Educaciön Bilingüe es Herramienta del ews Briefs Yzaguirre Outlines Triumph of Exito Para el Nuevo Siglo Bilingual Education Por Francisco Miraval contra el movimiento "English Only", el cual res bilingiles, Iament6 que el censo de 1990 no By Francisco Miraval Denver, 28 ene (EFE).- Los avances tecno- busca que se declare el ingl€s como idioms cont6 a un cinco por ciento de los hispanos. Denver, Feb 1 (EFE).- Bilingual education programs were can- 16gicos, Ia bonanza econ6mica y los drästicoe oficial en los Estados Unidon. Coda aflo, el gobierno federal distribuye celed in California because of lack of both the funds and the me- Tambi6n se ha opuesto a iniciativas esta- unos 200.000 milloues de d6lares, basAndose dia support to defend them, not to mention racism and xenopho- cambios demogräficoa muestran que Ia educa- bia, Hispanic leader Raul Yzaguirre ci6n bilingue no es un accidente sino "un punto talee, como Ia propuesta de California de en las estadisticas del censo dijo Prewitt-. Los said on Monday. mal importante en Ia evoluci6n de Estados Uni- limitar servicios educativos Para quienes no hispanos fueron contados. Por In tanto, "California's Law 227 is a wakeup dos", afirm6 una funcionaria hispana del hablen bien el ingl€e. eetän mal representados en recursos" y en el call for all of us who believe in bilin- Departamento de Educaciön. Pomps realizö eis declaraciones en el marco ämbito politico. gual education," Yzaguirre, president "El bi1ingtfüsmo no es un re medio educativo, de Ia conferencia nacional organizada en Para Prewitt, el Censo 2000, que comienza of the National Council of La Reza, es Is herramienta para alcanzar el exito en el Denver por Is Asociacihn Nacional pare Ia el 1 de abril de ese afiQ, es el mas "politizado" told 6,000 teachers from around the siglo 21", asever6 Delia Pompa, directors de Is Educacion Bilingue (NABE, por sue siglas en de la historia. country at the Annual Convention for Oficina de Educacion Bilingue del Departa- ingles). "Hay un intenso interw partidista en Bilingual Teachers in Denver, which mento de Educaci6n. "Va no se puede encontrar un trabajo ein un Washington por este censo, porque pueden ended this weekend. a Para Pompa, una de las oradoras Is diploma de secundaria, y no se puede comple- cambiar lea distritoa en el Congreso y, per lo I have never felt so frustrated in 1 vigesimo octave Conferencia de Educaci6n tar Is escuela sin educaci6n bilingue", afirm6 canto, los representantes", dijo Prewitt. the defense of bilingual education, euch po- Bilingite, quienes quieran triunfar en el futuro Pompa, agregando que per tal raz6n el 8egün Prewitt, ai los hispanos quieren and never before have I felt litical pressure" opposing the programs deberän aprender mäs de un idioms. gobierno federal debe asegurar In efectividad expandir su presencia politics, el Censo 2000 that help students maintain their native language, he added. de los programas de educaci6n bilingue en tienen que participar llenando Por otto lado, Is funcionaria afirmö que las los respectivos The Hispanic leader said that in order for bilingual education "tenemos que concentrarnos en cambiar Is ley eecuelas. formularios. to be successful it must introduce quality programs and continue que regula is educaci6n bilingue en el pals, Per su perte, el director de Ia Oficina del El censo se realiza, por orden de Is Consti- to defend them in the long run. porque ya tiene 31 eilos" ante 108 cambios Censo de EEUU, Kenneth Prewitt, dijo que, tuci6n, coda diez aflos desde 1790 y sus dates With respect to Denver's public schools, which have been demograficos y tecnologicos que ha atraviesa per ptimera vez en mäs de 200 eilos de se utilizan para Is distribuci6n de fondos criticized for their bilingual education programs, Yzaguirre said Estados Unidon. historia del censo, "coda persona podrä marcar federales pare programas de vivienda y that we cannot offer educational programs that are destined to "Cuando Ia ley entr6 en vigencia, solamente its de una opci6n Para senalar su origen o su educaci6n, entre otros, y Is demarcaci6n de fail, and then blame the students for not learning. ae incluy6 a lee estudiantes que hablaban lengua materna". distrites electorales. It is clear that those who speak two languages will have espanol. Hoy proveemos servicios pare La iniciativa busca mejorar el recuento de Prewitt pidiö Is colaboraci6n de organiza- enormous advantages in the 21st century," he explained. alumnos que hablan otros idiomas", explic6 minorfas en el pals y terminar con Ia contro- ciones hispanas para movilizar a Ia comunidad The only way to win this battle is by showing the advantages of bilingual education, joining forces with other groups and in- Pompa. versia de personae que ban nacido en EEUU Latina y pedir que se completen adecuada- stitutions, and developing a professional strategy on the issue, Desde su llegada al Departamento de de padres de diferentes razes o grupos €tnicos. mente los formularies. E Yzaguirre stated. Prewitt, hablando ante unos 6.000 educado- Educaci6n, Pompa ha encabezado una luchs "We must not, cannot and will not return to the old days of ignoring minorities. We are on the right path, and in the end we will prevail," the Hispanic leader said. California Governor Wants Tighter Security Along Border Mexico City, Feb 2 (EFE).- California Governor Gray Davis spoke in favor of stricter security along the U.S.-Mexican border after meeting with Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo during his three-day visit to Mexico. Davis said he was pleased with the outcome of his meeting with Zedillo. Their discussions revolved around the need to im- prove border security along the frontier, as well as on matters dealing with the environment, as well as scientific and techno- logical cooperation. Established 1977 - Texas' Oldest Hispanic Owned Newspapers "California cannot succeed without Mexico," Davis said as he emphasized the close historical and cultural ties between this country and his state, where at least six million Mexicans reside. In a news conference after his meeting with Zedillo, the gov- ernor stated that his administration was ready to enforce federal immigration laws using humanitarian tactics and respecting the immigrants human rights. by Petrieio Gonzalez Davie called on Mexico to join in a "new era" of common goals, Multi-platinum Tejano record- and end the differences that plagued the administration of his ing superstars Intocable, re- - predecessor, Pete Wilson. ceived a dose of reality on Sun- day morning when three mem- bers were killed in a one-car crash in Mexico. Southeast U.S. Hits "Record" Josh Angel "Pepe" Farias, 23, the band's on-stage master of High Numbert of Deportations By Cristma Espinosa ceromonies of Monterrey; bass player Silvestre Rodriguez Jr., Atlanta, Feb 2 (EFE).- The U.S. Immigration and Naturaliza- tion Service (INS) office in Atlanta said 924 individuals accused 26, of McAllen; and the band's road manager Joe Angel Gon- of various criminal activities were deported from the south- zales, age unknown, were killed J ECO$ ! eastern United States during when their station wagon skid- S:^ ü^:CwkZTqua L BIG•OJOS - 1998. ded off a highway in Northern Mdac j Z S.NAR12 The individuals were captured in Mexico. Intocable leader, Ricky Mu- `A A ^ :. Alabama, Georgia, North Caroli- L. ^ na and South Carolina in con- noz, 23, as well as band members I X — nection with drug-related crimes Danny Sanchez, 23, Rene Marti- , 0p as well as violent crimes includ- nez, 26 and Sergio Serna, 24, i ^rac `boo 0' ing aggravated assault, kidnap- were also unjured in the accid- . DL - S ping, rape and murder. ent, but were expected to be re- INS Atlanta Director Thomas leased from Monterry hospitals a Fischer said, 'We are attributing this week. the increase to the diligent ap- Locally, the tragic news has plication of the law by this motivated record sales and radio 24 agency." air-play. °" "We received more funding from "On Monday, we sold out of the facts of what happened," said Congress than ever, and we were everything we had on Intocable," of La Feria music shop. "We had EMI Latin for sales of the to overnight more material for Martinez. "According to EMI able to use it in a manner that said Elda Moreno. store manner group's six U.S. albums, each Tuesday and their selling fast Latin officials, the band has de- - topping 1 million in sales. was very efficient and greatly too. cided to cancel all 'gigs' for this According to EMI Latin offi- beneficial to the public. These ComentañcAs "There are slot of people who month and next month. They cials, the band was performing in numbers represent a significant want to complete their Intocable don't plan on touring again until McAllen on the night before the impact on criminal activity in the United States," Fischer said deThdal collections now, so the earlier this summer." accident promoting their newest In 1998 the United States deported 2,211 people, a 533 per- material is selling as well as the Formed in 1993 in Zapata, In- album, Amor Maldito." They cent increase over 1995's total of 255. by Bidal Agüero new album." tocable became an instant bit in were headed to Monterrey to Laurence Orton from the INS Deportations Office said that There seems to be a lot of Jennifer Martinez, on air per- the Tejano industry creating a catch a flight to Mexico City for most of the deportees are Mexicans. In a typical month, 98 peo- criticism aimed lately at sonality for Lubbock's Magic 93.7 new sound mixing Tejano polkas a series of concerts and promo- ple will be deported - 58 Mexicans, six Guatemalans, three Hon- - 1996, Mayor Windy bitten. (KTXQ-FM), who is director of and norteno boleros. Since tions. durans and one Panamanian, with the remainder belonging to A couple of the morning show's "Tejano Tid- Intocable has been one of Teja- Interested fans and friends other nationalities. no's premier bands, opening up weeks ago it Bits," said that the station has can contact the EMI Latin office for such groups as La Mafia and seems that received many calls from con- in an Antonio at 210-366-9626. cerned fans throughout the area. headlining many tours them- the Mayor "Many callers have called in selves. Last October the band referred to EL EDITOR #1 In News for dedications and just to ge• was honored by its record label - Littlefield as , a "Ghost Town". Most people in Little- field essentially said that she didn't know what she Clinton' Bud et Now elHispanics was talking about. By Maria Pena g on October 1, 1999. p Edhsusteaold Hispanic reporters in a can calls for tax cuts. In the Hispanic com- Washington, Feb 1 (EFE).- A new battle The proposal, which will require The president submitted a budget telephone interview. munity, people are still awaits Democrats and Republicans in congressional approval, includes significant proposal to Congress asking for more funds A key topic in this budget plan is the firming over her treatment Congress now that U.S. President Bill spending increases in defense, education, for bilingual education, more qualified building and renovation of public schools, of Councilman Victor health and social security - areas of special Gonzalez during a Council Clinton has submitted a 1.77 trillion dollar teachers and more schools, the White costing 3.7 billion dollars in a five-year meeting. During a lunch- budget for the next fiscal year, which begins interest for Hispanics - but ignores Republi- House's assistant chief of staff, Maria period. eon held for her "Minority Meanwhile, 415 million dollars will be Advisory Committee" she CLINTON TO ALLOCATE MORE FUNDS FOR INS spent on training bilingual education stated that Victor had had teachers. It is calculated that four million more than an ample Washington, Feb 1 (EFE).- U.S. Presi- students who do not speak English will amount of time to address dent Bill Clinton's budget proposal for the benefit from these programs, the director of the Council and that the 2000 fiscal year includes an 8 percent the Education Department's Bilingual only reason she had cut increase of funds for the U.S. Naturalization Education Office, Delia Pompa, said. him off was because she and Immigration Service (INS). With respect to the health sector, wanted to prevent an The INS budget, which has enjoyed Clinton's administration said that "in spite argument between the two of the achievements at the national level, Council members involved. steady growth in recent years, would now Whether anything can be 4.27 billion dollars. Most of those funds there are still inequalities" in the quality of be done to prevent Windy will be used to hire 306 new officials, health services offered to minorities. from saying statements according to the proposal made by Clinton Co address this situation, the budget that cause controversy is on Monday. sets 145 million dollars aside for services doubtful. Until the next There are also budget allocations for the providing medical treatment, prevention election. construction of Border Patrol stations along and education to minorities," the White *****Pico de Gallo*** the Mexican border and in Florida. The INS House said, adding that an additional 50 Ever wish for a place to will also install 176 video cameras along million will go to fight Aids among these go spend a relaxing and the border, the federal agency announced disadvantage groups. romantic day on Valen- Monday. Both projects will require an According to the president's plan, states will tine's with your loved one? continue to have the option of offering medical Why not plan on attending investment of 48.1 million dollars. Also included in the INS budget are 22.5 coverage to some 55,000 legal immigrants the Valentine Dance to be through the Medicaid program, which will spend million dollars for the construction of new held next week by the 220 million dollars during the next five years. Ballet Folklorico Aztlan7 detention centers in Port Isabel and El Paso, - - .. . . . Clinton's ambitious plan springs, in part, Feb. 13th at White Texas; Florence, Arizona; D Centro, from the expected 117.3 billion dollar surplus for Knights Ballroom. Call California; and Krome, Florida. Fiscal Year 2000 and the 2.4 trillion over the 763-3841 for information. © Agenda EFE S.A. next decade. El Editor, Lubbock, Tx, February 4, 1999 2 Clinton's Populist Master Stroke Sittin' Here By Franz Schurmann War II. Afterwards it became the instrument arch conservative Ronald Reagan. Clinton's Clinton pulled off a master stroke by for the post-war boom. presentation of a sweeping Hamiltonian type Think in' proposing to link Social Security to the Reagan slimmed down that state by axing program disarmed the Republicans. House unending bull market througb "universal one New Deal program after the other. But by Ways and Means Committee chairman Bill The Pope In Missouri savings accounts." By doing eo, White House August 1982 the first signs of the current bull Archer (R•Texae) immediately offered to work by Ira Cutler advisers say, we won't have to worry about it market became visible. While Reagan's re- with Clinton on his Social Security proposals. Pope John Paul H visited the Western Hemisphere last week, going bust until 2055. making left a lot of poverty in its wake it Those proposals assume American money is stopping in Mexico and St. Louie to deliver his message. Given The President is saying he wants not just a brought prosperity to most of the American going to be sound and plentiful until 2055. But the Popes advanced age and multiple illneasea it was suggested third ofAmericans to benefit from ever rising middle class. And they form a majority of the Clinton also made a strong pitch for global by numerous television commentators that this might be his fin- stock returns but all of them. It's the biggest population. trade. He came out in support of a world trade al visit here. If so, he certainly made it count. inclueionist message of all time. And it's Clinton's way is a combination of the earlier conference originally proposed by European In Mexico, he spoke powerfully and eloquently about poverty credible, not pie-in-the-sky. two re-makings. He calls for a return to an leaders for November this year And through and the fundamental injustice of a world in which there are a privileged few and many, many others who struggle to survive To make the populist package even sweeter activist state to assure the general prosperity, World Organization hearings he wants Trade despite abject poverty and simply horrible living conditions. federal budget surpluses will go for education, the U.S. public fully involved with trade as did Roosevelt. But, like Reagan, he wants to That is the right message for Mexico, I think, where the stan- medical care, anti-smoking moves, child care, do it through the markets. issues. dard of living has risen in recent times but where millions live support for low income parents, higher According to Clinton's proposal everyone Despite continuing financial trouble in in a state of poverty quite unlike anything we see here. minimum wages, more police, help to poor who holds a job, no matter how low the wage, Brazil and Russia, the mighty global financial In the United States the Pope visited St. Louie, where he cities, medical leave, long term care. And then would be involved in the markets through tree stands firm. Its roots are world trade. Its celebrated Mass before an estimated 100,000 people in an indoor there is plenty left over for the ever popular their social security deduction. And people trunk is the American dollar. Its two mightiest football stadium and chatted privately with President Clinton - Pentagon. know that some magic has made this bull branches are the Japanese yen and the wouldn't you have loved to be a fly on the wall for that discus- Critics are already charging it's just market go on and on. Clinton's ever rising German mark (now transformed into the won? In the United States the Pope took on a different issue, accountants' juggling or an end run around the popularity comes from the fact that they see euro). that of capital punishment. That is the right issue here, where Senate to fend off the impeachment charges. him as the master of that magic. There is general consensus that the Asian we execute more of our fellow citizens than anywhere in the But historians know better. They know that The secret of this magic goes back to crises have bottomed out. The euro is coming Western world, many times over, and imprison a larger portion when in his first inaugural address Franklin Alexander Hamilton during the 1790's. on strong. Global trade is predicted to grow of our population than any nation on earth. With all the power and influence that he brings as the leader of the Catholic Roosevelt said "there is nothing to fear but Hamilton was convinced the jerrybuilt United again within the year. There are many bad Church, the Pope came down unequivocally in opposition to fear itself those words launched the New Deal States could only survive through strong effects from globalization but it's not going to state sanctioned executions - under any circumstances. which re-made America until Ronald Reagan government, global trade and credible money. end soon. Clinton knows that. In my mind, although people of good will can and do disagree remade it again in the 1980's. It's a tribute to the power of Hamilton's ideas The mood now is growing even in Washing- about life and death moral issues - abortion, euthanasia, capital In his second inaugural address Clinton's that his enemy, the radical Thomas Jefferson ton to end the impeachment trial quickly and punishment • the Popes position has the considerable virtue of vision proposes another re-making. Its main ("the tree of liberty must be watered every let Clinton use the remaining two years of his consistency. He believes in the sanctity of all human life and objective is the same as the earlier two: the twenty years with the blood of tyrants"), fully presidency to try out his mind-bogglingly makes no exceptions. In his view we are never permitted to take general prosperity. But hie way of attaining it accepted them once in office. ambitious proposals for American and world human life, either individually or collectively. Instead, that is a is different. FDR'e was to build a massive state So has every president since then, includ- prosperity. power solely reserved to God. I did not realize the Catholic structure which fully arose only during World ing left-of-center Franklin Roosevelt and the Church opposed capital punishment until last week, and I am glad that it is so. (I wonder what the Church poeition is on war?) Personally, I have for a very long time opposed capital pun- Planificadores De Los Poblacion ishment. For me it is too unevenly applied, does not really pro- vide a deterrent and rune the risk of an irreversible mistake. I think life imprisonment is just fine as an ultimate punishment. I Mexicanos Hacen Malabares have always wondered how some people could oppose abortion and favor capital punishment, as many on the political Right do. By Mary Jo MCohahay. marido y mujer, tienen que tra- temas de poblaciön son asunto de exämenes ginecolögicos a las I admire and respond to Pope John Paul II, in the same way CHIMALHUACAN, CIUDAD bajar pare que ambos salarios den todos". Sin embargo, parece que mujeres y demos charlas educati- lo suficiente para vivir". that many non-Catholics were moved by Pope John XXIII, many DE MEXICO -Con su desatlo a la campaba se creyera en la obli- vas a las comunidades, especial- Tan solo desde 1994, el aflo en whites by Martin Luther King and people the world over by las eneefanzas de la Iglesia en el gacidn de implicar que los nifos mente en aquellos sitios donde que Mexico se uniere a Estados Ghandi. I loved it when he went to Cuba and met with Castro tema chive del control de natali- son una decision que las parejas no Ilegan los servicios del gobier- dad, Mexico ha cambiado profun- Unidos y Canada en el Tratado although it was impolitic to do eo, and I respect the way he tienen que hacer por si mismas. no", dice el director de una or- holds on to positions that it would be so much easier for the damente desde el tiempo en que de Libre Comercio (NAFTA), el Pero las diferencias son inevi- ganizaciön no gubernamental de church to relax on. I have serious disagreementa with him on diet-a Is bienvenida al Papa Juan peso ha perdido suvalor, cayendo tables. La Iglesia, por ejemplo, planificaciön familiar con decenas desde unos 33 centavos a diez. several issues, some of which are irreconcilable, but I never Pablo II veinte afos aträs. En permanece inamovible de su posi- de miles de clientes. Sin embar- doubt the depth of his faith or of his convictions. ese entonces, la fantiha promedio Una de cede ti-es mujeres trabaja cidn de rechazar todo tipo de me- go, es un modelo frente al coal I think we know the real deal when we see it, and sometimes tenla siete nifios. Hoy, cuando el hoy fuera del hogar. todo anticonceptivo los obispos pueden llegar a mos- Papa hate su cuarta visita a este "La gente se somete a esto por genuinely holy persons can touch us all and transcend doctrine que no sea natural -tal como trarse precavidos. Para el aflo and dogma. There is just something different going on when you pals de fuerte mayorla cat6lica, el e1 coeto de vide", dice Jose Ma- el metodo del ritmo-y objeta la 2000, la mitad de los catOlicos del promedio ha caldo a 2,5 nifios per nuel Villegas, de 44 aiios, al hab - see a holy person - they are almost like a different species from mismisima idea de eetablecer mundo vivirgn en America Lati- the endless procession of politicians, salesmen, hustlers and famiha, mientras los planifi- lar de los varioe dispositivos anti- metes pare el crecimiento de la na. cadores apuntan a reducir este conceptivos expuestos en el phonies that we endure in our daily lives. poblaciön, manteniendo que tales Mientras tento, una Serie de And so, I was not surprised when the Governor of Missouri, nümero a aproximadamente 2,1. porche fuera de su concurrido metas pueden conducir at abuso mini-avisos publicitarios para tel- En esta dinämica comunidad negocio. Mel Carnahan, granted clemency to Darrell Meese, a convicted de derechos. Cuando el lider del evisiön ha tornado como blanco la triple murderer scheduled to be executed next month. In effect, sin ärboles a orillas de la caötica Hace notar que incluso el pre- - Comite National Pro-Vida acusö idea mexicana del machismo su- - extension de Ciudad de Mexico - cio de la lecke para pobres y an- that means that Meese will serve life imprisonment instead of recientemente al gobierno de per masculino. La campafa actual being executed. Now Governor Carnahan is ducking and dodg- a estae alturas una de las cianos eubsidiada por el gobierno alentar esterilizaciones forzadas, del Consejo National de Pobla- ciudades mäs pobladas del mundo aumentG el 25 por ciento este tug in a storm of criticism, and saying in a refreshing and kind of Tuiran se reumö räpidamente ci6n insiste que "Planificar la fa- - bewildered way that he did it simply because the Pope asked him (18 millones de personas)-parece mee. "Mi hermano tiene 15 iii- con los obispos. milia tambi€n es asunto de to. The Governor is not really against capital punishment, has dificil creer que uno está en un nos. pero Si boy tienes mäe de Incluso las diferencias con la hombres", y se emite como una denied clemency requests frequently in the past, and apparently pals con una vigorosa politics es- tree apenas puedes sobrevivir". Iglesia tienen sus sutilezas, telenovela a lo largo de la cual tatal de poblaci6n. Chimalhuacan Death el decimo piso de la ofi- will not become a one-man firewall against executions as Mario porque la doctrina puede ser sua- dos hombres mantienen una dis- - Cuomo used to be in New Rork. This clemency thing was just for creci6 desde los 60.000 habit- cina de parades acnstaladas del vizada en comunidades remotes. cusiOn sobre el terra. antes en 1980 a los 412.000 en Dr. Rodolfo Tuiran, Secretario "En los estados mäs pobres en los En el ultimo episodio, unos this one murderer, just this one time, out of respect for the 1995, aflo del ultimo recuento Geueral del Consejo National de que trabajamos, Guerrero y meses mäs adelante, Tuiran rev- Pope. The next guy on Death Row, it seems, will be one mur- oficial. Muchos llegaron desde el Poblaciön de Mexico, comun- derer too late and will be executed as though nothing has Chiapas, los pärrocos locales nos ela que "el macho se hate una changed. campo porque encontraron menos idades como Chimalhuacan se ha- van a invitar para que hagamos vasectomfa". tierra adonde marcharse cerca de cen invisibles en medio de la ne- The papers are full of discussion by politicians, legal scholars, SUS pueblos de origen. Mäs a11ä Na manön-grisßcea que se ex- law enforcement people and lots of others who do not get what del alcance del sistema de subter- tiende sobre la ciudad. Tuiran, Letter to the Editor happened in Missouri at all. They are talking about legal prece- reneos de la ciudad, con caller eociölogo y economista, opina que dents, the constitution, separation of church and state, and a que se tonvierten en un laberin- la räpida urbanizaciOn empujö el I'M SURE MANY OF YOU WATCHED THE whole lot of other socio-political stuff that simply misses the to de barro cada vez que Ilueve, tndice de crecimiento de la pobla- RECENT BROADCAST OF THE OPRAH WIN ' point altogether. el sitio es a pesar de todo un den desde un 3.5 por ciento hate The thing is that the Governor, face to face with the Pope, imbn pare los desempleados que un cuarto de siglo a un 1.88 por FREY SHOW WHERE HER GUEST WAS simply could not say no You would call it a sort of miracle, if suefan con un trabajo en la ciento en Is actualidad. Mäs de 7 TOMMY HILFIGER. ON THE SHOW SHE you believe in such things, that the Pope went to Missouri of capital. de cada 10 mexicanos vive ahora ASKED HIM IF THE STATEMENTS ABOUT all places, met face to face with the Governor, at particular mo- Ea tambien un lugar pare ver en ciudades de 15.000 habitantes ment in time, spoke on the issue of capital punishment, and por qua la polltica del gobierno o mäs. Con la vida urbane llegan RACE HE WAS ACCUSED OF SAYING WERE saved the life of Darrell Meese. funciona en un pats donde 9 de tambien "menos estigma y menos TRUE. STATEMENTS LIKE IF HE'D KNOWN I do not know anything about Darrell Meese other than that cads 10 personas dicen que son sanciones sociales" para aquellos "AFRICAN-AMERICANS, HISPANICS AND he is a triple murderer. Most likely he is not much of a human catölicas. que elijen no tener las Brandes ASIANS WOULD BUY HIS CLOTHES HE being and will do nothing to justify the gift he has been given - "Yo respeto mi fe, pero si ten- familias tradicionales. he will not find a cure for cancer or write a symphony or become go mäs y mäs mhos, eso quere Tambien contribuyendo a esta WOULD NOT HAVE MADE THEM SO NICE." an inspiration and example to others. But those possibilities decir que comprar zapatos pare situation se encuentra el sistema HE WISHED THESE PEOPLE WOULD "NOT" still exiet, however remote they may be, because against all odds ono significa que los otros han de salud püblica, a menudo con an old, ill, holy man visited Missouri last week. largas colas y no siempre con el BUY HIS CLOTHES, AS THEY ARE MADE It makes you think. de it descalzos , dice Maria Luisa Roan-to, de 35 aflos, quien tiene apoyo de las provisioner necesar- FOR UPPER CLASS WHITE PEOPLE. Ira Cutler, H1'14072@handsnetorg, says he's seeking a semi-legitimate out-

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"Ahora los dos, ejemplo la que meiste not done enough to disentangle himself from the anti-Hispanic rhetoric of the i I I I ' Pat Buchanan wing of the party. I1(:]iI i i]fl h i]F ; l Iti : Yet Hispanics will most certainly vote for Republican candidates who believe in inclusiveness, as Gov. Bush showed By Roger Hernandez member when it withheld Federal benefits away from fully legal immigrants have been welfare. Now, with the end of benefits dis- when he received nearly half of the tra- Jan. 31, 1999 — Maybe its because ev- from legal immigrants who were old or dis- - slowly restored. Just this week, the Clinton crimination against truly needy immigrants ditionally Democratic Hispanic vote in erybody is busy sleeping through The Long abled? That brilliant measure was actually Administration announced it would seek to at hand, and with measures still in place Texas, and as his younger brother Jeb National Nightmare. Maybe it would have signed into law by Bill Clinton. eliminate the last remaining disparities in that make it tough for people — immigrant showed when he was elected governor happened anyway. Whateverthe reason, the But that was — well, I guess we can now medical and food stamp benefits. or otherwise — who'd rather collect a hand- of Florida with heavy Hispanic support. country has gotten over its panic about im- Those benefits were taken away three out than work, the welfare rate is the low- say that was in "the mid-'90s." Both of course also won the majority of migration. Pretty soon, we'll be able to look at it as years ago as part of the otherwise success- est in 30 years. non-immigrant, non-Hispanic votes, To be sure, fear of immigrants still ex- something that occurred "last century." ful welfare reform bill, in a misguided at- The proposal to restore the remaining which shows that Republicans need not ists, fear that the newcomers are changing tempt to combine much-needed welfare re- benefits should pass Congress with relative Look at what has happened since then. resort to immigrant-bashing to win the America for the worse with their foreign Proposition 187 was struck down as uncon- form with immigrant-bashing, as if immi- ease. Congress has learned that immigrant vote of the general public. languages and exotic customs. But the grants were cheats. bashing is not good politics. Because of the stitutional. California Gov. Pete Wilson, welfare How well has the GOP as a whole - panic, the sheer panic that first gripped Xenophobe-in-Chief, is out of office and re- Actually, a study by the late economist growing number of Hispanic voters moti- learned that lesson? The elder Bush California and then the rest ofthe nation in placed by a new governor who was smart Julian Simon showed that 3.3 percent of vated to strike back against xenophobia, the brother is the leading Republican can- 1993, when voters in the Golden State ap- enough to go after the votes of immigrants. immigrants 15-65 years old, compared to 3.7 ploy backfired. Now Republicans in Califor- didate for the office their father once proved Proposition 187 (which denied In Texas, Cov. George W. Bush spoke in percent of the general population of the same nia are trying to undo the damage wrought held. Whether he keeps that lead — and schooling and health care to the children of Spanish in his inaugural speech, saying age, received in the form of food by Pete Wilson, who blew up whatever welfare his head — when the immigrant bashers illegal immigrants) is a thing of the past. that "Our diversity gives Texas new energy, stamps, Supplemental Security Income, Aid bridges the GOP had built to Hispanic com- come out swinging during the primaries Remember when Congress tried to cut le- - new blood — and we should not fear it but to Families with Dependent Children, and munities. Even overwhelmingly Republican will tell whether the party had indeed gal immigration by one third? Remember welcome it" (yes, he said it in English first). General Assistance. Cuban voters in Florida and New Jersey learned. when it tried to deny financial aid to legal In Washington, the old-age and disabil- In other working-age immigrants gave nearly halftheirvote to Bill Clinton in words, Roger Herndndez is a nationally syndi- immigrants who wanted to go to college? Re- are actually less likely than others to be on 1996, because they perceived Bob Dole had ity benefits that were unjustifiably taken cated columnist and Writer-in Residence at 7T,,,, .Tare,.. Inetit,Ia nfT"F nnlncv

El Editor, Lubbock. Tx. February 4, 1999 n i J oC cia Breves __ r_p a'- _ Error del Censo Perjudica Por Sam Dillon surgieron en los dos partidos de Representaciön de Minorias CIUDAD DE MEXICO, 1 de oposiciön de Mexico, los cuales Por Cristina Espinosa febrero de 1999 -- EI Presidente ya anunciaron convenciones para uns Atlanta, 28 ene (EFF).- El rechazo de la Corte Suprema del Ernesto Zedillo conquistö elegir formalmente a sus respec- ueo del muestreo para el cenec del 2000 afectar4 severamente la ovaci6n internacional el aeo pa- tivos candidates par-a la Presi- representacibn pol9tica y los recureos econömicos de las minorias sado, cuando dijo que seria el dencia en el ototlo siguiente. Vi- y los pobres, advirti6 hoy, jueves, el Instituto de Tecnologia de primer presidente mexicano en la cente Fox Quezada, el gober- Georgia. historia moderna que rehusaria nador del estado de Guanajuato, "Se tendrä que preparar estrategias con Is participaciön de la elegir a su sucesor. no tiene oponentes clams para la comunidad, para reducir el error al minimo", dijo Robert Giaco- Sin embargo, en qua forma in- postulaciön del Partido Aeciöu mine, del centro de mvestigaci6n del Instituto. tentarä su propio partido postu- Nacional (PAN), el cual favorece elec- En el censo de 1990 no hieran contados 12,2 por ciento de in- lar a su candidato pare las a la iniciativa privada. Cuaht€- dios americanos, 5 por ciento de todos los hispanos y 4,4 por ciones presidenciales, que se moc Cardenas Solörzano, el jefe ciento de afroamericanos, segün el instituto. efectuarän en julio del 2000, de gobierno de la Ciudad de "Si se logra mantener el mismo margen de error que en 1990, sigue siendo uno de los misterios Mexico, al parecer tiene las mis- seis millonee de personas no serän contadas" dUo Giacomine. mäs intrigantes de Mexico. mas probabilidades pare ser el A la Corte Supreme Be le presentaron dos argumentos en con- Durante meses, lideres del designado por parte del izquier- tra del use del muestreo. partido leaks a Zedillo se han dista Partido de la Revoluciön EI primero se reifere a que la ley actual aprobada por el Con- estado contradiciendo, llevando a Democrbtica (PRD). greso en 1976 prohlbe su uso. En segundo Lugar, aün cuando la Ia sospecha de que el Presidente Se preve que los comicios ser- - ley to permitiera, serla inconstitucional. y su circulo albergan la esperan- an los mäs competitivos en la his- EI muestreo, en contraste con el conteo, permitirla el use de za de forzar la entrada de un toria mexicana, pero las encues- esHmados para calcular a las personas que por diversas razones candidato favorito a la Presiden- tas preelectorales sugieren que einortarlo a convocar de innre- dentes", dijo Venegas. Unica- no se las ha podido contar. da, mediante un procedimiento el PRI puede conservar la Presi- dine a una convenciön partidis- mente un pufiado de miembros Por errores del conteo, en el censo de 1990 unas siete mil- de postulaciön solo ligeramente dencia... a menos que se frag- - ta, para que las bases puedan del partido estän preocupados lones de personas no fueron incluidas, en su mayorla pobres y mäs democrätico que la ceremonia mente. En todo caso, lo que sin contribuir a redactar los regla- acerca del proceso de postula- pertenecientes a las minorlas en areas urbanes. tradicional de consagraciön, con- dude sera una batalla encarniza- mentos que gobernarän el proce- ciön", dijo. Luis Rubio, cientifico Los opositores del muestreo alegan que los caiculos Sc pueden ocida como el dedazo. da ya se ha iniciado. so de postulaciön. politico de la Ciudad de Mexico, manipular pare favorecer a estos grupos, que se identifican gen- En junio pasado, el Presidente Francisco Labastida, el Secre- "Si los lideres del partido se moströ en completo desacuer- publico eralmente con el Partido DemOcrata. Zedillo dijo a un tario de Cebernaciön, ha emergi- escriben los reglamentos en pri- do. La Corte Suprema basö su decision en el primer argumento, neoyorkino que favorecla unas do Como el favorito del circulo vado y despues solo tratan de "Un enorme nümero de miem- sobre bases estatutarias, no constitucionales, lo que quiere decir elecciones primarias al estilo es- gobernante del Presidente Zedil- convencer al reste de nosotros de bros del partido est4n exigiendo que el Congreso puede aprobar una ley que cambie la actual. tadounidense para seleccionar al lo, dicen varios analistas inde- aceptarla, sospecho que las re- procedimientos democräticos", candidato del gobernante Partido "Esto seit muy dificil, porque el Congreso estä controlado per pendientes. Roberto Madrazo, dactarAn para beneficiar a su dijo. "Los lideres del PRI siguen Institucional .los republicanos y ellos no quieren que se use muestreos, pues Revölucionario gobernador de Tabasco, ha micia- candidato favorito", dijo Jose posponiendo la asamblea porque piensan que la inclusion de las minorlas beneficiarä a los dem6- (PRI), el cual ha controlado la do una campafia de television con Luis Soberanes, senador del PRI desean obligar a Bartlett y a cratas", argumento John Maltese, del Departamento de Ciencias Presidencia durante siete dece- el apoyo financiero de la la fac- que asistiö a la reunion. Adadio otros candidatos disidentes a cer- Politicas de Is Universidad de Georgia. nios. ciön tradicionalista del PRI, a que Palacios rehus6 fijar una rar fiias deträs de Labastida, Mat Glavin, presidente de la Fundaci6n Legal del Sureste, or- Posteriormente, Mariano Pal- cuyos miembros se les llama fecha pare la convenciön. Vene- quien ha emergido como el candi- ganizaciön conservadora que presentb la demanda pare impedir el acios, el presidente del PRI, dijo "dinosaurios". Pero solo Manuel gas, el vocero del PRI, confirmo dato oficial. No tienen el monop- use del muestreo, dijo que a "nosotros lo que nos importa es que que una convenciön nacional es- Bartlett Dlaz, ex secretario de esta version. olio politico que tuvieron en un formales se cumplan las leyes. Hay que buscar otra forma de que se in- tablecerla las normas CobernaciOn que ahora es gober- No podemos ester programan- tiempo, pert todavfa desean con- cluya a la gente en el censo, sin violar las leyes'. para la nomination en septiembre nador de Puebla, ha dicho ptibli- do asambleas del partido solo por trolar el proceso". E1 principal papel del censo, segün la Constitution de los pasado. Pero ese mes Ilego y se camente que estä buscando la el capricho de unos cuantos diM- EEUU, es establecer un acertado conteo de la poblacion. Tam- file, y la convention ha sido pro- postulaciap presidential del PRI. Men permite localizar la poblacion en los diferentes estados y gramada tentativamente, para En una entrevista, criticö al li- condados, para que se puedan asignar las escatios del Congreso y posteriormente ser pospuesta en derazgo del partido gobernante varias ocasiones, desde entonces. se definan las linens frontetizas de distrltos estatales y locales. por dejar poco clara la postula- 1 $ Mientras mäs poblaciOn tenga an estado, mayor su nümero de Las normas para la postulaciön cion. representantes. atin denen que ser redactadas. "Tode esta confusion estä Peligro en el PRI si no se Re- Parte de la responsabilidad en asegurar de que los hispanos creando inquietud y dudas", dijo. • ' T sean contados, recce en las organizaciones nationales que los curre a un Proceso Democrätico "Necesitamos reglas claras de 1 1 representan. para Elegir al Candidato Presi- postulaciön que seen juntas para "El error dependerä de la efectividad y participation de organ- dencia todos los candidatos potentiales ". izaciones gubernamentales y no gubernamentales de la comuni- Las amargas pugnas internas Nadie Sabe Cuäl Sera el Pro- $ BIENVENIDOS / WELCOME TAX CLIENTS $ dad", dijo Herb Gerardi, portavoz del censo. en el partido condujeron al asesi- ceso de Postulation en el PRI nato del candidato presideucial Sergio Arturo Venegas, vocero ARREGLAMOS IMPUESTOS DEL GOBIERNO $$$ DINERO PRONTO $$$ en 1994, y el partido sigue del PRI, dijo que Zedillo haHa Designan Nuevo Director del estando dividido. 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Caucus Hispano del Congreso varios rivales por Ia candidatura de postulation mäs democrätico Nable las re- Washington, 27 ene (EFE).- EI venezolano William Rafael Gil del PRI han ocasionado adver- de Mexico. Pero, dado que - Espafiol! file designado nuevo director ejecutivo del Caucus Hispano del teucias relativas a que el partido glas no han sido escritas, sigue $ • ELECTRONIC FILING Congreso de los Estados Unidos, anunci6 boy la presidents del podrIa escindirse, a menos que siendo incierto ei los candidatos _s2'24so $ grupo legislativo, la congresista Lucille Roybal Allard. un candidato de consenso sea serän seleccionados sobre la base Gil era ayudante legislativo del Caucus antes de ser designa- nominado mediante un proceso de unos comicios primarlos, en $ • FAST REFUNDS $$$$ do en su nuevo puesto,indic6 Roybal Allard, democrats per Cali- democrätico. una asamblea national con dele- fornia. "Hay el riesgo de un division gados democräticamente elegidos, $ Open 7 Days a Week $ Previamente, trabaj6 en la Camara de Comercio Hispana, el Si cualquier grupo de priistas He- o en una convenciön a la antigua ' Washington Center y el programs de desarrollo comunitario del ga a la conclusion de que el pro- repleta de gente leal al Presi- $ Open Late UI 9:00 $ condado de Arlington, en Virginia. ceso estä siendo manipulado", dente. Roybal Allard fie elects en noviembre pasado como presidents dijo Oscar Rodriguez, diputado La semana pasada, varios leg- del Caucus Hispano del Congreso, 1 que reline a los 20 congresis- del PRI que ayudö a fundar una isladores del partido gobernante Qsssssss$s$$$$$$$$D facciones que presionan as re.,nteron con Palacios para tas democratas de origen hispano. de las La legisladora sustituye en el puesto a Xavier Becerra, qui€u para que se lleven a Cabo re- - fue el presidente del Caucus Hispano durante el pasado perlodc formas. Los probables candidatos ya legislativo.

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Podris reclamar Ios premios dc hasta I I 1 ' ------J 5GMhö WI El Editor, Lubbock, Tx, February 4, 1999 n Papa Concluye Gira Americana Cat May Be Ending Cuba's Flirtation For ^h a ,^„ g ❑ Con Visita Pastoral A San Luis With Capitalism, Notes Global Crises San Luis (Mieuri), 26 ene Ja catedral. (EFE).- El Papa Juan Pablo II Pero San Luis empezö a cele- concluyö una gira americana visi- brar la visits del Papa Juan Pa- tando una ciudad estadounidense blo II, horas antes de su llegada, de rancia tradiciön catdlica San con una multitudinana marcha Luis, Misuri, donde abogö per un de jövenes por el centro de la nuevo milenio de "solidaridad, capital adornado con pancartas libertad y justicia" para Estados de bienvenida, algunas en polaco Unidos y pare las Americas. o italiano. El pontifice Ilegö a San Luis, Se calcula que un mifon de procedente de Mexico, donde cer- personas han acudido a San Luis it el sinodo de los obispos de las pare la visits del Papa. Am€ricas que, dijo, "ha eido una Entre los visitantes, un cura importante reunion en la que se polaco, Marian Kencik, cuenta ha preparado a la Iglesia pare que hue alumno de Karol Wojty- eutrar en un nuevo milenio, con la, en la Universidad Catdlica de un nuevo sentido de la solidari- Lublin, Polonia, a finales de los dad pare el continente". anoe 50 y principios de los 60. Su visits a San Luis, es, afir- Kencik, que ha viajado desde m6 el Papa, una oportunidad de Michigan acompaffando a un gru- divulger este mensaje desde el po de feligreses de la importante "corazön de Estados Unidos". comunidad polaca de esa region, En au primer discurso, pro- recuerda que Wojtyla contaba a nunciado nada mA s llegar, en sus alumnos sus viajee al Occi- una nave de la parte militar del dente y era "muy comunicativo, aeropuerto de Lambert, el Papa espontäneo e interesante". arremeti6 contra uno de los as- Sue feligreses eatän pectos de la sociedad estadou- "ansiosos", dice Kencik, por ver nidese que mae condena, las al Papa y "orgullosos de que sea leyes que penniten el aborto. polaco". "Hay que elevar la moral pare En la marcha de los jGvenes Havana-At a farmers' market cerned the farmers had grown motivar la elecciOn por la vida", llam6 la atenciön un grupo de here, overrun with as many flies too rich. dijo el Papa ante el presidente monjas novicias, encabezadas por as customers, vendor Ramon Now experts warn they might Bill Clinton que apoya la inter- sor Catherine Mary, directora de Vega quietly criticizes the Cuban be closed again, or seriously cur- rupciön voluntaria del embarazo, _d. . vocaciones, quien explicö que sue government for raising his taxes tailed due to onerous restric- y su esposa Hillary, que este mis- hermanas han venido desde from $4 to $6 a day (in U.S. tions. dollars). mo viertes defendiö ese derecho Nashville. Forty years after his Jan. 1, en un diecurso. Sot Catherine Mary, que ron- Still, the gaunt entrepreneur 1959, revolution, President Fidel Bill Clinton y su esposa, que da los 35 aflos, asegura que no says he ekes out a decent living Castro appears to be putting t e llevaba un traje de color muy ., ha notado un descenso de las vo- by hawking tomatoes no bigger brake on economic reforms that than plums, as well as other pro- apropiado, morado oscuro, red-- catblicos vino para todos los que — El publico recibiö al Papa al caciones -la tercera parte de su marked the first years of this bieron, no obetante, al Papa con comunidad de 160 monjae domini- ducts. decade. han oido su mensaje de paz y car- grito de "John Paul II, we love He says he has recently heard mucha cordialidad y este declarö idad". you", "Juan Pablo II to amamoe", cas son novicias- porque los The shift is due, in part, to su alegr[a de estar por eeptima "j6venes se estän empezando a rumors that the government may the financial meltdowns in Asia Elogiö al poutlfice per haber mientraa Clinton ibe presentSn- shut down the farmers markets, vez en EEUU. "configurado, en gran parte" el dole al pontifice miembros de su dar cuenta de que la vet-dad and elsewhere, which Castro existe". but he's praying that they're not points to as proof that Cuba's so- En su discurso de bienvenida, final de eiglo, y acabb su discurso gabinete. true. Clinton dijo al Papa que eu vieita En el mismo sentido abundd cialiem remains the best model en polaco deseando al Papa "100 Algunos, como el secretario de "By raising taxes, the govern- "es aria alegria no s610 pare los un grupo de jovenes de aspecto after all. afos de vida". Energia Bill Richardson, que es ment is making it harder for us en parte de origen mexicano, se moderno que participaaban en la Over the past year, "the Cu- marcha. to do business, but certainly the ban regime has been frozen in its inclinaban o se arrodillaban ante farmers need these markets to Sean Nm-mile, de 17 economic course," said Damian el jefe de la Iglesia Catölica. allos, make ends meet," he laments. tonte que va todos los domingos Fernandez, an expert on Cuba at TAX DEPOT En el acto participaron distin- Farmers markets surfaced Sue Johnson's Busine -s Services tas familias de San Luis, entre a reuniones con jövenes catölicos Florida International University en que se organizan debates so- here in 1994 as a way to ease the in Miami. ellas una cubano-americana. En massive food shortages that fol- Bring This Ad For bre diversos temas, y asegura que In recent speeches, Castro, 55 OFF San Luis, viven unos 60.000 his- lowed the collapse of the Soviet Ask About Our Cash Bonus panos. eso no quita pare que tambien now 72, has made a point of re- sepa divertirse."Se puede set ca- Union, Cuba's prime benefactor. confirming his adherence to corn- Sc Habla Espanol El presidente y el Papa se re- They are well-stocked with tiraron despues para una entre - t6lico y rockero", dijo. munist ideology. 4th & Ave. Q (west Bfraco Bell) everything from chicken to cu- "The economic order which vista pnvada en la que debian Subscribe Today cumbers, all sold at prices estab- hablar de Irak y dc Cuba, temas dominates the planet will inevi- 806-745-8335 to Lubbock's lished by simple economic forces tably fall," he predicted earlier REFUND LOANS IN AS LITTLE AS Bobre los que tienen diferencias, of supply and demand. pero no de los p,-oblemas person- this month, adding that globali- 1 DAY The goods are supplied by zation has turned the planet ales de Clinton, cuyo juicio en el BEST farmers permitted to sell their into one giant casino. Friendliest Service In Town Senado Ilega a una fase decisive. surplus after meeting production For certain, the die-hard 01her Locations: Inmediatamente despu€s de la 1 - Sou niversity th St. El Editor quotas set by the state. Marxist, whose welfare state still entrevieta, e] Papa se desplazö a Similar markets were allowed boasts free education and health ä - 50th & Ave. L at Huber's Pawn Shop San Luis pare empezar a cumplir Newspaper 3 - 19th & Ave. L at Alderson Motor Co. Call Bob 806-763-3841 in 1981, but were closed in 1986 care, never wanted to flirt with un programa que comprende una by government officialscon- capitalism in the first place. reunion con jövenes, una miss But he was forced to adopt en un estadio v una oration en limited free-market reforms in the early 1990s in the face of economic ruin following the loss of $4 billion in annual Soviet INCOME TAX RETURNS subsidies. Que suenes con los Anqe1itos. Before 1993, Cubans could be FAST REFUNDS imprisoned for possessing Amen- can dollars, whereas today they Call For Price On Your Returns are the country's most sought-af- ter currency. As a result, the Very Competitive Rates Cuban peso has been so weak- ened that hotel busboys now earn more in daily tips than brain surgeons earn in monthly 797.0506 GARRETT & Co. salaries. 232150TH SUITE J At the same time, once-lam- basted private enterprises have been allowed to flourish-at least in small doses. But over the past year or so, the government has imposed a series of crackdowns on private- ta ^ ^a sector activity. Some businesses are now ille- gal, and those that are legal aren't allowed to employ anyone other than relatives. For exam- pie, neither the private selling of fish nor private retail stores are allowed. In addition, sellers must . ^ h [ i [ t remain mobile, easily pushed from place to place. The moves have discouraged foreign companies, so much so . r.1 iii I ii. that even investment in Cuba's new free zones-tax-free areas where companies are encouraged 1 Z:30 p.m. to locate-has fallen flat. Cuban government officials agree that the number of self- LULAC Council 263 employed people has decreased, from 250,000 in 1994 to 200,000 Sunday Starting at 12:30 pm today. Regular Days Are Thursday, Friday But they insist foreign invest- ment continues to mushroom, & Saturday at 12:30 pm - New Games citing 340 joint ventures bet- ween Cuba and foreign investors Senior Citizens Lodge today, compared with 50 in 1992. "There will be no backtrack 6602 W. 19th St. policy," said government spokes- man Roberto de Armas. "What you see now in the pri- vate sector is going to stay and develop," he added. "But we are 1ö Mejor never going to give up our so- cialist achievements either." En Comid He said the reason the Patricia Mante t a, Magalr Caicedo. S number of self-employed people y SandraMin sk has dropped is because some businesses simply weren't effi- son Ios Angeles mäs e> p osivos que hayas visto. Mexicana dent enough to compete. "When we first allowed self- employment, everyone wanted to MM to vale que to portes ben. be self-employed, but obviously some are not going to make it, and that's the way a real market Is supposed to work," he said. tunes 7pm Increased investment is clear on the streets of this fading beauty of a city, where vintage Fords and Chevrolets from the 1950s roam beside gaudy new ho- tels, U.S.-style malls, and even 24-hour service stations. American businesses, too, in- RESTAURANT creasingly have their eyes on the Cuban market. The number of U.S. executives traveling to 7ELEMUNDO 3021 Clovis Rd - 762-3068 Cuba jumped last year to 2,500, from 500 in 1994. (NYT) h s El Editor, Lubbock, Ti, February 4, 1999 Ninos Hispanos .iS u, .‚

a S . . • a WI Otors G rupos, Pero Obesos Por Cristuia Espinosa. tantes de la induetria, "y au re- Atlanta, 1 feb (EWE).- Los iii- spuesta es que ban tratado de By Sam Dillon "All the confusion is creating floe hispanos eon amamantados presentar otros productoa pero MEXICO CITY, Feb. 1, 1999 - concern and doubts," Bartlett en mayor proporcidn que otros los padres no los compran, aM Preaident Ernesto Zedillo earned said. We need clear nominating grupos etnicos y raciales durance que la responsabilidad estä en international applause last year rules that are fair for all poten- los los primeros 6 meses de vida, pero padresTM, en cuanto a los alimen- when he said he would be the tial candidates." poseen los mayores Indices de so- tea que seleccionan pare sus hi- first Mexican president in mod- Sergio Arturo Venegas, a PRI brepeso, eegtin un informe divul- jos, dijo Scanlon. ern times to refuse to handpick spokesman, said Zedillo had gado por el Centro pare el Con- Puesto que se eatä hablando his successor. urged party leaders to organize trot de Enfermedades. de nitos en edad preescolar, But how his party intends to Mexico's most democratic nomi- El informe sobre la situaciön Scanlon advirti6 que se debe nominate its candidate for the nating process. But since the nutricional de ni6os pobres en preatar mäs atencidn al tipo y July 2000 presidential balloting rules have not been written, it EEUU, preparado por el CDC cantidad de alimentos que se remains one of Mexico's intri- remains unclear whether the (por sus siglas en ingles), un 58 ofrecen en las guarderlas. guing mysteries. candidate will be selected in a por ciento de los bebes hispanos to que menoe queremoe es For months, party leaders primary election, in a national son amamantados, comparado con que se limite el acceso a Ios all- loyal to Zedillo have been con- assembly with democratically el 56 pol ciento de los nativos mentos a los nifioe" aunque los tradicting themselves, leading to elected delegates, or in an old- americans, 24,6 por ciento de Ios padres deben vigilar"l a variedad suspicions that the president and style convention packed with afroamericanos y 15,2 por ciento y cantidad de alimentos que his circle hope to shoehorn a fa- - presidential loyalists. de los blancos. comen aus hijos", duo Scanlon. vorite candidate into the presi- Last week, several PHI law- Pero ninguno de los grupos ha Entre las recomendaciones del dency through a nominating pro- makers met with Palacios to urge alcanzado Is meta del gobierno de CDC se encuentran la promociOn cedure only moderately more him to convene a party conven- que para el 2000 el 75 por ciento de programae de cuidado prena- democratic than Mexico s tradi- tion immediately so that the de los niflos estadounidensea tal. Is educaciOn de los padres en tional presidential anointment rank and file could help write consume lecke materna, segtin el aspectos nutricionales y la adop- ceremony, known as the dedaso, the bylaws that will govern the mforme que se basa en ocho mil- don de estrategias para combatir or big finger. nominating process. 'ones de visitas a cllnicas pedi3- la tendencia de sobrepeso entre Last June Zedillo told a New "If the party leaders write the tricas en el pals. nißos pequeflos. York audience that he favored an rules in private and then just try Los nifios hispanos inician sus American-style primary to select to persuade the rest of us to ac primeros afios de vida con muy the candidate from the governing cept them, I'm suspicious that buena base, con el peso ideal y Call Today Institutional Revolutionary Par- they'll script them to benefit altos Indices de amamantamiento, ty, known as the PRI, which has their own favorite candidate," indicö Kelle Scanlon, investiga- patios -12 por ciento-, comparado nutritional es pobre", dijo Scan- to Advertise controlled the presidency for sev- said Jose Luis Soberanes, a PRI dora y autora del informe. con el 7,1 por ciento de blancos, Ion. en decades. senator who attended the meet- "De hecho -agregö-, se debe el 7,8 por ciento de afroamerica- Agregö que eetos temas han Later, Mariano Palacios, the ing. He said Palacios declined to estudiar el exite de los hispanos DOS y el 7.9 por ciento de asiäti- sido abordados con represen- 806-763-3841 PlU s party president, said a na- set a date for a convention. Ve- en su costumbre de dar pecho cos. tional convention would set for- negas, the PRI spokesman, con- para poder traducirlo a otros Segen el informe, el contraste nutl nominating rules last Sep- firmed that. grupos". en los resultados de altos Indices tember. But that date came and "We can't be scheduling party Los beneficios de la leche ma- de peso al pacer, de amamantar, went, and the convention has assemblies on the whim of a few teraa esta n ampliamente docu- de anemia y sobrepeso entre iii- been tentatively scheduled and dissidents," Venegas said. Only a mentados en sus efectos nutri- flog hispanos "pueden tener que subsequently postponed several handful of party members are cionales, inmunolögicos, econöm- vet con el momento y la clase de times since. The nominating concerned about the nominating icos y psicolögicos. alimentoe que se le da al nifio process, he said. Luis Rubio, a miles have yet to be written. No obstante, el informe indica cuando comienzan a recibir ah- 2802 34th - 799-0936 Bitter party infighting led to Mexico City political scientist, que el 18,4 por ciento de los iii- mentos sOhdos". the assassination of the PM's disagreed. fibs hispanos tiene un alto Indite Al nißo no se le debe dar a candidate in 1994, and the party "A humongous number of par- de anemia, comparado con el 15,2 muy cotta edad los solidos, sino remains divided. As a result, ear- ty members are demanding demo- por ciento de blancos, 15,1 por haste que cumpla los 4 ö 6 meses, Direct Deposit to Deposito Directo a Su Banco o ly elbowing among several rivals cratic procedures," he said. "The ciento de asiäticos, 18,6 por cien- y se debe comenzar con verduras r Bank for the PRI candidacy has PRI leaders keep postponing the to de nativos americans y 24,6 y protelnas y, cuando se cambia FAAT FUND$ DINERO AL IN$TANTE prompted warnings that the par- assembly because they want to por ciento de afroamericanos. de leche, esta debe ser fortificada (Refund Loan) Prestamos en Re-embolso ty could split unless a consensus force Bartlett and other diesi- La anemia es la deficiencia con hierro, made el informe. candidate is nominated through dent candidates to close ranks nutritional mäs comtin en el mu- En EEUU, ha habido un au- Tax Preparation — Business or Personal a democratic process. behind Labastida, who s emerged ndo, y estä asociada con retrasos meuto en el consumo de comidas M-F 8:30 - 9 pm • Sat. 8:30-2 pm thru Feb. 20th "There's the risk of a split if as the official candidate. They en el desarrollo y perturbaciones räpidas "y las dirigidas a los ni- 22 prs of Dependable Projessional Services at Reasonable Rates' any group of PRI-istas believes don't have the political monopoly en el comportamiento. fios no son las mss saludables. Se the process is being manipulat- they once had, but they still Los indices de sobrepeso son les incluye juguetes y premios ed," said Oscar Gonzalez Rodri- want to control the process." los mäs altos para los uiSos his- que los enganchan, pero el valor guez, a PRI congressman who helped found one of several fac- tions pressing for reforms. Likely candidates already have emerged in Mexico's two opposi- hon parties, both of which have announced formal nominating conventions for the fall. Vicente Fox Quezada, the governor of Guanajuato state, has no appar- ent challengers for the nomina- hon of the pro-business National Action Party. Cuauhtemoc Car- denas Solorzano, the mayor of Mexico City, appears equally probable as the nominee from the leftist Party of the Democratic Revolution. The elections are expected to be the most competitive in Mexi- can history, but polls suggest that the PM can retain the presidency - unless the party splinters. What is likely to be a

bruising nominating battle is al- - ready under way. Francisco Labastida, the in- terior minister, has emerged as the favorite of Zedillo s govern- ing circle, several independent analysts said. Roberto Madrazo, the governor of Tabasco, has be- gun a television campaign with the financial backing of the PRI's traditionalist faction, known as A TODDS L,- S DAMOS LA OPORTLTNIDAD. the dinosaurs. But only Manuel Bartlett Diaz, a former interior minister who is governor of Pue- Disn S Di:TODO' SOMOS LAA L,OT aLt. bla, has said publicly that he is seeking the PRI nomination. In an interview, he criticized the La Loteria de Texas actualmente estä buscando negocios de propiedad minoritaria PRI leadership for leaving the nomination process murky. (Historically Underutilized Businesses — HUBs) que esten certificados por el Estado IT'S THE de Texas y que tengan experiencia en las siguientes areas: MATERIALES DE AGENCL4 S DE EMPLEOS GIFT OF CAILTÖN CORRLJGADO TEMPORALES A LIFETIME. Un proveedor de materiales de Se necesitan agendas de empleos carton corrugado para suministrar temporales. Si su compania puede cajas en Austin. Favor de presentar prestar servicio en Austin, Houston, una historia detallada de la compania. Irving, o San Antonio, por favor Los precios deberän ser competitivos. comuniquese con nosotros. Se requiere presentar una historia COMPUTADORAS Y detallada de la compania para ser EQUIPOS PERIFERICOS considerada. Se necesitan negocios que puedan proveer computadoras personales Por favor responda por escrito a: (PCs), perifericos y programas de Minority Business Development Team Making a bequest to the American Heart Association computation. Si su compania estä en Texas Lottery — CT says something special about capacidad de proveer este servicio en P.O. Box 16630 you. It's a gift of health for Abilene, Austin, El Paso, Houston, Austin, TX 78761-6630 future generations — an unselfish act of caring. Irving, Lubbock, McAllen, San Your gift will fund research Antonio, Tyler, o Victoria, por favor and educational programs to fight cardiovascular diseases. comuniquese con nosotros. Se requiere And bring others the joy and presentar una historia detallada de la freedom of good health. compania y una description de sus To learn more about how you can leave a legacy for the capacidades. future, call 1-800-AHA-USAI. Do it today. -TEXRS- American Heart LOTTERY Associations Fighting Hewn Disease and woke Lottery

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