LA COLUMNA VERTEBRAL
El Soporte Informativo Para Millones de Hispanos
Por Luisa Fernanda Montero

La esclavitud es una realidad. Se estima que actualmente hay en el mundo más esclavos que nunca antes en la historia de la humanidad.

Millones de personas son víctimas de trata y obligadas a vivir en degradantes condiciones que envuelven varias formas de esclavitud; trabajos forzados, servidumbre doméstica involuntaria y abuso sexual.

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<p><strong>SPECIAL VIRGIN OF GUADALUPE EDITION</strong>&nbsp;</p>

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<p>ESCONDIDO – El activista del Norte del Condado, Fernando Suárez del Solar envió recientemente una carta al presidente Barak Obama para expresar su descontento sobre la decisión presidencial de enviar 30 mil soldados más a Afganistán, y poner fecha de término de las guerras en ese país y en Irak en el 2011.</p>

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<p>Cesar Cota was the first in his family to attend college. “Now it’s hard to achieve my dream,” he says, “because the state put higher fees on us, and cut services and classes.” Cota, a student at LA City College, was encouraged by the internship program of the LA College Faculty Guild to describe the human cost of budget cuts in the community college system.</p>

Editorial:

What do Jess Haro, Uvaldo Martinez, Ralph Inzunza Jr., and Steve Castaneda have in common? The answer is all were up and coming Hispanic politicians who aspired to become mayor of their perspective cities and, with the exception of Steve Castaneda, were brought down by the political power structure.

Old Tradition Could Boost Latino Community’s Economy

Commentary:
By Andy Porras 

If America’s millions of Latinos remained true to their culture this Christmas, they could save millions.

All they have to do is say no to gift-giving on December 25 and yes to gifting on January 6, el Día de los Santos Reyes or, Three Kings Day, the official Hispanic day to share gifts.

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Redevelopment coming to a neighborhood near you?

Our mayor and City Council are likely to impose another top down decision on the uninformed citizens of Chula Vista. On Dec 15, when people are focusing on the holidays, the City will be starting the process to expand redevelopment into residential areas.