The Weekly Review of the Best Hispanic & Latino News: July 9th – 12th, 2007

Tagged: activist, Barack Obama, bilingual, book, border, Cuisine, deportation, detention, detention center, family, Film, foreclosure, Guatemala, Guatemalan, Hillary Clinton, hispanic voters, La Raza, latin america, Lucero, LULAC, mariners, Mexico, NCLR, newspaper, population, radio, Raids, Santa Ana, Spain, Spanish-language, stereotypes, student, Theater

July 12, 2007

Top Stories

Detention isolates illegal immigrants

The owner of Grande Foods says the transition to a Latino market has been full of challenges and fun – (interesting article & 1st comment out of Cornelius, Oregon especially for any of you in the grocery/food industry)

Migrantless Arizona economic output would drop 8.2%

Arizona urges VD test for pregnant Hispanics – Rate of syphilis higher in Latinas, AZ statistics say

Burns says Hispanic demands for WWII film have been met

Quinces fit for a queen – S.W. Florida businesses responding to growing demand for expensive, elegant traditional Hispanic coming-of-age parties

My Picks

3 Out Of The New Seven World Wonders Are Latino Â» VivirLatino

“Ask a Mexican!’ author out to break stereotypes – Gustavo Arellano

Spanish-language document perplexes Fulton court officials – Georgia (court officials said it was the first foreign-language document they’d ever received?!?!?)

Immigrants Are Denied Marriage Licenses

Seattle Mariners powered by Latino force

Is Mexico paying for U.S. housing downturn?

Ken Burns versus the critics (well, “versus” might be a stretch, as might “critics”)

New report shows Latino churches key partner in fight against AIDS

Dark comedy opens festival – The International Hispanic Theatre Festival gets off to a good start. – Miami

Power of purse meets power of immigration law in suburb – Waukegan, Illinois

Reading between the words – Telling Tongues: A Latin@ Anthology on Language Experience

Did You Know

Did You Know? Estimates vary but the Congressional Budget Office puts the expected cost of the border fence at $3 million a mile

July 11, 2007

Top Stories

Longtime Advocate for Immigrants Now Faces Deportation – Victor Toro

Murder Case Fails Against Immigrants in Pennsylvania City – Hazleton, Pennsylvannia

City’s Latino film fest is back: better, stronger, feistier – New York International Latino Film Festival

Spain’s Banco Popular to buy U.S. TotalBank for $300 mln

American Weapons Flood Mexico, Fueling Violence

Hillary Clinton, Obama and Sharpton headline Hispanic conference – La Raza’s conference in Miami

My Picks

English-language Newspapers Still Dont Recognize Latinos as Part of Their Core Readership

Mexican mega-mushroom a savoury stunner (you have to see the picture)

Gazpacho blends in – This Spanish classic of humble origins evolves into elegant puréed versions that still refresh on hot days.

Comedian goes from Iraq to Nile – Frank Lucero

Puerto Rico’s turning out Caribs best – in terms of food

It has a familiar ring to it: “Driving while brown’

Simpáticos no more? Americans and Hispanics have been amigos for ages. Now were not sure

Add slam dunks to the long list of Dominican sports feats – Al Horford

U.S. set to name Latin coach as technical director

Family, friends remember brutalized teen – David Ritcheson

The futility of classifying ourselves by race – or as originally entitled “Race, Politics and the Middle School Cafeteria”

Did You Know

Did You Know? NCLR will focus its voter drive in 11 key states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, New Mexico, New York, Nevada, North Carolina and Texas.

Did You Know? In 2006 two thirds of all new construction jobs were filled by workers of Hispanic descent, many of whom are Spanish-dominant or bilingual

Did You Know? Advertisers spent $123 million in 2006 on Hispanic media in Chicago

Did You Know? Hispanics will account for more than one out of five Chicagoans by then, reaching 2.15 million residents with $58 billion in buying power

July 10, 2007

Top Stories

Mexican migrants fly home under voluntary repatriation program

La Raza moves to mobilize Hispanic voters – Miami

Latino advocates look for political payback

Convention 2007 | LULAC-League of United Latin American Citizens – July 9th – 14th at Navy Pier in Chicago (wish I was there to attend)

Americans Not Ready for Hispanic President (almost half think that the country isn’t ready to elect one, yet more than 80% would vote for one)

Hispanics expected to be California’s majority by 2042

My Picks

Chicago – In 5th-largest Hispanic market, media chances aplenty as swelling population not fully tapped

Ancient Americans Liked It Hot: Mexican Cuisine Traced To 1,500 Years Ago

Spain: Women demand a running of the cows

Uncertainty as Arizona immigrants await crackdown

Passion for theater shapes Garcia household – Teatro en Miami Corp

Hillary’s Friends In Spanish

The Spanish new wave – The Latin Alternative Music Conference hits New York – (another one I wish I could attend)

Latino students need civic support

Hispanic women face great heart risk

Grant supports Latina filmmakers

Migrant-bill backlash targets talk radio

Farmers confront feds on migrants – Dairymen, growers learn that warrants aren’t required for raids – Livingston County, New York

Being born in the USA may not be good for Hispanic health

LA Galaxy’s Latino fans ready to fete Beckham

Did You Know

Did You Know? More than a quarter million black and Hispanic families are expected to lose their homes in the next few years due to foreclosure

July 9, 2007

Top Stories

Latino communities cope with rise in Alzheimers cases

Los Angeles mayor’s infidelity costs him Latina support

Immigration busts make sheriff a star – Columbia, Tennessee – (I think we will start seeing more and more of this throughout rural America now that the Federal Government failed to do anything)

School Expects Hispanic Student Majority In Fall – 1st in Alabama’s history

Guatemalan factory making Daisy Fuentes clothing for US department store chain agrees to follow labor laws

Latinos growing clout has seized candidates notice

Turmoil in Tulsa: The illegal immigration wreck

Live From Arkansas, Utah News in Spanish

Hispanic groups push Santa Ana to adopt sanctuary designation – California

Chicago Activist Discovers Hispanic Youth Harshly “Treated” at Indiana Detention Center

My Picks

Spanish newscast starts today – The first in the Pacific Northwest – (kind of hard to believe)

Latin American tastes have spread across the Gulf Coast, creating a market for cuisine thats Hot hot hot

Richardson Ranks Second in TV Advertising Race

Hispanic impact on e-tail is growing

Kansas Hispanic activist says he’ll return to Mexico

Hispanics give new life to citys Scouting program – Lawrence, Massachusetts

Latino Christians: A Branding Exodus?

Did You Know

Did You Know? The number of Latinos with Alzheimers disease and related dementia is expected to increase 600 percent by 2050, a new study by the national Alzheimers Association finds.

Did You Know? In Texas, the 2.1 million registered Latino voters already constitute 22 percent of the states total of 9.6 million

Did You Know? Latino voters increased their numbers by more than a third in the past decade and constituted more than 8 percent of the nations eligible voters in 2006

Did You Know? A recent study from JupiterResearch predicts that Hispanics will spend $12.8 billion online in 2007, which represents 11% of all online spending

Posted on: July 13th, 2007
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