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It's not NATO but the National Latino Congreso

It's not NATO but the National Latino Congreso
Attention this weekend is on the NATO Summit and the protests surrounding it. But in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood there is a convening of another kind. It’s the National Latino Congreso, a meeting of Latino leaders from Chicago and across the United States. This is the first time the annual meeting is being held outside... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
May 18, 2012 at 11:50 am
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May Day protests will unite immigrants, Occupiers and others

May Day protests will unite immigrants, Occupiers and others
May Day is a day to honor the workers of the world and it also is a day of protest. Thousands of people are expected to protest in Chicago this Tuesday, May 1. In recent years, the protests have largely focused on immigrant rights, and in 2006 several hundred thousand people protested in Chicago motivated... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
April 30, 2012 at 11:42 pm
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Chicanisima on 3@3 with Steve Edwards at WBEZ

Chicanisima on 3@3 with Steve Edwards at WBEZ
Chicanísima was on the 3@3 segment of The Afternoon Shift Monday with Steve Edwards of WBEZ 91.5, Chicago Public Media. Edwards, Chicago Reader reporter Mick Dumke and Chicanísima’s Teresa Puente reviewed some hot topics in the news. They discussed the Bulls losing Derrick Rose to an injury, upcoming May Day protests and drugs in Chicago... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
April 30, 2012 at 10:14 pm
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Mexican poet and activist, Javier Sicilia, brings his message to the U.S.

Mexican poet and activist, Javier Sicilia, brings his message to the U.S.
Mexican poet and activist Javier Sicilia spoke in Chicago recently about the drug war and the upcoming presidential elections in Mexico. The murder of his son last year, a victim of the drug war, has led Sicilia on an international campaign for peace. He has led a peace caravan and marches around Mexico, and he... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
April 30, 2012 at 1:48 pm
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U.S. Supreme Court should strike down Arizona immigration law

U.S. Supreme Court should strike down Arizona immigration law
The U.S. Supreme Court is to expected to review Arizona’s controversial immigration law known as SB 1070 on Wednesday. It’s hard to imagine the court would uphold the measures of the law that have already been blocked by lower courts. The most controversial part of the law would allow local police to check the immigration status... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
April 24, 2012 at 9:05 am
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Arizona immigration documentary showing in Chicago

Arizona immigration documentary showing in Chicago
A documentary about Arizona’s controversial immigration law called “SB1070 Los Rostros,” or “SB1070 The Faces” is playing in Chicago on the below dates. The director of the film, Renato Avalos, along with activist Linda Herrera, will speak about the impact of that law in that state. Friday, March 30 7 p.m. Casa Guatemala/ Maya Essence... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
March 30, 2012 at 4:35 pm
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March Madness: Kansas' Rodriguez taunted about green card

March Madness: Kansas' Rodriguez taunted about green card
It’s March Madness and sports fans are focused on college basketball. But racism reared its ugly head Thursday when some in the Southern Mississippi band insulted Kansas State player Angel Rodriguez. “Where’s your green card?” they chanted. It’s racist for them to assume just because he is Latino that he has or needs a green... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
March 16, 2012 at 10:42 am
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Rev. Jesse Jackson speaks out against Alabama's immigration law

Rev. Jesse Jackson speaks out against Alabama's immigration law
As voters go to the polls today in Alabama, a new civil rights movement is brewing the southern state that passed one of the strictest immigration laws in the nation last year. The Rev. Jesse Jackson has openly criticized the immigration law as “disgraceful and unnecessary,” according to CBS8 News in Montgomery. Rev. Jackson was... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
March 13, 2012 at 2:03 pm
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Teatro Luna's new play "Crossed" explores immigration

Teatro Luna's new play "Crossed" explores immigration
Teatro Luna, Chicago’s All-Latina Theatre Company, is performing a new play, “Crossed,” in a new home in the Live Bait Theater on the North Side. They have new creative leadership and many new cast members but the play, first workshopped last year under trying circumstances, still lives up to the old spirit of the company... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
February 24, 2012 at 10:53 am
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Wish I abstained from watching Arizona debate

Wish I abstained from watching Arizona debate
The Republican debate took place in Arizona and immigration was barely discussed.  I expected more debate in the border state that passed the anti-immigration law S.B. 1070. We heard in a previous debate about Mitt Romney’s absurd notion of self-deportation. He didn’t bite at moderator John King’s question if the government should deport undocumented immigrants... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
February 22, 2012 at 9:32 pm
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