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<p><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Here is my problem: I was raised in a typical gabacho family. My siblings and I all enjoyed a typical gabacho relationship. We are close as cats. I phoned my brother year-before-last, and was gratified to learn that he was still alive. That call went so well, I may phone him again next year.</strong></p>

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<strong>The Progressive</strong></p>
<p>Things got heated at breakfast at the Coronado Bay Hotel in San Diego at this year’s annual conference of the National Association of Latino Elected Offcials. Cristóbal Alex, head of the liberal nonprofit Latino Victory Project, tangled with his rightwing counterpart, Daniel Garza, president of a group called the Libre Initiative, at the breakfast plenary. Both men were raised in Texas by immigrant Mexican workers, but that’s where their similarities end.</p>

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<p>Yo, USA, time to toast your best pals this country has ever had!</p>
<p>Los Hispanics. Yeah, even those Murietta malcontents should know this.</p>
<p>Back in 1968, an actual working U.S. Congress and President LBJ, conceived the idea of allowing this country’s emerging Hispanic millions to be honored for one whole week. The mini-fiesta lasted 20 years. That’s when President Nixon gave the go-ahead for a month-long celebration. Thus, we can call this our 26th anniversary, or XXVI in superbowl speak.</p>

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<p>Registering to vote and learning more about upcoming elections in their own language is a right that every American citizen should be able to enjoy.</p>
<p>That’s the premise behind a workshop that will present all the different resources citizens have when it comes to registering in languages other than English.</p>

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<p>Registrarse para votar y aprender más acerca de las próximas elecciones en su propio idioma es un derecho que todo ciudadano estadounidense debería ser capaz de disfrutar.</p>
<p>Esa es la premisa detrás de un taller en el que se presentarán todos los diferentes recursos que los ciudadanos tienen a la hora de registrarse en idiomas distintos del Inglés.</p>

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