Blogante Headlines for Wednesday - November 14th, 2007

Posted on: November 13th, 2007
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Tancredo campaign ad sets off bomb - A terrorism scenario in a shopping mall is the set piece for the GOP presidential candidate’s commercial reviling illegal immigration.

New San Francisco ID cards for residents - whether in the country legally or not

New law cuts $3B for border security

Biding their tongues - Cuban-born Maria Carreira is a professor at Cal State Long Beach. She has a finely honed sense of Spanish-English etiquette that leads her to use Spanish sparingly in public, unless she is approached in that language.

Longs looks to Latino market to bolster profits - (this grocery chain has more than 500 stores in California, Nevada and Hawaii)

Latino purchasing power in AZ expected to surge - $3.6 billion in 2000 to $6.4 billion in 2006, and the number is expected to hit $9.8 billion in 2011

Demand doubles in first six months at Mexican consulate - Arkansas

Creator of McDonald’s burrito recognized - A Cuban

Hispanics absent from history lessons - Texas (if true in Texas imagine the rest of the country)

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Personnel Decisions International (PDI) se enorgullece en presentar El líder como orientador: Estrategias para orientar y ayudar a los demás en su desarrollo.

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Argentine Indian beatified by Catholic Church in Patagonia

As the water recedes, Mexican flood victims must rebuild their lives

Spanish-Language DJ Climbs to Number Two Spot with Make-Believe Persona - Don Cheto in Los Angeles

Sign says, ‘No trespassing’ at the border, ‘Help wanted’ at the workplace

Vote Hope Fills Void in Latino Political Media–in Particular in California

Immigration Shapes Las Vegas’ Political, Economic Growth

The Politics of Xenophobia - The real immigration divide is between emotions and reason

Film celebrates achievements of only all-Hispanic military unit - The Borinqueneers

Eye Openers –» view the latest 50 headlines or 25 excerpts

Latino Anti-Recruitment Efforts Paying Off: Military Enlistments Down! « Of América

Tapping Hispanic market, Puerto Rican universities branch out in Central Florida

Chocolate invented 3,100 years ago by the Aztecs - but they were trying to make beer

Evo Morales has delivered USD 80 million in Venezuelan checks

Mexican electoral reform becomes law, bans paid TV and radio advertisements - (could we do this in the US?)

Virginia Crime Commission Approves Crack Down On Illegal Immigrants

ICE Agents Round Up Immigrants Running From The Law In Charlotte, North Carolina

Two Dozen Illegal Immigrants Arrested Using Fake Badges to Work at O’Hare International Airport - Chicago

Legislators ‘Go After’ Undocumented Immigrant Families in Oregon

Former Mexico president: Cobb immigration policy ‘going too far’ - Vicente Fox, in Atlanta today, faced Minutemen protestors at Carter Center

Hispanic student recruitment program draws criticism from professor - Cal State Fullerton

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The power games that threaten world’s last pristine wilderness - Rival nations are extending their territorial claims as retreating glaciers make Antarctic oil exploration feasible

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“Not once is any Latino mentioned by name,” said Julio Noboa, an assistant professor of curriculum and instruction at the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmonst College who has written a book on the subject. “Not Latino, not Hispanic, not Mexican, not Mexican-American or any other term referring to Hispanics.” regarding Texas TEKS that Texas students study in fourth and 11th grades

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(Are you registered to vote? Will you vote? You really, really should.)

Tancredo campaign ad sets off bomb - A terrorism scenario in a shopping mall is the set piece for the GOP presidential candidate’s commercial reviling illegal immigration.

Tancredo says new “scary” ads more than hype

Thompson takes stand on immigration

Romney ridicules Giuliani, Clinton for “sanctuary state of mind”

Blogante CIMS - more at: CIMS

Fantastic Quinceañera Hair Fashions, Winter 2007

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McDonald’s targets students with free bilingual college workshops - Hispanic MPR

The sales of smartphones in Latin America are expected to jump dramatically the next five years.

Gutierrez continues pushing U.S.-Colombia free trade deal

Do your homework before buying - avoid Mexican real estate hangover

Longs looks to Latino market to bolster profits - (this grocery chain has chain with more than 500 stores in California, Nevada and Hawaii)

Latino purchasing power in AZ expected to surge - $3.6 billion in 2000 to $6.4 billion in 2006, and the number is expected to hit $9.8 billion in 2011

Immigration Shapes Las Vegas’ Political, Economic Growth

Johnny A. Yataco, Gordon Named 2007 Peruvian Businessmen of the Year

Interpreting mortgages - nopierdastuhogar.org - 15 percent of Hispanic homeowners did not know their interest rates

Creator of McDonald’s burrito recognized - A Cuban

Century 21 System Executive Honored as Champion of Hispanic Homeownership

CTAM Sees Hispanic Upside

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Soda Stereo impacta en Guadalajara

Miguel Bosé’s Tour Donates $60,000 to Flood Victims

La Infanta Elena Getting Separated

Fabián Lavalle’s Attacker: “I Still Love Him”

‘Senor Presidente’ director takes on Latin America’s dictators, past, present and future

Plane turns back as Spanish pop singer misbehaves - Melendi

Spanish-Language DJ Climbs to Number Two Spot with Make-Believe Persona - Don Cheto in Los Angeles

Spanish Songwriter Recognized by International Songwriting Contest in USA

International Latino Film Festival Comes to Sacramento

Gloria Estefan Talks About Her Life As Top Latino Artist, Mother, Wife And Activist On V-Me’s Estudio Billboard

Review of: The Rind - La cascara (Uruguay - Spain - Argentina)

V-me Presents Latin GRAMMY Award Winners in Prime Time - Top stars and new music featured on Estudio Billboard, Viva Voz and Sesiones

Telemundo Launches Bilingual Rival to Leno, Letterman

Lionsgate teams with Grupo Televisa

Blogante News from all the other categories - View all categories | states | metros | sitemap — special mention to immigration

Roosevelt Avenue Document Raid Hasn’t Stopped Business » VivirLatino

A Remedy for Transit Troubles Backfires in Chile, Leading Commuters to Sue

Puerto Rico gives Cotto a hero’s welcome after defending WBA welterweight title

Puerto Rico governor meets with political allies as US corruption probe nears end

Castro sides with Chavez in rift with Spanish king

Former Honduran phone company chief charged with wiretapping president’s conversations

Writer returns to Colombia, where drug war is everywhere, nowhere

Venezuelan-born War widow faces deportation from the United States

Former Venezuelan President Herrera Dies at 82

‘Oldest American mural’ is found in Peruvian temple

Peruvian Consulate opens in Dallas

Get a taste of the equator: 2 Ecuadorian recipes

Dominican towns inaccessible 2 weeks after storm

Mexican agent joins cross-border crime unit in San Diego

Voters may dump Spitzer over license plan - New York

Detention center workers charged in scheme to smuggle immigrants - Texas

Poll: Ohioans oppose benefits, privileges for illegal immigrants

Media Matters - Washington Times repeated false claim that Bill Clinton criticized Democrats

‘Mongrels, Bastards, Orphans, and Vagabonds,’ by Gregory Rodriguez - (a review)

Study to Determine Economic Impact of Immigrants - Nebraska

Clifton-based magazine helps immigrant writers - New Jersey

Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano Calls for Extension of Border Patrol During Azteca America’s Political Forum “Issues: Caras y Voces”

Boro Beat: Futuro calls some to Puerto Rico while others party here - New York

El Centro duties expanding - Carrboro, North Carolina

Florida State Fair Adds a New Hispanic Village to Its 2008 Plans

Cisneros: GOP stand on immigration risky

Hispanic influx in E. Idaho stokes need for med interpreters