Democratic Senators Hillary Clinton of N.Y. and Barack Obama of Ill. met with the National Council of La Raza or NCLR, the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States on Sunday, July 22. Clinton\u2019s event was titled \u201cLatinas Brunch: Una Charla con Hillary\u201d (Latina Brunch: A Chat with Hillary) where she was interviewed by Monica Lozano, publisher and CEO of La Opinion, the largest Spanish newspaper in the nation.
\n\u201cI told Monica we should talk like we\u2019re two girlfriends,\u201d Clinton joked with the 2,000 people in attendance.
\nShe was asked about how her views on Hispanics and the senator mentioned her close relationships with Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), her campaign
\n manager Patricia Solis Doyle and Dolores Huerta, a longtime activist who was associated with Cesar Chavez.
\nClinton ended the event with mariachi music in celebration for a campaign chair who celebrated his birthday, former La Raza president, Raul Yzaguirre.
\nSenator Barack Obama was introduced with his campaign\u2019s reggeaton theme song. His conference was titled \u201cForo del pueblo con Senador Obama\u201d (a town forum with Senator Obama). The senator linked the struggles of Hispanics and blacks together.
\n\u201cIf there\u2019s a child stuck in a crumbling school who graduates without ever learning to read,\u201d he said, \u201cit doesn\u2019t matter if that child is a Latino from Miami or an African-American from Chicago or a white girl from rural Kentucky, she\u2019s still our child, and the struggle is our struggle.\u201d
\nRepublicans candidates former Mass. Governor Mitt Romney, Ariz. Senator John McCain and former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani as well as Democratic candidates former S.C. Senator John Edwards and N.M. Governor Bill Richardson were invited but were not in attendance.<\/p>\n
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