Blogante Essentials for Wednesday – August 6th, 2008

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• Honduran Girl Electrifies AIDS Meeting – Keren Dunaway-Gonzalez, 12, opened the 17th International AIDS Conference in Mexico City. :: P :: en Español :: from blogs.wsj.com
• Alberto Achacaz Walakial, one of the last surviving members of the nomadic Kaweskar tribe that once plied the waters off Chile’s Patagonian coast, has died of blood poisoning, local media reported Tuesday. :: P :: en Español :: from seattletimes.nwsource.com
• The state Democratic Party has named Emilia Pablo, one of the most widely recognized local faces in Hispanic households across the Las Vegas Valley, as its new spokeswoman. :: P :: en Español :: from www.lasvegassun.com
• Conservative Republican Tamar Jacoby, who has become one of the nation’s leading advocates of immigration reform, says everything ultimately comes down to the economy. Marcelo Ballvé is a New York-based writer with New America Media. :: P :: en Español :: from news.newamericamedia.org
• Hispanic aldermen are demanding to know why 59 Chicago motorists with Latino surnames have been arrested for traffic violations and other misdemeanors recently only to land in jail because somebody tipped Immigration and Customs Enforcement in violation of the city’s “sanctuary” ordinance. :: P :: en Español :: from www.suntimes.com
• Hispanics have rapidly emerged as the largest minority group in the United States, comprising 15 percent of the population, but on the U.S. Olympic team assembling in China they are for a range of reasons strikingly underrepresented. :: P :: en Español :: from sg.news.yahoo.com
• Latino immigrants suddenly avoiding the DMV – The number of Spanish-speaking people taking Oregon’s driving test plummeted in February, just as Gov. Kulongoski’s executive order took effect requiring test-takers to provide valid Social Security numbers. :: P :: en Español :: from www.portlandtribune.com
• Iowa kosher meat plant Agriprocessors cited for violations of child labor laws – The Postville, Iowa, plant was the site of one of the largest immigration raids ever; 57 kids were involved. :: P :: en Español :: from www.startribune.com
• Hispanics make up about half of new HIV/AIDS infections in New Mexico :: P :: en Español :: from www.kvia.com
• More than 25 people were slain in the first few days of August in Juárez bringing the total to more than 700 this year — surpassing the total number of homicides in Mexico City and that of most major United States cities last year. :: P :: en Español :: from www.elpasotimes.com

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• Private equity says ‘hola’ to Latino firms :: P :: en Español :: from www.usatoday.com
• Experts Slam Report by Anti-Immigration “Think-Tank” Claiming Undocumented Migrants Leaving Due to Raids – CIS known for twisting the facts to fit its agenda. :: P :: en Español :: from www.alternet.org
• Puerto Rican twins box their way to Olympics – McJoe and McWilliams Arroyo, 22 :: P :: en Español :: from www.iht.com
• Event celebrates John Steinbeck, Mexico – More than a third of the author’s work is set in Mexico or features characters of Mexican descent :: P :: en Español :: from www.montereyherald.com
• Big cheese in Industry – Dairy expands as demand for Mexican-style product rises :: P :: en Español :: from www2.pasadenastarnews.com
• Push needed for immigration reform :: P :: en Español :: from www.politico.com
• Self-deportation program criticized as ‘a fantasy’ – Authorities have launched a new strategy to return undocumented immigrants back to their home countries: self-deportation. :: P :: en Español :: from www.miamiherald.com
• Did You Know? Loisaida is a term derived from the Latino (and especially Nuyorican) pronunciation of “Lower East Side”, a neighborhood in Manhattan, New York City. :: P :: en Español :: from en.wikipedia.org
• A trio of Latino Vote Project workers is pounding the sidewalks six days a week in a mobilization effort never before seen in Yakima County – Washington :: P :: en Español :: from www.yakimaherald.com
• Cuauhtémoc Blanco, the Chicago Fire midfielder has just released a CD-DVD combo – La historia de un ídolo :: P :: en Español :: from lauramartinez.wordpress.com
• Ana Escobar plays with her daughter Esther Zulemita Rivas in Guatemala City, Tuesday, July 29, 2008. Escobar found her daughter, who was stolen from her in March 26, 2007, after 14 months of searching in hospitals, orphanages and police stations. Ester Zulamita is the first stolen Guatemalan baby found through a challenge of the mother-and-child DNA test results that are supposed to guarantee the legitimacy of each adoption. :: P :: en Español :: from ap.google.com
• University of Arizona Doctors to Study Internet-based Treatment for Depression in Hispanics :: P :: en Español :: from uanews.org
• Execution prompts concern for detained Mexicans :: P :: en Español :: from www.miamiherald.com
• Mexico begins tagging sharks to prevent attacks :: P :: en Español :: from www.miamiherald.com
• Texas executes Mexican killer amid international protests – The U.S. Supreme Court refuses to grant a reprieve urged by Mexico and an international court. Jose Ernesto Medellin was convicted of raping and killing two Texas teens in 1993. :: P :: en Español :: from www.latimes.com
• The recent shooting death of an 11-year-old El Paso boy during a vacation trip in Mexico has renewed questions about whether it’s safe to travel south of the border. :: P :: en Español :: from www.elpasotimes.com
• The majority of rural residents in the united states (82%) are non-Hispanic white—a significantly higher fraction than in metropolitan areas (66%) :: P :: en Español :: from www.unh.edu

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• Alejandra Guzmán admits she was in rehab – The singer confessed that the reason she didn’t visit her daughter Frida Sofía was because she checked herself into rehab, and now feels like she’s in a better place to help her :: P :: en Español :: from www.peopleenespanol.com
• LATV Dedicates Prime-Time Block to Mexican Songstress Julieta Venegas; Special Event to Air Tuesday, August 12 :: en Español
• New CALLE 13 Album Los de Atrás Vienen Conmigo To Be Released October 7th :: en Español
• Cuauhtémoc Blanco, the Chicago Fire midfielder has just released a CD-DVD combo – La historia de un ídolo :: P :: en Español :: from lauramartinez.wordpress.com
• Penelope Cruz is getting rave reviews for her latest English-language film Elegy. :: P :: en Español :: from itn.co.uk
• Wisin & Yandel have traded in ghetto fab bling for pro-social poetry with a new video titled “Dime Que Te Pasó.” :: P :: en Español :: from blogamole.mtvtr3s.com
• Tan lejos y tan cerca – Escucha lo nuevo de Kudai :: P :: in English :: from www.univision.com
• ‘Chihuahua’ trailer has audiences saying ‘wha?’ – and features voice work by Salma Hayek, Edward James Olmos, Cheech Marin and other Latino stars. :: P :: en Español :: from www.nydailynews.com
• Loisaida’s Melonie Díaz is quietly becoming a Hollywood fixture :: P :: en Español :: from www.nydailynews.com
• Since the hit ABC series “Ugly Betty” started filming in the city last month, star America Ferrera is feeling the love — the raunchy, New York-style kind of love, that is. :: P :: en Español :: from www.nydailynews.com

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• Colombia continues to attract foreign investors due to its economic and political climate. Will it even become the next Chile? :: P :: en Español :: from www.latinbusinesschronicle.com
• HispanicAd and Cyber-Surveys fielded a landmark online study targeting the US Hispanic advertising, marketing and media professionals to gauge their media consumption habits and preferences to technology and news sources. :: P :: en Español :: from hispanicad.com
• Benitezes tried to build a Dominican business empire with Medicare’s US$110M :: P :: en Español :: from www.dominicantoday.com
• The unemployment rate for Latinos in the United States was 7.4 percent in July, which is about 2 percent more than the national average, according to the bureau. “For the last year, Hispanics have been losing jobs at a faster rate than any other group,” Agustine Martínez, president of the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce in Washington :: P :: en Español :: from www.diversityinc.com
• Big cheese in Industry – Dairy expands as demand for Mexican-style product rises :: P :: en Español :: from www2.pasadenastarnews.com
• Hispanic outlets expand in size and reach :: P :: en Español :: from www.prweekus.com
• Private equity says ‘hola’ to Latino firms :: P :: en Español :: from www.usatoday.com
• Iowa kosher meat plant Agriprocessors cited for violations of child labor laws – The Postville, Iowa, plant was the site of one of the largest immigration raids ever; 57 kids were involved. :: P :: en Español :: from www.startribune.com
• Three San Antonio Hispanic-owned companies have been named among the Top 100 Fastest-Growing Companies in America by Hispanic Business Magazine. Genesis Networks Inc., TerraHealth Inc. and Operational Technologies Corp. :: P :: en Español :: from www.bizjournals.com
• Hispanic Hotel Owners Association Members Developing Rapidly – Have Acquired or Began Development on 48 Projects in Last 12 Months :: P :: en Español :: from www.hospitalitynet.org

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