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Dole Food Co. dislikes ‘Bananas!’ – The firm threatens defamation suits if the documentary about pesticide lawsuits is screened Saturday. The film won’t compete but will be shown. :: from www.latimes.com
Cautious Optimism Despite Another Delay in White House Immigration Reform Talks :: from feetin2worlds.wordpress.com
70 Percent of Hispanics Over 50 Are Still Working :: from news.newamericamedia.org
New exhibit focuses on Latino WWII veterans – University of Texas Prof Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez is the director of the U.S. Latino & Latina WWII Oral History Project – The exhibit will be on display at In Their Own Words Veterans Museum in Perham, Minn. until July 31. :: from www.dailytexanonline.com
In a new report, the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR)—an anti-immigrant hate group – Takes Aim at Virginia’s Immigrants and Children :: from immigrationimpact.com
In Mexico, the U.S. Downturn Hits Home – Poor Towns Especially Hurt as Immigrants’ Money Transfers Drop Sharply :: from www.washingtonpost.com
One On 1: Civil Right Attorney Cesar Perales Discusses The Latino Struggle – In 1972, he helped start the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund, now called Latino Justice PRLDEF :: from www.ny1.com
Mexico report: 9,758 migrants mainly Central American were abducted in just 6 months :: from www.miamiherald.com
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Supreme Court won’t get involved in “Wall” dispute – (Border Wall that is) :: from southchicagoan.blogspot.com
One out of every 20 people in Hillsborough County is Hispanic, according to the latest estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau – making what appears to be the first time that the Hispanic portion of a New Hampshire county has topped 5 percent. :: from www.nashuatelegraph.com
Hispanic Businesses in Baltimore – A Fact Sheet :: from www.examiner.com
The Reverend Luis Cortes, Jr. of Esperanza Wins Two International Latino Book Awards
New Book on Sonia Sotomayor by Margarita Amador
New Jersey will get its first female Hispanic prosecutor before the week is out – Camelia M. Valdes :: from www.examiner.com
An Ohio boy says he was dragged through a parking lot with a noose wrapped around his neck by a group of teenagers who shouted racial slurs at him. Hispanic 17-year-old Robert Cantu :: from www.wtol.com
Cuba to Carry out Reforms in Face of Economic Crisis :: from english.cri.cn
Follow 2 Washington Post journalists on twitter as the navigate the Mexican border #mexborder or just visit the site :: from voices.washingtonpost.com
A Rare Night Out in Juarez :: from voices.washingtonpost.com
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) plans to dramatically expand an immigration enforcement program that uses biometric information to check the immigration status of all individuals booked at state and local jails. Known as Secure Communities, ICE expects to make the program available to each of the nation’s 1,200 state and federal prisons and 3,100 local jails by the end of 2012. :: from www.migrationinformation.org
Administration Plans to Scale Back Real ID Law :: from www.washingtonpost.com
Finally, Congress working on empowering victims of hate crimes :: from www.latinalista.net
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Confirmado: Eduardo Yáñez será Juan del Diablo – En el remake de Corazón salvaje, el actor interpretará al personaje que popularizó Eduardo Palomo :: from www.peopleenespanol.com
El padre Alberto Cutié se casa en dos semanas – El sacerdote y su novia, Ruhama Canellis, contraerán matrimonio por la iglesia episcopa :: from www.peopleenespanol.com
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One to Watch: Actor Martinez Brings Authenticity To Film :: Dominican-Puerto Rican “Martinez” is more than just a extraordinary character actor. :: from latinola.com
Dole Food Co. dislikes ‘Bananas!’ – The firm threatens defamation suits if the documentary about pesticide lawsuits is screened Saturday. The film won’t compete but will be shown. :: from www.latimes.com
Award-winning Tejano music legends Little Joe y La Familia will record a live album and video during a concert July 17 at the historic Plaza Theatre. The show, billed as Tejano Legends IV, will help commemorate Little Joe Hernandez’s 50th anniversary as a Texas singer-musician and entertainer. – El Paso :: from www.elpasotimes.com
Lucía Méndez ayudaría a D’Alessio a adelgazar – La actriz expresó su admiración por Lupita D’Alessio y le ofrece el tratamiento que a ella le ha funcionado :: from www.peopleenespanol.com
William Levy y Elizabeth Gutiérrez siguen juntos – ¡Qué siempre no! La manager de ambos asegura que Levy estaba pasando por un mal momento cuando declaró que había terminado con “Analía” :: from www.peopleenespanol.com
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BBVA Compass Launches Campaign with strong Hispanic Component :: from www.portada-online.com
MPA Report: 75% of Hispanic Adults are Magazine Readers :: from www.portada-online.com
Dole Food Co. dislikes ‘Bananas!’ – The firm threatens defamation suits if the documentary about pesticide lawsuits is screened Saturday. The film won’t compete but will be shown. :: from www.latimes.com
Hispanic Businesses in Baltimore – A Fact Sheet :: from www.examiner.com
70 Percent of Hispanics Over 50 Are Still Working :: from news.newamericamedia.org
Administration Plans to Scale Back Real ID Law :: from www.washingtonpost.com
Calling it “round three” in the ongoing chicken wars, El Pollo Loco this week is airing commercials in select markets pointing out an “unexpected ingredient” in rival KFC’s new grilled chicken: beef powder and rendered beef fat. :: from www.nrn.com
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DTM Magazine Sponsors 2009 Latina Trailblazer Event in New York City
Pizza Patrón announces ‘Mr. Troop Mom Campout at Home’ national online sweepstakes :: from hispanicad.com
Jones Soda Co. celebrates Hispanic heritage with new flavors
Study Identifies Aging Hispanic Workers as “Invisible Boomers” :: from news.newamericamedia.org
US Farms, Inc. Launches Aloe Vera Juice Web Site for Hispanic Market
Armando Contreras has been selected as the Arizona Hispanic Chamber of Commerce’s new president and CEO :: from www.azbiz.com
Volkswagen Goes on Tour with Youth Soccer – Thirteen of the markets are part of the largest Hispanic Soccer Tournament, titled Futbolito :: from promomagazine.com
Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim presented Monday the first “smart freeway” in the country, the Arco-Norte capital bypass, which will cross four states with a ring road 223 kilometers (139 miles) long. :: from www.laht.com
Durham’s Latino Community Credit Union opened a branch office Monday in Garner – the bank’s second branch in Wake County. :: from www.bizjournals.com
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JEFSA Introduction Applauded by The Latino Coalition
DePauw University will serve as host of the National Hispanic Institute’s Great Lakes Great Debate program, June 20-25 :: from www.depauw.edu
Chicago Hispanic Health Coalition Presents Third-Annual Vive tu Vida! Get Up! Get Moving!(TM) Event
Cesar Millan’s Favorite Place on Earth :: from blogs.nationalgeographic.com
Review: Contemporary Chicana and Chicano Art: Artists, Works, Culture, and Education / Holden Caulfield missing. :: from labloga.blogspot.com
San Jose Latino leader resigns amid pension fund probe – Olivia Mendiola director of Mexican American Community Services Agency (MACSA) :: from www.mercurynews.com
Greivis Vasquez, Latest Hispanic Player to Be Eyed By NBA, Decides to Stay in School :: from www.hispanicbusiness.com
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Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim presented Monday the first “smart freeway” in the country, the Arco-Norte capital bypass, which will cross four states with a ring road 223 kilometers (139 miles) long. :: from www.laht.com
Cuba to Carry out Reforms in Face of Economic Crisis :: from english.cri.cn
In Juarez, A Trail of Drugs and Violence :: from www.washingtonpost.com
A Rare Night Out in Juarez :: from voices.washingtonpost.com
In Mexico, the U.S. Downturn Hits Home – Poor Towns Especially Hurt as Immigrants’ Money Transfers Drop Sharply :: from www.washingtonpost.com
Mexico report: 9,758 migrants mainly Central American were abducted in just 6 months :: from www.miamiherald.com
Argentina reports 1st swine flu death :: from www.miamiherald.com
Art in Los Cabos: ruining the secret for everyone :: from www.gadling.com
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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
