The Florida Independent

Posts Tagged Mexico

Rubio calls for greater American involvement in Latin America

By | 04.26.12 | 9:19 am

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., spoke at the Brookings Institution Wednesday, discussing foreign policy and American leadership around the world and in the western hemisphere.

Critics say new Obama drug control strategy repeats the same ‘failed’ policies

By | 04.18.12 | 1:30 pm

The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy issued its 2012 strategy Tuesday; opponents insist it maintains the same failed policies of prior administrations.

VIDEO: Drug war policy an important topic for Summit of the Americas

By | 04.10.12 | 11:25 am

Another Latin American president has called for a conversation about the U.S.-sponsored war on drugs during the sixth Summit of the Americas, which takes place next week in Cartagena, Colombia.

Report: Number of unauthorized immigrants living in the U.S. remains stable

By | 03.26.12 | 2:20 pm

About 11.5 million unauthorized immigrants were living in the United States as of January 2011, according to a report released by the Department of Homeland Security. The department study indicates that “in summary, an estimated 11.5 million unauthorized immigrants were living in the United States in January 2011 compared to a revised 2010 estimate of 11.6 million.”

Numbers USA: Real winners in Florida GOP primary are ‘Latino Dignity & Self-Deportation’

By | 02.03.12 | 10:22 am

Numbers USA — an organization that agitates “For Lower Immigration Levels” — wrote this week that the “Vote Winners” in Florida’s recent GOP presidential primary “Are Latino Dignity & Self-Deportation.”

Gingrich outlines immigration and Latin American policies at Hispanic Leadership event

By | 01.27.12 | 4:45 pm

GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich told participants in the Hispanic Leadership Network conference in Miami Friday that the U.S. needs to maximize trade and competition in Latin America.

Occupy demonstrators arrested; protests continue against investor conference (Updated)

By | 01.24.12 | 10:34 am

Three protesters from the Occupy movements of Palm Beach and Miami were arrested Monday evening after they blocked the Camino Real bridge in Boca Raton to protest the 2012 GAIM conference, a major investor industry event.

Tea partiers fear United Nations intervention in 2012 election

By | 12.16.11 | 9:40 am

The tea party has added another item to its list of reasons to fear the United Nations: Some in the movement say the U.N. is planning to intervene in the United States’ upcoming elections.

South Florida pastor calls on Cain to apologize for ‘electrified’ border fence comment

By | 10.18.11 | 11:17 am

Mark Boykin, senior pastor at Church of All Nations in Boca Raton, is calling on GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain to retract his comments “calling for an electrified fence on the country’s border with Mexico that could kill people trying to enter the country illegally.”

(Pic by Aung)

Report: use of IUD’s in the U.S. on the rise, credits ‘contraceptive equity laws,’ for recent increase

By | 05.11.11 | 9:03 am

A recent report released by Family Health International, the Guttmacher Institute and the University of New Mexico shows that the United States has seen in a rise in the number of women who use an intrauterine device (IUD) as a method of birth control in the past few years. Among other factors, the report credits an increase of this form of birth control with “top tier of contraceptive effectiveness” because of “contraceptive equity laws that require insurance plans to cover contraceptive methods, including intrauterine contraception.”

Switch to our mobile site