Mes: septiembre 2012

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced the designation of Victor Manuel Felix Felix, a close associate of fugitive drug lord Joaquin “Chapo” Guzman Loera, leader of the Sinaloa Cartel.  Felix Felix plays a key role in Chapo Guzman’s drug trafficking organization and is…

CHLI congratulated Emilio Romano, President of Telemundo Media, on his commitment to promote voter registration through its multi-platform campaign, "Vota Por Tu Futuro". "As a former U.S. Congressman, I personally applaud collaborative efforts to get all U.S. Hispanics to register and vote, because all citizens in a democracy have not only the right,…

The exhibition is about Clotilde Arias, a Peruvian immigrant who came toNew York Cityin 1923 at age twenty-two to study music. Decades later she translated the national anthem into the official Spanish version at the request of theU.S.government. Arias died in1959 inManhattanat age fifty-eight. Through the lens of Ms. Arias’s…

Chairman Charles A. Gonzalez (TX 20) released the following statement regarding Kennedy Center President Michael Kaiser’s response to criticism by National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts Chairman Felix Sanchez. Mr. Sanchez has been working to increase the number of Hispanics recognized by the Kennedy Center Honors. “Mr. Kaiser’s language was a…