Es el día de la independencia en Estados Unidos. Pronto empezaremos la ronda anual de festividades similares en países latinoamericanos. Pero en estos días aquellas celebraciones se sienten huecas. Independencia y libertad de qué, muchos nos preguntamos, cuando millones viven oprimidos. El mundo convulsiona bajo el  peso de los indignados. A donde vayamos encontraremos marchas [...]

Querido diario, no sé qué churretera tendrán los candidatos a la presidencia de Estados Unidos que a lo único que atinan últimamente es a tirarse unos peditos, de esos bien olorosos que todo el mundo voltea a oler, pero luego nada… No llegamos a nada. No es ya como hace cuatro años, que mi morenito [...]

The newly unveiled Immigration Reform proposed by Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is filled with welcoming mats to new immigrants entering through the legal door but has nothing to offer to alleviate the situation of about 11 million undocumented who currently call the United States of America their home. The proposal plays only to voters [...]

La campaña del aspirante a la presidencia, el Republicano Mitt Romney, lanza nuevos avisos todos los días. Su estrategia para alcanzar a la comunidad latina parece ser la anticuada idea de realizar una traducción literal del anuncio en inglés… o simplemente enviar el anuncio en inglés con una nota de prensa en un castellano mediocre. [...]

He’s been accused by the right of failed policies and by his own people of failure to perform, and today President Barack Obama is facing a tough march to keep his own house, the White House, from political foreclosure and to keep himself in 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue for four more years. With a campaign slogan [...]

The GOP is flipping with elation over what they addressed as ‘President Obama’s worst week ever.’ And they have a new ad to enjoy and commemorate these new series of mishaps. “Team Obama will likely spend it (Memorial Day Weekend) huddled in Chicago, attempting to recover from their disastrous week and reassessing their strategy,” said [...]

As women, we are placed in a pressure cooker from the beginning: it is our nature to be nurturers and take care of others. We love to nourish, it is what nourishes us. We love to feed, it is what feeds us. We love to help grow, to develop, to educate and bring up… it [...]

If there’s a group of people disappointed with President Obama, it is the Latino community. After five years, counting the campaign of hope, the needle on the promises that once took him to the White House has moved in reverse, leaving millions in a situation than has worsened since President Bush –and nobody thought that [...]