Blogante News Summary for Thursday - July 17th, 2008

Posted on: July 17th, 2008
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New Report from Migration Policy Institute - Hometown Associations: An untapped resource for immigrant integration?

Mexican drug traffickers built car bombs, police say

Web developer turned small blog into influential convention - Markos Moulitsas Zúniga, founder of the blog Daily Kos

Puerto Rican veterans shorted on benefits

Mambo Italiano: Old Country cooking by way of Latin America

Ex-Clinton aide checked before joining Obama team - Patti Solis Doyle

Five Minutes with Rick Sanchez - The CNN anchor talks about what it’s like to be a Latino in mainstream journalism.

Whites May Exaggerate Black-Hispanic Tensions - Most blacks and Hispanics say relations between the two groups are good

Obama and McCain Expand Courtship of Hispanics

24% of California high school students drop out - 30.3% of Hispanics!!!

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Do Americans Expect Their Business Leaders to Be White? Study Says Yes

Jets, Yes! Sharks, ¡Sí! in Bilingual ‘West Side Story’ Production Planned for Broadway

Mango fest draws thousands to Fairchild Garden - Florida

Metal Mining in Central America: Pain and Resistance

World Court tells U.S. to protect Mexicans’ rights

Pitcher’s toughest test not minor leagues, but Cuban defection - Jose Cordero

McDonald’s franchisee fined $1 million for hiring illegal immigrants - Nevada

Immigration agents arrest 31 in courthouse sweep - Rhode Island

Collin County Commissioner: Bilingual Employees Should Not Be Paid More - Spanish Speakers Get 3 Percent Higher Starting Salaries - Texas

Nearly 300 black and Latino New York homeowners are getting a total of about $1 million from a California mortgage company because they were charged more than white customers for loans. - GreenPoint Mortgage bought by Capital One in 2006

Federal law requires that anyone with a commercial drivers license speak English well enough to talk with police. Authorities last year issued 25,230 tickets nationwide for violations. Now the federal government is trying to tighten the English requirement, saying the change is needed for safety reasons.

Did You Know? The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimated last year that more than 17% of the nation’s 3.4 million truck drivers were Hispanic, as were more than 11% of its 578,000 bus drivers

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L.A.’s Wendy Carrillo selected by Sí TV to cover the national political conventions

Local Obama Warriors Strive for Black-Latino Unity - Riverside, California

Candidates Talk Immigration, Economy with Latino Voters

Ex-Clinton aide checked before joining Obama team - Patti Solis Doyle

Ventura County LULAC Members Meet Presidential Candidates - California

Battle for Latino Vote Continues at LaRaza : NPR

State Hispanics may play key role at polls - Oklahoma

Obama and McCain Expand Courtship of Hispanics

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Marketwire Launches NoticiasDigitales, the Newswire Industry’s First Real-Time Latin America Digital News Network; Exclusive Deal Guarantees News Publication on More Than 100 Leading Spanish-Language Websites

The US Navy will be featured nationally at this year’s 5th Annual Premios Juventud

Media Moves: Veronica García, Jesús Sánchez & Jaime Cárdenas among Los Angeles Times Latino layoffs

Pressure Is on Mexican Brewers

McDonald’s franchisee fined $1 million for hiring illegal immigrants - Nevada

New Reno radio station targets 35- to 65-year-olds + bilinguals - KJIV

Collin County Commissioner: Bilingual Employees Should Not Be Paid More - Spanish Speakers Get 3 Percent Higher Starting Salaries - Texas

The Paradox of Latino Leaders - Stereotypes and certain cultural norms have worked against Latinos in Corporate America. Here’s advice on overcoming those preconceptions

Nearly 300 black and Latino New York homeowners are getting a total of about $1 million from a California mortgage company because they were charged more than white customers for loans. - GreenPoint Mortgage bought by Capital One in 2006

Do Americans Expect Their Business Leaders to Be White? Study Says Yes

Univision’s Primetime News Magazine Show ”Aqui Y Ahora” Honored with a News and Documentary Emmy(R) Award Nomination - Only Spanish-Language Network to Receive a Nomination from the Academy This Year

Federal law requires that anyone with a commercial drivers license speak English well enough to talk with police. Authorities last year issued 25,230 tickets nationwide for violations. Now the federal government is trying to tighten the English requirement, saying the change is needed for safety reasons.

Did You Know? The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimated last year that more than 17% of the nation’s 3.4 million truck drivers were Hispanic, as were more than 11% of its 578,000 bus drivers

Louis Caldera Has No Comment on Failed IndyMac’s Board

New Mexico State University names Waded Cruzado as interim president

More to Hispanic media than Univision

U.S. studies Ecuadorean’s asylum petition - Estefano Isaias, television station owner

Venezuelan businesses object to haggling

Merchants notice Hispanic trade - Albany in South Georgia

Cuba paid debts with forced labor, lawsuit says

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Advierte Mariana Seoane que no aceptaría ser la nueva “Aventurera”

Eva Longoria sacrifica su figura

Lanzarán Los Yonics nuevo disco con canciones de Sanz

El gobernador de Nuevo México Bill Richardson declaró que cada 12 de julio se celebrará allí un día en honor al legendario cantante mexicano Vicente Fernández.

L.A.’s Wendy Carrillo selected by Sí TV to cover the national political conventions

Jerry De La Rosa All-Star tribute CD in final mixing stages

Listo David Bisbal para MTV Málaga Summer

Alejandra Guzmán’s daugther is hospitalized for alleged drug overdose

Urban grit and Latin song at New York International Latino Film Festival

México: 600 policías para Marc Anthony

PENELOPE CRUZ TAKES AIM AT ‘UNACCEPTABLE’ SPANISH MEDIA

TV producer, director Claudio Guzman dies

Narcocarridos sing of violence

Cypress Hill Comes to Chicago - Benefit concert to end latino homelessness

‘Up With Me’ — It happened in El Barrio

A Super Saturday with ‘the baby of salsa’ - interview with Jerry Rivera

Jets, Yes! Sharks, ¡Sí! in Bilingual ‘West Side Story’ Production Planned for Broadway

Anna Estrada - “Sonando Vuelos”

Yandel’s Got Big Brow - Blogamole

We Told You Julieta Was Genial! - Blogamole

Stuntman Manny Siverio makes sure everyone’s safe in ‘Ugly Betty’

Chana’s assault to pop stardom – for real

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“Another L.A. Chicano Legend Moves On” - World lightweight champion Mando Ramos, 1948~2008

She’s taking sound steps in pursuit of her dream - Mirayah Rivera radio intern

Latina writer publishes collection of stories - ‘The Holy Tortilla and a Pot of Beans’ By Carmen Tafolla

Home state groups jump-start active citizenship in immigrants - Dallas

Sober lessons from relations with Mexico

Loveland ICE raid nets 18 arrests - Colorado

Spanish adaptation of ‘Wizard of Oz’ comes to Lynwood High - Los Angeles

Mental Health Agency Honored for Work With Its Latino Clients

Viva Raleigh Festival set for Saturday in Moore Square

“Nuestro Campo” Latino youth baseball clinic featuring Braves players, coaches, and broadcasters set for Friday, July 18th at the Atlanta Braves Baseball Academy

Abuse among immigrants more difficult to confront; victims especially afraid to get help

Foundation Unveils Bilingual Scholarship Program for Social Work - Baylor University

Does Eating at Abuela’s Make Children Fat?

Spanish Voice of the Mets Pleased at Growing Number of Latino Players

Hola! Reaching out to Hispanics - Albany Technical College - South Georgia

The first Richmond Hispanic Youth Symposium is taking place from July 16-19, at the University of Richmond. - Virginia

Governor Carcieri convenes panel on illegal immigration - Rhode Island

Amnesty International: Venezuela neglecting battered women

Cornelius police at full force, hire Latino officer - Oregon

La Bloga: Adrian Castro: As the Spirit Moves Him

El Paso delegation goes to Latino Congreso

Hispanic Population Growth in South Georgia

Hispanic service agency faces bleak future - New London, Connecticut

The National Hispanic Medical Association and The New York Academy of Medicine Showcased Health Care Reform for Minority Communities at Policy Briefing July 15