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Chavez wins Venezuela re-election
VENEZUELA -- President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela has won a third term in office, securing a clear lead over rival Manuel Rosales.
With most of the ballots counted, President Chavez had taken more than 60% of the vote, officials said.
The president, who has secured the support of the poor by using oil to fund welfare, told crowds his left-wing "Bolivarian revolution" had triumphed.
Admitting defeat, his social democrat rival said he would go on "fighting for democracy" in the streets if ne.... |
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MALDEF combats vigilante group attempt to intimidate Latino vote in Arizona
TUCSON, AZ - Latino voters casting their ballots in Arizona today were approached by vigilantes, at least one of whom was armed, at the 49th Precinct Polling Place in Tucson.
Representatives from the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) were at the precinct to provide answers to voters about changes in identity requirements under the recently implemented Proposition 200, and witnessed three men stop only Latino voters as they entered and exited the polls.
“The acts .... |
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Democrat Mike Beebe wins Arkansas Governor's Race
LITTLE ROCK, AR – Arkansas Democrat Mike Beebe won the Arkansas governor's race. With 100 percent of the precincts reporting, Beebe had 61 percent of the vote to Republican Asa Hutchinson's 35 percent.
Beebe reminded Arkansans that no one governs alone.
He took a moment to remember the late Win Paul Rockefeller, the Republican who withdrew from the governor's race when he learned he had a life-threatening blood disease. Beebe said, “Rockefeller was a good man who cared about Arkansan.... |
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Democracia USA registers more than 105,000 new Hispanic voters in 4 states
WASHINGTON, DC -- Democracia U.S.A. (DUSA), a national non-partisan Hispanic civic engagement program, announced today that it has registered over 105,342 new Hispanic voters from Arizona, Florida, New Jersey and Pennsylvania—creating a 27 percent increase in the number of registered Hispanic voters in Pennsylvania alone. DUSA, a project of People For the American Way Foundation, has active operations throughout Hispanic neighborhoods in each of these states.
“Democracia USA’s mission is to .... |
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Hispanics voters will determine outcome of crucial races for top positions in Election 2006
LOS ANGELES, CA -- With the partisan balance of power at stake in both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, Hispanics are poised to determine the outcome of key races on November 7, according to an analysis conducted by the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) Educational Fund.
The NALEO Educational Fund also projects that 5.6 million Latinos will make their voices heard in the election, the highest Latino turnout for any Congressional election not .... |
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United States and Colombia negotiating free trade agreement
WASHINGTON, DC -- President George W. Bush welcomed Colombian President Alvaro Uribe to the Oval Office Wednesday, June 14, 2006. “This is my first chance to be able to congratulate the President for a very strong victory. He was obviously a good campaigner that had a message that the Colombian people appreciated. So first of all, congratulations for a grand victory,” said Bush.
President Bush added, “we negotiated a free trade agreement. We've still got some details to work out, but we co.... |
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Mexican youth learn "Tu Rock es Votar"
MEXICO D.F., MEXICO -- Rock music has always been important in the lives of the young. This year, rock music in Mexico is no the exception. Before the imminent presidential elections on July 2, various rock bands in Mexico created the organization Tu Rock es Votar (TREV), whose mission is to promote voting among Mexican youth.
TREV was born in August of 2005 when a group of young people between the ages of 27 and 29 created the non-profit organization. TREV does not have an agenda or po.... |
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Fox says immigration should be shared responsibility
YAKIMA, UTAH -- Mexican President Vicente Fox has visited a fruit orchard in the northwestern U.S. state of Washington on May 25 and told farm workers there that the United States and Mexico must manage immigration together.
President Fox said Wednesday in the city of Yakima that both sides need to reach an agreement that can give security, legality and order to the flow of migrant people. He said immigration reform is a shared responsibility.
The Mexican president made his remarks ahead o.... |
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Pelosi: 'We need bipartisan comprehensive immigration reform'
WASHINGTON, DC -- House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement on May 25 in regard to the passage of the Senate's immigration bill (62-36):
"Now that the Senate has reached an agreement on immigration, President Bush needs to urge the House Republican Leadership to denounce the mean-spirited House Republican Sensenbrenner bill. The President has not yet disavowed or said one unkind word about the Sensenbrenner bill; in fact, he is on record as praising the bill. .... |
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CANCUN SUMMIT 2006: News Conference
President Bush Meets with President Fox in Cancun, Mexico
SPEAKERS:
GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
VICENTE FOX, PRESIDENT OF MEXICO
PRESIDENT FOX: (As translated.) We are ready, good afternoon. I would like to welcome President Bush to Quintana Roo, to Cancún, and to Mexico. It is a great honor to have him here, particularly in this place in Cancún, which is all set and receiving many visitors. But the best visitors are President Bush and Prime Minister Harper, with our working agenda that will be fruitful and positi.... |
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McGrew seeks GOP nomination for House of Representatives
ROGERS, AR -- R. Shawn McGrew a well known Hispanic from Rogers, Arkansas announced on Monday, February 13 his candidacy for the Republican nomination in District 95 for the Arkansas House of Representatives.
McGrew, 33, said, “I feel that voters are looking for an intelligent leader with integrity and a vision for this district and Northwest Arkansas.”
McGrew works for Wal-Mart Stores, Inc based in Bentonville, AR as Travel Technology Manager in the Global Travel Services division of the .... |
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Pryor receives award from U.S. Chamber of Commerce
WASHINGTON, DC -- Senator Mark Pryor received on the U.S. Chamber Spirit of Enterprise Award from Thomas J. Donohue, President and CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, for his strong support of a pro-economic growth legislative agenda.
Pryor said, “he was honored to receive the Spirit of Enterprise Award from the Chamber and appreciative of the working relationship he has built with the Chamber of Commerce and its Arkansas membership.” His work to promote transportation funding, the JOBS.... |
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President announced two Hispanics to Cabinet
WASHIGNTON, DC – Eight of 15 members of President Bush’s first term Cabinet have resigned. The president announced six nominations so far. The Senate still has to confirm his choices, two Hispanics among the nominees.
President George W. Bush announced the nomination of White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales to succeed John Ashcroft as the next U.S. Attorney General during a press conference in the Roosevelt Room Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2004.
A few days later, President George W. Bush announ.... |
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Remarks by President Bush in Acceptance Speech
THE PRESIDENT: “The voters turned out in record numbers and delivered an historic victory.
I want to thank the thousands of our supporters across our country. I want to thank you for your hugs on the rope lines; I want to thank you for your prayers on the rope lines; I want to thank you for your kind words on the rope lines. I want to thank you for everything you did to make the calls and to put up the signs, to talk to your neighbors and to get out the vote. And because you did the inc.... |
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Celebrating in the community
LITTLE ROCK, AR -- In October 31, more that 500 Latinos celebrated Halloween at the Albert Pike Hotel. The party was a celebration of ‘Latinos Unidos para Votar’ organized by the Democratic Hispanic Caucus of Arkansas and Friends of Senator Blanche Lincoln.
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