LatinaLista — As the presidential candidates stumped their way across the country from LULAC to NCLR, delivering a slightly altered version of a speech they gave the week before, Latino voters, as all voters, are faced with an interesting…
LatinaLista — A big part of politics, aside from the candidates stumping from city to city, are the campaign’s television advertisements. In some cases, these advertisements outlast the candidates and the race itself. Usually, the advertisements spotlight the candidates’…
LatinaLista — Depending on the source, recent headlines have touted Obama and McCain of either “pandering” for the Latino vote or “courting” it. Given that both men have been or will be appearing at national Latino or Latino-participant events…
LatinaLista — Part of the expectations of any niche group, that is lucky enough to snag a high-profile speaker, is that the speaker’s remarks will be specifically tailored to the group and reveal, if not startling news, something to…
LatinaLista — There’s a new campaign underway to register as many Latinas as possible who are as yet unregistered to vote come November. The Latina Vote campaign spearheaded by the Southwest Voter Registration and Education (SVREP) organization has been…
LatinaLista — An odd thing happened this morning in Mexico City where Sen. John McCain is “having talks” with Mexican President Felipe Calderon. McCain, his wife and entourage, descended upon the Basilica de Guadalupe, at 8 a.m. The Basilica…
LatinaLista — It’s long been known that the rest of the world is anxiously watching our presidential campaign as if it were a primetime drama. Now, it seems that both candidates want to include that global audience in their…
(Update Correction (6/25/08): When originally posted, we failed to notice that the referenced article was an Associated Press article and not one originally reported on by El Nuevo Herald staff. Our apologies. Yet, the basic premise of the post…
LatinaLista — Back during the height of Hillary Clinton’s popularity when she was campaigning in South Texas, a 21-year-old Rio Grande Valley singer named Dulce Maria Gonzalez wrote a song just for Hillary — and in the process found…
LatinaLista — There has been (g)rumbling throughout the Latino blogosphere as to what is taking the Obama campaign so long to reach out to the rest of the Latino electorate that aren’t yet completely sold on his candidacy —…
LatinaLista — The question of who will eventually be Barack Obama’s running mate is much more of a nail-biter than John McCain’s choice. Why? Because of an issue that has reared its ugly head and has shown us that…
LatinaLista — As Latina Lista posted yesterday, a bill for the medical care and humane treatment of detained undocumented immigrants while in detention was presented to the Senate this week. One of the sponsors of the bill, New Jersey…
LatinaLista — During the run-off between Obama and Clinton, YouTube became music party headquarters. Every music video, from mariachi to hip hop, singing the praises of their particular candidate could be seen — and they were. Some of these…
LatinaLista — The Latino swing vote has arrived early and if the city officials of Dallas, Texas are any indication, it will be an unsettling experience for the nation. Dallas is not unlike hundreds of other metropolitan cities across…
LatinaLista — A new Gallup report reveals that when it comes to a showdown between Obama and McCain, McCain is the one with the “Latino problem.” (Source: Gallup) While Clinton is considered the candidate who was able to attract…
Latina Lista finally got a hold of the group spearheading the initiative to have Sen. Clinton run as an Independent. According to Robin Carlson, no one from the Clinton campaign has contacted the group nor has Sen. Clinton. Carlson…
LatinaLista — As expected, the buzz everywhere today is about Hillary’s speech last night. Early reports from her campaign had said not to expect a concession speech — and she didn’t disappoint. Sen. Clinton thanks everyone for their support…
LatinaLista — It looks like it’s finally the end of the road for Hillary Clinton’s bid for the presidency. Though conflicting reports have been posted all day — will she concede or won’t she — it looks like she…
LatinaLista — It’s official — the Bush Administration can’t leave the kind of Mideast legacy that they envisioned entailing where this President would be honored and thanked by people of the Mideast for bringing democracy and relieving oppression in…
LatinaLista — With the Puerto Rican primary just two days away, several prominent Latin music artists are singing their endorsements. As expected, it’s a split between Clinton and Obama. Clinton is expected to sweep the islands with a win….
LatinaLista — The day before yesterday in Culiacan, Sinaloa seven federal agents were killed, presumably at the hands of the Sinaloa drug cartel. In spite of this loss of life, the Attorney General of Mexico, Eduardo Medina Mora, assured…
LatinaLista — Lately, there has been an inordinate amount of articles written about the Republican presidential nominee John McCain and his chances with the Hispanic electorate. It seems McCain must be reading these articles because yesterday, for Memorial Day,…
LatinaLista — Not much has been heard from Patti Solis Doyle since her less than graceful exit as Hillary Clinton’s campaign manager back in February. Former Clinton campaign manager Patti Solis Doyle Ousted after illustrating that she just didn’t…
LatinaLista — Undocumented residents who live in Farmers Branch and Carrollton, Texas have been put on notice. Weekend elections held in these two suburbs north of Dallas have resulted in the elections of two mayors who share the same…
LatinaLista — Sixty-four percent of the Hispanic population is comprised of people of Mexican ancestry. That’s 9 percent of the total population or 28.3 million people. It’s not a big mystery as to why Mexicans comprise the largest part…
