An estimated 13.1 million Latinos are expected to vote in November that increases the United States total by 9 percent. This increase in turnout can be attributed to many Latino-Americans reaching the voting age as well as immigrants becoming legal citizens.
As most of the immigration talk coming from GOP has focused on deploying more border patrol agents and building a wall along Mexico, Republican candidates have spent far less time publically discussing changes that will likely soon come regarding the nation’s policy on Cuban immigrants.
Republican hopeful Ted Cruz recently went out of his way to assure Fox News host Bill O'Reilly he is totally committed to a plan to deport all 12 million undocumented immigrants estimated to live in the U.S. if he is elected president.
Caucus-goers throughout Nevada cast their vote on Feb. 20, many in Latino-heavy Clark County. Based on exit polls, older voters leaned towards Clinton while Latinos and millenials chose Sanders.
Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio are both concentrating on their Nevada ground games in hopes of slowing down hard-charging Republican front-runner Donald Trump.
Although Latinos voted for President Barack Obama in both the 2008 and 2012 presidential elections in record breaking numbers, a new poll reveals that the Democratic Party may not have a strong grip on the voting bloc this time around.
Major change is on the horizon for Houston. Latino candidate Adrian Garcia confirms his intention to make a bid for the House seat and challenge longstanding Rep. Gene Green. This marks the first time a Latino becomes a House member for this largely Hispanic city in Texas.
Did Bolivians already have enough of President Evo Morales? Well, partial results and unofficial quick counts from the referendum on Sunday seemed to indicate that they had ditched the constitutional amendment that would allow Morales to stay in power for his fourth term.
Joao Santana, President Dilma Rousseff’s campaign manager, was specifically suspected to have received bribes in offshore accounts related to the Car Wash scheme.
Senator Ted Cruz fired his spokesperson Rick Tyler for publishing an implicating video of his fellow candidate as other presidential hopefuls accuse the Texas lawmaker of doing “anything to get elected.”
The U.S. Department of Defense is ready to hand in its proposal to Congress for closing the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay. The plan consists of different options on how the prison will be closed. It will be submitted on Tuesday, Feb. 23.
Airline companies have until March 2 to apply at the Department of Transportation for at least 110 daily flights from the United States to Cuba. However, the State Troopers Fraternal Organization of New Jersey is calling to halt the restoration of flights to Cuba before a fugitive cop killer is returned to the United States.
Puerto Rico Gov. Alejandro Garcia Padilla wrote a letter to House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan announcing financial statements from 2014 will be released soon and dismissed rumors of lack of reliable financial information from the island.
