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...like to be in the spotlight. Rather, she likes to help people and let them be in the spotlight. ” Urzua’s behind-the-scenes efficacy was confirmed with the passing of a bill that she helped write with Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, which will ensure greater accountability for her home city’s education system. Next year, Urzua will return to LA with Teach for America. But she may have an ulterior motive for returning to her urban California home. “You could ask me anytime of the day, I always...
...Hispanics in Texas plan to challenge the Farmers Branch ordinance in the courts and will battle bills like Berman's on every front. "This is a dark time for Latinos," says Rosa Rosales, a San Antonio resident and newly elected president of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC). "Can you imagine blaming children, trying to deny them medical care?" LULAC's former president, Hector Flores, who lives in the Dallas area, claims such conservative measures are "DOA on arrival" with the winds of change blowing through Washington. "These odious types of ordinances target Hispanics because of our growth...
...entryway-mate or reading your friends’ away messages on AIM.This Sunday, Nov. 19—yes, the day after The Game—a pair of Spanish films will alternate twice throughout the day. They are “Death of a Cyclist” by Juan Antonio Bardem and “Cría Cuervos” by Carlos Saura, both musings on death and guilt.It’s not exactly a heartwarming way to ease yourself into the Thanksgiving spirit, but it’ll get your brain working again after the previous day?...
...rugged cast of characters, including unmoored Jews and some in trouble with the Spanish crown, whose present-day descendants are fiercely proud of their heritage and the modern metropolis they developed. Monterrey is the most important business center in the country after Mexico City. It's as if San Antonio, Texas, went on to become Pittsburgh, Pa., skipping the Rust Belt phase. This city of nearly 4 million, often confused by Americans with its California namesake, is, after all, still in its ascendancy, and--like Texas, its closest American kin--it has tall ambitions that may prove critical...
...biggest challenge, though, is stimulating the critical creative spark. "We need to change the paradigm of people's thinking," says Antonio Dieck, Tech's business school (EGADE) dean. But for all of Monterrey's impressive start, not all the necessary pieces are yet in place. The venture-capital industry is in its infancy, there is no Mexican NASDAQ (although a draft bill to create one recently surfaced), and minority-shareholder rights need to be strengthened. More important, the Mexican business culture does not carry much appetite for risk in its DNA or an appreciation for failure. As a result...