 Edición Semanaria de Noticiero Latino |
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November 2006
November 3rd | Listen to the program
LATINO VOTE, DECISIVE. Latino voters will play a historic and decisive role in Tuesday’s elections. This, according to the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials, NALEO, a group formed by Latinos serving in public office. The report states the Latinos may potentially shift the balance of power between Democrats and Republicans, by defining at least two Senate and five House races. Patricia Guadalupe shares details from Washington, DC.
GETTING OUT THE VOTE THE FINISH LINE. Despite polls that give California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger a broad lead against his Democratic opponent, Phil Angelides, the Democrats’ campaign views the race in a different light. Among Angelides’ most fired up allies are Los Angeles-area labor unions, which intensify their activism days shy of Election Day. Ruben Tapia visited a group of volunteers and organizers gathered at a call center aimed at pushing the Latino vote.
POLICE INCURSION IN OAXACA, MEXICO. Mexico’s federal police clashed with protestors when trying to disband barricades in the downtown area of the City of Oaxaca. The street clash resulted in one dead and dozens of other injured or detained. This operative began nearly a week ago when federal police and military effectives launch a campaign to take back the streets after months of civil unrest. Our correspondent Vladimir Flores has been covering the upheaval and files this report.
November 10th | Listen to the program
DEMOCRATS’ VICTORY. With a resounding “No” to President Bush’s political agenda and that of Republican legislators in Congress, voters opted for a Democratic majority in both houses of Congress for the first time in 12 years. Latino organizations expect that this new Congress will place immigration reform as a top priority. Patricia Guadalupe shares details.
ARIZONA APPROVES ANTI-IMMIGRANT INITIATIVES. Arizona voters contributed their fair share to the Democratic victory that turned both houses of Congress over to Democratic control. A Republican candidate that campaigned alongside the anti-immigrant vigilante group the Minutemen suffered a devastating defeat. However, state voters also approved four anti-immigrant initiatives. Elvia Diaz spoke to a prominent Latino leader and former state legislator on these election results.
LATINO REPUBLICAN FACES TOUGH CHALLENGE. In Texas, the sole Mexican American Congressman in the Republican Party, Henry Bonilla, cannot count on a solid reelection bid. The legislator must now confront Democratic contender, Ciro Rodriguez, in a runoff election. Patricio Espinoza reports from San Antonio.
IMMIGRANT VOTE IN CALIFORNIA, ILLINOIS & WASHINGTON. California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger maintained his post in one of the few Republican victories in the state. Ruben Tapia reports from Los Angeles.
November 17th | Listen to the program
HALT TO HOUSING BAN IN ESCONDIDO. A federal judge blocked a law aiming to criminalize landlords that rent housing to undocumented immigrants for the third time this year. This time the place was Escondido, California, in the outskirts of San Diego. The law would have gone into effect this weekend. Marco Vinicio Gonzalez shares details on the effects of the law in the local immigrant community.
CLEANNING UP SCHOOL BUSSES FLEETS. Nearly all school buses circulating in the nation run on diesel, once burned, this fuel releases toxic emissions that turn buses into a sort of gas chamber for their young occupants. Many point out that these harmful diesel emissions account for numerous school absences and countless asthma and bronchitis attacks hospitalizations. To address the threat, schools across the country are trying to clean up diesel-operated buses. California is leading the effort. Alma Martinez reports on a small rural town in California that has just added modern purification filters to its bus fleet.
PANCHO VILLA RETURNS. Pancho Villa comes back. The Mexican revolutionary, a hero to some and a villain to others, is the subject of new books and films recently released in Mexico. This is the best time to keep in mind Pancho Villa, says one of his new biographers, the well-known Mexican writer Paco Ignacio Taibo II: "Villa is still alive although it seems as if things were the same and without change, that is why we need his legacy". Raul Silva files the report.
November 24th | Listen to the program
HEALTHCARE COVERAGE IN THE NEW CONGRESS. The uninsured and the health reform are some of the main topics that rose to the national political scene after the recent elections. According to analysts, highly motivated voters and reelection campaign messages signaled the end of a political stalemate that has halted changes in healthcare policies for the last decade. Marco Vinicio Gonzalez files the report.
ILLNESSES DUE TO GOODS MOVEMENT. If only a few cents of what we pay for everyday products would be invested in clean technology we might be able to reduce the illness and deaths left behind by the freight industry and the movement of goods. A new report indicates that the pollution created by these industries causes several forms of cancer and respiratory illnesses in communities near freeways and merchandise distribution centers. The report focuses in California for being one of the main merchandise entry points in the country. Alma Martinez shares details.
LOPEZ OBRADOR STARTS ITS ITINERANT PRESIDENCY. Mexico’s President-Elect, Felipe Calderon Hinojosa will be sworn in on December 1st. However, for many Mexican nationals, the legitimate president has already taken the presidential oath in Mexico City’s historical central plaza on November 20th. It remains to be seen how Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s so-called itinerant presidency will work. In the meantime, the Tabasco state native has started a national campaign to incite political participation. Citlali Saenz reports.
In the state of Washington, where the 10 Congressional races were considered key, the Latino presence at the polls increased, but their representation in public office did not grow. Jesus Sosa from KDNA in Granger, Washington reports.