In a move that is worthy of a movie, the Vatican called for and perform a "Exorcismo Magno" or mass exorcism of the country of Mexico, Patheos.com reports. The exorcism, which was performed behind close doors, was called for due to the increasing levels of violence and crime in the heavily catholic nation. Cardinal Juan […]
As the Obama administration moved full speed ahead with its plan to re-establish relations with the communist regime in Cuba, it is also looking to court Cuba's closets ally, Venezuela. In a contradictory move, Obama administration officials met with Venezuelan officials in Haiti over the weekend. Venezuela was sanctioned by Obama in march, and declared […]
Florida's junior Senator and 2016 Presidential hopeful, Marco Rubio, has called the Obama administration's meeting with Diosdado Cabello "Bizarre and confusing". In a press release, The Senator condemns the administration for meeting with one of Venezuela's "most corrupt officials. By meeting with the Venezuelan regime's most corrupt official, who also happens to be under investigation […]
On a Thursday interview with Larry King, Democrat representative from Illinois, Luis Gutierrez, took a shot at "socialist" Bernie Sanders, who is currently in a distant second place in the polls for the democrat nomination. Gutierrez seemed pretty happy with a Clinton or O'Malley nomination, but Bernie Sanders who apparently "doesn't talk about immigrants" might […]
It's no secret that in Central America, drug cartels and gangs run the show. The Area between Mexico City and Panama City is one of the World's most dangerous. Now, gangs in Honduras are imposing public transport taxes on bus drivers and taxi cabs. If they refuse to pay they are burned alive inside their […]
Venezuela, which has the largest proven oil reserves in the World, it attempting to bully its tiny next door neighbor, Guyana, for a well discovered by the Exxon-Mobil corporation in the Essequibo off-shore region. Venezuela has had a territorial dispute with the tiny country since the early 19th century. In fact, Venezuelan school houses to this […]
On Wednesday the FARC continue its attacks on Colombia's fragile infrastructure despite negotiations with the Santos administration. Two separate attacks left three dead and over half a million people with out power. Less than two weeks ago, FARC rebels blew up energy towers in southwestern Colombia. Adriaan Alsema of ColombiaReports.com writes of the most recent attack: […]
So Fifa has now put the bidding for the 2026 World Cup on Hold. This bodes well for the USA's chances of actually hosting the 2022 tournament. But in the meantime, we still have some real futbol to occupy us. Yesterday's rounds saw most of the Latin American teams in the tournament make their debuts, […]
Less than a week after Venezuela was awarded by the UN's FAO for "helping to eradicate hunger", the world was shown exactly how hungry and desperate most Venezuelans are. After a Nestle truck carrying cereal and condensed milk wrecked on the Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho highway, leaving three injured and one dead, people rushed to the accident […]
In the middle of all of the FIFA scandals, there is still World Cup Soccer to be played. This year it's the women's turn. The tournament which is projected to be dominated by favorites Germany, defending champions Japan, and perennial power house USA, is one where the hispanic countries are hoping to make a big […]
So much is made about immigration and the hispanic vote. However, historically education has always been the most important issue for hispanics in the United States, even in the 2012 election. So if the hispanic vote is really all that important in 2016, and the democrats cannot with without it, are they on the right […]
The Obama administration has had the controversial DACA and DAPA programs, which help illegal immigrants escape the fear of deportation, on hold since a judge ruled back in February that the programs should not move forward while the ongoing 26-state lawsuit proceeds. The hiring of 3,100 DHS employees, who were to be housed in a […]
The UN's Food and Agriculture Organization has awarded Venezuela special recognition in its efforts to eradicate hunger. The award comes at an interesting time when Venezuelans by the millions are facing severe food and medicine shortages in the economically ravaged nation. Venezuelan Vice-President Jorge Arreaza accepted the award undocumented that the "Venezuelan Revolution" has invested […]
It was only a matter of time until the New York times began the attacks on GOP candidates and their families. Their first target, Marco Rubio's wife. In an article released today, The Rubios are criticized for having 17 traffic violations between them. Now, if a presidential candidate had 17 traffic violations since 1997, that may […]
As the Obama administration barrels toward its end-around on the Cuban embargo, The House of Representatives today made it much harder for the president to formally re-establish diplomatic relations with the communist dictatorship. The State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs subcommittee of the House Committee on Appropriations voted today to prohibit a State Department request […]
You've hear the old-tired line ever since the 2008 election. "Republicans need to appeal to youth and minorities", candidates on the GOP side have tried anything and everything, except something that may actually work. They've launched cool websites with old policies on them, they have put young kids and minorities on TV to represent their […]
Congress' most ardent supporter of comprehensive immigration reform seems to have declared open war on Texas. Yesterday, on the floor of the House of Representatives, Gutierrez made a statement regarding the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals' split decision on US v. Texas, in which 26 states are suing the federal government and trying to delay […]
If you thought the 2016 GOP primary was a circus act, wait until you get a load of the 2015 Mexican parliamentary and local elections. Mexican president, Enrique Pena Nieto has characterized the June 7th Elections as a “referendum on his administration”. So what will it say about the Nieto administration if a circus clown […]
Yesterday, Venezuelan Dictator Nicolas Maduro linked the popular former president of Colombia, and fierce political rival of Hugo Chaves, Alvaro Uribe, to the murder of Venezuelan representative Robert Sierra. Sierra was assassinated in 2014, and Maduro in claiming that Julio Velez, right hand man to the former president, was the intellectual author of the murder. […]
