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Feb
17
I am still putting the finishing touches to my series, I decided to report on the latest Wall Street scandal involving Texas billionaire and cricket entrepreneur, Sir R. Allen Stanford.
The Securities and Exchange Commission filed civil charges against Texas billionaire Sir Robert Allen Stanford, his offshore bank, Antigua-based Stanford International Bank (SIB), two of his [...]
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Feb
19
Last week, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez threatened to cut off oil sales to the United States because the intention of ExxonMobil to freeze assets of state-owned Venezuelan oil company Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), as part of a US government backed “economic war” against his government.
On his weekly TV show ‘Alo Presidente,’ President Chávez described ExxonMobil:
“Más [...]
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Jul
29
Over the weekend, I received an email from Jay Johnson-Castro about a family that was separated at the border by our immigration rules had a happy ending as they finally reunited in South Florida last Friday (video). Abel Gómez showed up one day last month at a U.S.-Mexico border crossing in Texas certain that immigration [...]
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Put forth by XicanoPwr
Oct
03
According to the Melbourne Herald Sun, a plot to assassinate Hugo Chávez by the Bush Administration was once again foiled.
Chavez says he has received warnings from within the White House that Washington is plotting to assassinate him or topple his left-leaning government.
Citing information from an alleged White House informant, Chavez told thousands of supporters at [...]
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Sep
21
It seems that asked Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez has made the US news for his speech at the 61st United Nations General Assembly. So after Chávez delivered his speech there has been a growing number of stories on the news that portrays President Chávez as a bitter man with “an axe to grind” with [...]
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This is the blog of Edmundo "XicanoPwr" Rocha, a social worker, an activist, freelance writer and founder and editor of The Sanctuary. My interests include: immigration reform, critical race theory and it's interaction with equality/inequality and freedom/oppression as they relate to the experiences of people of color in the Americas.
Para Justicia y Libertad is a Latino-centered political blog focusing on the humanistic perspective of politics, history, and society as they relate to the Latina/o community throughout Texas and the United States.
