News Americas Now http://www.newsamericasnow.com News, Sports, Business, Immigration and Lifestyle Features on North, Central and South America, Latin America and the Caribbean. Fri, 24 May 2013 19:46:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= News, Sports, Business, Immigration and Lifestyle Features on North, Central and South America, Latin America and the Caribbean. News Americas Now no News, Sports, Business, Immigration and Lifestyle Features on North, Central and South America, Latin America and the Caribbean. News Americas Now http://www.newsamericasnow.com/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://www.newsamericasnow.com Commentary: Sofia Vergara’s ‘Modern Family’ portrayal insults Latinas – MiamiHerald.com http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFCQlV1CYqGW3dkRxFZaznzIKOtQA&url=http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/24/3414814/commentary-sofia-vergaras-modern.html&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=commentary-sofia-vergaras-modern-family-portrayal-insults-latinas-miamiherald-com http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFCQlV1CYqGW3dkRxFZaznzIKOtQA&url=http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/24/3414814/commentary-sofia-vergaras-modern.html#comments Fri, 24 May 2013 19:46:46 +0000 latin entertainment news - Google News http://www.newsamericasnow.com/?guid=e6d8b69e34636db7710ad7380ffdf22a
Commentary: Sofia Vergara's 'Modern Family' portrayal insults Latinas
MiamiHerald.com
Most groups depicted in the show, including gay couples, seem OK with it. But the show seems to exploit every ugly stereotype about Latin America and especially Colombia, portraying Gloria as a woman with dirt floors, burros and narco-violence in her DNA.

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Immigration Bill 'Could Create DMZ' Like Korea
CNBC.com
While traditionally pro-immigration analysts and business interests applaud the effort, the current measure as it stands has set off alarms over one of the bill's biggest provisions—border security. "The bill doesn't say it clear out, but in my ...

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GOP Rep.: Obama elected because of Reagan's immigration reforms
CBS News
King, one of the House's staunchest opponents to a comprehensive immigration reform bill, reached that conclusion by connecting two disparate facts: that 71 percent of Hispanic voters in the 2012 election voted for Mr. Obama, and that an estimated 3 ...

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ABC News
3 Things Blocking Immigration Reform in the House
ABC News
After a Senate committee passed the Gang of Eight immigration bill this week, audience members at the hearing chanted, "Sí se puede." That might not be the case once it's the House of Representatives turn to take up immigration reform. Supporters of ...
Gay rights amendment removed from immigration billBoston Globe
Groups look for next step in delicate immigration reform danceNBCNews.com
Gang of Eight plots strategy for immigration floor fightThe Hill
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What Conservative Reformers Don't Like About Immigration Reform
New York Times (blog)
Liberals care not just about the size of the economic pie, but also its distribution. And it's perfectly appropriate to put greater weight on the economic needs of poor people than rich people. But in the low-skilled immigration calculus the poorest ...

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Obama coming to Africa - a trip alive with possibilities
Mmegi Online
They would have just as certainly been similar to those that greeted John Kennedy during his trip to Latin America in 1962, at his Berlin speech or during his visit to Ireland - or at Obama's own inaugural crowd in January 2009. Years later, many ...

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Vice President Biden's Visit to Brazil, Colombia and Trinidad and Tobago
Brookings Institution (blog)
That trip ended with anti-American demonstrators rocking the Vice President's limousine and unnerving both the VP and Mrs. Nixon. They never went back to South America. Both the Alliance for Progress and the Cold War are over. Communism is no longer ...
Background Conference Call with Senior Administration Officials on Vice ...Whitehouse.gov (press release)

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]]> http://www.newsamericasnow.com/vice-president-bidens-visit-to-brazil-colombia-and-trinidad-and-tobago-brookings-institution-blog/feed/ 0 Chopstick revolution – Sydney Morning Herald http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNH05A7Un-IPP62S_uYnpf-qqWhZgw&url=http://www.smh.com.au/travel/activity/food-and-wine/chopstick-revolution-20130523-2k35f.html&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=chopstick-revolution-sydney-morning-herald http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNH05A7Un-IPP62S_uYnpf-qqWhZgw&url=http://www.smh.com.au/travel/activity/food-and-wine/chopstick-revolution-20130523-2k35f.html#comments Fri, 24 May 2013 13:56:55 +0000 latin america, caribbean travel - Google News http://www.newsamericasnow.com/?guid=b0f057e6cbb531a14b05b294e3f62a14
Sydney Morning Herald
Chopstick revolution
Sydney Morning Herald
Here, French cuisine is enlivened by Mediterranean and Latin American flavours: chickpea stew with red mullet, scallops on a celeriac puree, Argentine meats barbecued over apple wood. Bund views are still stellar, though Colagreco's spectacular plating ...
Asia Travel: Five free things to see and do in superb Shanghai, ChinaToronto Star

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