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The Congressional Hispanic Caucus is standing tall and proud for reaching 38 members, which the group says is largest number of members it has ever had.
Democrats say it’s a stretch to think that President Donald Trump will win over Hispanics in 2020, but don’t doubt Trump’s assertion that he is anything but very popular with Latinos.
President Donald Trump’s controversial tweet where he told several progressive House Democratic women to go back to the countries “from which they came from” has been condemned and labeled as racist by Democrats and the clear majority of the media.
The 2020 Democratic presidential primary election is in full swing, as the political and media world will descend on Miami to watch the first two televised debates. President Trump strategically chose to hold is reelection campaign kickoff in Orlando, and Democrats have chosen to kick off their primary season in Hispanic-heavy Miami-Dade County. Once again, […]
The latest Fox news poll has Joe Biden once again leading the field of 2020 presidential candidates by 19 points. Sen. Bernie Sanders is still in second place, but is losing ground to Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
President Trump recently tweeted a video compilation of Speaker Pelosi (D) “stammering” through a press conference, leaving some political pundits to question whether the aging process is in some way compromising her ability to lead.
With the news that Georgia and Alabama had signed into law anti-abortion legislation, Americans expressed just how divisive the legislations are to them. While some praised the bills and said that this was the right move forward, others blasted lawmakers and said that the laws are proof that there is a war on women. READ MORE
With their decision expected in June on whether to allow the Department of Commerce to insert a citizenship question in next year's census survey, the US Supreme Court appears to be leaning in favor of the Trump administration's citizenship argument, move that has congressional Democrats and immigration activists crying voter suppression.
According to Pew Research, 32 million Hispanics will be able to vote in the 2020 presidential election, outpacing black voters by 2 million.
Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who is undoubtedly the new face of her political party, spoke to HISPOLITICA about the increase in Latinos or Hispanics running for public office.
List of 2020 Democratic presidential candidates continues to grow, as Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (HI), Sens. Elizabeth Warren (MA) and Kirsten Gillibrand (NY) join former HUD Secretary Julian Castro, as the only announced candidates. This list potential candidates could grow to as many as 20+. If Former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders, who […]
One of financial requirements that members of congress and the President of the United States must fulfill, is having the disclosure how many assets they have, and how much each of those assets is worth.
Every election cycle there are usually a few firsts that are accomplished when newly-elected members of the U.S. Congress are sworn in.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump believes that there is a remote possibility that Hispanics will back his candidacy for president. (Sarcasm) I'm winning with Hispanics. I keep telling everybody, I'm going to win with the Hispanics. I have thousands of Hispanics working for me all over. They are unbelievable people, unbelievable workers. I love them
Univision and Anchor Jorge Ramos did what they were expected to do after Donald Trump booted Ramos out of his press conference for being rude and obnoxious. When you go to the Univision website, no less than 6 separate stories documenting the incident are posted on the site, all of them being anti-Trump. The one […]
Democratic presidential candidate, Bernie Sanders, addressed Iowa Democratic voters this past weekend, using the opportunity to reach out to black and Hispanic voters, saying that his campaign would be focused on "overcoming racial divisions." Sanders spoke of addressing racial divisions, but then drove a deeper racial wedge by telling Iowans that he spoke for all […]
"If you kick every Latino out of this country, then who is going to be cleaning your toilet, Donald Trump?"-Kelly Osbourne After making this comment on The View, will Osbourne be submitted to the same scrutiny any character assassination that Donald Trump has endured after he made those controversial, but true statements about illegal immigration […]
A Salvadoran woman who was part of the surge of Central Americans who arrived at the U.S.-Mexico border last year without proper documents is trying to avoid deportation by hiding in a Catholic mission in Atlanta. Claudia Mariela Jurado decided to elude immigration authorities after a judge denied her request for political asylum last week […]
Who said Donald Trump wasn't a confident man? The man who will tell you at drop of a dime that he is "successful and rich," and that he builds "great things" is running for president in 2016, says that his "numero uno" (Espanol for number one) with the Hispanic community. Trump, who is riding a […]
A recent Huffington Post article states that the overwhelming majority of Latinos are more concerned with environmental issues, than any other issue, included the current stagnant national economy and education. The writer of the story, who appears to support progressive causes, unbelievably states that "people of color" are "more likely to live near power […]
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 […]
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 […]
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!” […]
Yesterday, a group of leading GOP Hispanics penned an open letter to the new GOP front runner for the 2016 presidential nomination. The letter, published on Fox News Latino, calls the controversial candidate "divisive and ignorant" and goes on to make a strong case. Make no mistake; there is room for a real and honest […]
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 […]
When you visit the website of the Spanish-language TV network Univision, the issue that the network solely covers, and in some cases promotes, is that of immigration. While immigration is the hot top topic issue that grabs all the headlines when it comes to Hispanic matters, the two issues that are most important to Hispanics […]
Prior to election the polls had Crist and Scott neck-and-neck and Election Day definitely was a shock to the Crist campaign but there always has to be a winner and a loser. What is fascinating is clearing off the rubble afterwards and seeing what happened. That is exactly what OnMessage, Inc. did. They surveyed one […]
By ISRAEL ORTEGA, Heritage In an old downtown Orlando courtroom where Ted Bundy once went on trial, the Orange County History Center recently welcomed a number of conservative organizations for their latest stop in a nationwide tour, "Issues that Unite: Latinos and Conservatism." Sponsored and organized by The Leadership Insitute, The Faith and Freedom Coalition, […]
By JAVIER MANJARRES Fox Latino has coined a new term for Hispanics who happened to have a darker complexion than the other "white Hispanics" and "brown people." The new term is "Afro-Latino," and I am utterly disappointed in myself for coming up with this term. In the Shark Tank post, "The Hispanic Color Wheel, From […]
By JAVIER MANJARRES The drug-related crimes occurring south of the U.S. border in Mexico continue to rise, as more and more innocent civilians are being directly targeted by the murderous Mexican drug cartels. Unfortunately, one of the latest victims is a former U.S. Marine veteran, who has disappeared in Mexico. According to his family, Armando […]
By JAVIER MANJARRES Who says Socialist do not support one another. The European Union (EU) has sent a "representative" to the Communist-controlled country of Cuba to try to bolster and improve relations with Fidel Castro's regime. You may question my assertion that European countries are socialists, but the fact of the matter is, they are. […]
By JAVIER MANJARRES The U.S. State Department reassured the world that Cuba's repressive Castro government, is still considered to be a State Sponsor of Terrorism (SST). The State Department updated its SST list this week, prompting Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, who is considered by many to be the harshest critic of the Castro regime, to release […]
By JAVIER MANJARRES The recent immigration reform bill that was introduced by the bipartisan "Gang of 8" U.S. Senators, has all buck sucked the air out of the drug-related violence along the U.S.-Mexico border, including the violence that continues to ravage some of the interior sectors of Mexico. The once dominating Sinaloa drug cartel, headed […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
