Word: mexicans
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...hand, they've got a point. If Chavez had a reputation for winning the presidential palace by trashing the ballot box - like, say, most Mexican Presidents of the 20th century - then the news this week would be genuinely alarming and the Bush Administration's attempts to pair Hugo with his buddy Fidel Castro might be more credible. But respected groups like the Carter Center in Atlanta have deemed his victories fair, the result of a remarkably incompetent Venezuelan opposition rather than rigged voting. And rather than ramrod the constitutional amendments by fiat, he'll put them to a national referendum...
...party may be ending for the nation's 13,000 check cashers. With retail banks facing stagnant revenue growth, they are vying for a foothold in what some call the "last frontier" of the domestic market. Over the past six years, Wells Fargo has opened 1 million accounts for Mexican nationals living in the U.S. by becoming the first bank to accept the Matricula Consular identification card that Mexican consulates in the U.S. began issuing after 9/11. A growing number of banks, including KeyBank and Union Bank of California, are also offering low-cost check cashing...
...American father and a Mexican mother, Richardson spent his early years in Mexico City. And while he's quick to underline that he's running a national campaign, he is also playing to his strengths. That means reaching out to Latino voters in early-voting states like Nevada, Florida and California where Hispanic populations have the highest density in the country, as well as in Iowa...
...Tuesday, as he spent four-plus hours shaking hands at the Iowa State Fair in 95-degree heat, the delicate dance Richardson faces was on full display. "You're pretty tall to be a Mexican," one Iowan told Richardson, dressed in jeans and cowboy boots. At the fair's traditional soapbox, a must-hit event for all presidential hopefuls, Richardson - predictably - was asked about his stance on illegal immigration. With rivulets of sweat making their way across his neck and chin, he launched into his four-point plan on how to solve the immigration problem, which includes punishing employers...
...Dealing with undocumented patients, how we interact with patients and medical professionals in Mexico has a sharp focus there because the medical school is 1,500 feet from the Mexican border,” he said...