KISSIMMEE, Fla. â On a sweaty recent Thursday afternoon, Alex Berrios was instructing his team on how to get people to register to vote. Extend your hand, he said; it makes folks more likely to stop. Smile a lot, that works, too. But immediately take no for an answer so you donât seem too pushy.
Berrios, co-founder of a new nonprofit, Mi Vecino, or âMy Neighborâ has a lot riding on developing the right pitch. His group, which works out of a cramped office in the shadow of Disney World, is targeting Latino would-be voters. He is role-playing how best to approach them in front of Walgreens, amid games of dominoes at a senior center or outside El Bodegon, a supermarket chain specializing in Colombian products.
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Democrats Bet on Early Latino Outreach to Avoid ’20 Pitfalls
Democrats “have treated Latinos, for a while now, as get out the vote targets and took them for granted, used them as props, said Libre Initiative President Daniel Garza.
Alex Berrios, left, and Devon Murphy-Anderson, right, co-founders of the nonprofit Mi Vecino, coach newly hired staff members on how best to approach people and convince them to register to vote on June 24, 2021, in Kissimmee, Fla. (AP Photo/Will Weissert)
KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) On a sweaty recent Thursday afternoon, Alex Berrios is instructing his team on how to get people to register to vote. Extend your hand, he says; it makes folks more likely to stop. Smile a lot, that works, too. But immediately take no for an answer so you don t seem too pushy.
2 Haitian Americans detained in slaying of Haiti president
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) â Two men believed to be Haitian Americans â one of them purportedly a former bodyguard at the Canadian Embassy in Port au Prince â have been arrested in connection with the assassination of Haitiâs president, Haitian officials said Thursday.
James Solages and Joseph Vincent were among 17 suspects detained in the brazen killing of President Jovenel Moïse by gunmen at his home in the pre-dawn hours Wednesday. Fifteen of them are from Colombia, according to Léon Charles, chief of Haiti s National Police. He added that three other suspects were killed by police and eight others are on the run. Charles had earlier said seven were killed.
2 Haitian Americans detained in slaying of Haiti president
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) â Two men believed to be Haitian Americans â one of them purportedly a former bodyguard at the Canadian Embassy in Port au Prince â have been arrested in connection with the assassination of Haitiâs president, Haitian officials said Thursday.
James Solages and Joseph Vincent were among 17 suspects detained in the brazen killing of President Jovenel Moïse by gunmen at his home in the pre-dawn hours Wednesday. Fifteen of them are from Colombia, according to Léon Charles, chief of Haiti s National Police. He added that three other suspects were killed by police and eight others are on the run. Charles had earlier said seven were killed.
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