Governor in Trouble

Currently the ex-governor of Puerto Rico, Anibal Acevedo Vila, is being charged with 19 different counts which could have him go to prison for about 20 years. His charges are about conspiracy to violate U.S. federal campaign laws, conspiracy to defraud the U.S. Internal Revenue Service and giving false testimony to the FBI. The grand jury investigation had been going on for two years. More specifically it consists of illegally raising money to campaign debts that reached up to $500,000, back in 2000-2004.

Concerts promot voting

It is nice to see that actors and singers are uniting to promote Latinos to go out and vote for their own candidate. I know of one very famous Latino group that has dedicated a concert to promote voting among Latinos. Moreover, the group is Maná along with Juan Luis Guerra, another well known Latino artist. It is also cool how MTV also does the similar thing in attracting younger people to go out and vote. Now that the democrats don’t really know who will be their primary candidate. It is even more important to go out and voice your opinion by going out and voting. It seems that in this election it will be crucial to get everyone’s vote. As the largest minority group the Latino presence needs to be felt in the voting booths this year. As we know that Latinos do not vote in the same ways in the matter of candidate. Every Latino has his/her own need that they need to get from the person that they elect to vote for, just like everyone else in this nation.

Voting

The importance of voting is made one of the main points in this book that we have read, Fluid Borders. This book is set in the area of California, more specifically, East Los Angeles and Montebello. It compares the two different types of Mexicans. The two are naturalized Mexican immigrants that are located in East Los Angeles, and the Latinos that were born in the Unite States (US). For the most part it brings out the reality that it is the naturalized citizens that are more politically active in the US, rather than the born Latinos. It is believed that the naturalized citizens want to show their dedication by going out and voting.

Immigration “The Beginning”

I found this video clip on youtube.com and found it funny. It is a similar yet more exaggerated form of what is being done to Latinos. This video is about the Native Americans, and how they dealt with the pilgrims that came from England. This video seems funny but it is what happened with the Latino immigrants. I also know that the ending is not the most realistic thing that could happen. I would like to know what you think about this video because I know this video can be seen in a numerous amounts of ways.

Sleeping Giant

I just want to talk about the political “sleeping giant.” The sleeping giant is the voice of the Latino community. I have noticed more and more in these last couple weeks that one of the biggest roll players in this coming election is the Latino community. I don’t believe that the giant is asleep any more, but it is becoming more involved. A numerous amount of times we have heard of how significant it is to see who the Latinos are voting for, because there are so many Latinos that can vote yet, they don’t go out and vote. It is kind of funny how the media believes that all Latinos will vote in the same matter, but Caucasians are not known to vote in the same matter. I would just like to say that Latinos are not all the same, we are diverse.

Edutation n Latinos

Latinos have been improving in the educational system. After the ‘walk outs’ in 1968, Latinos have gained a more respect in schools. More and more Latinos are attending higher education. During the walk outs the FBI had some people in the meetings that the Latino people had to organize themselves to debate in courts. The FBI arrested many of the head people that were helping in this cause to get some respect from the educational system, because Latinos had no respect. In the schools it was like a training center for Latinos because they would take courses in carpentry, home ec, mechanical, ect. They were told that they need to learn these things because they would be working in it in the future. They really did not give Latino students an opportunity to try and learn to see if they could go to college. After the walk outs, Latinos enrolled in colleges went up significantly. In the mid 1990’s there had been over one million Latinos in college.