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Sports teams and athletes from Argentina have plenty to celebrate tonight as they dominated the fifth anniversary edition of Fox Pan American Sports’ (FPAS) Premios Fox Sports presented by DHL with six major award wins and numerous special recognitions. The biggest individual winner of the night was Juan Román Riquelme of Argentina’s Boca Juniors with wins for “Best Goal of Copa Toyota Libertadores” and “Best Latin American Soccer Player.” International golf superstar Lorena Ochoa scored Mexico’s second “Athlete of the Year” award in a row and the second in the category for a female athlete in the show’s history.
Puerto Rican boxer Miguel Cotto earned his third consecutive “Outstanding Boxer” award, while South Florida’s María Mansur (Tennis) of Flanagan High School and South Broward High School’s Alberto Benarroch (Soccer and Water Polo) were named the inaugural “Latino Student Athletes of the Year.”
“Premios Fox Sports once again has proven to be the year’s hot ticket,” said Patrick Ilabaca, vice president of event marketing for Fox Pan American Sports. “Thanks to the wonderful support of our sponsors, advertisers, partners and our friends from throughout the Fox family, this year’s awards show was our biggest to date. Fox Pan American Sports congratulates this year’s distinguished honorees and sends a special thank you to DHL and the many athletes, entertainers and personalities that helped make the fifth anniversary edition of Premios Fox Sports an overwhelming success.”
Hosted by Kate del Castillo and Cristian de la Fuente, celebrities from the world of Latin American sports and entertainment gathered tonight at the star-studded fifth anniversary edition of Premios Fox Sports presented by DHL at The Fillmore Miami Beach at The Jackie Gleason Theater in beautiful Miami Beach. The show will be telecast to more than 33 million households throughout the United States by Fox Sports en Español and in Latin America by Fox Sports Latin America on December 16.
“Congratulations to all the winners. We are proud to support a forum that recognizes the best in Latin American sports. Our participation with Premios Fox Sports demonstrates our commitment to move with the lifestyle and interests of our customers both on and off work,” said Roger Crook, chief executive officer of DHL Express International Americas.
The Viewer’s Choices
Fans across the Americas participated in this year’s event by casting more than half a million votes online at the official Premios Fox Sports Web site (www.premiosfoxsports.msn.com) presented by DHL and in partnership with MSN or through T-Mobile-sponsored standard text messaging for Viewer’s Choice Awards recognizing the best goals scored during the 2007 editions of Fox Sports en Español and Fox Sports Latin America’s exclusive soccer tournaments. Below are fans’ selections:
BEST GOAL OF COPA TOYOTA LIBERTADORES
Juan Román RIQUELME (Boca Juniors, Argentina)
BEST GOAL OF COPA NISSAN SUDAMERICANA
Radamel Falcao GARCIA (Argentina’s River Plate, Colombia)
BEST GOAL OF INTERLIGA
Fernando ARCE (Morelia, México)
BEST GOAL DE LA COPA CAMPEONES CONCACAF 2007
Omar BRAVO (Chivas de Guadalajara, México)
From the Experts
Additional categories and winners for this year’s Premios Fox Sports were selected by an expert panel of judges comprised of Fox Sports en Español Magazine editors and contributors, network producers and on-air personalities. Upon submitting nominations in each category via secret ballot, each committee member’s recommendations were tabulated and the top five nominees in each category were selected as finalists. The following nominees received the most committee votes in their category and represent the year’s best both on and off the field:
OUTSTANDING LATIN AMERICAN SOCCER PLAYER
Juan Román RIQUELME – Boca Juniors (Argentina)
OUTSTANDING LATIN AMERICAN SOCCER PLAYER IN EUROPE
Lionel MESSI – Spain’s FC Barcelona (Argentina)
OUTSTANDING SOCCER TRAINER
Miguel RUSSO – Boca Juniors (Argentina)
OUTSTANDING LATIN AMERICAN SOCCER TEAM
Boca Juniors (Argentina)
OUTSTANDING BASKETBALL PLAYER
Luis SCOLA – Tau Vitoria/Spain and Houston Rockets/NBA (Argentina)
OUTSTANDING BASEBALL PLAYER
Magglio ORDOÑEZ – Detroit Tigers/MLB (Dominican Republic)
OUTSTANDING BOXER
Miguel COTTO (Puerto Rico)
OUTSTANDING MOTOR SPORT DRIVER
Sergio PEREZ – British F 3000 (México)
BREAKOUT STAR
Juan Martín HERNANDEZ – Los Pumas (Rugby, Argentina)
OUTSTANDING LATIN AMERICAN TENNIS PLAYER
Fernando GONZALEZ (Chile)
PARALYMPIC ATHLETE OF THE YEAR
Juan Ignacio REYES (Swimming, México)
COPA NISSAN SUDAMERICANA 2007 CHAMPIONS
Arsenal (Argentina)
SPECIAL MENTIONS/MLS TRIBUTES
Maykel GALINDO (Cuba)
Cuauhtémoc BLANCO (México)
Juan Pablo ANGEL (Colombia)
Guillermo Barros SCHELOTTO (Argentina)
Claudio SUAREZ (México)
Jaime MORENO (Bolivia)
NATIONAL TEAM OF THE YEAR
Los Pumas (Rugby, Argentina)
OUTSTANDING CAREER
Alex AGUINAGA (Soccer, Ecuador)
Luis ZAGUE (Soccer, México)
Erik MORALES (Boxing, México)
Jefferson PEREZ (Race Walking, Ecuador)
HUMANITARIAN AWARD
Bobby ABREU (Baseball, Venezuela)
ATHLETE OF THE YEAR
Lorena OCHOA (Golf, México)
Additional Honors Presented at a Private Beach Reception December 11
A series of LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS and SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS were also presented at a private reception on December 11 at the Loews Miami Beach Hotel, including the inaugural recipients of Fox Sports en Español and Comcast Spotlight Miami’s “LATINO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT ATHLETE OF THE YEAR” scholarships. Additional honorees included:
OUTSTANDING CAREER
Teófilo CUBILLAS (Soccer, Peru)
OUTSTANDING CAREER
Erwin Sanchez (Soccer, Bolivia)
SPECIAL MENTION
Luis SANGLADE (Soccer Federation of Venezuela)
(For excellence in management of the 2007 Copa América 2007)
HONORABLE MENTION
DT Oscar TABAREZ (Soccer, Uruguay)
(Commemorating the 20th anniversary of Peñarol’s last Copa Libertadores title)
MOST IMPROVED ATHLETE
Cristian MIJARES (Boxing, México)
SPECIAL MENTION
MISTICO (Wrestling, México)
SPECIAL MENTION
MEXICAN SPECIAL OLYMPICS COMMITTEE
MEXICAN REFEREE OF THE YEAR
Armando ARCHUNDIA
FEMALE STUDENT ATHLETE OF THE YEAR
María MANSUR (Tennis, Colombia/USA, Flanagan High School)
MALE STUDENT ATHLETE OF THE YEAR
Alberto BENARROCH (Soccer and Water Polo, Venezuela/USA, South Broward High School)
The musical line-up for the fifth annual Premios Fox Sports was kicked off by Latin Grammy winner and salsa legend Gilberto Santa Rosa’s live performance of “Conteo regresivo.” Latin Grammy-nominated pop trio Camila performed from their hit debut album “Todo Cambió,” followed by 2007 Latin Grammy Best New Artists Jesse & Joy. Pop sensation the world over RBD closed the show with two electrifying performances, including “Inalcanzable” and “Besame sin miedo.”
Among the winners, honorees, and sports personalities in attendance were: Carlos Peña (Baseball), Milka Duno (Motor Sports), Magglio Ordoñez (Baseball), Cobi Jones (Soccer), Miguel Tejada (Baseball), Ante Razov (Soccer), Teófilo Cubillas (Soccer), Erwin Sanchez (Soccer), Oscar Tabárez (Soccer), Cristian Mijares (Boxing), Místico (Wrestling), Armando Archundia (Soccer), Juan Ignacio Reyes (Swimming), Bobby Abreu (Baseball), Jefferson Pérez (Race Walking), Maykel Galindo (Soccer), Erik Morales (Boxing), Luís Zague (Soccer), Alex Aguinaga (Soccer), and Los Pumas de Argentina (Rugby – Juan Martín Hernandez, Gonzalo Longo, Manuel Contepomi, Martín Durand).
Some of the biggest names in entertainment also turned out to the one-of-a-kind sports celebration, including: Latin Grammy Winners Reik, Paulina Rubio, Alejandra Tejada, Cruz Martinez, Maria Conchita Alonso, Kudai, Hector Soberon, Victor Gonzalez, Isabella Camil, Sergio Mayer, Jencarlos Canel, Ivonne Montero, Christian Meier, Ivelyn Giro, Evelyn Santos, Dayana Garroz, Riczabeth Sovalbarro, Pedro Moreno, Melvin Cabrera, Javier Ceriani, Martin Falco, Black Guayaba, as well as FPAS on-air personalities Jorge Ramos, Hernán Pereyra, Martín Liberman, Raul Orvañanos, Santiago Puente, and George X.
Joining hundreds of VIP guests later that evening, Grammy winners Albita and Gilberto Santa Rosa kicked the celebration into high gear with live performances at a private after-party at the Loews Miami Beach Hotel.
In addition to title sponsor DHL, sponsors of the fifth annual Premios Fox Sports included: American Airlines, McDonald’s, Red Bull, Honda, Miami Beach Visitor and Convention Authority, Mexicana, Perry Ellis, Select Vodka, Don Q, Tequila Huizache, Macy’s, Mahou Beer, and ArgenVine Wines. Contributors to the VIP Gift Bag included Nomination Jewelry, Fisher Price, Nike, General Motors, Mary Kay, Novecento Restaurant, CHANEL, La Bella Beauty Hair Products, Edward Beiver Miami, Flor de Caña, Etnia Accessories, Chivas, and Gibson Guitars.
Fox Sports en Español’s first-ever “LATINO STUDENT ATHLETE OF THE YEAR” scholarship awards, in association with Comcast Spotlight Miami, were sponsored by Publix Supermarkets and Southeast Toyota.
About Fox Pan American Sports
Fox Pan American Sports LLC, operator of Fox Sports en Español and Fox Sports Latin America, is an international sports programming and production entity jointly owned by HM Capital Partners, LLC and News Corporation’s (NYSE:NWS) Fox Sports International.
Premios Fox Sports presented by DHL, now in its fifth year, is Fox Pan American Sports’ signature annual event and the first and only awards program of its kind to celebrate the contributions and accomplishments of U.S. Hispanic and Latin American athletes both on and off the field. Voted on by fans and an expert panel of judges, winners will be crowned during the official Premios Fox Sports 5ta Edición awards ceremony on December 12, 2007 at The Fillmore Miami Beach at the Jackie Gleason Theater in Miami Beach, Florida. The show will be transmitted to more than 33 million households on December 16, 2007 through Fox Sports en Español in the United States and Fox Sports Latin America throughout the Spanish-speaking Americas. “*
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Knowledge is Power and this page is just the start. Hispanics/Latinos are a growing diverse force in this country. Check out some of the 54,726 items found on this site below or dig into the Site Map
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- November 20, 2009
- Police in Peru say gang members killed people to drain their fat for cosmetics
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- We need an honest definition of who is a “real American”
- Immigration Reform: The Phone Call Heard Around the Country – On the call were Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill.; Nydia Velázquez, D-N.Y.; and Rep. Raúl Grijalva, D-Ariz. Immigrant rights advocates from various parts of the country also spoke.
- Digital out-of-home (DOOH) Effectively Reaches Latinos On The Go – few marketers truly utilized digital media when reaching out to the Hispanic community.
- A week after abruptly quitting his longtime job as a CNN television news host and commentator, Lou Dobbs said on Thursday he is considering career options including possible runs for the White House or U.S. Senate.
- ICE Assistant Secretary John Morton announces 1,000 new workplace audits to hold employers accountable for their hiring practices
- In Virtual Town Hall with Immigration Reform Activists, Gutierrez Promises Bill By December
- Economic Blame Game: U.S. Unemployment is Not Caused by Immigration
- November 19, 2009
- Shakira Refuses To Do Interviews In Spanish
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- Video: Sofia Vergara’s “Modern Family” Costar Trashes her on “Chelsea Lately”
- The Cuban band Septeto Nacional de Ignacio Piñeiro can legitimately claim to be inventors of salsa. But it last played in the United States when Franklin D. Roosevelt was president, and there was no telling when it might be able to return — until the very slightest hint of a thaw in cultural relations between the United States and Cuba quietly brought the band to New York early this month.
- Mexico’s Drug Violence Gives Rise To Vigilantism
- The wave of crime besetting Puerto Rico seems to be out of control with 800 murders being committed here so far this year, but the island’s top police official says the problem does not fall exclusively within his department.
- The University of Panama indefinitely suspended classes on Wednesday after confrontations between students and police during a protest against alleged U.S. involvement in plans to build new military installations.
- There are 16 million children in immigrant families in the United States
- Over the last 3 years, high schools that received the lowest marks from the city have been the ones with the highest percentages of poor, black and Hispanic students, despite an evaluation system that was meant to equalize differences among student bodies, according to an analysis by The New York Times of school grades released this week.
- Who seriously wants the Cuban trade embargo?
- A legislator from El Paso has criticized proposed history and social studies standards for public schools as being unfair to Hispanics. – Rep. Norma Chavez raised the issue Wednesday in Austin before the State Board of Education.
- Farewell to an icon: Artist who tore at racism is buried at 99 – R.I.P. José Cisneros
- November 18, 2009
- Hispanics are 9% of the Virginia’s schoolchildren, but 5% of gifted students.
- A New United Movement Stops Mexico for a Day
- Analysis reveals driving out undocumented immigrants doesn’t bode well for congressional representation
- After accidental deportation, critics say immigration officials making mistakes – After a Salvadoran man was mistakenly deported, immigration rights activists have complained about toughened enforcement by authorities.
- Governor Deval Patrick urged Massachusetts residents today to avoid getting mired in “the usual debate” over illegal immigration as he gave his cabinet 90 days to craft a plan for better integrating all foreign-born residents into the state’s daily fabric.
- More Americans are playing tennis – The biggest increases were among Hispanics, with 32% more playing the game.
- Mexico’s Juarez on path to anarchy
- Experts warned on Tuesday that the rise in health problems due to obesity among Mexican children, which is considered to be an epidemic, threatens “for the first time” to reduce life expectancy rates in the country.
- The estimated damage caused by the Nov. 7-8 floods and mudslides to El Salvador’s infrastructure has climbed to $880 million, the country’s public works minister said Tuesday.
- Trend Toward Smaller Families in Latin America – The number of people per household in Latin America will fall by 18 percent by 2020, according to a study released in this capital Tuesday by consulting firm Euromonitor International.
- A Woman’s Nation Spurred by LatinaTION
- Sosa Skin Lightening Fires Debate About Afro-Latino Heritage
- Congressman Raúl Grijalva talks to his daughter Marisa about his mother’s influence on his education. – new Historias from StoryCorp
- After two days of deliberations, on Oct. 14 the Mexican Supreme Court made public its decision that Ulises Ruiz Ortiz (governor of the state of Oaxaca) is culpable for the human rights violations that occurred in Oaxaca as a result of teacher protests and political and social unrest in May 2006-January 2007 and July of 2008.
- Organizations alarmed by the increased violence against women and others in Mexico are traveling by caravan to demand justice for the victims. – The national caravan, which began in Mexico City, is part of the international Mujeres de Negro (Women in Black) campaign to protest violence against women, children and other vulnerable groups.
- Colombia elige a su nueva reina y ya llueven las críticas – Natalia Navarro se convirtió en Miss Colombia y, aunque era favorita, a muchos no les gusta su lenguaje; en la coronación aseguró que es “cabezona” y “berraca”
- CNN was so sick of Lou Dobbs, it gave him an $8 million severance package to leave
- The Cuban ties that bind, 50 years on – Visiting her father’s homeland under newly relaxed travel restrictions is both invigorating and saddening.
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- November 20, 2009
- Hispanic lawmakers say an old adversary, White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, has his fingerprints all over a push to prohibit illegal immigrants from buying health insurance plans in a new market for people who don’t get insurance through their employers.
- Some U.S. Democrats see momentum building for an overhaul of immigration laws that would legalize millions of undocumented workers, but analysts say a crowded agenda and struggling economy may once again sink hopes for reform next year.
- The current global crisis will cause the number of poor people in Latin America to rise by 9 million to 189 million this year, the U.N. Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean said in a report presented on Thursday.
- Do Long Island Police Ignore Hate Crimes?
- Mexican migrants are spending more money on taxes in the United States than on the remittances they send home to relatives, according to a new study by Mexico’s largest bank, BBVA Bancomer.
- Ana Maria Perez Gonzalez, said to be the oldest woman in the world, died in Mexico this week. She was 119.
- Part of a Cuban blogger’s essay that advocates lifting the ban on U.S. travel to Cuba was read aloud at a House Foreign Affairs committee hearing. – Yoani Sánchez
- November 19, 2009
- TOP Ten reasons you should watch Lopez tonight not Conan
- Migration Policy Institute (MPI) Report Finds Immigrants Hit Harder During Economic Downturn than Native-Born Workers
- After a 3 year trial of producing regionalized news for several top 10 Hispanic market stations via the Telemundo Production Center in Dallas, the network is reverting to producing local news. Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Phoenix and San Jose will once again have locally produced news.
- Nacional Records Sampler 2009 | The New Sounds Of Latin Music – 21 FREE mp3s over at Amazon – (cool!)
- Ironically, Latinos should be greatful to former CNN blowhard Lou Dobbs – commentary by Albor Ruiz
- When White Writers Do “Latino” Issues – It was chaos this week in the LA Weekly’s virtual mailroom, which received a deluge of reactionary attitude in regard to Christine Pelisek’s cover story “Chaos in the Casitas: Lawless, south of the border–style speakeasies get a grip on L.A.”
- More Than 60,000 Americans in 45 States Organize for Immigration Reform
- New Report Shines Light on Detainee Rights Violations in Minnesota
- CIS Report Attempts to Erase 100 Years of Data on Immigrants and Crime
- Video: Senator Menendez Speaks on Behalf of Hispanic Farmers’ Discrimination Lawsuit + update
- November 18, 2009
- New Report: More Than 2 Million Hispanic Households With Children Face Hunger – Hispanic households with children experiencing very low food security up almost 50%
- On November 18 at 8:00 PM Eastern time/5:00 PM Pacific, all across the country people are hosting house parties with their families, friends, neighbors, churches, classmates and anyone else who supports comprehensive immigration reform for America.
- Video report of Latina forced to give birth while in chains in Maricopa County, AZ courtesy of Sheriff Joe Arpaio (en Español)
- California’s Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman told a group of supporters Tuesday that she is making an unprecedented effort to attract Latinos to the Republican party – in South El Monte
- Hundreds of defendants awaiting trial for violent crimes in Dallas County have been deported by federal immigration officials and then set free in their home countries. – The practice goes back to at least 1991 and includes the release of murder, kidnapping and child rape suspects.
- Environmentalists alarmed by Puerto Rico policies – Sweeping from lush mountain rain forests to pristine beaches, a corridor of land protected by Puerto Rico’s last governor hosts dozens of rare and endangered species and was championed by celebrities who helped fight off resort proposals. – Now new Gov. Luis Fortuno has revoked the reserve as part of a drive to bring jobs and investment for the U.S. territory’s struggling economy. And activists see a broader pattern of looser protection for the island’s environment.
- Deporting undocumented students affects the chances for legal return if Congress doesn’t address it in immigration reform bill
- Eleventh-hour criticism is arising over President Obama’s nomination for United States attorney in northern Iowa of a prosecutor who had a leading role in the criminal cases against hundreds of illegal immigrants arrested in a May 2008 raid at a meatpacking plant in Postville, Iowa. – Stephanie Rose
- From a group calling themselves Electronic Civil Disobedience comes the Transborder Immigrant Tool, a simple mobile application intended to aid and abet border-crossers from Mexico to the United States by mapping the safest routes to take. – This GPS app is built to work on the cheapest cell phones available.
- Report from America’s Voice: The New Constituents… How Latinos Will Shape Congressional Apportionmention After the 2010 Census
- November 16, 2009
- 15th annual Mariachi Vargas Extravaganza in San Antonio – more than 1,000 professional & student musicians participating – 8-day festival of mariachi competitions, workshops, presentations, serenades & concerts attracts more than 15,000 visitors annually.
- Money Trickles North as Mexicans Help Relatives – reverse remittances from Mexico
- Scarlet “A” will dominate immigration reform rhetoric – Greg Tejeda on immigration reform & Janet Napolitano’s speech
- The first Texas Hispanic legislators didn’t want to go public when they organized some 40 years ago out of fear they might be considered “un-American.” – Today, the Mexican American Legislative Caucus (MALC) is growing in influence — and raising record amounts of money — as Texas’ population turns increasingly Hispanic.
- Supporters of tough U.S. sanctions against the Cuban government have given more than $10 million to congressional campaigns over the last seven years
- Oregon universities try to recruit more Latino students – In 2007, Latinos made up nearly 12% of the 12th-grade class and less than 6% of freshmen in the university system. About 20% of first-graders that year were Latino.
- The Obama administration will insist on measures to give legal status to an estimated 12 million illegal immigrants as it pushes early next year for legislation to overhaul the immigration system, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said on Friday.
- Authorities say a 7-year-old boy, three women and a university professor are among 15 people who were killed in a single day (this past Friday) in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez.
- Sonia Sotomayor unwittingly adds celebrity touch to Supreme Court
- One of the Republican Party’s most respected and relied-upon consultants has serious reservations about two the party’s biggest names. – Alex Castellanos, a conservative media strategist and regular presence on CNN, raised questions of Sarah Palin’s viability for office and took major swipes at Florida Senate candidate Charlie Crist
- November 13, 2009
- ASU, ALRE release major study on Arizona’s Latino population – (direct link to report & powerpoint)
- 10 Latino MLB ‘09 Season Highlights – (some cool stuff here)
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