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Co-chair of Clinton’s Hispanic Leadership Council endorses Obama – U.S. Rep. Dennis Cardoza
As Border Efforts Grow, Corruption Is on the Rise – Border Agents, Lured by the Other Side
Miles away, Postville raid’s impact is still acute
Latino Activists Face Death Threats in Georgia
A Washington town confronts its language barrier – In a program seen as a bellwether, the Justice Department steps in with a formal plan to bridge the English-Spanish divide in Mattawa. – Hard to imagine the Federal Gov’t stepping in to address this situation
Obama says in Miami he would open family travel to Cuba
Memorial Day: A Latino Perspective
Did You Know? More than 391 Latinos have been killed in Iraq.
Benicio Del Toro, ‘Latino Brad Pitt’, wins Cannes award as ‘Che’
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Prince William’s county sees signs of change amid crackdown
First Hispanic school in New Orleans has first graduation
Book review: Talk Dirty Spanish « ñ-marketing
Some US farms outsourced to Mexico
State Aid to Immigrants Lags, University of Oregon Study Says
Immigrants Hit Hard by Governor’s Planned Medi-Cal Cuts, Changes – California
Tennessee says illegal immigrants can marry
Beaufort County in North Carolina tightening up on public services for illegal immigrants
Questions for David Iglesias – The Prosecutor
For Hispanics, Net neutrality isn’t neutral at all
John Brummett: Kansas City safe from Mexican invasion – (Secure Arkansas)
Latino heroes deserve own L.A. monument
Does crackdown cross line? – Arizona efforts stir racial profiling claims
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Obama says in Miami he would open family travel to Cuba
Co-chair of Clinton’s Hispanic Leadership Council endorses Obama – U.S. Rep. Dennis Cardoza
Obama says his Cuba policy is based on ‘Libertad’
Democrats campaign hard in Puerto Rico
McCain balances Latino voters, GOP base
Obama Campaign Redoubles Efforts to Reach Hispanic Voters
Democrats may need time to heal, Richardson says
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Blogante Business more at: Business | Marketing | Real Estate | Media | Internet
LATINA Style Business Series Celebrates the 10 Year Anniversary Tour in Atlanta, GA
Epana Networks and HealthTrans Announce Partnership to Provide Pharmacy Discounts to U.S. Hispanics
Latin Trade Magazine Acquired by Manhattan Media
ad:tech Miami Connects Marketers with Hispanic Culture, Diversity and Growth Online
DivX to Offer Spanish Language Versions of Popular Video Software
Some US farms outsourced to Mexico
Moneymakers: John Sexton’s bank caters to Latinos – Oasis Bank – Texas
Marco Rodriguez Joins Cygnus Business Media as Head of Custom Marketing Division
Pollo Tropical spices up Clermont dining scene – Orlando
Emerging Market Profile: Phoenix, AZ – Portada
Miles away, Postville raid’s impact is still acute
Courting Latinos at Chevy Chase Bank
Food TV, website target Latino food aficionados – Hispanic MPR
Media Moves: Ibra Morales exits Telemundo
Media Moves: Lucía Navarro taken off anchor chair at KVEA (Telemundo-52 in LA)
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Music, Flavor and Nostalgia Debut Together in ‘100 Years of Mexican Music’
NEWS CHARO LAUNCHES NEW DANCE MIX ALBUM AT HOME
Perez Hilton Stops By ‘Viva Hollywood’
Actor Manny Pérez embraces Latino-themed roles
Benicio Del Toro, ‘Latino Brad Pitt’, wins Cannes award as ‘Che’
Sister Morales: new CD ‘Talking to the River’ – Ramiro’s New Blog – to go back: www.ramiroburr.com
Elida: ‘New flavors can help invigorate Tejano’ – Ramiro’s New Blog – to go back: www.ramiroburr.com
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Food TV, website target Latino food aficionados – Hispanic MPR
Media Moves: Ibra Morales exits Telemundo
Media Moves: Lucía Navarro taken off anchor chair at KVEA (Telemundo-52 in LA)
La Bloga: Internet Resources for Writers Panel at the National Latino Writers Conference
La Bloga: Keynote Remarks by Michael Nava
Ret. Maj. Gen. Alfred Valenzuela: A Voice for Forgotten Immigrant Soldiers (Latina Lista)
Playeras Latinas ( Latino T-shirts) « ñ-marketing
Is Lou Dobbs the Sheriff Arpaio of Primetime? (Latina Lista)
Book review: Talk Dirty Spanish « ñ-marketing
Sister Morales: new CD ‘Talking to the River’ – Ramiro’s New Blog – to go back: www.ramiroburr.com
Latin America: forever on the back burner – “600 Words” by Esther J. Cepeda
Elida: ‘New flavors can help invigorate Tejano’ – Ramiro’s New Blog – to go back: www.ramiroburr.com
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Mexican town offers illegal immigration simulation adventure
Fabian Núñez has last word on spending flap, regrettably
Tijuana’s ‘CowParade’ takes art to the people
U.S. immigration agency to migrate from Portland to suburb – Oregon
LATINO FOOD FEST & MENUDO COOK-OFF – Kern County, California
The Latino Journal Moves Its Elite Publication Into The Internet
Accused of ‘acting white’ – (two Latino highschoolers in Sedalia, Missouri)
Minorities’ influence grows in Legislature – California
Rep. Kennedy to make public appearance at Progreso Latino – Rhode Island
‘Mess’ lingers for Latino aid center – Waterloo, Iowa
mujeres unidas – Idaho hispanic women organization conference
New PTA aims to help Latino students – Hazleton, Pennsylvania
New Resources Available to Assist Hispanic Veterans and Their Families
Debate over illegal immigration legislation far from over – in Indiana
Casa Amiga director to film documentary on border – New Carlisle, Ohio
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- November 21, 2009
- A federal judge dismissed dozens of immigration charges Thursday against the former manager of a kosher slaughterhouse, at the request of prosecutors who had already won a conviction on multiple counts of financial fraud. – Postville news
- Meg Whitman’s Latino Outreach & the Pete Wilson Connection – CA politics
- Poetry Series Spurs Debate on the Use of an Old Slur Against Latinos – “Spic Up/Speak Out” — at El Museo del Barrio
- Marco Rubio, A Crossover Success – (good read)
- A fire destroyed 106 houses in the Ecuadorian Pacific coast city of Guayaquil and left more than 500 people homeless, as well as 14 children with symptoms of smoke inhalation.
- LatAm Immigrants Are Changing Spain, Sociologist Says
- Mexico’s top domestic security official said Friday that sectors of the general public have cooperated with drug cartels in the violent border city of Ciudad Juarez, and the government is about to launch new social programs there to combat gangs.
- Pro-Castro mob attacks spouse of top Cuban blogger – Yoani Sánchez
- Miguel H. Díaz is first Hispanic to represent U.S. at Vatican
- Efrain’s Corner: A Response to….”Puerto Ricans in New York Struggling…Still” Comment
- Puerto Ricans in New York Struggling…Still – Puerto Ricans are some of the most prominent figures in New York politics and culture, so some people are surprised when they hear that, overall, Puerto Ricans are among the poorest and least educated New Yorkers. Almost a third in New York are living in poverty.
- Lalo Alcaraz on Lou Dobbs (departure from CNN)
- November 20, 2009
- Police in Peru say gang members killed people to drain their fat for cosmetics
- Mexican authorities predict fewer Mexican immigrants will be back home for Christmas
- Interview with Aurora Anaya-Cerda, owner of La Casa Azul Bookstore – NYC
- 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
- BMI Foundation Announces Opening of 7th Annual peermusic Latin Scholarship Competition
- 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.
Latest Essentials
- November 21, 2009
- Hispanic Caucus: ‘You Lie!’ Outburst to Blame for Senate Health Bill Provision on Illegal Immigrants
- Central American nations will demand $105 billion from industrialized countries for damages caused by global warming, the region’s representatives said on Friday.
- “They” Are “Us”: The Devastating Effects of Broken Immigration Policy on Children in Immigrant Families
- 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
