Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez

Obama urges new tack for Central America's drug war

2013-05-04 17:18:00

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — President Obama capped a three-day visit to Latin America on Saturday by urging the region's leaders to fight the drug war not with more guns or military aid but with greater investment in infrastructure, education and energy....

Obama, Central American presidents face a difficult agenda

2013-05-03 16:00:00

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — Central American presidents will likely have a long list of gripes for their U.S. counterpart as they head into meetings with Barack Obama on Friday night. President Obama arrived in San Jose, Costa Rica, on Friday...

Teacher pays it forward on immigrant's path to education

2013-04-24 07:00:00

Itzel Ortega should have been bursting with the good news. Instead, her eyes filled with tears as she confided in her former English teacher. She had just been accepted to the architecture program at Cal Poly Pomona. But she wasn't eligible for...

A Western Hemisphere, minus the U.S.

2011-12-07 00:00:00

Man accused of trying to assassinate Obama is found competent

2011-11-29 16:36:44

Idaho man charged with trying to assassinate President Obama

2011-11-17 16:36:17

Cost of Detention

2013-05-11 02:44:01

Kerr County spent almost $8,000 in March jailing people suspected of violating U.S. immigration laws, and this expense has remained relatively flat over the past year, according to reports released by the state jail commission. Although none were in...

Obama promete a Centroamérica ayuda en guerra antidrogas sin militarización

2013-05-03 19:50:00

El presidente de EE.UU., Barack Obama, se comprometi� en San Jos� con un enfoque "regional" para la lucha antidrogas en Centroam�rica, que no pasar� por la militarizaci�n, y dio su apoyo a Costa Rica en sus aspiraciones de ingresar a la Organizaci�n...

Salton Sea Authority taking its message to Washington, D.C.

2013-02-21 23:02:00

As California water agencies convene in Washington, D.C., next week for an annual conference, a delegation from the Salton Sea Authority will take its message directly to the Department of the Interior. “The message is not only to request further...

El infinito poder de los dictadores

2013-02-20 12:38:00

Desde que era joven, mi di cuenta que muchos de los gobiernos del hemisferio eran regidos por dictadores, generales, o como se les dec�a entonces, caudillos. En Venezuela estaba el general Marcos P�rez Jim�nez, en Per� el general Manuel Odr�a;...

Guillermo Martinez: Dictators, elected strongmen, still rule in Latin America

2013-02-21 00:00:00

As a young man, I realized that in Latin America many of the governments in the hemisphere were ruled by dictators, generals or, as they were known back then, caudillos. Venezuela was governed by Gen. Marcos P�rez Jim�nez, Per� by Gen. Manuel Odr�a;...

Salton Sea Authority to prepare a delegation to discuss Salton Sea with federal officials

2013-01-24 23:35:00

COACHELLA — The Salton Sea Authority may convene its next meeting ahead of schedule to hammer out a unified message in anticipation of a meeting with officials from the Department of the Interior. “When we had the visit from Secretary (Ken)...

Fatal crash on Ortega Highway in San Juan Capistrano

2011-11-18 08:10:46