January 20, 2010 > Paola Reyes
Fleeing Violence, Immigrants and Restaurants Move From Tijuana, Mexico to San Diego
San Diego — As Mexico’s two year-old drug war intensifies, leading to greater violence and insecurity in the city of Tijuana, many families are moving across the border to San […] Read More >
January 19, 2010 > Andrew OReilly
Mexico Sends More Troops To Tijuana To Combat Drug Cartels
The Mexican government plans to send an additional 860 soldiers to the border city of Tijuana to combat the drug cartels operating within the region, according to an Associated Press […] Read More >
January 18, 2010 > Roque Planas
Center-Right Candidate Sebastián Piñera Wins Run-Off Election; Concertación Voted Out Of Presidency For First Time Since 1990
With only 60 percent of the votes counted, center-left Eduardo Frei of the Concertación coalition conceded defeat to Sebastián Piñera of the Coalición por el Cambio, bringing the right to […] Read More >
January 18, 2010 > Andrew OReilly
El Salvador’s Funes Offers Apology For Civil War Abuses
Salvadoran President Mauricio Funes offered an apology Saturday for the crimes committed by the government during the country’s civil war, according to Reuters. Funes, the first president from the FMLN […] Read More >
January 17, 2010 > Roque Planas
Enríquez-Ominami To Vote For Frei In Run-Off Election In Chile
Chile’s independent presidential candidate Marco Enríquez-Ominami said Wednesday that he will vote for center-left Eduardo Frei of the governing Concertación coalition in Chile’s run-off election today, reports Spanish wire agency […] Read More >
January 16, 2010 > Staff
How To Help Earthquake Victims In Haiti
As we wrote in our weekly news summary yesterday, Haiti suffered a devastating earthquake in the afternoon on Jan. 12, measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale and followed by more than […] Read More >
January 15, 2010 > admin
Weekly News Summary: Jan. 9, 2010 – Jan. 15, 2010
TOP STORY: HAITI DEVASTATED BY MASSIVE EARTHQUAKE Haiti suffered a devastating earthquake in the afternoon on Jan. 12, measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale and followed by more than 30 […] Read More >
January 14, 2010 > Andrew OReilly
Rally For Immigration Reform Held in New York City; Immigration Organizations Want Comprehensive Law In 2010
New York — Protesters carrying signs declaring “Justice and Dignity for the Immigrants” and “Reform Not Raids” converged inside the Judson Memorial Church, in New York City’s Washington Square Park, […] Read More >
January 14, 2010 > Roque Planas
U.S. Government Halts Deportations to Haiti Due to Earthquake; South Florida Lawmakers Call for TPS Status
The Department of Homeland Security announced yesterday that the U.S. would temporarily discontinue deportations to Haiti, due to the destruction caused by the massive earthquake on Tuesday. Roughly 30,000 Haitians […] Read More >
January 13, 2010 > Andrew OReilly
Massive Earthquake Hits Haiti
A 7.0 magnitude earthquake rocked the island nation of Haiti yesterday leaving large portions of country’s capital, Port-au-Prince, in ruins and thousands suspected to be dead, according to the New […] Read More >