According to the latest post by Latina Lista, candidates have been invited to participate in a debate sponsored by Univision. They have all jumped at the chance, right? Not exactly. Initially the reason that some candidates turned down the offer is because they are simply not Spanish speakers. Fair enough. Univision then changed the rules [...]
Entries from June 2007
June 23, 2007
Immigration Camps Are Not Just History
In a post by Latina Lista you can read about the newest trend in immigration handling; legal mistreatment. According to journalist Elizabeth Garcia, these newly fashioned tents look quite amenable on the outside, but are merely a facade for medical maladies and human rights violations. The aforementioned reporter has vowed to chronicle these goings on [...]
June 15, 2007
A Dictionary For Us
Although the research project devoted to studying the Taino culture was unceremoniously vetoed, the efforts for understanding and preserving our culture remain. The latest is the work of scholar Alfred Carrada, who has posted an online version of our native Taino tongue. The Taino Dictionary includes etymology, prefixes, and suffixes. What [...]
