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Fri19Sep2008

When Families Suddenly Matter in Immigration

When it's not their mother or daughter, politicians play lip service to family matters and immigration. When it is their family, in the case of Democratic Florida Congressman Allan Boyd and his son, suddenly protecting the family is important. His... Read more »

Friday, September 19 2008 | 11:01 H

Fri01Aug2008

Central Florida Latinos Focal Point for Candidates

If a new survey is to be believed, Central Florida is where Barack Obama needs to be spending much of his $20 million Latino campaign budget. According to a new study by the non-partisan Democracia USA organization, those votes are... Read more »

Friday, August 01 2008 | 10:51 H

Wed30Jan2008

McCain Takes Florida. Giuliani to Take a Bow.

With 99% of the vote counted, John McCain led Mitt Romney by 36% to 31% in the Florida priamaries held yesterday, meaning all 57 Republican delegates go to him. All the results are as follows: Republicans John McCain: 36% Mitt... Read more »

Wednesday, January 30 2008 | 08:11 H

Wed21Nov2007

Alberto Gonzales Gets Paid 40k to Get Heckled at University of Florida

The man keeps on keeping the Latino man down. Pobre former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales is just trying to earn an honest living speaking about what he knows best. Actually you have to hand it to the protesters for their... Read more »

Wednesday, November 21 2007 | 08:58 H

Thu18Oct2007

Anti-Chavez Billboard Gets a Second Look Because of Word Choice

A billboard put up and paid for by self-proclaimed "true American" John McCombs in Florida is drawing fire but not for reasons you might think. It's not that Bay Minette has a strong pro-Hugo Chavez lobby, it's that the billboard's... Read more »

Thursday, October 18 2007 | 08:49 H

Wed01Aug2007

Save Juan (No Save Two or More)

I think Juan Gomez should be allowed to stay in the U.S. and finish his studies here if he so chooses. But I'm getting a little tired of politicians using poster boy model minority Latinos as a way of avoiding... Read more »

Wednesday, August 01 2007 | 08:22 H

Fri15Dec2006

Lethal injection of Latino tortuous, not instantaneous

Death by lethal injection is supposed to be one of most "painless" methods of execution of prisoners condemned to this fate. But this apparently was not the case in the execution of Ángel Nieves Díaz, a Latino prisoner in Florida.... Read more »

Friday, December 15 2006 | 12:49 H

Tue14Nov2006

Anti-Gay Republican Latino Leading Republican Party

Mel Martinez, the Florida senator of Cuban background, was tapped to be the Republican National Committee general chairman yesterday. Now you'd think that after the major loss of power in the Congress a week ago, the GOP would move more... Read more »

Tuesday, November 14 2006 | 10:00 H

Fri13Oct2006

Latino family murdered in Florida

Authorities are investigating the gruesome murder of a Latino family in St. Lucie, central Florida.Two adults and two children were found shot to death Friday along an isolated stretch of a Florida highway, with the woman clutching the two children... Read more »

Friday, October 13 2006 | 13:01 H

Fri15Sep2006

Was Orlando Burglary a Hate Crime?

When does a crime become a hate crime? That is the question surrounding a burglary in Orlando, Florida. Not only was the Aguirre family robbed of their car and $8,000 worth of items, they were also victims of hate messages... Read more »

Friday, September 15 2006 | 12:23 H

Tue06Jun2006

Florida gets an "F" in History

The Miami Herald has an article today about how, despite the very strong Latin American and Spanish origins of the state of Florida (and it's huge Latino population), the state's educational system is flunking out on teaching kids about Latin... Read more »

Tuesday, June 06 2006 | 13:54 H

Mon24Oct2005

Looking out for number one

Latino migrant workers are doing just that in the wake of hurricane Wilma's path through Florida. Thousands of workers far from home have no transportation means to leave the affected areas, nor do they have access to emergency assistance... Read more »

Monday, October 24 2005 | 16:35 H

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