Venezuela’s Chavez Wins Hearts Among the Poor By Michelle García Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, February 4, 2006 CARACAS, Venezuela — The shanties came tumbling down, wiping out the families who had built their homes on the hill. Carlos Henriquez, then a young boy, vividly remembers the images of the deadly mudslides and the feeling […]
A ‘Movement on Fire’ Plays Well in Caracas At World Forum, Foes of U.S. Policies Buoyed by Latin America’s Turn to the Left By Michelle García Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, January 29, 2006 CARACAS, Venezuela — With just a bicycle and a backpack, Maria Cayena ABello, 25, set off from her home in Bogota, […]
Deejay’s Appeal: Kill the ‘whiteness’ inside NEW YORK — The dance floor throbs to the rapid thump-thump of the hip-hop beat. The deejay, Tha Pumpsta, leans against his booth, and a woman slides up from behind, grabs his narrow hips and rubs hard. Tha Pumpsta hops onto the crowded dance floor of guys in big T-shirts dangling from slight frames and ladies […]
Myths of Mexico/Columbia Journalism Review/Nov.-Dec. 2009 In 1891, my great-great-uncle, Catarino Garza, attempted to overthrow the Mexican dictator, Porfirio Díaz, by launching an armed revolution from my family’s south Texas ranch. One year into his campaign, Garza agreed to an interview with The New York Times to explain the reasons behind his insurrection. “The impression […]
All stories were reported in the New York City area and appeared in The Washington Post. Links are to pdf versions of the reports. NYC_Latinos_CAFTA For some Latinos with financial and familial connections in CAFTA countries, the trade agreement inspires optimism that open markets will create business opportunities and jobs, and reduce the need for immigration to […]
Below is a sample of some of the trials that grew out of the Sept 11 2001 attacks on New York City. All reports were published in The Washington Post. The case of Sheik Mohammed Ali Hassan Moayad drew particular attention after Attorney General John Ashcroft labeled him Osama Bin Laden’s “spiritual advisor.” It emerged […]
To access piece on Sojourners site, click here. ON A FLIGHT from New York City to Guatemala some years back, I met a woman from Oklahoma on her way to visit her soon-to-be internationally adopted daughter. “I just found them, the Guatemalan children, on the internet and thought they were so beautiful,” she said. She […]
