Carlos Davalos

1 week ago | thestarnews.com | Carlos Davalos |Carlos Dávalos

If, after the calamity of the pandemic and the visciousness of the current administration’s deportation policies you are still lucky enough to have a mom in your life, you may want to think twice about meeting her in person for Mother’s Day. Times are tough. Belts are tightening and resources are dwindling. Also, we’re in an era of every man, woman and child for themselves so making a buck is becoming particularly cutthroat.

2 weeks ago | thestarnews.com | Carlos Davalos |Carlos Dávalos

Eighty-three years ago this month a guest saved the life of one of his hosts. Who are we kidding? Cast aside the euphemism and you’re left with a prisoner saving the life of one his jailers. In May 1942 the United States internment camps were up and running. The federal government was rounding up Japanese- Americans in this country and shipping them off to isolated locations nationwide. The incarceration was the result of a presidential executive order— Order 9066.

3 weeks ago | thestarnews.com | Carlos Davalos |Carlos Dávalos

Thirty-five bucks. These days it might get you a couple dozen eggs. A gallon or two of gas. A bag of avocados. Maybe even a California burrito with extra guacamole. But it will definitely get you one step closer to … well, we’ll see. As the deadline for REAL ID approaches no doubt millions of Americans are scrambling to make arrangements to get their identification squared away by May 7. Twenty-five years ago the REAL ID Act was passed by Congress in response to the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.

4 weeks ago | thestarnews.com | Carlos Davalos |Carlos Dávalos

Nervous yet? If you are or know a student visiting the United States and going to school here— college, trade or high school— your stress these days extends beyond the classroom. In addition to exams, reports, and general studies now you may be factoring into your routine consideration what you say, where you say it and to whom you say it. The Trump administration is tightening its grip on student visas.

1 month ago | larazon.es | Carlos Davalos |Carlos Dávalos

EspecialSus libros apretaban una tecla distinta que ninguno de sus contemporáneos hacía: durante esos años leí a Borges, García Márquez o Rulfo, pero la que más pistas te daba era siempre la pluma de Vargas LlosaEl día que Vargas Llosa perdió las elecciones en Perú, mi madre, en casa, se puso triste. Yo era un niño, las bombas de Sendero Luminoso explotaban todos los días y la economía era una ruina hiperinflacionista que había dejado a millones de peruanos en la miseria.