News (Noticias) for July 24th, 2008

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Just a couple of months after WCBS/Ch. 2 correspondent Pablo Guzman cheated death in a car crash, he’s now recovering from a heart attack. - New York City

Mastering the margarita: Tequila aside, even experts can’t agree on what goes into the legendary cocktail

The head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Wednesday called on Mayor Gavin Newsom to allow the federal agency full access to information about local inmates, saying the city should rescind its policy that prohibits ICE agents from reviewing jail logs and records.

Tighter border security and a broken-down rail line on Mexico’s southern frontier are prompting thousands of U.S.-bound illegal immigrants to head north through thick jungles controlled by violent drug gangs.

“You have to understand in a way that the Republican Party is damaged among Hispanics,” said Hessy Fernandez, McCain’s spokeswoman for Hispanic media. “But at the end of day it’s the contrast between Sen. McCain and Sen. Obama.”

three times as many respondents said being black would help Obama (32%) with Latino voters than said it would hurt him (11%); the majority (53%) said his race would make no difference to Latino voters

Hispanic registered voters support Democrat Barack Obama for president over Republican John McCain by 66% to 23%, according to a nationwide survey of 2,015 Latinos conducted by the Pew Hispanic Center, a project of the Pew Research Center, from June 9 through July 13, 2008.

Esperanza Andrade becomes Texas’ first Latina secretary of state

Luis Ramirez was beaten to death last week by a group of white teenagers yelling racial slurs in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania. Despite eyewitness testimony, no charges have been filed. Democracy Now speaks with Arielle Garcia, a friend of Ramirez who witnessed the attack.

The McCain campaign has a new web ad out placing Barack Obama, for the second time, side-by-side with a foreign dictator. This time, it’s Fidel Castro.

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Pequeñas maravillas - La habilidad de un orfebre para reproducir la cultura aborigen latinoamericana en miniatura - Ramón Cabrera

Lucia Ballas-Traynor, svp, gm of MTV Tr3s, has been appointed publisher of People en Espanol, Time Inc. Entertainment Group president Paul Caine announced today.

Latino Diabetes Association launches new website to prevent growing Diabetes Epidemic in the Latino Community.

Commentary: To stay relevant, media must diversify - Ruben Navarrette Jr.

Immigration is a different kind of 2008 presidential campaign issue. The views of McCain, the presumptive Republican candidate, and his Democratic rival, Obama, are similar, and both men have lots of good will among pro-immigration activists, but not much from hard-liners. (nice overview graphic)

DNA tests for the first time have confirmed that a baby was stolen from her mother and adopted for profit in Guatemala.

More than 1,000 deaths linked to the painkiller fentanyl were reported nationally during a two-year span, traced to a drug operation in Mexico, according to a report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

For years, the chief punishment for immigrants caught working illegally in the United States has been deportation. But prosecutors are now bringing criminal charges that include aggravated identity theft, which can bring a hefty prison sentence. Immigrant rights groups and some members of Congress are challenging the practice.

A tunnel that runs beneath Nogales, Arizona is the focus of a international investigation. U.S. and Mexican officials are trying to determine if a retaining wall and fence inside a drainage tunnel led to a costly flood in Nogales, Sonora earlier this month.

Sen. Barack Obama touts that “he grew up without a father” and was “raised by his mother with the support of his grandparents” in his first Spanish-language radio ad of the general election campaign, released Wednesday and designed to portray him as sharing the same experiences as Hispanic voters.

Larry Mendte, Alycia Lane (Latina) Co-Anchor, Charged With Hacking Into Lane’s Computer

Three slayings occurred and a small group of protesters gathered Tuesday, the day Mexican President Felipe Calderón arrived for a visit in Juárez.

Hunger is S. Florida’s dirty little secret

A review of congressional nominations to the military academies shows that black and Hispanic lawmakers often recommend fewer students

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Obama’s new Spanish-language radio ad appeals to shared experiences between himself and Latinos

Rosario Dawson has decided to put acting on the back burner for the rest of the year in order to focus on politics.

L. A. mayor Antonio Villaraigosa seeks to build Latino support for Obama

“You have to understand in a way that the Republican Party is damaged among Hispanics,” said Hessy Fernandez, McCain’s spokeswoman for Hispanic media. “But at the end of day it’s the contrast between Sen. McCain and Sen. Obama.”

Sen. Barack Obama touts that “he grew up without a father” and was “raised by his mother with the support of his grandparents” in his first Spanish-language radio ad of the general election campaign, released Wednesday and designed to portray him as sharing the same experiences as Hispanic voters.

Immigration is a different kind of 2008 presidential campaign issue. The views of McCain, the presumptive Republican candidate, and his Democratic rival, Obama, are similar, and both men have lots of good will among pro-immigration activists, but not much from hard-liners. (nice overview graphic)

three times as many respondents said being black would help Obama (32%) with Latino voters than said it would hurt him (11%); the majority (53%) said his race would make no difference to Latino voters

Hispanic registered voters support Democrat Barack Obama for president over Republican John McCain by 66% to 23%, according to a nationwide survey of 2,015 Latinos conducted by the Pew Hispanic Center, a project of the Pew Research Center, from June 9 through July 13, 2008.

The McCain campaign has a new web ad out placing Barack Obama, for the second time, side-by-side with a foreign dictator. This time, it’s Fidel Castro.

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Dieste & Florida State University Center for Hispanic Marketing Communication develop Experiential Program

Televisa Publishing & Digital announced the expansion to their alliance with BIGresearch to provide marketers with a deeper understanding of Hispanic consumers

Un nuevo reporte de Signals Telecom Consulting indica que el mercado de televisión paga en Latinoamérica superará los US$ 20,9 mil millones para el año 2013

The Bud Light family—including Bud Light Lime and Bud Light Chelada—grew 5 percent.

Aeromexico, one of the two leading airlines in the country, has canceled eight flights, including three U.S. cities — Los Angeles, Phoenix, and Austin, Texas — to offset soaring fuel prices that are adversely affecting the air industry all across the globe.

Energy reform in Mexico - A controversial referendum and the future of the state oil company

U.S. immigration agents raided eight Mexican restaurants in northern Ohio on Wednesday and arrested 58 employees as part of a criminal operation against illegal immigrants, federal authorities said.

Lucia Ballas-Traynor, svp, gm of MTV Tr3s, has been appointed publisher of People en Espanol, Time Inc. Entertainment Group president Paul Caine announced today.

Denver radio station KNRV-AM will drop its Spanish-language local news and sports programming July 31 and instead carry a national satellite feed, station officials announced Wednesday.

The only Latino bank in San Diego County officially opened its doors yesterday, and will offer a range of services in a bilingual and bicultural setting. - Vibra Bank

AT&T has tapped Latin crooner Luis Miguel to help promote the relaunch of its bilingual Web site, Mi Portal, and to entice online users with exclusive subscriber-only music videos and interview content.

CaribeVision is the New Home for Atlante Soccer Club’s Potros de Hierro Team

Wanting to identify issues important to Houston’s growing Latino population, the Houston Hispanic Chamber of Commerce is launching a campaign to raise $10 million to fund its own research foundation.

Coppell-based Minyard Food Stores Inc. will sell 37 stores and its Hispanic-focused Carnival brand to a group including Fiesta Mart Inc.

New York’s Latin Media and Entertainment Commission and LatinVision Partner to Host the October “2008 Convergence Conference: The Future of Latin Entertainment, Media and Technology Markets” in New York

Maquila bordering New Mexico to employ up to 30,000

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Después de dos largos años de estar alejada de la industria discográfica, la cantante grupera Ana Bárbara regresa con un nuevo álbum.

El cantautor cubano Pablo Milanés presentará el próximo sábado en Madrid su último disco, titulado “Regalo”, resultado de un trabajo que comenzó en 2006 con el tema “El largo Camino de Santiago”.

El cantante puertorriqueño Chayanne publica el 9 de septiembre ‘De piel a piel’, una recopilación de grandes éxitos que se lanza en formato CD+DVD y resume la carrera de 30 años de uno de los iconos del pop latino. El CD recoge 16 canciones y el DVD, 12 vídeos y otros extras.

El mexicano Alex Lora anunció hoy que festejará “a lo grande” los 40 años de su banda “El Tri”, con el lanzamiento de un disco compacto en edición especial con sus éxitos y un concierto.

La actriz Daniela Spanic abandonó hoy el hospital donde fue internada para someterse a un tratamiento especial a fin de descartar secuelas del derrame cerebral que sufrió hace un año.

Medio hermano de Cristian Castro vendería hasta su casa por ayudarlo

Alejandra Guzmán hasn’t been able to visit her daughter, Frida Sofía–who was hospitalized for a drug overdose– because she’s been in a rehab center in Mexico City

Silvia Pinal asegura que Frida Sofía sigue en el hospital

Mexico’s music from the hotlands — better-known by its Spanish term, “musica de tierra caliente” — has long played second fiddle to its more popular cousin, duranguense. - At the helm of this new wave of tierra caliente is Tierra Cali

Aleks Syntek: Mexico’s Mr. Eclectic

Rosario Dawson has decided to put acting on the back burner for the rest of the year in order to focus on politics.

AT&T has tapped Latin crooner Luis Miguel to help promote the relaunch of its bilingual Web site, Mi Portal, and to entice online users with exclusive subscriber-only music videos and interview content.

Eva Mendes Strips Off For Sexy New Lingerie Ads

Meet Gotham City Mayor Nestor Carbonell

Ry Cooder keeps alive L.A. sound with new album - I, Flathead - mixing as it does Los Angeles’ diverse white, black and Latino musical roots

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U.S. Army expands its commitment with Hispanic youth

President Alan García presides over one of the region’s fastest growth rates, but his approval rating sank to 26 percent this week because the poor say their lives aren’t any better. - Peru

Total Recall in Bolivia: Divided Nation Faces Historic Vote

Nicaragua: The Tenuous Indigenous-Sandinista Alliance

Pedro Martinez departed Wednesday night’s game before it ended when he learned that his father, Paulino (Pablo) Jaime, had died in the Dominican Republic after a lengthy battle with brain cancer.

New report identifies lack of disaster preparedness for immigrants in Southern California

Caracas climbs 30 places in the most expensive city ranking - Venezuela

Belt and bragging rights on the line when Cotto meets Margarito

Program allows immigrants to earn Mexican high school diplomas - at La Hermandad Hank Lacayo Youth and Family Center in Oxnard, a nonprofit organization that provides services to immigrants in Ventura County

Roberto Ayala isn’t really a big fan of boxing. He and his brother, Jorge, own La Fonda Boricua restaurant in Spanish Harlem. Six years ago, Ayala was introduced to WBA welterweight champion Miguel Cotto and immediately became a Cotto fan.

Photographer Victor Salas was beaten by a police officer while he was covering the incidents that occurred during President Michelle Bachelet´s speech at Congress on May 21st of this year. - Chile

Border Smugglers Use Hurricane Dolly To Move Drugs and Illegals - One group of smugglers tried to bring in 9,600 lbs of marijuana and a group illegal immigrants.

The New Haven program that sparked protests and gained national attention is entering its second year. To date, about 6,000 people have signed up for the Elm City Residents Card program. - Connecticut

Hundreds of critics of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio packed the county chambers Wednesday to try to persuade the Board of Supervisors to put an end to his controversial immigration sweeps, to better monitor lawsuits related to his office, and to more closely examine his emergency response times and jurisdictional reach.

Mexico has lodged a formal complaint against the United States for flood damage it claims was caused by a concrete barrier erected by the Border Patrol in a storm-water tunnel beneath Nogales.

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Organizers of the Puerto Rican Cultural Festival in Providence say the event’s in jeopardy after the city’s licensing board denied them a liquor license. - main sponsor is Budweiser

Latin American Labor Council Backs Downpayment Assistance

New fair acts aim to draw more Latinos - DuPage County Fair - Illinois

Iowa - Auditions for the second annual Latino American Idol competition will take place Tuesday night at Dos Rios Cantina and Tequila Lounge in downtown Des Moines.

Juntos Podemos helps with English literacy - Oregon

Latino Consumer Group Says Latino Community Being Sold Outdated Food - San Jose, California

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Hispanics now the largest ethnic group in Kern County - driven mainly because of a higher fertility rate rather than immigration said Peter Smith with Kern Council of Governments. - California

D.C. United to host third annual Latin American Festival

FonoLibro Releases Spanish Audiobook of International Bestseller “The Power of Now” from Eckhart Tolle

Kansas legislators talked tough about immigration reforms before the last session started. But in the end, they couldn’t agree on any. Changes in state law may be unlikely in the next session, too, if the views of south-central Kansas legislative candidates are any indication.

The Babylon Town board made history when it appointed a union organizer who fled war-torn El Salvador in the early 1980s as its first Hispanic American member - Antonio A. Martinez - New York

U.S. Treasurer Anna Escobedo Cabral is scheduled to be in Boise Thursday for an Idaho Commission on Hispanic Affairs education summit.

The Southwest Florida Hispanic Chamber of Commerce has awarded $300,000 in scholarships to high school seniors from the Southwest Florida area pursuing a college education.

DVDs aim to advise Hispanics on financial literacy

El Pasoan seeks 1,000 people to document border life

El Papa nombra nuevo obispo en Durango, México

The U.S. Army deepened its partnership with the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) participating in several activities during their Annual Convention and Expo on July 7-12, in Washington, DC. At the same time, during the event, the Army announced the creation of a national leadership seminar for youth that will be taking place in October 2008, thanks to its partnership with LULAC’s National Education and Service Centers (LNESC).

The program is an intensive, three-day seminar organized by LNESC, which brings fifty outstanding students from across the US and Puerto Rico together in Washington, DC. During their stay, students work on public policy issues and meet with national leaders from Congress and other institutions. Thanks in part to the U.S. Army’s support, this will be the first time since 2005 that LNESC will hold its three-day youth leadership program.

Throughout LULAC’s recent annual conference, U.S. Army representatives had the opportunity to emphasize the Army’s commitment to continue forming strong leaders that make a difference in their communities.

During the partnership luncheon, Command Sergeant Major (CSM) Víctor Rivera, addressed attending guests and briefly spoke about the Army’s ongoing relationship with LULAC and how both organizations focus on education, leadership and support of Hispanic students. Through this shared commitment, the important LNESC youth leadership development program is being revitalized.

Captain Rolando Rodriguez, Army ROTC representative from John Hopkins University, along with CSM Rivera and other military representatives participated in discussion panels, sharing with 300 students in attendance their day-to-day experience as Soldiers and how the Army has helped them to fulfill their goals. At the same time, and as special guest during the Presidential Dinner celebration on Friday, July 11, Brigadier General Gordon Bray provided a brief recognition to veterans and Hispanic heroes from all military branches of the United States.

Similarly, an exhibit that provided a hands-on experience with U.S. Army technology, including a robotics obstacle course for participants as well as information on professional opportunities and career paths available within the Army, was available in the crowded exhibit hall during this well-attended national convention.

About the United States Army Accessions Command (USAAC)
USAAC, headquartered at Fort Monroe, Virginia, oversees recruiting and training of both enlisted Soldiers and Officers for the U.S. Army. USAAC is composed of the U.S. Army Recruiting Command (USAREC) at Fort Knox, Kentucky, the U.S. Army Cadet Command (USACC) at Fort Monroe, Virginia, and the U.S. Army Training Center at Fort Jackson, South Carolina.

About LULAC
The League of the United Latin American Citizens (www.lulac.org ) advances the economic conditions, educational attainment, political influence, health and civil rights of Hispanic Americans through community-based programs operating at more than 700 LULAC councils nationwide. “