I am writing today to announce the closure of the New Mexico Independent. After three and a half years of operation in New Mexico, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news…
While environmental activists played their part yesterday during demonstrations at the capitol building, going so far as to dress up as solar panels and to sing the tune of “You Are My Sunshine,” their counterparts, the anti-cap-and-trade contingency who has…
Roughly one quarter of University of New Mexico students are unimpressed with the state’s flagship public school, according to a survey that questioned college students about their higher education experiences.
Gov. Bill Richardson left for Cuba on Sunday in a bid to strengthen potential trade and cultural partnerships between New Mexico and the island nation, his office announced in a news release.
The governor, expected back Friday, will market commodities…
State Auditor Hector Balderas wants legislators to pass three new laws that would give his office teeth, including one making it a crime to mislead or obstruct auditors.
Gov. Bill Richardson admitted early on in his free-wheeling lecture to students at the University of New Mexico that it was his idea to talk to them about U.S.-Cuba relations.
“I actually organized this talk,” the ex-United Nations ambassador fessed…
“I am for getting rid of the embargo,” Governor Bill Richardson told an audience at the University of New Mexico on Tuesday. “I want some things in return…but I don’t think it’s worked. It’s hampered our two nations.”
Key to ending the embargo, he said, is a series of “soft power” or humanitarian steps, including ending travel restrictions. “Let anybody go to Cuba,” Richardson said. “…My view is that people can change foreign policy. …change has to be supported by the American people. This is why travel is important.”
“Mr. Richardson has emerged battered but unbeaten after a yearlong federal investigation,” the Times reports today, and “…He has returned to form, political scientists here say. His poll numbers are creeping up, and a national appointment is again a…
Governor Bill Richardson is getting some praise as well as some pushback on his proposal to create a dialogue between Cuban exiles and the government of Cuba, according to The Miami-Herald.
Gov. Bill Richardson’s trip to Cuba last week was ostensibly a trade mission on behalf of New Mexico, but he ended the trip with a big chunk of analysis about how to normalize relations with that small island nation a …
Gov. Bill Richardson, a week after hosting diplomats from North Korea, traveled to Cuba on a trade mission this week. And, speaking in the capital city of Havana, said he is in favor of “enhanced tourism travel for Americans” according…
Gov. Bill Richardson is traveling to Havana, Cuba this week as part of a trade mission “designed to capitalize on potential agricultural and cultural partnerships between Cuba and New Mexico,” according to a news release from the governor’s office.…
This headline greeted me on the Albuquerque Journal’s Web site yesterday: State’s fasted growing city? Cuba.
Ahh, another story about the Rainbow gathering, I told myself, referring to that annual event that where thousands of folks converge for…
I love hearing about colors I never knew existed each time I go to the airport, pretending to know the difference between “level fusia” and “level lemon-lime.” I love knowing that these Homeland Security experts are taping me everywhere I go to make sure I am not a terrorist, ’cause I have always been photogenic.
Before her confirmation hearings, Secretary of State-designate Hillary Clinton replied to a set of written questions from Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) about specific regions and nation-states. The document provides interesting insight into how Pres.-elect Barack Obama will approach foreign policy.…
