National Politics
National politics news: the White House, Congress, the Supreme Court, elections and policy debates, reported with a focus on Hispanic Americans.
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 […]
About a month or so ago, I wrote about [score]Ted Cruz[/score]'s Hispanic Problem, and it is one I continue to believe he still has. However, with the release of his new book, A Time For Truth, the junior senator from Texas and 2016 presidential hopeful seems to be attempting to solidify his hispanic credentials. During an […]
Bob Corker, who last year opposed the sanctions pushed by the US Senate against the Venezuelan government is right now in Venezuela for a "fact finding mission". The trip comes on the back of a State Department meeting with Diosdado Cabello in Haiti, as the Obama administration seeks to "thaw" diplomatic relations with the socialist […]
CNN is reporting the the Unites States and Cuba have reached an agreement, and will announce on Wednesday that the two countries will open embassies in each other's capitals. According to two senior administration officials: "We will formally announce tomorrow that the United States and Cuba have reached an agreement to re-establish formal diplomatic relations […]
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 […]
After his comments about Mexican immigrants during his announcement speech, which sparked so much controversy and reaction, Donald Trump's messaging seems to be changing. His announcement speech spoke about how Mexico is sending their "rapists and drugs" and how some, "he assumes are good people", but he seems to be changing his tone. While still […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
After serving prison time in the U.S. for drug trafficking and racketeering, and in France for embezzlement, former Panamanian dictator and drug dealer, Manuel Noriega, is serving a 60 year prison sentence for murder in this native Panama. The 81-year-old Noriega has decided to finally come out and apology for his actions while he ruled […]
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 […]
The state of Jalisco's "New Generation" drug cartel is no different from the other Mexican crime organizations, in that they will indiscriminately kill law enforcement officers at the drop of a dime. The group is responsible for a recent string of police killings, including an ambush of military personnel that left 15 dead, including some […]
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 […]
The drug war in Mexico, that has spilled over into the U.S., rages on as more than 17 people have been killed in the state of Nuevo Leon, 10 in a brazen daylight attack that targeted a Corona Beer distribution center. According to witnesses, the gunmen arrived in two vehicles, forced their employees to take […]
Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson recently addressed the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) NALEO , a group that is considered by many conservatives as being one that promotes amnesty for illegal aliens, as they push a pro-Latino agenda that echoes the Democrat Party's voter intimidation and discrimination talking points, as […]
Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump is feeling the drums of discontent by the Mexican rock band Mana over the anti-Mexican comments he made during his presidential announcement event. Trump said that "when Mexico sends its people," the country not sending the best, they are sending people with "lots of problems and they're bringing those problems. […]
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 […]
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 […]
The controversial video of a police officer throwing a teen to the ground in McKinney, Texas, has lead to the firing of the principal of North Miami High School, Alberto Iber. Iber, a Hispanic, wrote this comment on a story that was posted on Facebook page" "He did nothing wrong. He was afraid for his […]
Cuba doesn't yet have an embassy in they U.S., but that hasn't stopped the Swiss government from serving as a protector of the communist country from the United States, and facilitating the groundwork for future Cuban embassy in Washington, D.C. The Swiss embassy, which houses Cuba's Interest Section, erected a mast outside its doors in […]






