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• Breaking from Rhonda Solis- CO Supremes Buck Buck! Senate Wannabe Gets Slapped Back!

  
  Nuestra Voice — Authority: 91
  Court Rules Against Ken Buck’s Operation Numbers Game – Rhonda Solis- CO Announcement will be made soon that the Colorado Supreme Court’s opinion on People v. Gutierrez  is that the trial judge was correct in suppressing evidence obtained in an unlawful search of tax returns and supporting documentation ...
  2 weeks ago

• Rainy Season in Colombia

  
  THEBLACKURBANTIMES.COM — Authority: 459
  Normally Colombia has some more rain than normal in September till November/December, but in 2008, it was a LOT more than normal. Most days started out perfect with a bright blue sky and just a few clouds but in the afternoon or evening the faucet is turned on and the city is covered by water. In Bogota we had some ...
  4 weeks ago

• Conquistadores: No le Pegue a La Negra

  
  THEBLACKURBANTIMES.COM — Authority: 459
  Within the Hispanic, Latino communities, it is very normal to call someone “Negro” or “Negra” or "Moreno" or "Morena." It simply means Black man/woman. This is absolutely not seen as offensive in Colombia or to Latinos and a lot of people will probably not even be aware of the discussion this could cause ...
  4 weeks ago

• Is it Black Denial or Just a Desire to Enhance Ones Beauty?

  
  THEBLACKURBANTIMES.COM — Authority: 459
  Nearly all Dominican women straighten their hair, which experts say is a direct result of a historical learned rejection of all things black By Frances Robles frobles@miamiherald.com SANTO DOMINGO -- Yara Matos sat still while long, shiny locks from China were fastened, bit by bit, to her coarse hair. ...
  4 weeks ago

• Lindas Chicas (Pretty Girls) en Colombia

  
  THEBLACKURBANTIMES.COM — Authority: 459
  By far Colombia has the most beautiful women in the world. Even though Venezuela won the Miss Universe last time it is clear that Colombia should have won as Colombianas are a special treat. Before meeting any, my now brother in law (Guatemalan) told me that the Colombianas were something to look out for. ...
  4 weeks ago

• The Internet is Booming en Colombia

  
  THEBLACKURBANTIMES.COM — Authority: 459
  Latin America must be one of the higher growth markets for “the internet” at the moment. Colombia has currently about 12million users and this number is growing with about 30-40% !!!!! a year. Actually I think we (as in my Colombian people and me ) are one of the bigger “communities” in what must be the ...
  4 weeks ago

• What is a Botánica You Ask?

  
  THEBLACKURBANTIMES.COM — Authority: 459
  A botánica (often written botanica and less commonly known as a hierbería or botica ) is a retail store which sells folk medicine , religious candles and statuary , amulets , and other products regarded as magical or as alternative medicine . They also carry oils , incense , perfumes , ...
  4 weeks ago

• Life in Colombia

  
  THEBLACKURBANTIMES.COM — Authority: 459
  Living patterns Income disparity Due to widespread corruption, economic instability and high unemployment over the last century or so, Colombia has developed a huge rift between two economic classes (Low and High) with an almost nonexistent, but increasing middle class, particularly in the Bogotá and Medellin ...
  5 weeks ago

• Mario Solis-Matich: GOP Candidate Scott McInnis Silent on Wolf’s Disgusting Billboard

  
  Nuestra Voice — Authority: 91
  In the backrooms of the Colorado Republican Party Gubernatorial candidate Scott McInnis is bowing deeply to Tom Tancredo. Tancredo has threatened to run for the nomination and McInnis is working hard to avoid a party split that would ultimately doom his candidacy. I believe that Tancredo is the Democratic Party’s ...
  5 weeks ago

• Nezua: WHY “6 9 8 6 6″ MATTERS!

  
  Nuestra Voice — Authority: 91
  IMMIGRATION ADVOCACY GROUPS, activists, and various politicians are gearing up to move immigration reform forward. Meanwhile, xenophobic restrictionist paranoiacs lie about numbers because their turnout is dismal.
  5 weeks ago

• La Macha: GPS phone application helps border crossers

  
  Nuestra Voice — Authority: 91
  As a media justice activist, I was thrilled to read about this new GPS application. What it does is basically allow any phone user who has capabilities of downloading applications to download information on safe border crossings between Mexico and the U.S.. It will include information such as where water stations are, ...
  5 weeks ago

• Allen: Hispanics blame Rahm for immigrant ban

  
  Nuestra Voice — Authority: 91
  Hispanic lawmakers say an old adversary, White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, has his fingerprints all over a push to prohibit illegal immigrants from buying health insurance plans in a new market for people who don’t get insurance through their employers. “A forensic study would show it all leads back to ...
  5 weeks ago

• Nill: Dobbs Calls Himself Latinos’ ‘Greatest Friend,’ Denies Tying Leprosy To Undocumented Immigrants

  
  Nuestra Voice — Authority: 91
  Yesterday in an interview with Maria Celeste on Telemundo’s Al Rojo Vivo, ousted CNN anchor Lou Dobbs denied ever erroneously claiming that undocumented immigrants are bringing leprosy to the United States. Instead he attacked Celeste for bringing up reports that he aired on his show in the past.
  5 weeks ago

• Huerta: The Right to a Great Education

  
  Nuestra Voice — Authority: 91
  Weve got to stop cutting public education. To ease the budget crisis, one state after another is taking an ax to higher education. This is cruel and shortsighted. Cruel because it denies students the right to a decent education. Shortsighted because how will this generation of students get prepared to compete ...
  5 weeks ago

• La Mala: It is Better to “Spic”? When Were Ricans Ever the Model Minority?

  
  Nuestra Voice — Authority: 91
  Puerto Rico and Puerto Ricans have been in the news and all over the internet this week in some opposing ways. In fact, one could say that this year, the rise of one particular Puerto Rican woman, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, has put Ricans in the U.S. media’s eye. Despite being a U.S. colony since 1898 ...
  5 weeks ago

• Sack: Hospital Falters as Refuge for Undocumented

  
  Nuestra Voice — Authority: 91
  Each had crossed the border years before, smuggled across the desert by a coyote, never imagining the journey would lead to a drab and dusty clinic on the ninth floor of Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta. Some knew before the crossing they had diabetes or lupus or high blood pressure, but it was only after they ...
  5 weeks ago

• Tresvino: USDA data shows more Latino children going hungry

  
  THEBLACKURBANTIMES.COM — Authority: 459
  In a nation of over 307 million people, 2.3 million doesn’t sound like a very significant number. As a number by itself, it isn’t. Only when it’s realized that 2.3 million refers to the number of Hispanic households with children who feel the pangs of hunger because they are “food insecure” does it become a ...
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• The Colombian Comeback

  
  THEBLACKURBANTIMES.COM — Authority: 459
  Colombia comes back by promoting culture, tourism Jim Farber DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER You have to give Colombians credit for nerve. They’ve just launched a new ad campaign — meant to combat the country’s ruinous image as a haven for drug lords and guerrilla rebels — which kicks off with ...
  5 weeks ago

• Latino Events en Nueva York Nov. 21-Dec.1

  
  THEBLACKURBANTIMES.COM — Authority: 459
  Photo /DFEB SATURDAY 21 FADO: Portugal ’s Mariza with Afro-Peruvian singer Eva Ayllón and Cuban jazz pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba at Carnegie Hall , 8 p.m. Tickets $25-$95. POETRY: Emanuel Xavier with Edwin Torres , Caridad ( La Bruja ) De La Luz and Mahina Movement at El Museo ...
  5 weeks ago

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