Heritage’s Izzy Ortega issues his final report on yesterday’s election from Tegucigalpa, the Honduran capital. More than 60% of all eligible voters made their voices heard loud and clear in electing former congressman Porfirio “Pepe” Lobo. A Bolivian member of parliament was also observing the election and nicely summed things up:

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Honduras election: conservative close to victory
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El presidente saliente de Uruguay Tabaré Vázquez dijo a los periodistas que el resultado de las elecciones en Uruguay de ayer domingo debe tomarse con calma, respeto y tolerancia.
Vázquez, que abandona el poder beneficiándose de una alta popularidad, no podía aspirar a un segundo mandato consecutivo porque se lo impide la Constitución.
Según los primeros resultados [...]

President Barack Obama chose Ken Salazar and Hilda Solis for his Cabinet, and then nominated Sonia Sotomayor for the Supreme Court as part of what officials call a record number of Hispanic appointments.
The president and administration officials have given numerous interviews to Hispanic media.
Barack Obama has erased George W. Bush’s inroads among Hispanics, with these [...]

El congreso anual de la ATA (American Translators Association) celebrada en Nueva York ha expllorado las características, realidades y normas del español en Estados Unidos.
Este importante seminario estuvo a cargo de representantes de la Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua Española (ANLE) sobre la pujanza del español en los Estados Unidos y sus características nacionales como [...]

Conservative politician Porfirio Lobo headed toward victory on Sunday in the Honduran presidential election, which many hoped could help the country emerge from the crisis caused by last summer’s coup and end its isolation.
With more than 63% of the ballots counted, Mr. Lobo, who owns one of the country’s largest farms, carried 60 percent of [...]

Since Mr. Obama won the presidency last November, there have been some questionable decisions made from the White House that do not make much sense.  Why pass a second stimulus bill when the first one didn’t work?  Why address a health care crisis of skyrocketing premiums by extending more health care coverage to uninsured people? [...]

Por James Nava

In this year’s November 3rd elections, one of the most significant victories for the Republican Party was the Miami, Florida mayorship won by Tomás Regalado, who received 72 percent of the votes. His rival, Democrat Joe Sánchez obtained a comparatively slim 28 percent.  This particular victory was especially important for the GOP [...]

As Yogi Berra might have put it, it’s déjà vu all over again. Just as fellow-traveling liberals in this country looked the other way during Joseph Stalin’s ruthless consolidation of power, just as they worked the State and Treasury Departments to sell Mao Tse-tung as a friend of democracy, just as they glamorized Che Guevera [...]