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Camacho repeated what he had said on Tuesday, that he had no intention of seeking the presidency. With Salinas' support, he could still get the nomination, but speculation now centers on Ernesto Zedillo, the murdered candidate's campaign manager, and Fernando Ortiz Arana, the president of P.R.I. There are other potential candidates among the Cabinet ministers, but party rules say the nominee must not have held senior government positions in the six months before the election -- and voting is now closer than that...
...discovery of a sexuality--an unusual choice for an author who more consistently deals with issues of race and ethnicity. Growing Up Latino also leaves out some influential writers. Gloria Anzaldua is the only established lesbian writer included here, the very out and outspoken Cherrie Moraga and Sheila Ortiz-Taylor are omitted. This glaring oversight neglects one of the most significant strains in contemporary Latino literature...
...first section includes some enjoyable and disturbing stories about family relation ships. Judith Ortiz-Cofer's "Silent Dancing, for example, address the Americanization of young Puerto Rican women. Ortiz-Cofer creates a compelling, shocking vision of how these newly liberated women handle their traditional families rooted in the old ways. The familial tensions resulting from assimilation into American society forms the binding theme for these selections. "That is insubordinate. It is improper. It is disrespecting her teachers!!!" a father screams at one Alvarez characters after she reads him a speech she wrote for a school assembly; the student would...
...Ortiz's complaint was referred to the EEOC due to Rodriguez's MCAD connections, according to The Globe...
...complaint, Ortiz charged that Rodriguez "insisted on telling jokes and stories of a sexual nature." She also alleged that he "stares at me and other female employees, which creates avery uncomfortable working environment," accordingto The Globe...