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Frontera NorteSur  New fires are steadily igniting in different corners of the Mexican political system. As the country plunges head-long toward the July 1 elections, clashes over candidacies, bouts of negative campaigning and a new spying scandal are lighting up the political scene. A bizarre video game with a barely concealed subliminal message, “Super Ernesto,” [...]

U.S. Department of Education officials are considering a request by the 21 members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus to investigate allegations of civil-rights violations by Arizona’s enforcement of a new law barring racially divisive classes. U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva, a Tucson Democrat who is a caucus member, said he had spoken Friday with the caucus [...]

México del Norte Por Jorge Mújica Murias Mitt Romney, a todas luces, será el candidato del Partido Republicano a la presidencia de los Estados Unidos en noviembre de 2012. Al parecer, la idea de Newt Gingrich de darle un chance de legalizarse a los inmigrantes indocumentados “que tengan más de 20 años viviendo en el [...]

Unión del Barrio, -an organization that for over 30 years has struggled for the self-determination and liberation of La Raza, and other oppressed poor and working class people,- held a community forum on Thursday January 19, 2012, at the Memorial Senior Center. The Center is located in Memorial Park, found within a mostly Mexican and [...]

The first statewide Report of Registration since new decennial legislative and congressional maps were drawn shows that more than 17 million Californians are registered to vote, up from 15.5 million four years ago. “The new report shows 21.2 percent of California voters have no political party preference, a new all-time high,” said Secretary of State [...]

LA COLUMNA VERTEBRAL El Soporte Informativo Para Millones de Hispanos Por Luisa Fernanda Montero  Lamentablemente, y desde que tenemos memoria como especie, el crimen ha hecho parte de la vida del hombre. Nadie está exento. Cualquiera puede ser víctima en algún momento de asaltadores o personas inescrupulosas. Por eso es importante, primero, tomar precauciones y [...]

Via: Allergy Asthma Technology

Wide open spaces and fresh air are pretty much foreign concepts to most Latino families who live in cramped urban areas or suburban neighborhoods with postage stamp-size yards, where pollution from car emissions or nearby factories are just facts of life — and far away from any national park. In fact, because of safety and [...]

By Salvador Guerrero WASHINGTON– The United States isn’t the only country facing a contentious presidential election this year. Mexico will elect a new president in July, and some experts think the National Action Party (PAN) will be ousted from office by the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), which held power for 71 years before the PAN [...]

México del Norte Por Jorge Mújica Murias Dicen por ahí que en una competencia siempre que alguien gana alguien también pierde. En otra variante, digamos que cuando hay solamente dos competidores en una competencia, no hay primero y segundo lugar, sino solamente un ganador y un perdedor. La diatriba anterior viene a cuento porque la [...]

By Mariana Martínez Long lines snake through the halls at the San Diego Marriot. Women dressed in suits and men wearing ties, all holding on to their resumes and hopes of finding a job. This is a job fair with 17 companies and schools, including the army and the Border Patrol, seeking to find new [...]

  Por Mariana Martínez Las filas para entrar serpentean por los pasillos del hotel. Las mujeres en traje sastre y hombres de corbata desfilan por entre los puestos de reclutamiento en busca de trabajo. Esta es una feria de trabajo en la que 17 empresas y escuelas entre ellas las fuerzas armadas y la Patrulla [...]

Helix Water District Board President DeAna Verbeke announced that Director of Engineering Carlos Lugo has been selected as the new general manager of the Helix Water District. Director Verbeke noted, “After a comprehensive process with a number of qualified candidates, the board has determined that Carlos Lugo is the best person for the position. His [...]

El Centro de Inmigración para Mujeres y Niños (ICWC) es una organización sin fines de lucro que ofrece servicios legales de inmigración de bajos recursos para mujeres y niños a quienes le falta representación legal en California. ICWC se esfuerza para proporcionar seguridad y estabilidad para niños que han sido abusados, abandonados o descuidados y [...]

A remembrance: Fixin’ infertile men the old fashioned way  By Andy Porras  Just imagine if there were a Super Bowl of medical miracles, perhaps this year’s encounter would feature the Brinkley Goats vs. the Turek Tootsie Rolls. But enough fiction. A recent news story reports that a men’s health medical practice in San Francisco, headed [...]

LA COLUMNA VERTEBRAL El Soporte Informativo Para Millones de Hispanos Por Luisa Fernanda Montero El 2012 es un año marcado por la actividad política, un año en el que se determinará quien regirá los destinos del país en el próximo cuatrienio. Esta semana el presidente Barack Obama inició oficialmente su campaña y la contienda por [...]

While cervical cancer affects all races, Latinas are diagnosed with cervical cancer nearly twice as often as Caucasian, African American and Asian Pacific Islander women. Latinas and African American women are also more likely to die of cervical cancer than Caucasian and Asian Pacific Islanders – due in large part to a lack of screenings [...]