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Washington, D.C. – César J. Blanco, political director of the Latino Victory Project, issued the following statement in response to President Trump’s nomination to fill the Supreme Court vacancy, Neil Gorsuch: “Gorsuch’s track record on women’s reproductive rights and issues of discrimination and police brutality suggests he doesn’t have all of our interests in mind […]

WASHINGTON — The Latino Victory Project is abandoning its middle of the road ways and will actively work to elect progressive Latino candidates and build a “defense” against the Trump administration’s policies. Although the group has largely backed Democrats, it has occasionally supported Republican candidates as well, oftentimes to the chagrin of other Latino groups.

Evento de Latino Victory Project en Washington Alberto Avendaño-ETL (El Tiempo Latino, 9/24/2015) El 16 de septiembre se cumplían 205 años del “Grito de Dolores” que daría paso a la independencia de México del poder colonial español. El aniversario, que coincide con el inicio del Mes de la Herencia Hispana, fue aprovechado por la organización

https://www.npr.org/2015/08/09/430890851/group-sets-out-to-increase-the-numbers-of-latinos-in-office RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Whoever wants to win the White House in 2016 needs to consider the Latino vote and how to mobilize it. Political action committees, like the Latino Victory Project, are working to boost traditionally low voter turnout and to build a donor base. The group’s president, Cristobal Alex, says his PAC is

By: Mary Jordan MESQUITE, Nev. — Laura Aguilera is 19 and works seven days a week in this city in the baking Nevada desert to earn money for nursing school. So, she explained after a 10-hour shift at Los Lupes Mexican restaurant, “I haven’t had time to focus on who is running for president yet.”

By Cristóbal J. Alex Democrats heavily courted the Latino vote in the 2012 election, successfully turning out a record 11.2 million Latinos. Latinos – who accounted for 8.4 percent of the vote – did not only help President Barack Obama win key battleground states, they also helped to elect many members of Congress. But now

BY JESSICA MONTOYA COGGINS Caption: On foreground, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro, and actress and activist Eva Longoria in the background among the audience at the “Latino Talks” event of the Latino Victory Foundation on May 4 in Washington, D.C. WASHINGTON, DC — Before a packed crowd at The Hamilton in Washington D.C.,

By Bill Lambrecht, Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — A year ago, actress Eva Longoria and San Antonio businessman Henry Muñoz formed an organization they hope will propel the fast-growing Latino population into elective office and positions of power across the country. Those goals proved elusive in the 2014 elections in Texas and elsewhere. But at an

By: ADRIAN CARRASQUILLO Buzzfeed A day after Hillary Clinton’s announcement, Villarreal joins political director Amanda Renteria as Latinos in top positions on the campaign, BuzzFeed News has learned. A day after the long-expected announcement that Hillary Clinton is running for president in 2016, she has hired Jose Villarreal, a Latino with deep ties to the

BY: ANDREA DRUSCH NATIONAL JOURNAL Harry Reid’s favored candidate to keep his Senate seat in the Democratic column is in many ways a stark contrast with himself: a Latina prosecutor who has only run one competitive political race in her career. Yet Democrats are abuzz about former Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto, who Reid