El gobierno cubano continúa liberando presos políticos a cuenta gotas. El motivo por el cual el gobierno represivo de los hermanos Castro ha decidido soltar a 52 o 53 de los cerca de 200 presos políticos que tiene en sus mazmorras es fácil de explicar: Cuba quiere mejorar sus relaciones diplomáticas con España, con la [...]
By Ricardo González.
This morning I was walking in my neighborhood and came upon some landscape workers who were speaking with one another in Spanish. As I approached, one said, “good morning.” I replied in Spanish with “Buenos días, ¿cómo están esta mañana?” They replied in English, “We’re doing well, thank you.” I didn’t ask but they may have an “English-only” policy in their company with outsiders.
Washington — Para el secretario de Estado adjunto de EE.UU. para el continente americano, Arturo Valenzuela, las elecciones regionales de México son una muestra de la voluntad de los mexicanos de seguir fortaleciendo su sistema democrático, según le dijo el alto funcionario norteamericano a la agencia española EFE.
Valenzuela dijo que ve con “mucho agrado [...]
By Ricardo Gonzalez.
A few weeks ago I sent out a request to students asking them to tell me what they would like me to address in my blog posts. One student wrote in the following…
Hi Ricardo,
I’ve always been curious about why Latinos relate to time the way they do. I understand that in their [...]
Los países latinoamericanos iniciaron esta semana en Cancún, México, la llamada Cumbre del Grupo de Río. Allí iniciaron el análisis de la permanencia de mecanismos existentes en la región mientras no concluya el proceso de constitución de una nueva entidad de integración hemisférica que dejaría excluidos a Estados Unidos y Canadá.
Los mandatarios y altos representantes [...]
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by: Ricardo González
I’ve been telling business and political leaders for years that a significant positive action towards Latinos will many times create an equal or stronger backlash with existing constituents. In other words, they must clearly understand the impact, or better yet, make decisions out of conscience rather than polling numbers and surveys.
I saw this [...]
By Ricardo González.
Are all Latinos happy that George Lopez has become somewhat of our Latino poster boy? Granted, he came out of poor and rough means and I understand that, I really do. I also respect that he has been able to overcome his upbringing and succeed in this great country. I also come from [...]
El presidente del Consejo de Administración y director general de Grupo ALFA, Dionisio Garza Medina, sostuvo que el país ha dejado de ser atractivo para realizar inversiones.
“México ya está cayendo estrepitosamente del interés de los inversionistas mundiales, estábamos de moda hace 15 ó 20 años, hoy no estamos de moda que quede claro. Nos ven [...]
by: Ricardo González
Not all stereotypes are bad. Most non-Latinos look at the Latino culture and see it as fun, gregarious, relational and family-loving. Most people think that most Latinos are good dancers and have a lot of rhythm. Many Latino men are very happy to hold the “Latin lover” stereotype so often ascribed to them.
Those [...]