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Ranking Member Camp Presses Joint Tax Committee Staffer on Job Creation

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Sentence delayed in Venezuelan suitcase scandal

Sentencing in Miami is off until March for a wealthy Venezuelan convicted of being an illegal foreign agent in a political cash suitcase scandal.
The lawyer for 41-year-old Franklin Duran on Monday raised objections about Duran’s role in the case. The outcome of the objections could [...]

DOJ Launches Hate Crime Investigation In Suffolk County

The Department of Justice’s criminal civil rights division has opened a formal investigation into hate crimes against Latinos in Suffolk County.
The move comes in response to a public outcry following the stabbing death of Marcelo Lucero. The Ecuadorean immigrant was attacked by a group of teenagers on November 8th.
After the fatal [...]

Lopez accused of ‘worming’ into inauguration

Jennifer Lopez has been accused of “worming” her way into celebrations for Barack Obama’s presidential inauguration.
The singer and her husband Marc Anthony infuriated Democratic Party supporters after the pair agreed to appear at the Latino Inaugural Ball despite failing to support the President-elect during his campaign.
One party member called the couple [...]

Obama’s Mexican hat dance

According to local boosters in both countries, the equivalent of the new world relationship between the U.S. and Mexico would emulate the bilateral ties between Washington and London yielding yet another special relationship. But what came almost naturally between the two self-perceiving Anglo-Saxon nations never quite came off between the Rio [...]

Obama-Calderon talks to focus on Mexican drug war

Mexico is lucky to have a President that sees the importance of making sure that his citizens are treated well outside of Mexico since he has no way of making life better for anyone in Mexico. I am sure if he can keep the focus on the U.S. side of the problem nobody will ever [...]

Chavez Threatens to Expel U.S. Embassy Personnel in Caracas

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said he’s investigating whether representatives from the U.S. Embassy in Caracas met with leaders of the political opposition, and said he may expel them from the country.
Chavez said he knows a group of opposition leaders recently flew to Puerto Rico to meet [...]

Venezuela faces racing inflation, slowing growth

Analysts predict Venezuela’s economy is headed for a worse year than the government admits, as falling oil prices stall growth and inflation soars in the import-dependent country.
Venezuela saw growth of 4.8 percent in 2008 – down nearly half from 8.4 percent in 2007 – as its economy began to cool after [...]