By Exiled Writer Domonique Ramirez is fighting to keep her title of Miss San Antonio after Pageant officials declared her in breach of contract. The 17 year-old size 2 (yeah, size 2!) beauty queen has filed a lawsuit against pageant officials to argue that she has failed to meet the conditions of her contract. Linda [...]
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By Exiled Writer, political contributor to Chismetime.com 2010 is coming to an end, but these three issues will be big topics for the Latino community starting in 2011. DREAM Act: The House version of the DREAM Act passed with a vote of 216-198 in early December. However, the Senate has put a hold on the [...]
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By Exiled Writer The Royal Spanish Academy will officially eliminate the letters “Ch†and “Ll†in the Spanish language. The Royal Spanish Academy (Real Academia Espanola) which is based in Madrid is the official authority responsible for regulating the Spanish language. The Academy will be issuing new Spanish dictionaries in Spain before Christmas day (later [...]
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By Exiled Writer (political contributor to chismetime.com) This past Monday, the U.S. Senate will be debating the possible passage of the Development Relief Education for Alien Minors Act (DREAM ACT). This bill has been introduced as a stand alone bill on November 17 by Senator Harry Reid and will not include other amendments like it once [...]
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By Exiled Writer Mexico’s immigration service is under scrutiny due to the recent lawsuit of an Australian immigrant who had an expired Visa while living in Acapulco. This is the first time a migrant has sued the National Immigration Institute (Instituto Nacional de Migracion).  The plaintiff, Stephen Compton argues that he has suffered economic, psychological [...]
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(By Exiled Writer, Political Contributor to Chismetime.com) Americans throughout the country voted in the 2010 midterm elections, a wave of anti-incumbent sentiment prevailed causing many long time politicians to join the ranks of the unemployed. Even though there has been an expected low turnout of Latino voters, enough Latino voters came out in races to [...]
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By Exiled Writer (political contributor to chismetime.com) From east to west, north and south, politicians from all sides have been courting the Hispanic vote. In what is considered to be one of the most contested elections in recent history, Latinos are now at the very center of both the left and the right when it comes [...]
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By Exiled Writer political contributor to chismetime.com Today is election day and the polls are now open throughout the United States. The are is a lot at stake for Latinos. First, this midterm election has focused a lot on Latino voters for both the Democrats and the Republicans. While immigration may have been overshadowed by the [...]
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