Hector Luis Alamo

The controversy surrounding a not-so-authentic Mexican restaurant in North Carolina speaks to the larger issue of Hispanic Heritage Month

For Central America, the goal of true independence continues almost two centuries after it was declared

Protesters shouldn’t sink to the level of a young Trump supporter who ripped up a sign in Iowa

September 11 is the day of mourning in the United States. But how many are there on the Latin American calendar?

A new study showed that economic conditions are twice as worse as the poorest U.S. state, and they’re getting even worse

A recent study shows that immigrants use welfare programs more than any other group. But what does that really mean?

Clinton’s show of concern during her visit to Puerto Rico is just another great performance by a veteran politician

Why is the Puerto Rican Senate passing “Spanish first” laws when the its political house is on fire?

As Pres. Otto Pérez Molina steps down, the people of Guatemala are realizing that “Renuncia Ya!” asked for too little

Gov. Chris Christie’s plan to track immigrants’ every move is an invasion of privacy. But is he onto something?

How Venezuela’s deportation policy is like Donald Trumps, and how it is not

While the American media has been obsessing over Donald Trump, here is what’s been happening in Guatemala

A beautiful Michael Jackson cover and the struggles to preserve indigenous cultures

The New York Post’s Puerto Rico cartoon depicts a double lie

Donald Trump seems utterly incapable of two things: promoting a nuanced political argument and finding a decent hair stylist. One is an assault on the eyes; the other, a threat to the fundamental principles of this country. With Trump having thrown his toupée into the ring, a debate over birthright citizenship was practically inevitable. But The Donald isn’t […]

Puerto Ricans are the most marginalized citizens in the United States, and that goes double for members of the Puerto Rican diaspora. Mainland Puerto Ricans are often denied the right to speak about the issues affecting an island whose inhabitants are denied the right to decide their own issues to begin with. When mainlanders say they support Puerto […]

The Ley de La Mordaza marked a notoriously dark chapter in Puerto Rico’s history. In force through much of the 1950s, Law 53 made it against the law to own a Puerto Rican flag, form a group, or write, state or hum anything that might be viewed as an affirmation of a separate Puerto Rican nationality. It’s […]

Having had American-style democracy forced on it for over a century, the island of Puerto Rico is ruled by two political parties. The aptly named Partido Popular Democrático (the more popular of the two) halfheartedly pushes for greater autonomy under the current status and considers itself left of center. This is the party of the […]

“Mankind are more disposed to suffer, while Evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the Forms to which they are accustomed.” So reads what is arguably the most emulated political statement in the history of the Western world, whose proclamation in July 1776 Americans celebrate annually as the birth of their republic. In […]

As the story goes, when Louis XVI of France learned of the storming of the Bastille, he asked if it was simply another revolt, to which the Duke of La Rochefoucauld is said to have replied, “No, sire. It’s a revolution.” Given the recent unrest ignited by corruption scandals across Latin America, regional leaders must […]

In my op-ed last week I suggested that, instead of voting for presumptive Democratic nominee (and lesser-of-two-evils) Hillary Clinton, Latinos should vote for a third party. As expected, this promptly led to more than a few readers pointing out that under America’s two-party system, at least in presidential elections, voting for a third-party candidate amounts to […]