Essentials for Monday – August 18th, 2008

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• Big Trouble in Little Havana – For the first time in 20 years, Democrats are mounting serious challenges to at least two of Miami’s three Republican lawmakers, who often run unopposed. :: P :: en Español :: from www.time.com
• Linda Chavez: Intermarriage facts shatter the census hysteria – The problem with all such predictions is that they don’t take into sufficient account intermarriage and assimilation. :: P :: en Español :: from www.dallasnews.com
• Federal officials granted temporary legal status on Friday to 15 illegal immigrants whose spouses or parents died on 9/11 but who have remained largely invisible, living in the shadows of society, for fear of deportation. :: P :: en Español :: from cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com
• Organizations Win Lawsuit Challenging Unreasonable Delays Granting Citizenship – NWIRP and ACLU-WA Reach Settlement with Federal Government in Lawsuit Challenging Unreasonable Delays Granting Citizenship :: P :: en Español :: from causaoregon.blogspot.com
• Report on wealthy Latins is a bit troubling – Latin America’s rich are getting richer than their counterparts in all other regions of the world :: P :: en Español :: from www.miamiherald.com
• Dominican Republic president sworn in for 3rd term – Leonel Fernandez :: P :: en Español :: from www.usatoday.com
• Middle-aged Dara Torres adds 3 silver medals to collection :: P :: en Español :: from www.iht.com
• Cuban doctors build new lives in Florida – Dozens of Cuban doctors who have left their posts in the medical missions abroad are working to establish a new life in Florida. :: P :: en Español :: from www.miamiherald.com
• Travelers crossing U.S. land and sea borders can now replace their passport book with a new passport card. Federal passport officials started issuing the wallet-size cards on July 14 :: P :: en Español :: from www.miamiherald.com
• Mexican authorities say gunmen killed 13 people at a family party in Creel, Chihuahua. :: P :: en Español :: from www.elpasotimes.com
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• Cuban burger makes costly comeback in Havana :: P :: en Español :: from www.miamiherald.com
• Archaeologists have gathered the earliest evidence of tar used as waterproofing material in Veracruz in Mexico, which is more than 3,500 years old. :: P :: en Español :: from www.thaindian.com
• Body shop made fake Mexican federal police trucks :: P :: en Español :: from danielhernandez.typepad.com
• Valley residents fenced into no man’s land by border wall -16-year-old Aaron Anzaldua jumps off the family tractor after cutting the grass around his family’s ranch. Under current border-fence construction plans, the ranch would be cut off from the rest of the state. :: P :: en Español :: from www.mysanantonio.com
• Meet the Cuban doctor, the most widely deployed and effective ideological and diplomatic weapon in the almost 50 years since Fidel Castro seized control of the island. And, in the past few years, the most profitable export of the country’s economy. :: P :: en Español :: from www.miamiherald.com
• Juan Estrada, father of Olympic boxer, dies – survived long enough to watch his son’s first-round bout on TV but missed the second one :: P :: en Español :: from www.latimes.com
• Did You Know? 41-year-old Dara Torres became the oldest swimmer to win an Olympic silver medal :: P :: en Español :: from www.afterellen.com

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Entertainment –»

• Lucero buscará oportunidades en otros países con su nuevo personaje :: P :: in English :: from www.informador.com.mx
• Lanzará Jenni Rivera disco con temas de Joan Sebastian y Camilo Sesto :: P :: in English :: from www.cronica.com.mx
• Los cantantes Juanes, Carlos Vives, Fonseca y otros artistas colombianos grabaron un disco dirigido al público infantil en el que interpretan fábulas del poeta Rafael Pombo con el propósito de incentivar la lectura. – Pombo musical :: P :: in English :: from www.impre.com
• RBD says their breakup was a group decision – Pedro Damián said the band, who will record their last albums 2009, was in agreement about splitting up :: P :: en Español :: from www.peopleenespanol.com
• There was not one hair out of place as pint-sized beauty EVA LONGORIA made an astonishing TEN different costume and hair changes at the ALMA Awards on Saturday night. :: P :: en Español :: from www.thesun.co.uk
• America Ferrera, Shakira honored at ALMA Awards :: P :: en Español :: from www.nydailynews.com
• Jessica Alba First Red Carpet Since Baby (PHOTOS) – at the Alma Awards :: P :: en Español :: from www.huffingtonpost.com
• 5 Things You Didn’t Know About Reggaeton :: P :: en Español :: from www.askmen.com
• Taking Care of Tito Puente’s Musical Legacy :: P :: en Español :: from cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com
• Nick Jr.’s “Dora the Explorer” will kick off its upcoming season with a week of episodes featuring an all-new voice-over cast, marking the first time since the show’s inception in 2000 that the cast has been altered. – Caitlin Sanchez is the new voice of Dora. :: P :: en Español :: from www.nydailynews.com
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Business –»

• U.S. trade with Colombia is booming even without a free trade agreement. Overall US trade with Latin America is picking up. :: P :: en Español :: from www.latinbusinesschronicle.com
• Reader’s Digest’s Selecciones has mounted a redesign, refreshing the look of the oldest Spanish-language consumer magazine in favor of a sleeker, cleaner feel :: P :: en Español :: from www.marketingymedios.com
• Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said it revised its rating outlook on Spanish Broadcasting System Inc. (SBS) to negative from stable, and affirmed its ratings on the company, including the ‘B-’ corporate credit rating. :: P :: en Español :: from www.forbes.com
• Fox International Channels Unveils new website Biensimple :: en Español
• Younger Hispanics Respond Better To Bilingual Online Marketing :: P :: en Español :: from www.mediapost.com
• The Problem With ‘Hispanic Insights’ – They’re Not All That Insightful :: P :: en Español :: from adage.com
• Hispanic Movie-goer Attendance Reaches Unprecedented Levels / Summer 2008, Reports Hispanic Media Marketing :: en Español
• At Cuban Americans’ mom-and-pop agency, travel business isn’t moving – a new Florida law has frightened off customers :: P :: en Español :: from www.latimes.com
• New York area Hispanic TV viewers are showing little interest in the Olympics, not only on NBC O&O WNBC but also on co-owned Spanish-language Telemundo affiliate WNJU. Univision’s WXTV goes up :: P :: en Español :: from www.tvnewsday.com
• The largest single-site workplace raid in U.S. history may have cost a kosher slaughterhouse in Iowa nearly half its employees, but it’s been a boon to labor recruiters around the country. :: P :: en Español :: from www.elpasotimes.com
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