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For Latinos and blacks, a call for unity, not hate – Without blacks’ sacrifice, Latinos would be 30 years behind in the fight for civil rights. :: from www.latimes.com
The backlog of immigration cases awaiting disposal by the judges is steadily increasing. Since the end of FY 2006 this backlog has grown by 19% – over the past decade, it has increased by 64%. :: from trac.syr.edu
Nearly three years after the Justice Department found that the nation’s immigration courts were seriously overburdened and recommended hiring 40 new judges, only a few hirings have taken place and the case backlog is at its highest point in a decade :: from www.nytimes.com
2 teens get jail time in Mexican’s beating death – received 7 to 23 months for their roles in the beating death of 25-year-old Luis Ramirez :: from www.cnn.com
A central Ohio teenager accused of putting a noose around a Hispanic boy’s neck and dragging him in a parking lot has been sentenced to 10 days in jail. :: from www.startribune.com
With the advent of more Latino politicians running for office, “being Hispanic” is no longer sufficient to attract votes :: from www.latinalista.net
Street vendor Amado Campos, 44, of Los Angeles, is his own boss, but he works long hours, seven days a week. His costs are up but sales are down as his customers cut back in a poor economy. And he needs a new cart. :: from www.latimes.com
Hate crimes against Hispanics increased by almost 40 percent between 2003 and 2007, according to a report released Tuesday by the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Education Fund. :: from www.laht.com
Phoenix Suns forward Amar’e Stoudemire Backstabs Hispanic Fans, Signs on as “Special Deputy” Under Sheriff Joe Arpaio :: from blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com
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Justicia!: Sotomayor and the Long March of Puerto Rican History :: from ofamerica.wordpress.com
Amid California Budget Crisis, Latino Politians Cruise like High Rollers :: from latinopoliticsblog.com
Attacks Against Sotomayor Inspire Creativity Cartoonist promotes ‘Chica Power’ Sonia Sotomayor poster: Order yours today! :: from latinola.com
Lessons Learned From Judge Sotomayor’s Confirmation Process – These lessons, while most were apparent all along, should be loud and clear at this point… as in crystal clea :: from latinola.com
Remembering El Espectador – The muckracking, Spanish-language newspaper founded in the ’30s still shows the way for today’s burgeoning ethnic media :: from latinola.com
Quinoa Plants a Seed for Food Revolution in Colombia :: from upsidedownworld.org
6 Months and 10 Days : What Courts Value Latino Lives At :: from vivirlatino.com
As Hate Crimes Rise, Police Chiefs Call Immigration System an Obstacle to Prosecution :: from feetin2worlds.wordpress.com
The Town of Lonely Dentists – Palomas, Mexico — This is the little border town that discount
dentistry built. (with video) :: from voices.washingtonpost.comAdvocating for Immigrants: Filmmakers Tell the Story of the Hispanic Press in America – Juan Gonzáles y Félix F. Gutiérrez :: from feetin2worlds.wordpress.com
Two undocumented workers from Mexico and one from Ecuador injured in construction accidents in New York were awarded settlements totaling $3.85 million in the past two weeks, lawyers said on Wednesday. :: from www.nytimes.com
Thanks to a handful of billionaires that includes a couple of prominent dignitaries with ties to media giant Univision, as well as the Hispanic owners of a major produce distributor, the city of Los Angeles will celebrate the Lakers’ victory today without spending any taxpayer money. :: from www.hispanicbusiness.com
The Drug Lord Who Got Away – Mexican Capo Unleashes Mayhem on U.S. Border; The Making of a Legend – El Chapo :: from online.wsj.com
2009 Winners of Américas Award for Children’s and Young Adult Literature :: from labloga.blogspot.com
France and Mexico are to launch a joint observatory to unite scientific work on the environmental impact from humans and climate change on Mexico’s coastlines :: from news.yahoo.com
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Dulce María se lanza como solista – La ex RBD firmó contrato con Universal Music Latino para grabar su primer álbum sin RBD :: from www.peopleenespanol.com
Latinos brillan en el TeatroStageFest de NYC – Josefina Scaglione, Luis Salgado y Jackie Guerrido asistieron al estreno del festival de teatro :: from www.peopleenespanol.com
Lucero celebrará 30 años de carrera con un álbum – Tras el éxito de su Bárbara Greco, la actriz y cantante prepara un álbum para el 2010 bajo la producción de Joan Sebastian :: from www.peopleenespanol.com
Premios Juventud: Quedan menos de 48 horas para votar. :: Less than 48 hours left for voting for Premios Juventud! :: from www.univision.com
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Univision presents “Un Gancho al Corazón” (A Blow to the Heart) on Monday, June 22, 2009; 7:00 p.m. ET/PT (6:00 p.m. Central) ; a romantic and humorous story set in the world of boxing where no punches are pulled and the gloves come off when it comes to love. :: from hispanicad.com
Telemundo KVEA-52, mun2 and CityWalk at Universal Studios Hollywood return with their sizzling 3rd annual free summer concert series “Descarga” En CityWalk con Telemundo y mun2 (Jam On CityWalk with Telemundo and mun2).” :: from hispanicad.com
Elaine Del Valle’s one-woman show, “Brownsville Bred,” is playing at Teatro La Tea. – NYC :: from www.nydailynews.com
Acusan al padre Alberto de orquestar arresto – Un ex de la esposa del padre Cutié lo demandó por presuntamente haber planeado que lo deportaran para así no revelar sus amoríos :: from www.peopleenespanol.com
Ana Torroja acusada de fraude fiscal – Las autoridades españolas aseguran que la cantante debe alrededor de 900 mil dólares tras haber evadido el pago de sus impuestos :: from www.peopleenespanol.com
Marlene Favela se casará con Jorge Kahwagi :: from www.peopleenespanol.com
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Manny Miravete, VP US Hispanic Sales Strategy at Fox Interactive Media, where he spearheaded the MySpace Latino unit, is no longer with the company. :: from www.portada-online.com
ZGS has named Nicole Quiroga the new station manager of its Telemundo affiliate in Washington, D.C. :: from mediamoves.blogspot.com
Amazing Course of English on YouTube Teaches Successfully to Thousands of People
Two undocumented workers from Mexico and one from Ecuador injured in construction accidents in New York were awarded settlements totaling $3.85 million in the past two weeks, lawyers said on Wednesday. :: from www.nytimes.com
Social Network Pulling an ‘American Idol’: Quepasa.com is Voting Hub for International Singing Contest :: from www.hispanicbusiness.com
Tree of Life and Webeco Foods announce their new partnership to distribute seven prominent Hispanic dairy, cheese and specialty foods brands throughout the United States. The brands — Lugareno, La Antioquena, Colanta, El Holandes, Dutch Morning, Cervantes and Gayo Azul — have enjoyed prominent placement and customer loyalty for years in the South Florida market :: from www.gourmetretailer.com
Hispanic women report they’re very stressed about the economy and losing their jobs, but far from snapping shut their purses, many of them are still spending, according to a new survey from People en Español. :: from www.mediaweek.com
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Podcast – Caridad Fernandez is a true Latina Beauty. Professional model, and founder, president and CEO of Unica – Centro de Refinamiento, the largest modeling agency in Puerto Rico :: from www.hispanicad.com
DISH Network(R) Introduces CV 24 in Puerto Rico
Hispanics Taking Control of Their Finances
Door Hangers: Do they Open the Door for Marketers targeting Hispanics? :: from www.portada-online.com
SpinVox Expands across Latin America with Telefonica
The National Association of Hispanic Journalists Preliminary Schedule for 2009 Conference in Puerto Rico :: from www.nahj.org
Nexicon to Track Global Voting of Latin World’s Biggest Music-Based Reality Television Series
Bilingual news network soon to serve local Hispanic community – Beaumont, Texas :: from www.beaumontenterprise.com
Thanks to a handful of billionaires that includes a couple of prominent dignitaries with ties to media giant Univision, as well as the Hispanic owners of a major produce distributor, the city of Los Angeles will celebrate the Lakers’ victory today without spending any taxpayer money. :: from www.hispanicbusiness.com
Street vendor Amado Campos, 44, of Los Angeles, is his own boss, but he works long hours, seven days a week. His costs are up but sales are down as his customers cut back in a poor economy. And he needs a new cart. :: from www.latimes.com
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MEDIA ADVISORY: Telephonic Briefing: the State of Latino Health Care
Dalton State College faculty contribute to book on Latino immigration: “Voices from the Nueva Frontera: Latino Immigration in Dalton, Georgia” :: from www.northwestgeorgia.com
Villaraigosa should focus on his job now, Cisneros says :: from blogs.mysanantonio.com
By its latest (in)actions, the Supreme Court seems to be waiting for a wise Latina justice :: from www.latinalista.net
Pursuing ‘La Vida Sana’ for Latinos – Initiative addresses fitness and nutrition issues for better health – Summit County, Colorado :: from www.summitdaily.com
No funding for Centro Latino – Pierce County Council declines to give almost $20,000 to community nonprofit – Washington :: from www.thenewstribune.com
Dominican teen Laura Abreu-Jimenez finds success at Scranton High School :: from www.thetimes-tribune.com
After searching since March for a new executive director, the Hispanic Resource Center is confident that Bronx native Zoe Colon will excel in the position – Mamaroneck, New York :: from www.lohud.com
A very happy and proud group of Hispanic teens from western Massachusetts had a memorable day at Fenway Park on Wednesday. – :: from www.wwlp.com
The prospect of staff cuts at Hillsborough’s Hispanic community liaison office has some residents planning to pack a County Commission budget hearing today. – Florida :: from www.tampabay.com
Interview with Estevan Vega, author of The Sacred Sin :: from eljumpingbean.blogspot.com
Leaders in Milwaukee’s Latino community expressed outrage Wednesday that state Sen. Tim Carpenter (D-Milwaukee) and other Democrats removed provisions in the state budget that would allow some undocumented students to pay in-state college tuition and let illegal immigrants receive certificates that would allow them to legally drive. :: from www.jsonline.com
Latina author, Linda Nieves Powell (Freestyle) has thought of a unique way to promote her author brand. Created by Jenny Saldana and Antonia Marrero, she became the Executive Producer of the Ultimate Latina Theater Festival and created another avenue to promote her novel. :: from www.mediabistro.com
Board of Directors Names Jarrett Barrios as President of GLAAD
Announcing our 2009 Google Hispanic College Fund Scholars :: from googleforstudents.blogspot.com
Immigrant Family Torn Apart in Arizona Raid – Sheriff Arpaio has arrested 248 immigrants in raids allegedly aimed at unlawful hiring, but no employer has been penalized. :: from feetin2worlds.wordpress.com
Viva’s Top Latin Picks for this Week in NYC – June 17th-23rd, 2009 :: from www.nydailynews.com
10 Minutes with Arizona State Senator Amanda Aguirre :: from www.yumasun.com
President Barack Obama to Address 2009 National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast
Obama drive for immigration reform faces an uphill road :: from www.miamiherald.com
Book Review: Adios to All the Drama, by Diana Rodriguez Wallach :: from www.examiner.com
The 21st Century Chicano Activist Convention in Dallas – August 21st-23rd, 2009 :: from www.dallaschicanoconvention.org
Esperanza Addresses the Real Estate and Mortgage Crisis During The State of Hispanic Housing Dinner
Judge Sonia Sotomayor expressed skepticism in March 2003 about the expanded government surveillance powers in the USA Patriot Act, citing what she referred to as its broader authority “to impose nationwide wiretaps with little judicial supervision” and to monitor Internet use in search of terrorists. :: from www.nytimes.com
Cuban National Assembly President Ricardo Alarcon Condemns US Supreme Court’s Refusal to Hear Appeal of Cuban Fiv :: from www.democracynow.org
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Quinoa Plants a Seed for Food Revolution in Colombia :: from upsidedownworld.org
The Town of Lonely Dentists – Palomas, Mexico — This is the little border town that discount
dentistry built. (with video) :: from voices.washingtonpost.comThe Drug Lord Who Got Away – Mexican Capo Unleashes Mayhem on U.S. Border; The Making of a Legend – El Chapo :: from online.wsj.com
Mexico: Water Shortages Affecting Nearly 2 Million Residents :: from globalvoicesonline.org
The Mexican Navy says it has seized more than a tonne of cocaine hidden inside the carcasses of frozen sharks. :: from news.bbc.co.uk
France and Mexico are to launch a joint observatory to unite scientific work on the environmental impact from humans and climate change on Mexico’s coastlines :: from news.yahoo.com
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- November 24, 2009
- 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
- Economic Blame Game: U.S. Unemployment is Not Caused by Immigration
- November 19, 2009
- Shakira Refuses To Do Interviews In Spanish
- BMI Foundation Announces Opening of 7th Annual peermusic Latin Scholarship Competition
- Video: Sofia Vergara’s “Modern Family” Costar Trashes her on “Chelsea Lately”
- The Cuban band Septeto Nacional de Ignacio Piñeiro can legitimately claim to be inventors of salsa. But it last played in the United States when Franklin D. Roosevelt was president, and there was no telling when it might be able to return — until the very slightest hint of a thaw in cultural relations between the United States and Cuba quietly brought the band to New York early this month.
- Mexico’s Drug Violence Gives Rise To Vigilantism
- The wave of crime besetting Puerto Rico seems to be out of control with 800 murders being committed here so far this year, but the island’s top police official says the problem does not fall exclusively within his department.
- The University of Panama indefinitely suspended classes on Wednesday after confrontations between students and police during a protest against alleged U.S. involvement in plans to build new military installations.
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- November 24, 2009
- 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
- Eleventh-hour criticism is arising over President Obama’s nomination for United States attorney in northern Iowa of a prosecutor who had a leading role in the criminal cases against hundreds of illegal immigrants arrested in a May 2008 raid at a meatpacking plant in Postville, Iowa. – Stephanie Rose
- From a group calling themselves Electronic Civil Disobedience comes the Transborder Immigrant Tool, a simple mobile application intended to aid and abet border-crossers from Mexico to the United States by mapping the safest routes to take. – This GPS app is built to work on the cheapest cell phones available.
- Report from America’s Voice: The New Constituents… How Latinos Will Shape Congressional Apportionmention After the 2010 Census
- November 16, 2009
- 15th annual Mariachi Vargas Extravaganza in San Antonio – more than 1,000 professional & student musicians participating – 8-day festival of mariachi competitions, workshops, presentations, serenades & concerts attracts more than 15,000 visitors annually.
- Money Trickles North as Mexicans Help Relatives – reverse remittances from Mexico
- Scarlet “A” will dominate immigration reform rhetoric – Greg Tejeda on immigration reform & Janet Napolitano’s speech
- The first Texas Hispanic legislators didn’t want to go public when they organized some 40 years ago out of fear they might be considered “un-American.” – Today, the Mexican American Legislative Caucus (MALC) is growing in influence — and raising record amounts of money — as Texas’ population turns increasingly Hispanic.
