Hispolitica

By JAVIER MANJARRES Are Middle Eastern terrorists being trained to act like they're Hispanic in order to be able to come off as illegal immigrants? The answer is most likely yes. Latino groups are attacking a Texas Congressman for saying that Middle Eastern terrorists have formed links with Mexican drug cartels and are getting training […]

The country of Colombia, who has been fighting the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) for more than 40 years, is currently engaged in negotiating a "peace" with the terror group.

By JAVIER MANJARRES The answer is 'no.' The baseball umpire who threatened to eject a New Mexico high school baseball team if they spoke Spanish on the playing field has resigned. According to the Fox Latino, the umpire, Corey Jones allegedly told Gadsden High School baseball players that if they spoke Spanish on the field […]

“I urge Venezuelan authorities to refrain from any steps that may forever tarnish the credibility of the new government, such as rushing to certify the election results ahead of a full and transparent audit of all the votes.

By JAVIER MANJARRES There doesn't seem to be  end in sight to the drug-trafficking-related violence in Mexico, as this past weekend body county hits 40.  One person was killed in Mexico City Seven dead in Cancun resort The bodies of seven people were found inside a home where drugs were allegedly sold in the Mexican […]

By JAVIER MANJARRES The Venezuelan Socialist regime of Hugo Chavez is up for re-election this weekend, but the fear that the election will not be "transparent" and fair to the Venezuelan people is weighing heavy on the minds of many onlookers, including U.S. Senator Marco Rubio.  Early Saturday morning, Rubio put out a statement chiding […]

By JAVIER MANJARRES Hispanic Conservatives converge on Miami on April 18th and 19th for the annual  Hispanic Leadership Network conference that will be held at the Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables, Florida.  The event is co-chaired by former Florida Governor Jeb Bush and Secretary Carlos Gutierrez, and usual draws out the who's who of Hispanic […]

By JAVIER MANJARRES Univision investigations is reporting that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was closely working with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), who both Colombia and the United States acknowledge as being a terrorist organization. According to the report, the Venezuelan President's ties to the terror and drug-trafficking group were uncovered when the computer […]

By JAVIER MANJARRES "All of us have said that there will be no agreement until the eight of us agree to a big, specific bill, but hopefully we can get that done by the end of the week," said Schumer, D-N.Y., who's leading efforts by eight senators to craft the legislation. "That's what we're on […]

BY: JORGE BONILLA A recent Pew study finds that a majority of Americans support the legalization of marijuana, along with a majority of Hispanics. National support for legalization now stands at 52-45, while a simple majority of Hispanics support at 51%. The Pew study found that from 2006, the percentage of individuals that deemed marijuana […]

By JAVIER MANJARRES It seems as if Marijuana cultivation in Mexico could one day take a back seat to the ever-growing (pun intended) 'Poppy' production, as Mexican government officials are saying that they have "eradicated 40 percent more poppy  plants" and they have marijuana plants. Drugs like opium and heroin, who are both produced from […]

By JAVIER MANJARRES It seems as if Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro is picking up right where his late mentor and friend President Hugo Chavez left off, when he equated Venezuela's opposition voice to the "heirs of Hitler." While there isn't record of Chavez calling any group of people "heirs of Hitler," Chavez was well documented […]

By JAVIER MANJARRES  The United States' closest ally in South America, Colombia, continues its struggles against the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), after new reports state that the FARC has now added anti-aircraft missiles in their arsenal of weapons.  The FARC, whose roots go back to the Colombian Communist Party of the 1960's, has […]

BY: JORGE BONILLA The Venezuelan presidential election, called after the confirmed death of strongman Hugo Chávez, is in full swing. The ruling United Socialist Venezuelan Party kicked off its 10-day campaign at a chat session/rally held at the Chávez family compound in Barinas. Watch as Caretaker President Nicolás Maduro describes today's encounter with Chávez, who […]

 By JAVIER MANJARRES Spanish-language TV network Univision has published a very questionable report and interactive map named "Migration: Hispanic Population" that purportedly details the "Demographic profile of the DREAMer."  The DREAMers are all immigrants under 31 years old that: entered the US before the age of 16; have lived in the country for five continuous […]

By JAVIER MANJARRES   Honduras- A recent report by the Central American country's non-governmental organizations states that between the years of 2005 and 2012, 2,851 women between the ages of  16 and 30 were murdered. In addition, there report states that 1,118 of Honduras' 2,851 murders took place between the years of 2011 and 2012,. […]

By JAVIER MANJARRES New Orleans, Louisiana will be 'ground zero' for Venezuelans looking to vote in the Venezuelan Presidential special election between 'Chavista' and interim president Nicolas Madura and Henrique Capriles. In October 2012, the late Venezuelan strongman, Hugo Chavez defeated Capriles in Venezuela's presidential election, but not before closing the Venezuela's Miami consulate after […]

By JAVIER MANJARRES During this spring break period, the country of Mexico is expecting 12 millions tourists, 3 million of those being from the United States and other foreign countries. But spring break in Mexico has a dark cloud of Narco-trafficking and murder hanging over it, as Mexican officials are doing damage control by pulling […]

By JAVIER MANJARRES Florida Democratic Congresswoman Kathy Castor has broken ranks with her fellow Florida Congressional Democrats by proposing that the U.S. embargo to Cuba is lifted.  DNC Chair and Congresswoman Wasserman Schultz, who has been one of the most outspoken proponents of the embargo, along with other Democrats, Rep. Frederica Wilson, Senator Bob Menendez, […]

By JAVIER MANJARRES A vile of the deadly Guanarito virus has been misplaced or lost at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas. The virus, which is described as being similar to the Ebola virus, originates in  a particular rat indigenous to Venezuela, but is said to not be transferrable to U.S. rats […]

By JAVIER MANJARRES  While both Colombia and the U.S. stand to gain from the 2012 free trade agreement passed by the U.S. Congress, Colombia continues to struggle with a decades-long war against Leftists and paramilitary forces within the country. The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), which is considered a terrorist organization by Colombia and […]

By JAVIER MANJARRES It seems as if Venezuela's  upcoming Presidential election could bring much of the same dirty political campaigning and elections corruption the country is known for partaking in.  Venezuela's current Chavista government is not about to concede power, and will most likely pull out all of the political stops to ensure that the […]

By JAVIER MANJARRES When Senator Marco Rubio spearheaded his bipartisan immigration reform "Gang of 8" in the Senate earlier this year, conservatives took pause with the principles the group offered, saying that the "statement of principles" was nothing less than amnesty for millions of illegal immigrants currently residing in the United States. It was inevitable […]

By JAVIER MANJARRES Last January, Senator Marco Rubio's and his 'Gang of 8'  U.S. senators set forth a 'statement of principles' as the framework for a potential immigration reform bill that could surface as early as April or May of this year. The bipartisan effort identified several conditions that illegal immigrants must meet in order […]

BY: JORGE BONILLA   Capital punishment has been banned in Puerto Rico since the inception of the 1952 Commonwealth constitution, and the last execution was conducted way back in 1927. However, a horrific 2009 mass murder could force a return of the death penalty via the federal court system. The infamous "La Tómbola Massacre" of […]

By JAVIER MANJARRES The rocky relationship between Venezuela and the United States just  got bumpier, as Venezuela's  Foreign Minister Elias Jaua said that Venezuela would suspend any and all  formal channels of communication with the U.S. Jaua made the statement after taking issue with the comments made by a U.S. diplomat over Venezuela's upcoming special […]

By JAVIER MANJARRES Spanish-language TV network Univision recently reported on a never before seen picture of the most wanted Mexican Drug Lord in Mexico and the U.S., Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman. Guzman is the titular head of  Mexico' most powerful drug cartels, the Sinaloa drug cartel. (Univision) Guzman has been on the run since he […]

BY JORGE BONILLA While at CPAC, Javier caught up with Governor Rick Perry (R-TX). The former GOP presidential hopeful asserted that the hope of a purple or blue Texas is a "built on the pipe dream that the Hispanic in Texas is not interested in economic freedom." Perry added that in Texas, a state that has […]

BY; JORGE BONILLA   Javier caught up to former presidential hopeful Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA) after his speech at CPAC.  Santorum takes a few minutes to explain why, in his view, Hispanics are a natural fit with the GOP, and how Democrats pander to them. Click to watch. [vsw id="cOmF80ibFQc" source="youtube" width="640" height="480" autoplay="no"]

BY: JORGE BONILLA   Javier caught up to Congressman Raúl Labrador (R-ID1) post-CPAC immigration panel, as he was asked about the Hispanic vote and the presidential election. Click to watch. [vsw id="FBZrMzAj_m0" source="youtube" width="640" height="380" autoplay="no"]

BY: JORGE BONILLA   After the CPAC immigration panel, Congressman Raúl Labrador (R-ID1) addressed Hispanic media, and talked about the choices that Democrats face as a vote on immigration reform approaches. Click to watch, and be sure to hit CC if English subtitles do not immediately appear. [vsw id="If0SaQ2Q1AE" source="youtube" width="640" height="480" autoplay="no"]

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By JAVIER MANJARRES Senator Marco Rubio was recently confronted by the Spanish-language television network Telemundo and was asked to give his opinion on the recent death of Venezuelan strong-man Hugo Chavez, Venezuela's "Chavista" electoral future, and the ongoing scandal in which his colleague in the U.S. Senate, Senator Bob Menendez is currently involved in. When […]

By JAVIER MANJARRES Miami-  Texas Senator Ted Cruz addressed the attendees at the annual Cuba-Democracy PAC luncheon and covered a wide range of issues of interest to Hispanics as well as the Republican party's prospects of making greater inroads with this increasingly important voter demographic that has been trending Democrat of late.  I asked Cruz […]

BY: JORGE BONILLA The Shark Tank is proud to invite you to Hispolitica. Javier envisioned Hispolitica as a place where a legitimate conversation about Hispanics in America can happen...without the narrative filters imposed by mainstream or Hispanic media. Given how badly both major political parties suck at Hispanic engagement, and the fact that immigration will […]