The leading Republican candidates spent Wednesday appealing for the votes of South Florida's Hispanic voters, with the campaigns of Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich skirmishing over an advertisement that branded Mr. Romney as anti-immigration. Continue »
The Republican primary season is heading to Florida, then out west for primaries in Nevada, Arizona and Colorado, all states with Hispanic heavy populations. These primaries are worthy of attention as they present a clear test of the GOP's strategy of pandering to the anti-immigrant wing of their base. Continue »
Univision, in collaboration with Miami Dade College, will host a "Meet the Candidates" event with the 2012 Republican presidential hopefuls. Watch Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum speaking with Univision journalist Jorge Ramos on a range of issues – one of which is sure to be immigration. Continue »
As I watched the Republican debates last night, I was taken by surprise when Mitt "I will veto the DREAM Act" Romney all of a sudden decided to sing to a "different" (perhaps more alarming) tune on the whole issue Continue »
He's young, telegenic and charismatic. He's Hispanic, Catholic and the son of Cuban immigrants. He's a tea party favorite, a GOP star and, many say, the future of the Republican Party. Sen. Marco Rubio's endorsement would be a big get for any of the presidential contenders ahead of the... Continue »
Three Republican presidential hopefuls will participate in a "Meet the Candidates" forum in Miami this Wednesday, sponsored by Univision and the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, in the lead up to Florida's hotly-contested GOP primary election. Continue »
Mitt Romney's promise to veto a measure that would create a path to citizenship for some illegal immigrants threatens to turn off some Hispanic voters, whose support could be critical in a general election match-up against President Barack Obama. Continue »
Republicans think that Marco Rubio is a sort of magic elixir that can instantly cure what ails them. And what is this ailment? It's the fact that many Latinos — especially Mexicans and Mexican-Americans who represent more than two-thirds of the Hispanic population — consider the GOP to be... Continue »
As Newt Gingrich seizes the momentum in the South Carolina primary and attention starts to turn toward the next primary battle in Florida, both the Gingrich and Mitt Romney campaigns are up with Spanish-language advertisements targeting Latino Republicans in Florida. Continue »
Local and national evangelical leaders with the National Latino Evangelical Coalition kicked off the Nuestro Futuro voter registration campaign this week in Florida, launching a drive to register Latino evangelical youth for the 2012 election. Continue »