August 2008
The Archives
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Thanks for riding with us
Gracias por acompañarnos–Español debajo–
Thanks for visiting www.newyorktomexico.com.
The page where you are contains all the posts, videos, audios and photos I published before, during and after a roadtrip from New York City to Mexico City in August 2008. Along the way, I interviewed Latinos about the U.S. presidential election of this year.
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podcasts
La Ruta del Voto Latino: New Orleans
Diane Schnell - News Director at New Orleans' KGLA-TV 42, Telemundo affiliate [3:59m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
When we visited New Orleans, we noticed Hispanic Americans had been assimilated into the local mainstream culture before Hurricane Katrina. They were “invisible,” Diane Schnell said.
In this new episode of our podcast La Ruta del Voto Latino, I talk to Schnell, news and marketing director of the local Telemundo station, KGLA-TV 42, which has recently [...] -
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La Ruta del Voto Latino: Milton, Florida
Restaurant owner Gerónimo Barragán saw ten of his employees arrested and deported in February, some to his native Mexico, others to Guatemala. Santa Rosa County, Florida authorities also went to other businesses, looking for people using stolen Social Security numbers. Since the raid, the already small Hispanic community in the Florida Panhandle town of Milton [...]
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Latino communities, español
Latinos: los temas que les preocupan
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Ecuatorianos en el desfile del Día de la Independencia de su país en Nueva York.
¿Cuáles son los temas que preocupan a los latinos de cara a la elección presidencial?
La respuesta obvia es “inmigración”.
Pero hay otros temas que les interesan a los hispanos tanto como una reforma de las leyes inmigratorias. Después de todo, la [...] -
Latino communities, people
Latinos: The Issues
–Español aquí–
Piñatas at Mario Calderón’s store in Siler City, North Carolina.
So, what issues do Latinos care about towards this momentous presidential election?
There’s the obvious response: immigration.
But there are also many Hispanics who are concerned about other issues just as much as about an immigration reform. After all, the current economic downturn or the continuing war [...] -
about us
Word Cloud / Nube de palabras
This is what NYDF looks like on Wordle, “a toy for generating ‘word clouds’ from text that you provide.”
Así se ve NYDF en Wordle, un sitio que permite generar nubes de palabras a partir de un texto que uno proponga.
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Latino communities
Latinos: Ready to vote for Obama?
08.28.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments–Español aquí–
“Obama-mania” in New Orleans.
One of the key questions in this election -and for this blog- is whether Latinos are willing to vote for a black presidential candidate. Relationships between the two minorities have not always been great and in more than one opportunity they’ve seen each other as competitors, especially in the labor market.
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Latino communities
Latinos: ¿Listos para votar a Obama?
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La “Obama-manía” en Nueva Orleans.
Una de las preguntas clave de esta elección -y de este blog- es si los latinos están dispuestos a votar a un negro como presidente. Las relaciones entre estas dos minorías no siempre han sido tan buenas y más de una vez se han visto como competidoras, sobre todo en [...] -
about us
Live On the Road through Twitter / En Vivo desde el camino con twitter
Working (and tweeting) from El Mercado in San Antonio.
During the trip, I wished I had time to write about all the silly, crazy and fun stuff that happened to us — like when the raccoons tried to eat our surfboard wax, for example. Unfortunately, I barely had time to publish the content directly related to [...] -
videos
New Orleans: McCain sí, Obama no
While in New Orleans, I interviewed Diane Schnell, news and marketing director of the local Telemundo station, KGLA-TV 42, which has recently launched the city’s first-ever Spanish-language newscast.
One interesting topic we talked about is how Latinos born and raised in the city became “more Latino” after the post-Katrina arrival of large numbers of Latino migrant [...] -
podcasts
La Ruta del Voto Latino: Eastern North Carolina / El Este de North Carolina
Juvencio Rocha Peralta, Assoc. of Mexicans in North Carolina [3:59m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
In a new episode of La Ruta del Voto Latino-The Road to the Latino Vote, I talk to Juvencio Rocha Peralta, president of the Association of Mexicans in North Carolina.
Latinos started settling in big numbers in the South in the 1970s. Since then they have changed the face of the region. Born in Mexico, Peralta [...] -
Latino communities, español
New Orleans: los latinos invisibles
–English here–
New Orleans era hispana antes de ser estadounidense, como lo recuerdan los carteles en las calles del French Quarter. Nada menos que la turística Bourbon Street debe su nombre a la familia real española, los Borbón (que siguen reinando más de dos siglos después de que Luisiana fuera suya).
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Latino communities
New Orleans: The Invisible Latinos
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New Orleans was Hispanic before being American, as street signs remind you in the French Quarter. Bourbon Street, no less, was named over two centuries ago after the royal family -last name Borbón- that still reigns over Spain.
But Hispanic Americans also were in New Orleans immediately before the demographic explosion caused by laborers pouring [...] -
podcasts
La Ruta del Voto Latino: Radio interview in Spanish / Entrevista radial
For those who couldn’t listen to it live, here’s the interview on Duna radio from Chile from last Thursday.
Para aquellos que no la pudieron escuchar en vivo, aquí está la entrevista que me hicieron en Radio Duna de Chile el jueves.
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itinerary
4,183 miles / 6.692 kilómetros
El Rayo Blanco: at home in Mexico City / en casa en el D.F.
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We’re home. We triumphantly arrived in D.F. Sunday early afternoon. The traffic here was one of the most scary parts of the trip
What you see in the title is the amount of miles and kilometers El Rayo Blanco did [...] -
Latino communities, people
New Orleans: the rebuilders / los reconstructores
08.16.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments–Español debajo–
[Saturday 9 am: As we drive towards Laredo, Texas, on country highway 72 West, for the first time in the trip I get no signal at all on my wireless internet device. At any rate, we're approaching the border and in a few hours will have no Internet at all.]
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eateries, people
Deep in the Heart of Texas / En lo profundo de Texas
08.15.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments–Español debajo–
Thursday we drove from La Grange to Austin in Texas. We had spent the night at a motel whose sign said -no kidding-, “Phone - Color TV.”
On our way to the state capitol we drove into Smithville, which looked like what a journalist may call “the quintessential American small town”.
We stopped at Mexico Lindo [...] -
about us
Last stops / Últimas paradas
08.15.08 | Permalink | 2 CommentsWe’re a little slow in terms of posting right now, because we had a bit of bad luck at the last couple of stops, Austin and San Antonio. Interviews could not be arranged or were canceled at the last minute. We’re almost done with the American leg of the trip, but I still have lots [...]
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about us
Radio: interview / entrevista
If you’re online this afternoon, you can hear me on Radio Duna from Chile. I’ll be interviewed by Francisco Aravena on the show Efecto Invernadero at about 20 minutes after the hour. It will happen between 6 and 7 New York time, 5 and 6 Mexico City time, 7 and 8 Buenos Aires time. Click [...]
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Latino communities, español
Milton, Florida: otro caso de éxodo latino
—English here—
Diez empleados, mexicanos y guatemaltecos, del empresario gastronómico Gerónimo Barragán fueron arrestados en una redada y deportados hace unos meses. Los oficiales del condado de Santa Rosa también inspeccionaron otros negocios de la zona, buscando trabajadores que estuvieran usando números de Seguridad Social robados.
Desde esa redada, el 6 de febrero, la población hispana de [...] -
Latino communities
Milton, Florida: Another case of vanishing Latinos
08.13.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments—Español aquí—
Restaurant owner Gerónimo Barragán saw ten of his employees arrested and deported earlier this year, some to his native Mexico, some to Guatemala. Santa Rosa County authorities also went to other businesses, looking for people using stolen Social Security numbers.
Since the raid on Feb. 6, the already small Hispanic community in the Florida Panhandle [...] -
eateries
Lunch: Tacos
08.12.08 | Permalink | 6 CommentsSaturday we had lunch at La Comarca restaurant and grocery store, one of the very few Latino businesses we were able to find in Savannah, Georgia.
Just as if we had been in our Mexico City home, we had some tacos and gorditas (the stuffed things you see in the back of the photo.) We even [...] -
podcasts
La Ruta del Voto Latino: Rural Latinos / Latinos del campo
La Ruta del Voto Latino: Rural Latinos / Latinos del campo [3:59m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
In a new episode of La Ruta del Voto Latino-The Road to the Latino Vote, Marcia Espínola, associate director of community organization El Vínculo Hispano / The Hispanic Liaison, describes the current situation in Siler City, a small town in Chatham County, North Carolina, where the closing of a poultry processing plant left over 800 [...] -
people
Juan Carlos Alonso
08.11.08 | Permalink | 2 CommentsJuan Carlos, 32, is a barman in one of the few Mexican restaurants we could find in Savannah, Georgia. The Latino community there is growing, but there’s still no Latino neighborhood to speak of.
This Mexican born in Puebla is one of few people who will tell a journalist what I’ve heard many Latinos say in [...] -
states, videos
Eastern North Carolina: The Issues for Latinos / Qué le preocupa a la gente
08.11.08 | Permalink | 2 CommentsLatinos started settling in big numbers in the South about two decades ago. They have changed the face of the region since then. Here, Juvencio Rocha Peralta, a longtime community activist in the rural Eastern part of the state, talks about the issues that concern them towards the 2008 presidential election. Read more about him [...]
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itinerary
Flat tire / Pinchazo
08.10.08 | Permalink | 3 CommentsSunday, a bit after 7 CST: When we were entering Pascagoula on I-10 from Florida, our rear right tire blew up. We were on the left lane but the driver was calm enough to steer to safety on the other side. Everyone’s fine: it took us 39 minutes to change it. Formula One time! // [...]
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people
Mario Córdoba
Mario Córdoba, Kinston, North Carolina.
Mario is 16 and lives with his family in a mobile home painted with the colors of the Mexican flag in Kinston, NC. They arrived in Eastern North Carolina to work in the fields.
All of them are American citizens, but Mario isn’t sure that his parents are going to actually go [...] -
Latino communities, español
En el campo: los latinos olvidados
—English here—
Este miércoles y jueves, visitamos un par de pueblos en North Carolina para saber un poco más de lo que piensan los latinos de zonas rurales sobre la elección y sobre cuáles son los temas que les importan. Tenía la impresión de que siempre oímos hablar de los mexicanos en Chicago y Los Ángeles, [...] -
Latino communities
In the Countryside: Latinos Left Behind
08.10.08 | Permalink | 3 Comments—Español aquí—
Wednesday and Thursday, we visited a couple of small towns in North Carolina to get a sense of what Latinos in rural areas think about the elections and what issues matter to them at the moment. I had the feeling that we always hear a lot about Mexicans in Chicago and L.A., Puerto Ricans [...] -
photos
NY·DF: Photos sets / Sets de fotos
The road to South Carolina turns ghostly with rain / La ruta a South Carolina se vuelve fantasmal con la lluvia. [Sights / Vistas]
I’m organizing the photos from the trip in three sets in the Flickr page, so you can follow them by theme.
- Faces of “Latino America.” Featuring the Latinos we talk to as [...] -
people
A story in six acts / Una historia en seis escenas
08.09.08 | Permalink | 2 CommentsWe were driving along route 70 West outside Kinston, NC, when we saw this scene in a field to the side of the road: workers picking up tobacco leaves and loading a truck with them. We stopped to take pictures and try to talk to them. // Íbamos por la ruta 70 al oeste, cerca [...]
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videos
Siler City: another type of ghost town / otro tipo de pueblo fantasma
On Wednesday, we visited Siler City in rural Chatham County, North Carolina. The tiny town -trying to get to know it, we drove out of it twice- has been shaken since a couple months ago a Pilgrim’s Pride poultry plant closed, leaving hundreds out of a job.
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about us
El Rayo Blanco on the press / en los medios
08.08.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments—Español debajo—
Since before we left New York, I’ve been interviewed by a few fellow reporters, who are very curious about El Rayo Blanco’s roadtrip. This is a selection of the best quotes of our very own press coverage. // Desde antes de salir de Nueva York, me han entrevistado algunos colegas muy interesados en saber [...] -
Latino communities, states
North Carolina: Afraid of Driving / Miedo de manejar
Kinston, NC: Irene Moreno says people are scared of going out /
dice que la gente tiene miedo de salir de sus casas. [More photos / más fotos]
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This is what it sounds like when the governor announces it:
RALEIGH – Gov. Mike Easley today announced that law enforcement officers across the state will conduct a one-day [...] -
podcasts
La Ruta del Voto Latino: Crackdown on Immigrants / Leyes contra Inmigrantes
Teresita Jacinto, of Mexicans Without Borders, in Manassas, VA., describes the effects of an immigration crackdown by local authorities. [3:59m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
In our second podcast episode, Teresita Jacinto, spokeswoman for Mexicans Without Borders, describes the effects of a crackdown on undocumented immigrants by Prince William County authorities in Northern Virginia.
As I explained in my article about the town, Manassas has seen a sudden decrease of its Latino population, with many abandoned houses, fewer customers for businesses [...] -
Latino communities, videos
Manassas: ghost town or paradise?
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On our first day on the road, we arrived early afternoon in Manassas, Virginia, not far from Washington D.C. Our goal was to revisit the intense and controversial debate on immigration that has been taking place there in recent times.
The conflict resulted in what could be seen as a clear defeat for the pro-immigrant [...] -
Latino communities, español
Manassas: ¿pueblo fantasma o el Paraíso?
08.06.08 | Permalink | 3 Comments—English here—
En nuestro primer día de viaje, llegamos poco después del mediodía a Manassas, Virginia, no muy lejos de Washington D.C. Nuestra meta era estudiar de cerca el intenso conflicto local sobre la inmigración indocumentada que conmovió a esta región en los últimos tiempos.
El debate terminó con lo que parece una clara derrota para el [...] -
eateries
Lunch: Pupusas
08.06.08 | Permalink | 6 Comments—Español debajo—
Tuesday we lunched at La Antorcha, a Salvadoran-Mexican restaurant in Manassas. Sal-Mex seems to be one big branch of local cuisine, since we saw a few eateries that combined the two nationalities in one menu.
We had what I think is the most traditional Salvadoran dish: pupusas, the thick tortillas you see in the background. [...] -
podcasts
La Ruta del Voto Latino: Ecuador at the DNC / Ecuador en la convención demócrata
Diego Graglia talks to Francisco Moya, first Ecuadorian-American delegate to a national convention [3:59m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
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As I announced yesterday, I interviewed Francisco Moya, Democratic Party district leader for the borough of Queens and delegate to the Democratic National Convention. I met him at the Ecuadorian Independence Day Parade in Queens.
Ecuadorians are a fast-growing community but they don’t have the power of older immigrant groups like Puerto Ricans or Dominicans. [...] -
people
Pepe, from El Salvador
Pepe Godínez, 63, is a Salvadoran who left his country 27 years ago because of the Civil War. He lives in California but:
- …is in the D.C. area right now working in construction.
- …was recently in Washington State, where he got off a fishing boat that had taken him to Alaska. He rode buses for [...] -
states
We’re in Virginia: the new swing state
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As we entered Northern Virginia yesterday, we stopped to fill up at a Manassas gas station ($3.81/gallon, thank you very much.) There I saw the following headline splashed across the front page of the Washington Post:
Reliably GOP State Is Up for Grabs
The story -by Alec MacGillis and Tim Craig- says that Virginia this year [...] -
Latino communities, videos
Ecuador in Nueva York
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To start revving up our engine, Sunday we went to the Ecuadorian Independence Day parade along Northern Boulevard in Queens, the most diverse county in the nation. New York’s Department of City Planning says Ecuador is third among the “largest sources of the foreign-born” in this borough, and it is second in The Bronx [...] -
equipment
Getting ready to leave / Preparativos para la partida
08.01.08 | Permalink | 10 Comments—Español debajo—
Here we are. We landed in New York Thursday evening and this morning we picked up El Rayo Blanco (The White Lightning) which was “staying” in Brooklyn Heights with a friend of us. He took this picture of us three in the beautiful –but very hot– morning sun.
This gives me the chance to introduce [...]
NY·DF
On the road from New York to Mexico talking to Latino voters · Escuchando a los votantes latinos de Nueva York hasta MéxicoGet the podcast
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What you think / Qué piensa ud.