Teresa Puente is on the journalism faculty at Columbia College Chicago. She also is the editor and publisher of Latina Voices. Puente previously worked for the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Sun-Times. She also received the Studs Terkel Award in 2000 for coverage of immigration issues and Chicago’s diverse communities.

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Blog Entries by Teresa Puente

Swine Flu Stirs Hate

Posted April 29, 2009 | 04:22 PM (EST)


It was only a matter of time before the hate mongers would start to blame illegal immigrants for the swine flu and stir up anti-Mexican sentiment.

"Make no mistake about it: Illegal aliens are the carriers of the new strain of human-swine avian flu from Mexico," Michael Savage stated in...

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Obama Isn't Afraid of Mexico

11 Comments | Posted April 24, 2009 | 05:25 PM (EST)


Mexico is in the news. There are reports of decapitations, shoot outs and that the drug war is pushing the country towards total chaos.

It was enough to make some American college students cancel their Spring Break trips to Cancun. They just had to get their suntans in Palm Springs...

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