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The not-so-surprising results of a study conducted by the National Hispanic Media Coalition and the polling firm Latino Decisions shows that what you watch on TV largely affects what you think. Research was conducted in two parts. In the first part, 900 non-Latino Americans were asked about how they received their news and entertainment and Read More
Watching Senate-hopeful Ted Cruz speak Tuesday night at the Republican National Convention, it’s easy to see why he defeated his more formidable opponent in the primary. Sans podium, he paced the stage like a TV evangelist delivering an impassioned sermon. When he smiles, it’s authentic. His sermon — or rather, his speech — was on Read More
On Monday, an article reached the editorial staff at Being Latino. It appeared on the National Review Online website Monday morning and was written by Jay Nordlinger, the magazine’s award-winning senior editor. What’s noteworthy about the article — and why someone thought it might be of interest to the editors at Being Latino — jumps Read More
We all know about Martin Luther King Jr.’s resistance to the unjust laws of the Jim Crow South. King believed that achieving justice sometimes necessitated breaking the arbitrary rules that flawed humans devise. Similarly, in Latin America, where many of our families originated, priests often took a stand against the repressive authority of the oligarchies. Read More
Marco Rubio 2016. It may be too soon to roll out the pins and bumper stickers, but Senator Rubio (R-Fl.) appeared very presidential during his speech at the Brookings Institution on Wednesday. He was there to talk foreign policy. The message: America needs to be more active in spreading peace, security and prosperity throughout the Read More
Marco Rubio is not Cuban. He is not even an immigrant. Prove it. I want to see his Cuban birth certificate. I have a Cuban birth certificate so I can authenticate his. Mine reads Certificación De Nacimiento. His reads Certificate of Birth. There is a big difference. Rubio was born in Miami making him American Read More
This month, Representing La Gente will be profiling the junior senator from the great state of Florida: Marco Rubio. Rubio was born on May 28, 1971, to Cuban exiles Mario and Oria Rubio Garcia. Rubio is an alumnus of the University of Florida and obtained his Juris doctor from the University of Miami. He currently Read More
This past November, many pundits were saying that the GOP could be successful with Latinos because of the success it had in running Latino candidates. In Florida, Cuban-American Marco Rubio was elected, and his name has even been tossed around as a potential VP candidate in 2012. In two key western states, Latino Republicans were Read More
The 2010 midterm elections were historic for Hispanics. For the first time ever, three Latino candidates won top statewide offices. All of these three Latinos ran as Republicans. The three are Florida Senator-elect Marco Rubio, New Mexico governor-elect Susana Martinez, and Nevada governor-elect Brian Sandoval. Prior to this election, there have only been 5 Latino Read More
Like everyone else, I was startled last week, to read news reports that former-President Bill Clinton had been orchestrating the demise of Tea Party favorite and Florida Republican Senate Candidate Marco Rubio by getting Democratic Senate Candidate, Congressman Kendrick Meeks, D-Fl, to withdraw from the Florida U.S. Senate race and endorse the perceived lesser of Read More