Sep 10, 2012
Wednesday night at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, Cristina Saralegui gave a speech supporting President Barack Obama’s re-election. As many have said, Cristina is considered the Oprah for Spanish television. She is an incredible businesswoman and talk show host who the Latino and Hispanic community trust and respect...
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This week’s Democratic National Convention represented a clean break from the old and discredited conventional wisdom that for Democrats, immigration is an issue best avoided when talking to general election audiences. Instead, and in contrast to last week’s Republican National Convention, Democrats embraced the new paradigm of immigration politics,...
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This week’s Democratic National Convention represented a clean break from the old and discredited conventional wisdom that for Democrats, immigration is an issue best avoided when talking to general election audiences. Instead, and in contrast to last week’s Republican National Convention, Democrats embraced the new paradigm of immigration politics,...
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We wrote about the Republican National Convention last week and how the GOP predictably failed to say anything substantial on immigration policy. As Univision’s Jordan Fabian reported: no speaker took the opportunity to address the topic, and that gaping absence stood out like a sore thumb. (emphasis in original) Luckily,...
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CHARLOTTE, North Carolina – California Congressman Xavier Becerra, an Obama campaign surrogate, is one hundred percent certain that the president will be re-elected. And when that happens, Becerra said yesterday at a forum on the Latino vote and immigration, he will deliver the comprehensive immigration reform bill he promised...
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History was made last night at the Democratic National Convention when Benita Veliz–the first DREAMer ever to speak at a convention–took the podium to tell her story. You can watch the video of her remarks here: And the transcript: My name is Benita Veliz, and I’m from San Antonio,...
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This week, we all witnessed San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro give the keynote speech at the Democratic National Convention. He spoke with eloquence, inspiration and admiration about his mother, his heritage and his story. He reminded us all that in this country, it’s not what you look like or...
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Maribel Hastings is a Senior Advisor at America’s Voice: CHARLOTTE, North Carolina—In close elections like this one, the Latino vote can be decisive not just in traditionally Hispanic-heavy states, but in other states where a few thousand votes can tip the balance and determine whether there’s a change of...
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