Finally: TPS for Venezuelans!
Another decision of special relevance for the Venezuelan-American community, celebrated by the Latino communities at large, becomes a reality: the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation for Venezuela.
Leopoldo Martínez
FOUNDER | A Venezuelan-American, Leopoldo is an international lawyer, writer, social entrepreneur, and a former Congressman in Venezuela. He is the Founder of the Center for Democracy and Development in the Americas, IQLatino and the Principal of LMN Consulting, LLC.
Leopoldo Martínez is a member the Democratic National Committee (DNC), as well as one of the Deputy Finance Chairs; and a founding Board Member of Latino Victory Project , chairing the National Committee. He served on the Board of the Small Business Commission of the Commonwealth of Virginia and sits on the Board of Visitors of the University Mary Washington in Virginia, where he Chairs the Administration, Advancement, Finance and Facilities Committee.
Leopoldo served in the Government Transition Committee for the 73rd Governor of Virginia Ralph Northam.
Leopoldo Martínez is a graduate of Harvard Law School and Princeton University School of Public and International Affairs.
Finalmente: ¡TPS para los venezolanos!
El gobierno de Biden decretó otra decisión de especial relevancia para la comunidad venezolana-estadounidense, celebrada por las comunidades latinas en general: la designación del Estatus de Protección Migratoria Temporal (TPS) para Venezuela.
America is Back
We can say without hesitation that America is Back. These are hopeful times.
Estados Unidos ha regresado
Estados Unidos está de vuelta. Vivimos tiempos de esperanza.
Looking ahead after the assault of our Nation’s Capitol
January 6th was particularly painful for American citizens whom, like me, came as refugees from countries (Venezuela in my case), where authoritarian leaders confiscated the right to vote, as the first step to install oppression.
Mirar al futuro después del asalto al Capitolio
Muy doloroso. Este 6 de enero fue desgarrador para los ciudadanos estadounidenses que, como yo, llegamos a los Estados Unidos como refugiados de países (Venezuela, en mi caso), donde un liderazgo autoritario abusó de la democracia, y confiscó el derecho al voto como primer paso para instaurar la opresión.
The unprecedented but imperative transition to 46
President Elect Joe Biden won the election recovering the MidWest and flipping the Republican strongholds of Arizona and Georgia, giving him 306 electoral college votes.
La inédita e imperativa transición al 46
El presidente electo Joe Biden ganó las elecciones recuperando los estados industriales del Medio Oeste (Pensilvania, Michigan y Wisconsin), y conquistando los bastiones republicanos de Arizona y Georgia, lo que le otorga 306 votos del colegio electoral.
La democracia se impondrá y los latinos fueron clave para elegir a Biden
Es un hecho: una coalición, muy diversa, de cerca de 74 millones de estadounidenses (cifra que crece por minutos), ha expresado una clara mayoría en el voto popular para elegir a Joe Biden presidente de los Estados Unidos. Son, por…
Trump’s rhetoric is dangerous, it needs to be stopped with our vote
I have dedicated several writings to express my concerns about the crisis of our democracy since Trump’s election. As a Venezuelan that saw a democracy challenged and finally undermined by Hugo Chavez, I know a radical populist leader when I see one.