Marie Arana

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What do ‘Latino voters’ want? The GOP seems to know

Is there such a thing as “the Latino voter”?

My father, a Peruvian, was something of a Republican, even when he wasn’t yet a citizen of the United States. For the first 15 years of my parents’ marriage, in Peru, he was mostly concerned with the careening allegiances of his own countrymen: the gaping divide between the elites and the poor; the wild, destabilizing vacillation between right wing and left wing in Latin America; the perpetual pendulum swing between oppression and revolution.

When my parents immigrated to the United States in the 1960s, looking for better opportunities for their children, they arrived as a sea change was afoot.…  Seguir leyendo »

‘To lead” and “to seduce” have a single root in the Latin language. They are intimately tied in Venezuela, as well. For all of President Hugo Chavez’s failures as a leader, he was a supremely successful politician, a brilliant beguiler.

It is a testament to his seductive powers that after 14 tempestuous years of rule — two of them in the clutches of a devastating illness, which finally claimed his life Tuesday— he continues to have a near-mythical hold on the Venezuelan people. Even as the country crumbled around him, even as he leaves a legacy of ruin, the multitudes adore him.…  Seguir leyendo »

Salvo que se aplique todavía la regla de hasta la última gota de sangre, hay que decir que Barack Obama, presidente electo de EEUU, no es negro. Después de una historia de más de 300 años, plagada de dificultades, seguimos cortados según el antiguo patrón racista por el que quien es un poco negro, es negro. Así, el 50% equivale al 100%. No hay nada entre medias. Los titulares de la prensa mundial coincidían el pasado 5 de noviembre: «Obama marca un hito histórico: Estados Unidos elige a su primer presidente negro». Es como si tuviéramos un pie en el futuro y el otro engrilletado en el viejo sur.…  Seguir leyendo »