This week President Obama announced his plans for Afghanistan, and I am of the opinion that this war or conflict should have been the one addressed years ago instead of what was allowed to happen in Iraq. That being said, this piece by Tom Hayden offers some alternative ideas to the escalation. Those of us [...]

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Seneca’s latest blog post where he describes the current situation in Honduras has garnered much attention. Some commenters feel that the situation in Honduras reflects Secretary of State Clinton’s leadership issues and a lack of direction for Latin American foreign policy in the Obama administration.
This morning I heard this clip on YouTube, where a [...]

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Nathan Gonzalez is an expert on Iran, and last week, I read his insightful and timely blog post that was featured on the front page of the Huffington Post about the most recent events unfolding in that country. Sometimes we are focused in our Latino politics realm that we don’t fully contemplate the events happening in other parts [...]

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While this is not directly related to a Latino political issue, or maybe you can say that it is since we constitute a substantial percentage of our people served in the armed forces, I do think it is worth noting that on Sunday, the oldest Army soldier, a 60 year old Vietnam War veteran was [...]

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This is the first of a two part blog piece by Seneca illustrating the history of Latinos and the Republican Party.
Recent commentary in the aftermath of the recent Obama victory and the 2006 Democratic Congressional win suggests that the country once again has moved noticeably to the Democrats. This stems from the Iraq War and [...]

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