"Hearing all the anti-Chavez, Castro rhetoric, reminded me, that even though the Republicans (minus one) knew we were listening, they also tailored their answers for the Cuban exile community not for me or my kind of Latino."
I couldn't have said it better myself.
Most of the Latinos in this country are of Mexican origin. Most who can vote are Mexican-American or Puerto Rican. Neither of these groups gives a flying flip about Cuba's Fidel Castro or Venezuela's Hugo Chavez. We want opportunities in the United States. We're not focused on the concerns of foreigners. But the fact that the Repubs mentioned those subjects shows the over-influence of foreign-born Cubans in positions of power. Miami is the headquarters of this unique elite set.
Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Texas and the rest of the Latino world in the United States are the norm; Miami is the outlier.
The VivirLatino poster agreed:
"And it seems that much of the Spanish language media didn't pay the debate any mind, at least not in NYC, where the newspaper front pages are more about our day to day reality, like some kids in Washington Heights who were brutalized by police."
http://vivirlatino.com/2007/12/10/monday-morning-univision-republican-debate-hangover.php
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