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Deadline passes and McCain campaign refuses to answer Latino bloggers’ questionnaire :: from www.latinalista.net
Mexican sex workers want place at AIDS conference :: from www.reuters.com
Mexican on Texas death row set to die amid controversy – Jose Ernesto Medellin :: from www.cnn.com
Mexican police linked to rising kidnappings – Many are afraid to contact authorities about abductions, fearing officers could be involved. The problem is an awkward one for President Felipe Calderon’s drug war. :: from www.latimes.com
US races to erect controversial steel fence on Mexican border :: from afp.google.com
Bird dung means business on Peru island – It’s a dirty job, but people love to do it. Workers toiling 24 days a month loosen, scrape, sift, filter and bag bird dung to make some of the world’s finest organic fertilizer – known as guano. :: from www.kansascity.com
Mexican Enough My Life Between the Borderlines By Stephanie Elizondo Griest :: from www.sfgate.com
HIV/AIDS Stigma Remains an Obstacle to Treatment Counselors Say – Fears Are Common Among Recent Latino Immigrants :: from www.washingtonpost.com
Mexican’s Death Bares a Town’s Ethnic Tension – Shenandoah, Pennsylvania :: from www.nytimes.com
Nearly 23 percent of children in families where both parents were born in Spanish-speaking countries got no vigorous physical activity. Also, two-thirds of them didn’t participate in organized sports. Moreover, among Hispanics, U.S.-born children with foreign-born parents were less active than kids whose parents were both born in the United States. :: from ap.google.com
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Why you should care about what happens to 51 Mexican nationals on death row :: from latimesblogs.latimes.com
From Chihuahua to screwdriver – Ex-Fresnan now finds his voice in Disney’s ‘Handy Manny.’ – Carlos Alazraqui :: from www.fresnobee.com
Latinos’ mass exodus from Manassas, Virginia puts city at forefront of immigrant shift :: from www.theglobeandmail.com
La publicación de “La tumba de Buenaventura Roig”, la nueva antología bilingüe de Martín Espada, es un pequeño milagro para las letras puertorriqueñas tanto en la isla como en EE.UU. :: from www.impre.com
A team of journalists supported by the PulitzerCenter is currently reporting from the Petén region of Guatemala :: from pulitzercenter.org
Only about 300 people attend Amercian Idol’s Puerto Rican tryouts :: from www.realitytvworld.com
El consulado general de México en Chicago se convirtió en julio en la representación consular con mayor producción de documentos en el mundo, se informó hoy. :: from espanol.news.yahoo.com
Three Latino construction workers who helped build homes throughout the Puget Sound area claim in a lawsuit that they were routinely cheated out of overtime pay and were required to work off the clock and to make cash “rebates” from their wages back to their employer. :: from seattletimes.nwsource.com
Four Spanish publications are now available for London’s booming Latin American community. – Canada :: from lfpress.ca
School administrators brush up on their Spanish – Superintendent Phyllis Wilson said. “Nearly 50 percent of our student population is Hispanic. We have many parents who do not read or speak English.” – Joliet, Illinois :: from www.suburbanchicagonews.com
Brazilian Supreme Court Warns Of Civil War In Part Of Amazon Region :: from www.huffingtonpost.com
Two Florida legislators — Marco Rubio, speaker of the House of Representatives, and state Rep. David Rivera — on Monday accused the agencies that offer travel packages and send packages to Cuba of making false allegations during a trial in Miami federal court to determine the validity of a new state law that imposes high fees and tighter restrictions on that industry. :: from www.miamiherald.com
Did You Know? The roughly 5% of US Hispanic ad spending that goes to the Web is even smaller than online’s portion of overall US ad spending, which reached 7.4% in 2007. :: from www.emarketer.com
Election 2008 –»
McCain Won’t Even Feign Concern for Latino Community :: from theunapologeticmexican.org
Scholars Say McCain, Obama’s Immigration Votes No Guide To How They Would Govern :: from www.cqpolitics.com
August 4, 2008
Sen. McCain continued his effort to reach out to the Latino community by inviting Puerto Rican Reggaeton star, Daddy Yankee, to campaign headquarters Saturday afternoon. :: from embeds.blogs.foxnews.com
More than 120 online writers will be at DNC – Both HispanicTips and VivirLatino mentioned in this article from the Rocky Mountian News :: from www.rockymountainnews.com
Noticias en Español –»
Mezclar con sabiduría – Para Junior Merino preparar cócteles requiere un largo aprendizaje y una gotita de sabiduría :: from www.nydailynews.com
El festival Celebrate México Now expondrá el mes próximo en Nueva York muestras simultáneas de danza, música y fotografía, comida autóctona mexicana y un recital de la aclamada oaxaqueña Lila Downs. :: from entretenimiento.aol.com
El consulado general de México en Chicago se convirtió en julio en la representación consular con mayor producción de documentos en el mundo, se informó hoy. :: from espanol.news.yahoo.com
Deportan inmigrantes con sida :: from www.impre.com
Hijos de inmigrantes hacen menos ejercicio :: from www.impre.com
José Medellín espera con calma su ejecución – Mantiene una ligera esperanza en la Suprema Corte :: from www.impre.com
La publicación de “La tumba de Buenaventura Roig”, la nueva antología bilingüe de Martín Espada, es un pequeño milagro para las letras puertorriqueñas tanto en la isla como en EE.UU. :: from www.impre.com
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Salma Hayek and her ex reunite – There’s no reconciliation in sight, but both have agreed to maintain a friendly relationship for the sake other their daughter :: from www.peopleenespanol.com
RBD: “We’re not millionaires!” Maite Perroni y Christian Chávez confronted rumors posted on an internet site that claimed that all the band members were rich :: from www.peopleenespanol.com
Celia Cruz’s administrator is charged with fraud :: from www.peopleenespanol.com
Gael García Bernal to be a dad :: from www.peopleenespanol.com
Belinda’s house burglarized – Several thieves broke into the singer’s home in Mexico City; she was not there at the time :: from www.peopleenespanol.com
HBO Latino Launches Women’s Prison Drama ‘Capadocia’ with National Red Carpet Tour
Disney star Selena Gomez says all of this gossip chatter about a feud between she and Miley Cyrus is nothing more than pixie dust. :: from www.nydailynews.com
PEOPLE en Espanol Names the Best and Worst Dressed Celebrities of the Year
Only about 300 people attend Amercian Idol’s Puerto Rican tryouts :: from www.realitytvworld.com
From Chihuahua to screwdriver – Ex-Fresnan now finds his voice in Disney’s ‘Handy Manny.’ – Carlos Alazraqui :: from www.fresnobee.com
More in English
Mun2 Series Links Young Latinos With Role Models
Melissa Lawson defeats Gabe Garcia and wins ‘Nashville Star’
Mas en Español
Leticia Calderón: “No me comparo con Diana Bracho”
Diana Bracho bendice el refrito de Cadenas de amargura
Familia de Belinda sospecha de quién robó su casa
Condenan a administrador de Celia Cruz por fraude
Tras recibir amenazas, roban casa de Belinda
Niega Leticia Calderón rivalidad con Victoria Ruffo
Bailable ‘La travesía’ – Juan Luis Guerra puso al público del Nokia a moverse el domingo
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“If you take one thing home from this conference, remember that cultural credibility creates commercial viability,” Armando Martin, a prominent multicultural marketing expert told a group of approximately 380 retailer, supplier and other marketing executives who gathered here for the 4th Annual Hispanic Retail 360 Summit, July 28-30. :: from www.csnews.com
Chicago electric utility company ComEd has launched a new Spanish-language advertising campaign to reiterate its reliability among its Hispanic customers. :: from hispanicad.com
LatinoBud Relaunched with New Media Spots – Anheuser Busch signs filmmaker Shawna Baca to direct New Media spots for ad campaign to promote re-launch of website :: from latinola.com
Hispanic Media Spending – Online far behind in the media mix :: from www.emarketer.com
Telemundo’s novela “Victoria” wrapped up a 35-week run on Friday night (Aug. 1) with a series finale that grabbed on average nearly 800,000 viewers in the 18 to 40 demo, per the Nielsen Television Index. :: from www.marketingymedios.com
U.S. economic woes hit Hispanics especially hard :: from www.nydailynews.com
Just 5 months after Univision hired him away away from Hearst-Argyle Television, Terry Mackin is no longer president of the Univision Communications’ TV station group. :: from mediamoves.blogspot.com
Sixth Branch Of Latino Credit Union Opens In Winston-Salem – Latino Community Credit Union :: from www.digtriad.com
Tyler Media’s TV gamble pays off – The transformation was tough, but it has paid off, Stow said. T30 is a highly successful Hispanic station and is part of NBC Universal’s Telemundo network. – Oklahoma City :: from www.journalrecord.com
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AIM grows and Rochelle Newman-Carrasco joins team
USHCC Supports PaycardUSA as it Offers Hispanic Workers the La Moneda Card Prepaid MasterCard(R)
Cristina Saralegui and Casa Cristina(TM) Debut New Collection of Bedding This Fall at Kohl’s and kohls.com
Todobebe’s New Family TV Show Debuts as #1 Show in the U.S. Among All Adults 18 to 34
Nestlé Pure Life signs partnership with Cristina Saralegui
Spanish TV Wins Prime Time via Movies, New Shows
Telemundo Taps MGM’s Anjelica Cohn as SVP, Business Affairs
Gregory Molina III is the new Regional Manager/Affiliate Sales & Marketing for ESPN Radio
Quepasa Corporation Receives Letter of Compliance With NASDAQ Market Value Requirement
ESPN Deportes Radio Launches in Albuquerque
Latina Celebrities and Their Babies Receive Bounty of Gifts That Honor La Cultura
Baby Abuelita Productions Salutes Miami Children’s Hospital
Yahoo! Telemundo Reveals the Summer BUZZ-worthy Searches for July
Simply Blogante News –»
Mexico’s HIV-positive orphans look to the future :: from latimesblogs.latimes.com
Venezuela’s president enacts decrees to increase state control – In a package of 26 laws, Hugo Chavez also aims to set up neighborhood-based militias. :: from www.latimes.com
‘A New Alliance of the Americas’? Reflections of 1961 for Obama in 2008 :: from upsidedownworld.org
Tejano National Convention 2008: good news in a tough world :: from www.ramiroburr.com
Guest Voz: Congresswoman Hilda Solis explains the significance of the Paycheck Fairness Act for all women :: from www.latinalista.net
Collection shows Rivera’s genius in Chicano genre – Tomás Rivera: The Complete Works edited by Julián Olivares (Arte Público Press, $19.95 paperback) :: from labloga.blogspot.com
Mezclar con sabiduría – Para Junior Merino preparar cócteles requiere un largo aprendizaje y una gotita de sabiduría :: from www.nydailynews.com
U.S. Treasury targets Mexico drug cartel associate :: from www.reuters.com
A Mexican soldier has won his job back six years after he was kicked out of the military for testing HIV positive. :: from ap.google.com
Mexican child matador Michelito will fight again :: from www.telegraph.co.uk
Illegal Immigrants Urged To ‘Schedule Departure’ :: from www.npr.org
El festival Celebrate México Now expondrá el mes próximo en Nueva York muestras simultáneas de danza, música y fotografía, comida autóctona mexicana y un recital de la aclamada oaxaqueña Lila Downs. :: from entretenimiento.aol.com
Los presidentes de Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, y de Argentina, Cristina Fernández, suspendieron su visita a Bolivia este martes tras los disturbios en Tarija, en el sur del país, donde los gobernantes iban a reunirse con el mandatario Evo Morales, se informó oficialmente. :: from espanol.news.yahoo.com
Adelante Mujeres receives education program grants – Hillsboro, Oregon :: from www.oregonlive.com
Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA) Convention Focuses on Latino Political Strength :: from blog.aflcio.org
University of Arizona College of Medicine Summer Internship Addresses Border Health Disparities :: from uanews.org
Luther pastor David Vasquez a fixture in post-raid Postville – Iowa :: from www.decorahnewspapers.com
Deportan inmigrantes con sida :: from www.impre.com
Hijos de inmigrantes hacen menos ejercicio :: from www.impre.com
José Medellín espera con calma su ejecución – Mantiene una ligera esperanza en la Suprema Corte :: from www.impre.com
One forest, many interests – Guatemala :: from www.futureofpeten.com
Educators from every educational level and Hispanic community leaders from across Kansas have formed the Latino Vision Council to help recruit and retain more Hispanic students at the University of Kansas. :: from diverseeducation.com
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- 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.
- 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.
Latest Essentials
- 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)
- The ‘flea’ CNN’s Lou Dobbs couldn’t shake off – Interview with Roberto Lovato
