Blogante Headlines for Wednesday - September 19th, 2007

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Posted on: September 19th, 2007
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Don Omar Arrested in Bolivia

California church to be billed for illegal immigration rally

Comic Puts Newspaper Editor On Hot Seat - Central Connecticut State University’s student paper

Older Hispanics Rely on Social Security as Primary Source of Retirement Income

Lawmakers blast green card replacement plan

‘Are you legal?’ bringing fear to immigrants - New Jersey


My Picks (Tomás’ handpicked highlights) –» view: excerpts | section

The Fate of the Dream Act Rests on Mobilizing the Truth (Latina Lista)

Film At Dallas Festival Looks At Brutal MS-13 Gang - “Hijos de la Guerra”

Scott Gomez will be a hit with the Rangers in the big New York sports market (NHL)

WLEY 107.9 FM & Spanish Broadcasting System Delivers Corvette - (looks like SBS cleaned up thier little PR mess)

Their origin pride makes them like all Americans - Ruben Navarrette

Cartoonist Tells of Hispanics at War - Hector Cantu

Staples Center braces for Maná mania - Los Angeles - (Wish I was going)

Invisible Latino patriots


Did You Know –» view: excerpts | section

In 2006, AT&T contributed more than $9.3 million to Hispanic organizations including: the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities, Hispanic Leadership Development Foundation, The Latino Institute, Inc., Project Amiga, International Hispanic Cultural Institute, Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum, and the National Latina Business Women Association.

More than half of all older Hispanic Americans would live below the poverty line without Social Security, according to a new report by AARP.

Of the 3,734 U.S. military fatalities in Iraq as of Sept. 1, almost 11 percent were Hispanic, the largest among ethnic and racial groups


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“You can’t go through an entire primary process and refuse to talk to black and brown voters,” a passionate Tavis Smiley told us. “If you’re not going to talk to all of America then you don’t deserve to be president of all of America.” - concerning Republican’s snubbing his debate

In response to the question, “What reaction did you got from readers?” regarding Gourmet magazine’s Latin American cuisine issue - “We got widely different responses, with people saying ‘thank you, thank you, thank you’, this is the best issue you’ve ever done, to other people saying this is disgusting, we never eat these kinds of food’, or isn’t gourmet a French word?’ So clearly there is racism in food as there is in everything else.”

“After what happened to me — a well-known person, 19 years in the community — no Brazilian in this area will call police to report a crime,” said Roberto Lima (editor of the Brazilian Voice newspaper in New Jersey), a naturalized U.S. citizen. “Even if they see Osama bin Laden himself, they will not call police.”

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