Word: figueroa
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...plebiscite, while most commonwealthers lined up behind Senator Kennedy. But the Clinton and Obama campaigns have been trying to unite supporters across party lines, while still exploiting the island's powerful party machines. "This is all brand-new for us," says Obama's national field director, Temo Figueroa. "We're used to grassroots politics, get the names, get the emails, but here you really have to work within their system. You've got to get to the right mayor. You've got to make sure the staff working with the statehooders are wearing blue...
...violent Puerto Rican nationalist group when she ran for Senate. Puerto Ricans pay more attention to local politics than national politics, but they certainly know Hillary Clinton; by contrast, Obama has been running biographical radio ads on the island this week. "We have a huge mountain to overcome," Figueroa says. "But we're going to compete...
...that she was impregnated,” she said. “What is also interesting about any art project is the ripple of reaction that comes from it. To me, the project included all the reactions it generated.” But some VES concentrators, like Intiya Isaza-Figueroa ’10, questioned this method of generating response to one’s artistic work. “Art in college is an academic pursuit, and should conform to academic, moral, and ethical standards,” Isaza-Figueroa said. “What...
Shipments of powdered milk from Belarus are providing a temporary respite. The government is "increasing the amount of powdered milk in order to reduce the demand on liquid milk," says Roger Figueroa, executive director of the Venezuelan Milk Industry Chamber. Such shortages of milk and other food staples have intermittently plagued Venezuela since 2003, when the government imposed price controls. Now, the leftist government of President Hugo Chavez is blaming businesses for the crisis even as economic analysts believe the government's own policies have brought about the debacle...
That inspiration faces a tough task in Texas, where Figueroa, a California native, is focusing his efforts ahead of the Lone Star State's March 4 vote. One of his main goals? To win over Hispanics traditionally loyal to the Clintons. The son of farmworkers, it's a natural fit for Figueroa. The campaign's outreach includes Spanish-language media, bilingual phone banks, faith forums and economic roundtables. "We fight like hell for every vote," he says...