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- Suspected drug cartel hit squads gunned down three people connected to the US consulate in Ciudad Juarez
- The massacre of 15 young people at a birthday party in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, in late January is being seen by some as a turning point in the country’s drug war.
- Assailants shot a woman to death and seriously wounded her 9-month-old daughter – Ciudad Juarez
- Thousands of people belonging to civil organizations and residents of Ciudad Juarez marched peacefully Saturday through this city to commemorate the slaying of 15 youths last Jan. 31 and to repudiate the presence of the Mexican army in the town.
- More than 100 people have already been murdered this year in Ciudad Juarez
- Ciudad Juarez Women’s Rights Activist Esther Chavez Dies
- To denounce the hundreds of crimes against women that go unsolved and unpunished in Ciudad Juarez, French artist Peggy Adam speaks through the pictures in “Luchadoras” (Female Fighters), a comic that calls attention to the hundreds who have been tortured, raped, kidnapped and murdered in that Mexican border city.
- “Not one person murdered yesterday,” Ciudad Juarez’s leading newspaper proclaimed in a banner headline. It was big news in this border city, ground zero in the drug war—the first time in 10 months that a day had passed without a killing.
- 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.
- 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.
- Business groups in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez said Wednesday they are calling for United Nations peacekeepers to quell the drug-related violence that has given their city one of the highest homicide rates in the world.
- Health authorities in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua shut down nine addiction-treatment centers in Ciudad Juarez in the wake of this week’s killing of 10 people at a rehab facility in the violent border city.
- Ciudad Juarez has passed 1,700 murders this year, topping the number for last year with three months to go. Rather horrifically, of the 3,200 people killed in Juarez over the past two years, 500 of them have been drug addicts or those in addiction recovery programs.
- Gunmen burst into a drug treatment center in the northern Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez and shot to death 10 people, the 2nd such mass killing this month.
- Journalists reporting, and surviving, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico
- Mexico has deployed 1,500 more troops to the northern border city of Ciudad Juarez, where homicides related to the drug trade have surged in recent weeks.
- CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Thousands of Mexican soldiers took a tighter grip on policing in the violence-scarred border city of Ciudad Juarez on Tuesday and the retired general in charge of police emphasized the military dominance by announcing city officers will be stripped of their weapons while on patrol.
- CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Mexico deployed 2,000 troops to this embattled northern border city Friday to reinforce a crackdown against drug gangs.
- More than 1,500 Mexican soldiers moved into Ciudad Juarez to try to regain control of a city in which more than 2,000 people have been murdered over the past year.
- Juárez violence: U.S. assistance is considered, warring cartels may try for truce – The deadly street shootings, decapitations and other killings in Juárez are taking place at a higher pace than at the same time last year
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The right way to mend immigration – By Senator Charles E. Schumer and Senator Lindsey O. Graham :: from www.washingtonpost.com
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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
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Checking in on Chile: Pinera taps copper fund :: from latimesblogs.latimes.com
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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