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- Mexican Officials Continue to Demand $10,000 Cash for Return of Shoes and Van Seized at Mexican Border on March 4, 2010 – Missionary Partners Delayed for Two Weeks on Trip to Deliver Needed Goods to Guatemala
- How Much Do We Really Know About Mexico?
- The spin on President Felipe Calderon’s visit to Juarez – The range of spin on the news of the day in the Mexican press is often astounding.
- Juarez Story Untold As Journalists Are Targeted
- Mexico border city relives nightmare of violence – Renewed feuding in Nuevo Laredo between drug gangs spurs old fears amid dozens of deaths.
- Scores of police officers — including the entire department of one town — have been detained in Mexican probes of killings and kidnappings.
- A top-level American delegation will visit Mexico on Tuesday in a major show of solidarity, after the borderland drug war claimed the lives of U.S. consulate employees last weekend.
- A Man, a Mission and More than a Million Acres of Mexican Coastline – How COSTASALVAjE/WiLDCOAST is Protecting and Preserving Coastal Ecosystems and Wildlife in The Californias from Baja and Beyond
- Clean-up efforts pay off in Mexico City
- Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Tuesday that she will freeze funds for expanding the virtual fence that originally was supposed to monitor most of the 2,000-mile southern U.S. border by 2011 but now covers only a portion of Arizona’s boundary with Mexico.
- Mexico announces austerity plan to save $3 billion
- Latin Grammy winner detained during raid denies knowing he’d been hired for drug gang’s party – Ramon Ayala
- Consular slayings spotlight Mexico’s failures in fighting drug gangs – On a visit to Ciudad Juarez in the wake of the killings of an American couple and a Mexican, President Calderon is confronted by angry demonstrations and a tense, frustrated citizenry.
- The nearly 50 murders committed on the final day of a long holiday weekend brought to 2,049 the number of drug-related homicides in Mexico just 74 days into 2010
- Texas Gov. Rick Perry orders activation of first phase of Texas spillover violence contingency plan
- Just how dangerous is Mexico? Rates of violent crime are on the rise in Mexico, but they remain lower than in the not-so-distant past — and lower than today’s violence in other Latin American countries of comparable size and wealth.
- Say Goodbye To American Fratboys, Hello To Tijuana’s New Hip Hangouts – (interesting post and video)
- Desarrollo turístico sostenible ¿para cuándo en México?
- The blog Ontobelli (en Español) meticulously accounts for narco-related gun battles across Mexico, mostly via amateur YouTube clips. Many if not most of these battles go unreported in the mainstream press.
- Journalist killed in southern Mexico, 4th so far in 2010
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Hispanic y Latino News Summary :: March 19th, 2010 – Short Edition (view past ones) --»
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New NCLR Fact Sheet Shows Young Latinos Overrepresented in Juvenile Justice System and Adult Prison Facilities
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The right way to mend immigration – By Senator Charles E. Schumer and Senator Lindsey O. Graham :: from www.washingtonpost.com
Immigrant advocates wonder will Democrats fight as hard for immigration reform as they’ve done for healthcare? :: from www.latinalista.net
CAP applauds Senators Schumer and Graham’s efforts on immigration reform – White House Statement Signals Stepped up Engagement as Senator Schumer and Senator Graham Push for Immigration Reform This Year
SENATORS ISSUE PROMISING, BUT VAGUE IMMIGRATION REFORM PLANS – President Obama Signals Support
Latino Congress members realize that health care, immigration are intertwined :: from southchicagoan.blogspot.com
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Checking in on Chile: Pinera taps copper fund :: from latimesblogs.latimes.com
Mexican Officials Continue to Demand $10,000 Cash for Return of Shoes and Van Seized at Mexican Border on March 4, 2010 – Missionary Partners Delayed for Two Weeks on Trip to Deliver Needed Goods to Guatemala
Puerto Rican Birth Certificates Will Be Null And Void :: from www.npr.org
No backing down for Ladies in White protesters in Cuba – The Ladies in White marched to mark the anniversary of Black Spring, but without the abuse they suffered during the previous day’s march. :: from www.miamiherald.com
Census Says “Hispanic” Not A Race – Bronx Latinos Confused :: from www.wpix.com
Republican Gov. Rick Perry continued his battle against the federal government Thursday, as he deployed National Guard helicopters to the border and reiterated that not enough is being done at the national level to keep Texas safe. :: from www.elpasotimes.com
California’s Latino students graduate college at higher rates than Latino national average :: from www.mercurynews.com
Chilean Firms Fire 6,000 without Severance after Quake :: from www.laht.com
The Case for Immigration Reform – “On the eve of what may be the beginning of the immigration reform debate, are we a big enough country to consider the poor and desperate amongst us? Can compassion and forgiveness guide our judgment or will we hate, fear monger and slog it out healthcare style? I wonder how many of us are U.S. citizens by sheer luck and if so, can we extend the bounty that was freely given to us?” :: from www.huffingtonpost.com
Congressional Hispanic Caucus Calls for Passage of Health Care Reform
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Roselyn Sanchez Was Cut From Pilot Over Her Accent – ABC’s Cutthroat :: from www.latingossip.com
Historic East Los Angeles Community Mural Prepares to Turn 45
Chef Marcela Valladolid Makes Mexican Food Easy for All of Us! :: from latina.com
Selena Gomez Remixes “Naturally” :: from blogamole.mtvtr3s.com
Mexican Rock Pioneers Maldita Vecindad On ‘Circular Colectivo’ Release, Upcoming Tour :: from blogamole.mtvtr3s.com
Hispanic/Latino Business News –»
Master Schedule With Times and Dates of Presentations for Hispanic PR & Social Marketing Conference, May 10-12 Released
DiRienzo: The Community Has Grown Up; Shouldn’t Spanish TV and the Hispanic Market Media Spend? :: from www.portada-online.com
Chilean Firms Fire 6,000 without Severance after Quake :: from www.laht.com
In Continued Celebration of National Reading Month LNESC, Procter & Gamble and Target Partner to Improve Reading Skills Among Hispanics
Antoinette Zel, President of La Comunidad announced the appointment of Darren Himebrook as Director of Interactive Production and Carla Poumian-Ruiz as Senior Account Director for the agency. :: from hispanicad.com
Simbiosis launches as Latino-owned & focused business development resource. :: from hispanicad.com
Saber Foundation Helps Latinos Go to College – part of the Idaho Hispanic Chamber of Commerce :: from www.kivitv.com
US secretary of labor to convene national action summit on Latino worker safety and health in Houston
Three Latina florists create success together in San Antonio :: from www.mysanantonio.com
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More than 50 Oregonians are traveling to Washington, D.C. for Sunday’s March for America, a national attempt to kick-start the stalled push for immigration reform. :: from causaoregon.blogspot.com
Partnership Helps Red Cross Serve N.J.’s Spanish-Speaking Community
National Latina/o Psychology Association – 2010 Biennial Conference – Latinas: Celebrating the Psychological Strengths and Resilience of Latina Women and Girls – November 12 – 13, 2010 – San Antonio, Texas :: from www.nlpa.ws
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio officials recently staged the annual national steering committee of Redes En Acción – a program designed to lower cancer rates among Latinos :: from www.mysanantonio.com
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Mexican Foreign Relations Secretary Patricia Espinosa have agreed to strengthen bilateral cooperation in the wake of the killings last weekend of three people with links to the U.S. Consulate in the border city of Juarez :: from www.laht.com
International News –»
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Laura Chinchilla’s Cabinet Appointments Demonstrate Costa Rica’s Continuity :: from www.americasquarterly.org
No backing down for Ladies in White protesters in Cuba – The Ladies in White marched to mark the anniversary of Black Spring, but without the abuse they suffered during the previous day’s march. :: from www.miamiherald.com
Backlog of Guatemalan adoptions may finally end :: from www.miamiherald.com
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