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The Cuban Mouse that Roared
By: Daniel Nardini It is almost like a bad script to a rightwing propaganda fantasy movie. Former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson goes to Cuba at the invitation of the… Read more
Heitor Villa-Lobos
By: Daniel Nardini Heitor Villa-Lobos is probably the best known Latin American composer. Heitor Villa-Lobos was born in Rio de Janeiro on March 5, 1887. His father, Raul Villa-Lobos, was… Read more
America’s Berlin Wall
By: Daniel Nardini One of the consequences of September 11th has been the building by the United States of a super border wall between America and Mexico. Probably few things… Read more
The 287(g) Program in the South
By: Daniel Nardini When the 287(g) program between the federal and state governments was started, the original purpose of the program was to inform U.S. immigration of those undocumented who… Read more
The Incredible Edible Avocado
By: Daniel Nardini Fact: Mexico grows over 40 percent of all the world’s avocados. Fact: the avocado is very nutritious and helps to clean out the blood stream. Fact: the… Read more
The Great New York Tragedy Before 9/11
By: Daniel Nardini This year marks the 100th anniversary of one of the most tragic events that have altered not only New York City but the United States. I am… Read more
A Nation of Immigrant Junk Food Junkies
By: Daniel Nardini According to a study published in the Journal of Nutrition, many Mexican immigrants and their U.S.-born children eventually adopt American-style junk food eating habits. The study surveyed… Read more
When the Dollars was as Good as Gold
By: Daniel Nardini Forty years ago in 1971, then U.S. President Richard Nixon took the United States out of the Bretton Woods Agreements. Under these agreements all countries that traded… Read more
September 11th Ten Years Later: A Personal View
By: Daniel Nardini There have been documentaries about where people were on September 11, 2001, during the Al Qaeda attacks. In my case I was at a train station waiting… Read more
The Growing Latino Poverty Crisis
By: Daniel Nardini One of the things that the 2010 U.S. Census data has revealed is the phenomenal growth of poverty in America. The Great Recession has spared no one… Read more »