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White House takes down all Spanish-language content from its website
Published January 23, 2017
Shortly after Donald Trump’s inauguration on Friday, the White House introduced several changes to its website – among them: it is now an “English only” site.
"Sorry, the page you're looking for cannot be found," is the message Internet users get when trying to access www.whitehouse.gov/espanol.
The Spanish version of the White House page was created in the months following President Barack Obama’s swearing in in 2009. Up until Jan. 20, the site also had a blog dedicated to issues considered of interest for the Hispanic community.
The majority of the Spanish content, however, can still be found at ObamaWhiteHouse.gov, a site with an archive of Obama-era materials and resources.
According to EFE, the new Trump administration also has ordered the shutdown of other communication resources in Spanish such as @LaCasaBlanca account on Twitter and La Casa Blanca Facebook page.
The move is consistent with President Trump’s criticism of the widespread use of Spanish in the United States.
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In September 2015, he blasted former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush - a former rival who is speaks Spanish fliently and did so many times during the campaign - saying he should "set an example and speak English while in the United States."
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