The Spanish-language media continues to analyze the implications of last Tuesday's elections, particularly the influence of the Latino vote and the prospects of immigration relief measures under the new Republican majority in the House of Representatives. Meanwhile, in his new book, former president George W. Bush looks back on...
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Nov 9, 2010
09/11/10 a 8:34am por Maribel Hastings WASHINGTON – La barrida republicana en la Cámara Baja supone escollos adicionales en la lucha por la reforma migratoria comenzando con los personajes que encabezarán los comités con jurisdicción sobre el tema en ese organismo. Los congresistas republicanos, Lamar Smith, de Texas, y...
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Nov 8, 2010
On a cold evening in Las Vegas on October 22nd, this image burned itself into my memory: as I was looking for my car on a street by the park where President Barack Obama was shouting himself hoarse begging Nevadans to turn out to vote, I saw, through the...
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Nov 3, 2010
03/11/10 a 2:13pm por Maribel Hastings WASHINGTON – En un frío anochecer de Las Vegas el 22 de octubre se me grabó esta imagen: mientras buscaba mi auto en una calle aledaña al parque donde el presidente Barack Obama se desgañitaba pidiéndole a los nevadenses que salieran a votar,...
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03/11/10 a 12:21pm por Maribel Hastings Por Maribel Hastings America’s Voice LAS VEGAS – Al recrear en Nevada y en otros estados los mítines que en 2008 culminaron en su histórica elección, Barack Obama espera que el entusiasmo que sigue generando entre el público que asiste a sus eventos...
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03/11/10 a 12:15pm por Maribel Hastings Por Maribel Hastings America’s Voice LAS VEGAS – En un centro comunitario enclavado en una zona hispana, una larga fila de votantes esperaba sufragar por adelantado el sábado. Varios entrevistados por America’s Voice afirmaron que es importante frenar a la candidata republicana al...
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03/11/10 a 12:07pm por Maribel Hastings 5.5 million Latinos voted in the 2006 midterm elections. In the 2010 general election, 10 million Latinos voted. Now, in 2010, some groups calculate that 6.6 million Latinos will turn out at the polls. Next week, we’ll know for sure how accurate that...
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03/11/10 a 11:59am por Maribel Hastings LAS VEGAS—In a community center nestled in a Hispanic neighborhood, a long line of voters waits to vote early on Saturday. A series of interviews conducted by America’s Voice confirmed that it’s important to these voters to stop Senate Republican candidate and Tea...
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03/11/10 a 11:58am por Maribel Hastings PHOENIX – In Arizona, the epicenter of the immigration debate, home to Sheriff Joe Arpaio, and birthplace of the anti-immigrant bill SB 1070, one would expect that Latino voters would turn out at the polls on November 2nd against candidates who support that...
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03/11/10 a 11:57am por Maribel Hastings DENVER – It’s not every day one comes across this scene: two Dominican immigrant voters conducting a voter mobilization drive in the neighborhoods of Denver, Colorado. Their targets are largely second, third and fourth-generation Hispanics, and naturalized citizens who will vote for the...
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