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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. :: 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. :: 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. :: 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 :: 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 :: from www.miamiherald.com
Dominican Republic president sworn in for 3rd term – Leonel Fernandez :: from www.usatoday.com
Middle-aged Dara Torres adds 3 silver medals to collection :: 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. :: 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 :: from www.miamiherald.com
Mexican authorities say gunmen killed 13 people at a family party in Creel, Chihuahua. :: from www.elpasotimes.com
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Cuban burger makes costly comeback in Havana :: 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. :: from www.thaindian.com
Body shop made fake Mexican federal police trucks :: 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. :: 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. :: 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 :: from www.latimes.com
Did You Know? 41-year-old Dara Torres became the oldest swimmer to win an Olympic silver medal :: from www.afterellen.com
Election 2008 –»
New and Provocative Book — Available Now in Spanish — Reveals the Faith of Barack Obama
Network upstart V-me is expected to announce plans today (Aug. 18) to broadcast one-hour nightly specials from inside the Democratic and Republican conventions. :: from www.marketingymedios.com
“We may have started out on two separate paths, but we are on one journey now,” Clinton told about 800 people at a rally for Obama in heavily Hispanic northern New Mexico :: from www.usatoday.com
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Lucero buscará oportunidades en otros países con su nuevo personaje :: from www.informador.com.mx
Lanzará Jenni Rivera disco con temas de Joan Sebastian y Camilo Sesto :: 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 :: 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 :: 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. :: from www.thesun.co.uk
America Ferrera, Shakira honored at ALMA Awards :: from www.nydailynews.com
Jessica Alba First Red Carpet Since Baby (PHOTOS) – at the Alma Awards :: from www.huffingtonpost.com
5 Things You Didn’t Know About Reggaeton :: from www.askmen.com
Taking Care of Tito Puente’s Musical Legacy :: 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. :: from www.nydailynews.com
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U.S. trade with Colombia is booming even without a free trade agreement. Overall US trade with Latin America is picking up. :: 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 :: 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. :: from www.forbes.com
Fox International Channels Unveils new website Biensimple
Younger Hispanics Respond Better To Bilingual Online Marketing :: from www.mediapost.com
The Problem With ‘Hispanic Insights’ – They’re Not All That Insightful :: from adage.com
At Cuban Americans’ mom-and-pop agency, travel business isn’t moving – a new Florida law has frightened off customers :: 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 :: 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. :: from www.elpasotimes.com
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Arbitron to Respond to list of concerns raised by AHAA PPM Advisory Council.
Interep Hispanic TV Rep adds Execs in Chicago and LA
Chile raises interest rate to 10-year high
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Mexico drug war’s costs, risks exported to U.S. – Officers and others wounded across the border are increasingly being transferred to an El Paso hospital. :: from www.latimes.com
Argentine-born actress Fanny Mikey, who created and oversaw Bogota’s world-renowned Iberoamerican Theater Festival, died Saturday. She was 78. :: from www.nydailynews.com
An open-mic radio show is helping Mexican nationals in Northwest Arkansas navigate the system of getting identification to make life easier in the United States and on return trips home to Mexico. Every Friday, Mexican Consulate Andres Chao of Little Rock and members of his staff answer caller questions from 5-6 p.m. on “La Zeta” radio, KSECFM 95. 7, in Springdale. :: from www.nwanews.com
Mexican gangs dominate Ohio drug trade – Columbus is key distribution center for cartel’s heroin :: from www.columbusdispatch.com
Ecuadorian culture on parade in Trenton – Festivities feature floats, folk dancers and fun :: from www.nj.com
All eyes on Hispanics with DTV six months away :: from
Today several Hispanic churches marched across Grand Island with what called a very important message. – Nearly 700 people :: from new.khastv.com
Changing laws have made life tougher for illegal immigrants in Arizona, including young people giving up dreams of college and better lives because they are unable to pay out-of-state tuition as required by voters. :: from ktar.com
Dallas Lawyer Angel Reyes Honored With Prestigious DiversityFIRST Award – MarketWatch
Hearings for three in Shenandoah beating interrupted briefly by Latino demonstrators in Pottsville, Pennsylvania :: from readingeagle.com
Welcome to América, Soon-to-Be Land of the White Minority :: from ofamerica.wordpress.com
Dara Torres, coach set for South Florida homecoming :: from www.sun-sentinel.com
Why not 2012 for ageless Dara Torres? :: from
The Mexican army and drug cartel operatives are among the likely sources of recent interference with El Paso police communications and the Digital El Paso wireless network, city officials said. :: from www.elpasotimes.com
Military couples find love in a time of war – Colleen McNulty and Jorge Villalobos :: from www.miamiherald.com
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Puerto Rico mira hacia Colombia en busca de energía :: from www.elpasotimes.com
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U.S. trade with Colombia is booming even without a free trade agreement. Overall US trade with Latin America is picking up. :: from www.latinbusinesschronicle.com
The number of kidnappings in Mexico grew by 9.1 percent in the first five months of the year, according to figures published this week. :: from latimesblogs.latimes.com
Body shop made fake Mexican federal police trucks :: from danielhernandez.typepad.com
Defecting Cuban doctor: ‘I had never been freer’ – Assigned by the Cuban government to Venezuela, a family doctor defected. In Caracas now, he waits for a U.S. visa. :: from www.miamiherald.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 :: from www.miamiherald.com
Chile raises interest rate to 10-year high :: from www.miamiherald.com
Former Dominican Olympic wrestler killed in store :: from www.miamiherald.com
Paraguay’s new leftist president returned Saturday to the province where he spent 11 years a bishop, and pledged to raise living standards by eradicating chronic poverty and corruption in this South American nation. Hugo Chavez joined President Fernando Lugo in San Pedro :: from www.usatoday.com
Dominican Republic president sworn in for 3rd term – Leonel Fernandez :: from www.usatoday.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. :: from www.miamiherald.com
Mexican authorities say gunmen killed 13 people at a family party in Creel, Chihuahua. :: from www.elpasotimes.com
Knowledge is Power and this page is just the start. Hispanics/Latinos are a growing diverse force in this country. Check out some of the 54,866 items found on this site below or dig into the Site Map
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- November 24, 2009
- Francisco Rodriguez Dead: Boxer Dies After Collapsing At Fight
- Allow Undocumented Immigrants to Purchase Health Care – New Senate bill includes inhumane provision barring undocumented immigrants from purchasing health care with their own money
- LULAC has redesigned their website – (look much better imho – on a tech note there are a few RSS problems)
- As Senate preps for healthcare debate, petition gets underway to include undocumented immigrants
- LULAC is asking a judge to prevent Ohio state officials from canceling the registrations of more than 40,000 vehicles apparently driven by undocumented immigrants. – filed the lawsuit against state officials in Franklin County Common Pleas Court this morning.
- The mayor of a wealthy suburb (San Pedro Garza Garcia) of Monterrey said Monday that he has sent his family to the United States for their own safety as he pursues his campaign against extortion and kidnapping gangs.
- Adolph Carranza remembers an unusual holiday donation from the Salvation Army. – New StoryCorps Historia
- Jose Fernandez tells his wife, Teresita, about the first Thanksgiving he spent in the United States. – New StoryCorps Historia
- Hispanic Thanksgivings produce family-filled feasts
- Jose Garces Named Food Network’s Next Iron Chef
- Interview with Bebel Gilberto- she just released a new album titled All In One
- November 23, 2009
- No Probable Cause? No Problem!: A U.S. Citizen Says He Was Detained Without Probable Cause by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, and Then Jailed for Traffic Violations
- New breast cancer screening guide will disproportionately hurt black and Hispanic women
- Women and Minorities Getting Left Out of Green Job Market, New Study Finds
- Americans Running South: Why We are Flocking to Mexico for Work
- On the mayor’s agenda: ‘Civilize’ Mexico City – Marcelo Ebrard
- Wild Horse Activists Fly Banner Over Denver Calling Salazar “Slaughter Czar”
- In Argentina, One Person Dies Every 28 Hours from Police Repression
- Lou Dobbs Calls Himself Latinos’ ‘Greatest Friend,’ Denies Tying Leprosy To Undocumented Immigrants – Interviewed by Maria Celeste on Telemundo’s Al Rojo Vivo
- November 21, 2009
- A federal judge dismissed dozens of immigration charges Thursday against the former manager of a kosher slaughterhouse, at the request of prosecutors who had already won a conviction on multiple counts of financial fraud. – Postville news
- Meg Whitman’s Latino Outreach & the Pete Wilson Connection – CA politics
- Poetry Series Spurs Debate on the Use of an Old Slur Against Latinos – “Spic Up/Speak Out” — at El Museo del Barrio
- Marco Rubio, A Crossover Success – (good read)
- A fire destroyed 106 houses in the Ecuadorian Pacific coast city of Guayaquil and left more than 500 people homeless, as well as 14 children with symptoms of smoke inhalation.
- LatAm Immigrants Are Changing Spain, Sociologist Says
- Mexico’s top domestic security official said Friday that sectors of the general public have cooperated with drug cartels in the violent border city of Ciudad Juarez, and the government is about to launch new social programs there to combat gangs.
- Pro-Castro mob attacks spouse of top Cuban blogger – Yoani Sánchez
- Miguel H. Díaz is first Hispanic to represent U.S. at Vatican
- Efrain’s Corner: A Response to….”Puerto Ricans in New York Struggling…Still” Comment
- Puerto Ricans in New York Struggling…Still – Puerto Ricans are some of the most prominent figures in New York politics and culture, so some people are surprised when they hear that, overall, Puerto Ricans are among the poorest and least educated New Yorkers. Almost a third in New York are living in poverty.
- Lalo Alcaraz on Lou Dobbs (departure from CNN)
- 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
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- November 25, 2009
- TOP Ten signs you are at a Cholo themed Thanksgiving dinner
- November 24, 2009
- So do you think Lou Dobbs will get the Hispanic vote in 2012?
- Raul Humberto Yzaguirre, 70, a veteran activist in the civil rights struggle of Hispanics in the United States, has been accepted by the Dominican Government as new American ambassador in the country.
- The Republican National Committee has hired Alex Castellanos, a long-time political strategist and GOP consultant, as an adviser.
- Telemundo’s disastrous Dobbs interview – “Interestingly enough, Dobbs was no bully and with his calm tone actually made his interviewer,” María Celeste,” look like a fool”
- Sarah Palin uninformed on Latino issues – A top adviser on Hispanic issues to John McCain’s presidential campaign said Sunday that a joint interview with McCain and Sarah Palin planned for Univision last fall had to be canceled because Palin was unprepared to discuss Latin America policy.
- Hispanic Caucus Finally Wake Up: It’s About Time
- The New General Market – Current trends suggest expanding Latino influence will blur the lines and Hispanic and general markets will collide, with the resulting merger revealing a new, evolved American general market
- November 23, 2009
- New Study: U.S. Hate Crimes Fall Slightly In ‘08; But Data Is Limited
- San Antonio’s Museo Alameda in financial straits
- It is Better to “Spic”? When Were Ricans Ever the Model Minority?
- Al Carlos sits down with Nancy De Los Santos, writer. Period.
- Guapa, it’s your genetic ancestry I love – study of DNA found that within Mexican populations, people tended to pick partners with similar proportions of Native American and European ancestry, while in Puerto Rican populations couples had paired up based on their shared balance of European and African ancestry.
- November 21, 2009
- Hispanic Caucus: ‘You Lie!’ Outburst to Blame for Senate Health Bill Provision on Illegal Immigrants
- Central American nations will demand $105 billion from industrialized countries for damages caused by global warming, the region’s representatives said on Friday.
- “They” Are “Us”: The Devastating Effects of Broken Immigration Policy on Children in Immigrant Families
- 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
