Blogante News for June 4th, 2008

Posted on: June 4th, 2008
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Couple making dichos are smart cookies - Their idea: taco-shaped cookies with Mexican proverbs and English translations tucked inside. Their challenge: to bring it to market.

Did You Know? More than 4,000 people, including about 450 members of the police department, have been killed in drug-related violence since President Felipe Calderón took office a year and a half ago.

Growth of nonnative iguana population give Puerto Ricans a headache

In Cuba houses never sell, just swap

How Havana Sang Before ‘Buena Vista,’ ‘Last Supper’: New DVDs - We Are the Music!

Massachusetts sues H & R Block over its mortgage unit’s lending practices - The complaint alleges that the sub-prime division discriminated against black and Latino borrowers.

Immigration legislation: Latinos ask South Carolina to reconsider - Gov Sanford expected to sign controversial bill into law today

In South Florida, Eviction Spares Few - (almost everyone in this article from the New York Times is Latino)

Tulsa parish establishes shrine to patron saint of immigrants - St. Toribio Romo

Undocumented fathers unable to be listed on children’s birth certificates - Tennessee

The Hispanic Business 500: Tough Economy Challenges Hispanic-Owned Firms


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Hispanics losing wages, jobs during housing slump

An ‘amores perros’ concert for embattled Puerto Rico’s stray dogs

Latin music icon Mike Amadeo gets overdue recognition

Luis Jiménez vows to keep the party going at the parade - NYC

The Puerto Rican Murder Club - The just-released thriller “Revenge Tango,” Jerry Rodríguez’s follow-up to his acclaimed “The Devil’s Mambo”

Cachaça, a sugarcane spirit, is at the heart of a growing national drink trend

‘Green wave’ aims to sweep Hispanics into cause - Jesse and Joy free concert in Nevada

Union of the Snake, en Español - Mexico’s Teachers’ Union

Juan Gonzalez on Puerto Rico’s Overlooked Primary and a Bitter Divide Within the SEIU

Programs succeed in reducing risky sex among HIV-positive minority men - UCLA

Did You Know? Only 53.6 percent of Latino seniors - Utah’s largest minority group - graduated in 2005. That’s lower than the national average of 57.8 percent and about 8 percentage points lower than the graduation rate for Utah’s Latino seniors the year before.


Election 2008 –» View the latest 50 headlines or 25 excerpts
(Are you registered to vote? Will you vote? You really, really should.)

McCain’s 1st General Election Radio Ads Are in Spanish (watch them if you want)

Juan Gonzalez on Puerto Rico’s Overlooked Primary and a Bitter Divide Within the SEIU


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Blogante Business more at: Business | Marketing | Real Estate | Media | Internet

Latino youth report: Latino self perception high, Latina sense of empowerment increasing - Hispanic MPR

Southwest Airlines Says Relax! With the New Advertising Campaign for Hispanic Markets

What is the market for remittance insurance? Three experts share their insights.

Argentina’s La Nacion Engages Readers By Making them Writers - Portada

Hispanics are online, but advertisers miss out - Targeting Hispanics online means more than just translating ads to Spanish. A conference in Miami Beach focused on how to get a piece of the rapidly growing Hispanic audience within digital media.

Philadelphia anchorwoman fired after arrest - Alycia Lane

Mexican microlender in deal with Oxxo corner stores

Couple making dichos are smart cookies - Their idea: taco-shaped cookies with Mexican proverbs and English translations tucked inside. Their challenge: to bring it to market.

Miami Residents Learn Spanish To Improve Job Prospects

Massachusetts sues H & R Block over its mortgage unit’s lending practices - The complaint alleges that the sub-prime division discriminated against black and Latino borrowers.

Hispanics losing wages, jobs during housing slump

CaribeVision Appoints Leticia Del Monte As Director Of Advertising, Promotions And PR

Dynamic Response Group Expands Operations to Service Hispanic Community Pharmaceutical and Medical Needs

Ralph E. Herrera Honored as Businessman of the Year by Georgia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

Focused Content, Targeting and Research Key Elements to Hispanic Marketing » Adrants

The Hispanic Business 500: Tough Economy Challenges Hispanic-Owned Firms

Hispanic and Latin American Acquisition Opportunities Examined » Adrants

Sonico Raises $4.3M to Grow Latin American Social Network


Blogante Entertainment+ more at: Entertainment | Musica

Sin Bandera is No More » VivirLatino

Contrary to rumors, Dulce María is not pregnant

Mexico: the danger of ‘drug ballads’ - In the past two years, 15 mexican musicians have been murdered. Their crime: to fall foul of the country’s drug barons.

Wonder duo Wisín & Yandel ready to march to MSG – via Fifth Ave.

How Havana Sang Before ‘Buena Vista,’ ‘Last Supper’: New DVDs - We Are the Music!

Latin music icon Mike Amadeo gets overdue recognition

Menudo’s latest incarnation at News’ float - New York

‘Green wave’ aims to sweep Hispanics into cause - Jesse and Joy free concert in Nevada


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

National Council of La Raza President and CEO Janet Murguía to Keynote the Bravo Foundations Speaker Series

South to North: Chef stays true to his Mexican roots - Pablo Jacinto

Armed men gun down Mexican mayor in violent Michoacan state

New Mexico State Forestry has published its fire preparedness guide, “Living with Fire,” in Spanish for the first time.

Border contractors jailed in illegal-immigrant case

After glitzy half-century celebration, it’s back to roots for Boricua Parade

Have a Puerto Rican question? Ask El Boricuazo - Jesús Omar Rivera

Lajas town readies for New York spotlight

Parade of memories for Audrey Puente - daughter of Tito

Cuba leader Raul Castro turns 77 amid rising hopes

Immigrant bills hit Senate panel snag- Louisiana

Realtors reach out to Hispanics - Association awards $5,000 grant to La Alianza - Idaho

Bishop Oscar Cantú receives prayerful welcome to San Antonio at vespers, ordination

Programs succeed in reducing risky sex among HIV-positive minority men - UCLA

Fourth Annual SPLENDA(R) Sweeteners Chef Splendido Contest Supports Aspiring Hispanic Culinary Talent, Opens Call for Entries

Hispanic man’s citizenship investigated following U.S.-Mexico border collision - Drunk driver plows into bike race, kills 1


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