Obama to Push Immigration Bill as One Priority
Finally the national debate about immigration will start, according to this article published today on the online version of the New York Times.
Latino immigrants supported President Obama with over 60% of their vote, which in time meant high pressure for the promises made during the campaign about discussing immigration.
Is Obama going to come forward with his promises? And if so, what are the conditions that his proposal will include to legalize 12 million undocumented immigrants? Will he follow the "Bush road" of "pay to play"?
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
State’s Crackdown on Immigrants Fuels Hispanic Media Growth
http://news.newamericamedia.org/news
Do you think the media should be the government agencies' watchdog? Read this article about North Carolina ethnic media. When the nation's immigrants are getting ready to march next May 1st, what is the role of media in this national debate?
"Most Spanish-language publications in the area have a specific section dedicated to immigration coverage. Radio stations such as La Tremenda La Raza in Charlotte broadcast daily talk shows that cover the latest developments on the immigration debate."
http://news.newamericamedia.org/news
Do you think the media should be the government agencies' watchdog? Read this article about North Carolina ethnic media. When the nation's immigrants are getting ready to march next May 1st, what is the role of media in this national debate?
"Most Spanish-language publications in the area have a specific section dedicated to immigration coverage. Radio stations such as La Tremenda La Raza in Charlotte broadcast daily talk shows that cover the latest developments on the immigration debate."
Hispanics and the Criminal Justice System
This new report by Mark Hugo Lopez, Associate Director, and Gretchen Livingston, Senior Researcher, Pew Hispanic Center is based on two different studies the Center conducted nationwide.
Not surprinsingly, Hispanics show less confidence in police effectiveness than whites and close to what Blacks believe. I say it does not come as a surprise when the "correctional" system is mainly crowded with Blacks and Hispanics.
Also read the interesting study about prisons in the US on the same page:
Pew Center on the States, "One in 31: The Long Reach of American Corrections," March 2, 2009.
This new report by Mark Hugo Lopez, Associate Director, and Gretchen Livingston, Senior Researcher, Pew Hispanic Center is based on two different studies the Center conducted nationwide.
Not surprinsingly, Hispanics show less confidence in police effectiveness than whites and close to what Blacks believe. I say it does not come as a surprise when the "correctional" system is mainly crowded with Blacks and Hispanics.
Also read the interesting study about prisons in the US on the same page:
Pew Center on the States, "One in 31: The Long Reach of American Corrections," March 2, 2009.
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
MIDEAST: Building New Bridges to Latin America
By Baher Kamal
This article published by IPSNews is dated in Madrid at March 29th, and it reports the convergence of an Arab-South American summit in the Qatari capital on March 31st to discuss key political and economic cooperation between the participating regions.
Although the final declaration drafted by both parties talks about increasing trade agreements in the areas of commerce, energy and technology, there is also a political aspect to it: the support of Latin American countries to an independent Palestinian State.
Trade between the two regions increased from 8 billion dollars in 2005 to 21 billion dollars last year, according to the director of the League of Arab States’ Two Americas Department.
According to the Agencia Bolivariana de Noticias, based in Caracas, Venezuela, this is “the first time the Union of South American Countries (Unasur) will participate as a representative organ, formed as a bloc of Latin American countries proposing the integration of the south with the Arab countries.” The agency reports that 34 Arab and Latin American presidents are meeting on the same date to discuss and undersign bilateral agreements.
How is this summit going to affect foreign relationships between Latin America and Israel and also, is this an indirectly forceful position against the US?
By Baher Kamal
This article published by IPSNews is dated in Madrid at March 29th, and it reports the convergence of an Arab-South American summit in the Qatari capital on March 31st to discuss key political and economic cooperation between the participating regions.
Although the final declaration drafted by both parties talks about increasing trade agreements in the areas of commerce, energy and technology, there is also a political aspect to it: the support of Latin American countries to an independent Palestinian State.
Trade between the two regions increased from 8 billion dollars in 2005 to 21 billion dollars last year, according to the director of the League of Arab States’ Two Americas Department.
According to the Agencia Bolivariana de Noticias, based in Caracas, Venezuela, this is “the first time the Union of South American Countries (Unasur) will participate as a representative organ, formed as a bloc of Latin American countries proposing the integration of the south with the Arab countries.” The agency reports that 34 Arab and Latin American presidents are meeting on the same date to discuss and undersign bilateral agreements.
How is this summit going to affect foreign relationships between Latin America and Israel and also, is this an indirectly forceful position against the US?
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