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...nation” and addressing “the social, political, and economic issues that Latinas confront today.” As of last fall, 238 Hispanic women were enrolled at the College, or about 3.5 percent of the student population. Other participants at the conference included Noelia Rodriguez, a fellow at the Institute of Politics and the former press secretary to First Lady Laura Bush, as well as Romance languages professor Doris Sommer, the director of graduate studies in Spanish at Harvard. In her speech, Sommer spoke of the need to embrace multiculturalism in the United States, and emphasized...
...Americans have reached when it comes to addressing our problems. In sports, our misdirected ire manifests itself when we write silly columns like Whitlock’s, or when we chastise Barry Bonds for cheating when our society prioritizes winning at any cost, or when we bad-mouth Alex Rodriguez for loving money despite this nation’s materialistic culture. And it’s not just sports. We hate Paris Hilton for her own fame while we continue to pay attention to her, and we blame President Bush for apathy towards hurricane victims and genocides while...
...later). But the margin barely budged, and the opposition started seething in the streets, fearing fraud. Around midnight, Chvez's ex-defense minister, Raul Baduel, who opposed the reforms, warned that Chvez was flirting with popular unrest. By 1 a.m., says a government insider, Vice President Jorge Rodriguez - a respected former CNE director who had guided the transparent presidential recall referendum that Chvez defeated in 2004 - helped convince el comandante that conceding was "the only alternative left" and that he shouldn't wait any longer...
Sunday's vote has already sparked speculation about who might be Chavez's successor in that race, as well as whether a rejuvenated but usually fractious and incompetent opposition might finally field a viable candidate. Aside from perhaps Rodriguez, pundits can think of few if any chavista potentials. Opponents, meanwhile, could include erstwhile Chvez allies like Garcia, who because they defected over the reforms may have a crossover appeal sorely lacking in Venezuelan politics right...
...Arlenis Espinal is a university professor at Simon Rodriguez University and a community leader in the lower-class Caracas neighborhood of 23 de Enero, traditionally a bastion of Chavez support where the President himself votes during elections. Espinal, who has been fighting for social change since the 1970s, at times amid police repression, says more people in her area abstained or voted against the President than in last year's election...