Submit an opinion article about an important political, economic or social issue affecting the United States or México, or Mexican and Latinos in the United States, and hear how other students respond.
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DanielaPerdomo
The following is an article that appeared in the Washington Post on March 13, 2007:
In Guatemala, Bush Vows to Push Immigration Changes
By PETER BAKER
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, March 13, 2007; Page A10
GUATEMALA CITY, March 12 -- President Bush...
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DanielaPerdomo
I had the opportunity to ask Shuya Ohno , who works with the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition (MIRA) , about incorrect stereotypes regarding immigrants to the United States. Born in Japan, he moved to an immigrant-rich neighborhood in New Jersey with his parents...
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DanielaPerdomo
“Y volando, volando, volando, deslizo, me encuentro más alto, más alto que el sol. Y me extraña el mundo de un paso tan lejos de mí, una música dulce cantada sólo para mí…” A quick silence. Then the boom of the...
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Ana LuciaBuckman
I was born in Mexico but I have spent the majority of my life in the United States. My parents brought me here when I was only a baby and although we would make frequent trips back to visit we would normally only stay for short periods of time.
In the United States, we tended to...
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StudentVoices Translation
The True challenge
El Verdadero Reto
Por Eduardo Vázquez,
Instituto Tecnológicoy de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM)
I am convinced that in order for a productive relationship to exist in short and long term between students of both the U.S. and...
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StudentVoices
By Eduardo Vazquez, Instituto Tecnológicoy de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM)
translated by Student Voices
This is the first of 3 submissions that will present a profile of the leaders of PRI, PAN and PRD, the three mayor political parties with the most representation in the...
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AlbertoValls
The international system presents a special scenario. A collection of more than 150 sovereign states are the main components and actors, but there is no power or institution that can enforce any treaty or law to any state. In...
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DanielaPerdomo
As the 2008 U.S. presidential election slides past first gear, I realize that the political landscape today is finally at least somewhat representative of the electorate in this country.
While the Republican candidates for president...
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DanielaPerdomo
My freshman year in college, I learned that the American government, for its U.S. Census purposes, invented the classification “Hispanic” to define all those who have familial roots in Latin America.
I, for one, was born in the United States to Guatemalan parents of European...
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DanGrant
Returning to the US after living in Mexico for four months was much harder than I anticipated. I had heard about “reverse culture shock” and read all the brochures my university gave me, but nothing prepared me for what hit me the hardest when I returned: the racism and...
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