A tale of two cities and two realities

By
Max J. Castro                                                                    Read Spanish Version

It
was Halloween night, just a few days before the big election, and
surfing the Internet I happened upon the sites of the most important
Spanish-language papers in the nation. I found something really scary
when I compared the headlines in the two dailies. Any commentary
would be superfluous.

La
Opinión (Los Angeles)

• Overflow
  early voting all over the nation

• Hospitals
  on the way to bankruptcy

• ICE
  identifies prisoners for deportation

• California
  favors Obama

• Reduction
  in water supply foreseen

El
Nuevo Herald (Miami)

• Obama
  expels from his plane newspapers that support McCain

• Lula
  says Obama election would be like those of Morales, Chávez,and
  Lugo

• Chávez
  is “sole candidate” in regional elections and will seek a
  referendum

• Spain
  will grant citizenship to grandchildren of civil war exiles