News Summaries for Monday – December 15th, 2008
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Sen. Ken Salazar (D-Colo.), a Latino with deep knowledge of water and land issues, is President-elect Barack Obama’s choice to lead the Interior Department. Two senior Democrats confirmed Monday that Obama will name Salazar to the post, rounding out an energy and environmental policy team announced at a Chicago news conference. :: from www.latimes.com
Activists working on solidifying Latino bloc – Focus on voting shifts to census :: from www.signonsandiego.com
Mexican Playboy Magazine Apologizes for Nude Virgin Mary Cover :: from www.foxnews.com
IFC Films’ “Che” — which casts Benicio Del Toro in the title role — unspooled in single theaters in New York and Los Angeles but rung up a big $60,100 via sellouts of both venues. IFC scheduled the one-week-only exclusive runs to qualify the four-hour-plus Che Guevara biopic for Oscar voting :: from www.hollywoodreporter.com
U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez said he’s taken himself out of the running to fill the Senate seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama. :: from www.huffingtonpost.com
Ecuadorean Man Dies From Beating Before His Mother Arrives to See Him – Jose Sucuzhanay :: from www.nytimes.com
Illegal-immigrant workers driven down hard road – Bad economy, job cuts forcing many into stay-or-go decision :: from www.signonsandiego.com
Interview: Carolina Guillen, ESPN Deportes :: from laist.com
Hundreds protest New York immigrant’s fatal beating – Jose Sucuzhanay :: from www.cnn.com
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Dos millones de personas sufren hambre en Bolivia un país con poco más de un millón de kilómetros de territorio y menos de 10 millones de habitantes debido a insuficientes políticas alimentarias pero también por desastres naturales agravados por el cambio climático, informaron expertos. :: from www.miamiherald.com
México y Cuba relanzarán sus relaciones educativas con la firma de un acuerdo de intercambio de becarios y la negociación de un acuerdo general que analizará entre otros la homologación de títulos. :: from www.miamiherald.com
Republicans not off to a good start in repairing relationship with Latino voters :: from www.latinalista.net
Threatened by the collapse of U.S. financial markets, the countries of Central America are reinventing globalism as a necessary survival tactic for the economic hard times to come. :: from www.miamiherald.com
In Colombia, they call him Captain Nemo – Authorities say Enrique Portocarrero was the innovative creator of stealthy submarines called semi-submersibles, used by cocaine traffickers to evade detection. :: from www.latimes.com
Nearly 50 people wounded in Cuidad Juárez in 2008 received medical care at El Paso’s Thomason Hospital and racked up medical bills totaling about $1.4 million :: from www.elpasotimes.com
Between January and September, the National Migration Institute, Mexico’s immigration service, deported 350 Americans, some of them lawbreakers who had finished prison sentences in the country, but others merely travelers who were found to be without proper paperwork. :: from www.nytimes.com
Ruben Navarrette Jr.: Alberto Gonzales offers a glimpse of his Bush experience :: from www.mercurynews.com
Did You Know? Two of every five first-time home buyers in the Tampa Bay area will be Hispanic within the next 20 years :: from www2.tbo.com
Brooklyn congresswoman Nydia Velazquez has taken herself out of contention as a potential successor for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton. :: from www.newsday.com
A sure indicator that fundraising efforts will follow, mayoral candidate Trish DeBerry Mejia on Thursday filed paperwork with the city designating local media guru Lionel Sosa her campaign treasurer. – San Antonio :: from www.mysanantonio.com
Killing Haunts Ecuadoreans’ Rise in New York :: from www.nytimes.com
Number of Hispanics attacked near Tampa increases :: from www.miamiherald.com
A rally cry for Latino immigrant killed in hate crime – Jose Sucuzhanay :: from www.nydailynews.com
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IFC Films’ “Che” — which casts Benicio Del Toro in the title role — unspooled in single theaters in New York and Los Angeles but rung up a big $60,100 via sellouts of both venues. IFC scheduled the one-week-only exclusive runs to qualify the four-hour-plus Che Guevara biopic for Oscar voting :: from www.hollywoodreporter.com
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KHMX (96.5 FM) and KLOL (101.1 FM) were acquired today by CBS Radio from Clear Channel Communications, which was required to divest itself of the two Houston radio stations as part of an agreement to take the company private :: from www.chron.com
Threatened by the collapse of U.S. financial markets, the countries of Central America are reinventing globalism as a necessary survival tactic for the economic hard times to come. :: from www.miamiherald.com
Mexican Playboy Magazine Apologizes for Nude Virgin Mary Cover :: from www.foxnews.com
Interview: Carolina Guillen, ESPN Deportes :: from laist.com
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Latinos at highest risk for work-related fatalities in Iowa :: from media.www.dailyiowan.com
Nearly 50 people wounded in Cuidad Juárez in 2008 received medical care at El Paso’s Thomason Hospital and racked up medical bills totaling about $1.4 million :: from www.elpasotimes.com
Barack Obama’s election is rekindling the hopes of U.S. agribusiness for an end to the trade embargo with Cuba. At the least, farmers hope he’ll loosen restrictions on exports of American food. :: from www.theadvertiser.com
CASA Coldwell Banker addresses Hispanics’ needs – Tampa :: from www2.tbo.com
Did You Know? Two of every five first-time home buyers in the Tampa Bay area will be Hispanic within the next 20 years :: from www2.tbo.com
Hispanic purchasing power on the rise and expected to continue through Holidays
Univision lathers cyber-soap opera – Endemol partners in online ‘Vidas’ venture :: from www.variety.com
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New Santa Cruz gallery features Latino folk art – Malintzi :: from www.santacruzsentinel.com
Colombia has extradited the suspected kingpin of a major drug cartel to the USA, according to reports from Bogota. – Diego Montoya :: from blogs.usatoday.com
Hundreds of people came together in Boston on Saturday evening to help raise money for Latino youth programs in Massachusetts. El Jolgorio Navideno Incorporated hosted their annual gala at the Boston Convention Center. It is the biggest event of its kind in New England. :: from www.wwlp.com
The possible admission of Puerto Rico as a new state of the United States and other options in relation to the Commonwealth’s status will not be discussed until the island’s financial situation has been straightened out, said the territory’s Secretary of State designate, Senate President Kenneth McClintock. :: from www.caribbeannetnews.com
Methodists hope to unify Hispanics. The Latino population has been growing in Jackson County, but it remains largely fractured, community leaders say. To bring Hispanics together, the Latino Community Center opens today in Holton. – Kansas :: from www.cjonline.com
Oscar De La Hoya may have an out, but he still should retire :: from www.mysanantonio.com
She danced from Havana’s clubs to Virginia Beach’s ballet scene -Teresa Martinez :: from hamptonroads.com
Census figures show number of Hispanics in Lehigh Valley climbing – Pennsylvania :: from www.mcall.com
Census: In Farmers Branch, Hispanics now No. 1 demographic group :: from www.dallasnews.com
Family Of Bias Attack Victim To Fly Body Home – José Sucuzhañay :: from www.ny1.com
Veteran Educator Wins Baby Abuelita National Song Contest – Maria de la Luz Huizar
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Dos millones de personas sufren hambre en Bolivia un país con poco más de un millón de kilómetros de territorio y menos de 10 millones de habitantes debido a insuficientes políticas alimentarias pero también por desastres naturales agravados por el cambio climático, informaron expertos. :: from www.miamiherald.com
México y Cuba relanzarán sus relaciones educativas con la firma de un acuerdo de intercambio de becarios y la negociación de un acuerdo general que analizará entre otros la homologación de títulos. :: from www.miamiherald.com
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Dos millones de personas sufren hambre en Bolivia un país con poco más de un millón de kilómetros de territorio y menos de 10 millones de habitantes debido a insuficientes políticas alimentarias pero también por desastres naturales agravados por el cambio climático, informaron expertos. :: from www.miamiherald.com
Threatened by the collapse of U.S. financial markets, the countries of Central America are reinventing globalism as a necessary survival tactic for the economic hard times to come. :: from www.miamiherald.com
In Colombia, they call him Captain Nemo – Authorities say Enrique Portocarrero was the innovative creator of stealthy submarines called semi-submersibles, used by cocaine traffickers to evade detection. :: from www.latimes.com
Mexican Playboy Magazine Apologizes for Nude Virgin Mary Cover :: from www.foxnews.com
Posted on: December 15th, 2008
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