By Paul M. Ingram – Tucson, AZ — In a repeat performance of last week’s televised debate, Republican Jesse Kelly and Democrat Ron Barber traded barbs over Social Security and ‘Obamacare’ in their only live debate for the campaign to fulfill Rep. Gabrielle Gifford’s seat, vacated by the Congresswoman earlier this year. In front of a… [Read more…]
Watch Supreme Court to Weigh Contentious Arizona immigration law, the first of a two-part report by PBS on the SB 1070 hearing at the Supreme Court today. The report was produced with a little fixer-help from the Chronicle. Be sure to check out an impromptu encounter between Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and an inmate that was included… [Read more…]
Read Deportee cares for migrants, homeless in Nogales, Sonora, written by the Chronicle’s Curt Prendergast and published in the Nogales International: “Francisco “Panchito” Olachea starts his days by passing out first-aid supplies and legal advice to deported migrants outside a soup kitchen a few yards south of the Mariposa Port of Entry. He carries a… [Read more…]
Read ‘Nana Hilda’ celebrates 102nd b-day, written by the Chronicle’s Curt Prendergast and published in the Nogales International: “It’s rare to find someone who can tell first-hand accounts of Pancho Villa riding his black horse around southern Arizona, but Mirihilda Moreno is one of them. On Friday, Moreno, also known as “Nana Hilda,” celebrated her… [Read more…]
Follow this link to see the Chronicle’s Curt Prendergast interviewed by Ramon Galindo of the Los Angeles bureau of RT TV, a Russian television station. Galindo was doing a story on the Special Missions Unit, a state-funded militia that would be used to monitor the Arizona-Mexico border. Watch it here. ###
Read Birders team up with ‘halcones’, written by the Chronicle’s Curt Prendergast and published in the Nogales International: “A local festival, which will include a birdwatching tour of the Santa Cruz River in Sonora, aims to combat the borderlands’ negative image and bring tourists back to Santa Cruz County and northern Mexico, The Santa Cruz… [Read more…]
May 23, 2012 by pmingram
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