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Former Fort Wayne City Councilman Dr. Tom Hayhurst raised the most popular topic of the rally- namely, immigration. Candelaria Reardon said Obama offers the best hope to address immigration issues. She said Obama’s “priority is to safeguard the borders.”According to Candelaria Reardon said Obama favors a plan of “passion that does not separate families and does not take ten years to navigate.”She shared how difficult an issue this is for her. Candelaria Reardon said she is the “only Latino in the Assembly or Senate in Indianapolis.”I put aside that it (immigration reform) targets Latinos and I know it will apply to all,” she explained. “We have won small battles but we have not won the war.”Candelaria Reardon urged that action “at the federal level recognize that this is much bigger (than a Latino border issue).”

Frost Illustrated: Hispanics rally for Obama, promote immigration reform

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Sen. Clinton’s ace could be Puerto Rico, whose 2.4 million registered voters will hold their first-ever presidential primary on June 1. Puerto Rico doesn’t have an electoral-college vote, but it does have 63 delegates to the Democratic convention and enthusiastic voters — 80% of them turned out in each of the island’s past four gubernatorial elections. Sen. Clinton is popular among Hispanics nationally, and her home state has the country’s largest Puerto Rican-immigrant population.

Clinton Says Votes Count – WSJ.com

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Asi termino el cuarto encuentro entre la Universidad de Indiana y el equipo Nacional Mexicano U20. Un partido fuerte donde se alteraron algunos jugadores de ambas equipos, pero bastante parejo el nivel fisico y competitivo.

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The New World Cinema Series will present six independent Latin American films in 20 U.S. cities during 2009.The traveling festival will visit theaters throughout the country, screening a new film every other month and giving directors an opportunity to travel with the film to speak to the public and the press.Organizers plan to target markets that have both large Latino populations and crossover potential, like Los Angeles and Miami, but also smaller cities like Bloomington, Indiana and Tucson, Ariz.

Latin American films showcased in traveling fest | Entertainment | Film | Reuters

News accounts and early analysis claim that Hillary Clinton is favored in Puerto Rico even though there has been no polling on the island so far. Clinton certainly does better in primary states than in caucus states, so the change to a primary will help her. More importantly, the press notes how strongly Clinton has run among Latinos in other contests and assumes the same will hold in Puerto Rico. This ignores one big fact: Puerto Ricans are not like other Latinos.

America | The National Catholic Weekly

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