Entries by Gabriel Lerner from 10/2011

Study: Colombia Anti-Union Violence Undeterred

Publicado 10.02.2011

BOGOTA, Colombia — A new study challenges claims from the administration of President Barack Obama that Colombia is making important strides in ...

New Technology Helps Hispanics Trace Their Roots

Publicado 10.05.2011

MIAMI -- Programs such as NBC's "Who Do You Think You Are?" and PBS' "Faces of America" are helping fueling the trend in genealogy. But for many Hispa...

Issa: 'Fast And Furious' Subpoenas Issued Soon

Publicado 10.09.2011

WASHINGTON — The chairman of the House oversight committee said Sunday that he could send subpoenas to the Obama administration as soon as this ...

Psaltery, Serpentines, a Long Way from Home

| Publicado 10.10.2011

For Hispanic Heritage Month, I offer some poems by Cecilia Martinez-Gil. This event seeks to answer the question of what are Latinos in the United States?

Mexico detains 15-year-old in drug murders

Publicado 10.22.2011

CANCUN, Mexico -- Prosecutors said Saturday that a 15-year-old boy has confessed to running a drug trafficking gang on the Mexican resort island of Is...

Anti-Chavez TV channel says it will challenge fine

Publicado 10.22.2011

CARACAS, Venezuela — An opposition-aligned television channel said Saturday that it will appeal a fine of more than $2 million imposed by Venezu...

Power, Grief Forged Argentine Leader's Character

Publicado 10.22.2011

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- There is a before and after to Cristina Fernandez, the combative Argentine leader likely to win a landslide re-election vic...

The Sorrow of Children: Breaking the Cycle

Publicado 10.26.2011

This article is part of a weekly series published in partnership with the Boyle Heights Beat. It appears every Wednesday. By Maria Vera A mother...

Every Day Is 'Day Of The Dead' In Mexico Drug War

Publicado 10.29.2011

MEXICO CITY -- Nearly two decades after I had left Mexico, I arrived back on Day of the Dead, a colorfully macabre celebration harkening back to the A...

Guatemalans Bury 9 Killed By Guerrillas In 1982

Publicado 10.29.2011

GUATEMALA CITY -- Residents of a rural Guatemalan town have finally buried in their own cemetery nine men killed by guerrillas in 1982. The dead are ...

'We Are Running Out Of Time'

| Publicado 10.31.2011

One of the oldest and most respected expressions of American democracy has been turned into little more than a reality show, where the candidate with the loudest voice scores points among an increasingly strident crowd.

Isaac Barrera, Undocumented Boyle Heights Student, Arrested In The Midst Of New Deportation Rules

Publicado 10.31.2011

This article is part of a weekly series published in partnership with the Boyle Heights Beat. It appears every Wednesday. By Jessica Perez When ...