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		CHCI Index Page ^Votes:0 CHCI's HHM Events Broadcasted on HITN November 8, 2007 New Findings in Preventing Latino Home Foreclosures October 25, 2007 Comcast Brings Viewers Closer to the Candidates with ?Presidential Forum ON DEMAND? October 2, 2007 Dell, Microsoft Partner with CHCI to Provide Notebook Computers, Software to Scholarship Winners October 2, 2007 Southwest Airlines Invests in CHCI?s Future Leaders Through Partnership October 2, 2007 CHCI Gala Unites Members of Congress To Honor Veterans, Celebrate 30th Anniversary October 1, 2007 Veterans Celebrated as Focal Point of Hispanic Heritage Month September 30, 2007 Latino Leaders Host Presidential Candidates Forum Shining Spotlight on Latino Community September 27, 2007 Members of Congress, U.S. Senators Headline CHCI Public Policy Conference September 25, Read More Go to Site


		Cuban-American Lobby on the Defensive / NY Times - Cuba News / Noticias - CubaNet News ^Votes:0 CUBAN E T ... CUBANEWS June 30, 2000 Cuban-American Lobby on the Defensive By Christopher Marquis. The New York Times . June 30, 2000 WASHINGTON, June 29 -- After dominating the United States policy debate over Cuba for nearly two decades, Cuban-American advocates of a hard-line stance toward Havana find themselves on the defensive, increasingly estranged from other Americans, supporters and critics say. As a result, the Cuban American National Foundation, the pre-eminent exile lobby, is reorganizing its leadership to include younger faces and today appointed a non-Cuban former State Department expert on Cuba to head its Washington office. The Miami-based group is also singling out the districts of Congressional adversaries for television advertisements and pledging to spend "whatever Read More Go to Site

		Hispanic Americans in Congress ^Votes:0 Hispanic Americans in Congress BACKGROUND The origin of this site is a print publication prepared under the direction of the Government Printing Office in 1995, Hispanic Americans in Congress, 1822-1995 . Thus, the Table of Contents includes individual pages for Members who served (and continue to serve) within that timeframe. For Members who began serving in the U.S. Congress after 1995, the lists by geographical location and in chronological order are an excellent resource. An additional resource for researching all Members of Congress is the searchable database Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-present . TABLE OF CONTENTS Concurrent Resolution resulting in the print publication, as put forth by the Congressional Hispanic Caucus in the 103rd Congress (1994) Ackno Read More Go to Site

		Honduran Immigrants Wage Hunger Strike ^Votes:0 Honduran Immigrants Wage Hunger Strike By Pamela Constable Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, April 24, 1998; Page C03 Five immigrants from Honduras, lying under a huge Honduran flag and sipping only water and Gatorade, have been holding a hunger strike in front of the White House since Monday -- and say they won't eat until the government stops deporting illegal immigrants back to Honduras. The protesters, who began their hunger strike in Miami and then flew to Washington to draw greater attention, have been fasting in Lafayette Square to dramatize the plight of 80,000 Hondurans who fled to the United States in the 1980s because of conflicts in neighboring countries. The demonstrators, one of whom was admitted to Washington Hospital Center yesterday after suffering convulsions on his 30 Read More Go to Site

		Latinos and Spanish-speaking Gringos -Hasta la vista, baby! ^Votes:0 Latinos and Spanish-speaking Gringos Hasta la vista, baby! by Professor Rodolfo F. Acuna Author of "OCCUPIED AMERICA: The History of Chicanos" The intensity of the wooing of the Latino vote by presidential candidates, and listening to George W. Bush and Al Gore speak Spanish, with "little brown ones" fluttering around them as if they were gods, reminds me of what Mexicans used to say in Texas: never to trust a gringo who speaks Spanish or a Mexican who smokes a cigar. (Both are likely to be politicians). Bush has been a regular visitor to California and has included the Latino community at many of his stops, something that would have been rare four years ago, and never happened a decade ago. Just in the last couple of weeks he has visited the conventions of the National Council of La Raza Read More Go to Site

		National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) ^Votes:0 En EspaÑol . NALEO Search NALEO.org Web NALEO Membership Survey [Click here to complete] Become a Member As a national non-partisan organization, NALEO utilizes its network of more than 6,000 governmental, political, and business leaders to conduct civic engagement projects, training and technical assistance, and information dissemination on behalf of the Latino community. More » VIDEO Click here to view recent NALEO Educational Fund programs and events PHOTO GALLERY Click here for our online photo albums LATEST NEWS 11/14/07 CoaliciÓn nacional devela campaÑa sin precedentes para aumentar el voto latino en elecciÓn presidencial del 2008 11/14/07: Latino Coalition Unveils Unprecedented Campaign To Increase The Latino Vote in 2008 Presidential Elections 11/05/07: Citizenship Applications Cli Read More Go to Site

		The Election of the First Cuban Congresswomen ^Votes:0 The Election of the First Cuban Congresswomen This is a book chapter I wrote with Dr. Nicol Rae. ETHNICITY & PARTISANSHIP: THE CASE OF THEM 18TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT IN MIAMI The persistence of ethnic voting in the United States continues to defy the predictions of political scientists who predicted its demise. Robert Dahl presented a three-stage model in which immigrant groups would gradually become `assimilated' as their social mobility increased (Dahl, 1961, 34-51). When a large segment of the group has entered the `middle-class', economic factors would become more politically relevant than ethnic factors in their political choices: To these people, ethnic politics is often embarrassing or meaningless. Political attitudes and loyalties have become a function of socioeconomic character Read More Go to Site

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