Category Archives: Commentary

Piojo has Mexicans dreaming of el quinto partido

Posted on June 29, 2014 by Gustavo Martínez Contreras

  It doesn’t matter what happens today between Holanda y México in their round of 16 playoff match in Fortaleza, Brazil, because by now all mexicanos know that Miguel ‘Piojo’ Herrera has to be el Mexicano del Año. Beyond his … Continue reading →

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Carlos Fuentes and Veterans Day

Posted on November 11, 2013 by Gustavo Martínez Contreras

Today’s 11 November 2013. Y hoy, Google has new doodles to greet people visiting their search engine landing page, but people north of the Río Bravo or south of the Río Grande will get way different greetings. In México, Google.com.mx … Continue reading →

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100 años de El Diario

Posted on October 22, 2013 by Gustavo Martínez Contreras

El periódico en español más viejo del país está de fiesta y estoy invitado El Diario Nueva York cumplió 100 años este fin de semana. ¡Felicidades! Me siento contento de trabajar para un periódico con tanta historia y con una … Continue reading →

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José Martí Awards!!

Posted on October 8, 2013 by Gustavo Martínez Contreras

I had a very happy day because I found out that some of my work published in El Diario de Nueva York and Atlanta’s Mundo Hispánico had been awarded during the National Association of Hispanic Publications most recent conference. Journalists … Continue reading →

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Habemus Papam

Posted on March 14, 2013 by Gustavo Martínez Contreras

Por todos lados se huele el jolgorio, la alegría, el fanatismo y el entusiasmo ante el nombramiento de Jorge Mario Bergoglio como el nuevo Papa Francisco. En la redacción del periódico para el que trabajo, la gente se congregó frente … Continue reading →

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Los Occupy y los inmigrantes

Posted on November 22, 2011 by Gustavo Martínez Contreras

Las condiciones en las que viven los inmigrantes y refugiados en este país deben ser una cuestión que se incluya dentro de los reclamos de los movimientos Occupy en todo el país. “El 99 por ciento no está aún ahí. … Continue reading →

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Proper Spanglish

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Gustavo Martínez Contreras

Para mí el Spanglish didn’t come easy, pero it did come bien natural. After growing up in Spanish and learning English, I just had to move to the Juárez-El Paso border to make it mine, or, rather, to become a … Continue reading →

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Comienza sesión de redistribución política en Georgia

Posted on August 15, 2011 by Gustavo Martínez Contreras

Este lunes comienza en Georgia la sesión especial legislativa para redistribuir los distritos del senado y la cámara estatal, así como asignar el nuevo distrito para el congreso que el incremento de población otorgó al estado. Georgia es uno de … Continue reading →

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HB 87: Georgia wants to imitate Arizona

Posted on February 2, 2011 by Gustavo Martínez Contreras

The state of Georgia has the seventh largest undocumented immigrant population in the United States. With 425,000 undocumented immigrants, the state ranks seventh in the nation and is one level higher than Arizona, where there are 400,000, according to a … Continue reading →

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Two years later, White House Plans Latin@sphere Outreach

Posted on November 11, 2010 by Gustavo Martínez Contreras

On Sunday, 60 minutes aired the first one on one interview with President Barack Obama after his party’s debacle in the most recent election. Questioned by Steve Kroft, Obama acknowledged he might have lost his “mojo” and let his adversaries … Continue reading →

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