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Speak English well, or get a ticket by federal law – Truckers face hefty fine for breaking law that says they must be able to talk with police. – Authorities last year issued 25,230 tickets nationwide for violations :: from www.ajc.com
Iowa researchers found significant disparities in several aspects of children’s health-care between those who speak primarily Spanish and those who speak English. :: from www.dailyiowan.com
A national commission released a report today that says there was a “systematic abuse of worker rights” during the federal immigration raids that included the 2006 raid at the Swift meatpacking plant in Marshalltown and the 2008 raid Agriprocessors in Postville. :: from www.radioiowa.com
Illegal Entry At A 36 Year Low, But Comprehensive Immigration Reform Still a Must :: from lawprofessors.typepad.com
Border Companies Thrive on Mexican-Americans – Exports and imports between Mexico and the United States have grown rapidly in the last decade, to close to $400 billion annually. :: from www.nytimes.com
President Barack Obama says he is committed to a comprehensive immigration overhaul that includes a way that illegal immigrants can become U.S. citizens – at the Esperanza National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast and Conference. :: from finance.yahoo.com
Florida Senate Candidate Marco Rubio Speaks Spanish To Win Votes, But Espouses English-Only Policies :: from wonkroom.thinkprogress.org
Rodri Rodriguez Bringing the Romance and Spectacle Back Again with 20th Mariachi USA Festival :: from www.hispanicbusiness.com
NBC Just Can’t Quit Same Old Hispanics – Can We Have One Segment Without Gloria or Dora or Shakira? :: from adage.com
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From Hollywood to the Amazon: Q’orianka Kilcher joins Peruvian protestors :: from latimesblogs.latimes.com
Dream Act Advocates Hold Graduation Ceremony on Capitol Hill
Virtual book tours especially for Latino/a authors – Jo Ann Hernandez, the lady behind BronzeWord Latino Authors :: from www.examiner.com
Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez is the first sitting state’s attorney to lead the Chicago Bar association. :: from abclocal.go.com
Famed Chicago Muralist Hector Duarte’s new work of art :: from www.cafemagazine.com
Wells Fargo Manager Harassed Spanish-Speaking Workers, Lawsuit Says – Arizona :: from blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com
The U.S. Senate has unanimously passed legislation to take a first step towards boosting research and education efforts related to Cerebral Cavernous Malformation, a relatively unknown illness more prevalent among New Mexico Hispanics than any other group. :: from www.cibolabeacon.com
Tancredo linked to Minuteman group accused of Arizona double-murder :: from coloradoindependent.com
The federal government has failed to develop a coordinated strategy to stop the illegal trafficking of firearms into Mexico, according to a new government report. :: from voices.washingtonpost.com
Viva’s third annual Summer Latin Music Calendar – NYC :: from www.nydailynews.com
Child sex tourism continues to grow in Mexican northern border cities like Tijuana and Juárez, according to a U.S. State Department report. :: from www.elpasotimes.com
Colombia tops in internally displaced says U.N. :: from ourlatinamerica.blogspot.com
A Small Town Cop, Out-Gunned by Traffickers – Ascension, Mexico :: from voices.washingtonpost.com
For immigrants, living the dream is getting tougher :: from www.usatoday.com
Nueva Trova pioneering band sounds as good today as 35 years ago – Haciendo Punto En Otro Son :: from www.examiner.com
Cleveland Browns receiver Donte’ Stallworth pleaded guilty this month to a DUI manslaughter charge for striking Mario Reyes on March 14 in Miami. He began serving a 30-day jail sentence Tuesday and has reached a financial settlement with the family of the 59-year-old construction worker. After jail, he must serve two years of house arrest and spend eight years on probation. :: from www.google.com
Mexican State Election: Drug War Plays Big Public Role For First Time :: from www.huffingtonpost.com
Mexico levied organized crime and drug charges Thursday against seven mayors, the former state attorney general and 19 other officials in the western state of Michoacan for allegedly aiding a drug cartel. :: from www.miamiherald.com
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Crossfade Blogger Jose Davila Contributed to New Academic Anthology on Reggaeton :: from blogs.browardpalmbeach.com
Nueva Trova pioneering band sounds as good today as 35 years ago – Haciendo Punto En Otro Son :: from www.examiner.com
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V-me’s new season of Estudio Billboard launches with Aleks Syntek. :: from hispanicad.com
Is Padre Alberto Cutie a Bigger Sinner Than We Thought? :: from hissip.com
Joan Sebastian to Marry Barely Legal Teen :: from www.latingossip.com
Viva’s third annual Summer Latin Music Calendar – NYC :: from www.nydailynews.com
Beer-bottle glasses and bad hair: Ugly Betty is back – and America Ferrera says it takes a lot of work to look this UGLY :: from www.dailymail.co.uk
Rodri Rodriguez Bringing the Romance and Spectacle Back Again with 20th Mariachi USA Festival :: from www.hispanicbusiness.com
Cabas se separa de su esposa :: from www.peopleenespanol.com
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Hormel Foods Corp. (HRL) and Mexico’s Herdez del Fuerte SA de CV said Friday they will expand on their current joint venture to market Mexican foods in the U.S. :: from www.nasdaq.com
Border Companies Thrive on Mexican-Americans – Exports and imports between Mexico and the United States have grown rapidly in the last decade, to close to $400 billion annually. :: from www.nytimes.com
NBC Just Can’t Quit Same Old Hispanics – Can We Have One Segment Without Gloria or Dora or Shakira? :: from adage.com
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More jump ship at Mexico City’s English-language newspaper :: from latimesblogs.latimes.com
President Obama has appointed Latina magazine founder and former publisher Christy Haubegger to the President’s Commission on White House Fellowships. :: from mediamoves.blogspot.com
Francesca Maxime has moved to NYC to become co-host of “Currents,” a brand new television show for NET NY :: from mediamoves.blogspot.com
Viva El Mercado: Phoenix Pro’s Market – reviews of three Valley Mexican grocery store chains, in honor of the opening of Walmart’s Supermercado :: from blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com
R. Paniagua Inc. Selects Quadrant Two Public Relations as National In-House Events and Media Property PR Agency – PR.com
Wells Fargo Manager Harassed Spanish-Speaking Workers, Lawsuit Says – Arizona :: from blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com
Grupo Gallegos Punctuates Winning Streak with 2009 Radio Mercury Award
Hispanic Women Among Top DVD Buyers :: from www.srgnet.com
Spanish-language media is also shifting to more use of English language commercials and programs. Hector Orci, co-founder of La Agencia de Orci, is building a new division of his agency, called One Plus Two, for the population that speaks English but enjoys Spanish language programming like telenovelas from Mexico. :: from www.nytimes.com
H&R Block looking for Hispanic agencies :: from www.prweekus.com
Tata Consultancy Services, India’s largest outsourcing firm, has opened a new center in Queretaro, Mexico, the company said Thursday – a reflection of the growing move to diversify offshore locations. :: from www.forbes.com
HispanicBusiness 500 Ranks Pan-American Life No. 16 Largest Hispanic Business in the United States
Kellogg Adds Honey to Target Hispanics – Corn Flakes with a Touch of Honey o “toque de miel” – supported by an ad campaign created by Kellogg’s lead agency Leo Burnett. :: from www.brandweek.com
Rodri Rodriguez Bringing the Romance and Spectacle Back Again with 20th Mariachi USA Festival :: from www.hispanicbusiness.com
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President Obama has appointed Latina magazine founder and former publisher Christy Haubegger to the President’s Commission on White House Fellowships. :: from mediamoves.blogspot.com
“Women Who Dare” Founder Diane Alverio honored for Leadership
La Raza leader Andrea Bazan surprised to be drawn into Sotomayor debate :: from www.miamiherald.com
As some Hispanic groups have begun to question President Obama’s commitment to passing immigration reform, the president said Friday morning that he remains dedicated to signing such legislation. :: from thehill.com
Professor Charles Calleros recently led several students and staff from the College of Law in providing information, inspiration, and skill-building for about 50 high school students participating in the ASU Cesar Chavez Leadership Institute. :: from asunews.asu.edu
Anita Alvarez and other Latinas discuss identity in Chicago :: from www.chicagonow.com
Growing Need for Spanish Translators in Nebraska Courts :: from www.laht.com
United Way reaches out to Central Texas Latinos – Vivir Unidos event gave Hispanic residents and local nonprofits a chance to get to know each other. :: from www.statesman.com
Full Text: Remarks by the President at the Esperanza National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast
The Obama administration is working with Havana to finalize dates to resume long-suspended discussions between the two countries, as Cuban officials signal their interest in expanding the talks beyond migration. :: from www.mcclatchydc.com
SALT Makes Immigration Reform Recommendations to the Obama Administration :: from lawprofessors.typepad.com
NAHJ Convention to Discuss Walking the Tightrope: Challenges Faced by the Media in Venezuela
Montgomery County officials acknowledged in a report yesterday that they appear to have overpaid Centro Familia, a nonprofit organization serving low-income Latino children and their families :: from www.washingtonpost.com
Latinos need to take time for Census :: from southchicagoan.blogspot.com
Minnesota’s Legislature’s Chicano Latino Affairs Council has named an interim executive director to replace Rogelio Munoz, who resigned abruptly last week, citing internal conflicts with the small agency’s board of directors. :: from minnesota.publicradio.org
Immigrant of the Day: Feniosky Peña-Mora (Dominican Republic) :: from lawprofessors.typepad.com
Weekly Immigration Wire: Why Are Hate Crimes on the Rise? :: from www.huffingtonpost.com
New Sotomayor Stereotype : The Latina Housekeeper :: from vivirlatino.com
Hundreds expected to march to T. Don Hutto on Sat., World Refugee Day, to demand an end to family detention :: from www.latinalista.net
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More jump ship at Mexico City’s English-language newspaper :: from latimesblogs.latimes.com
Colombia tops in internally displaced says U.N. :: from ourlatinamerica.blogspot.com
Mexican State Election: Drug War Plays Big Public Role For First Time :: from www.huffingtonpost.com
Tata Consultancy Services, India’s largest outsourcing firm, has opened a new center in Queretaro, Mexico, the company said Thursday – a reflection of the growing move to diversify offshore locations. :: from www.forbes.com
Mexico levied organized crime and drug charges Thursday against seven mayors, the former state attorney general and 19 other officials in the western state of Michoacan for allegedly aiding a drug cartel. :: from www.miamiherald.com
Widow of late Chilean president Allende dead at 94 :: from www.miamiherald.com
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- 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.
- There are 16 million children in immigrant families in the United States
- Over the last 3 years, high schools that received the lowest marks from the city have been the ones with the highest percentages of poor, black and Hispanic students, despite an evaluation system that was meant to equalize differences among student bodies, according to an analysis by The New York Times of school grades released this week.
- Who seriously wants the Cuban trade embargo?
- A legislator from El Paso has criticized proposed history and social studies standards for public schools as being unfair to Hispanics. – Rep. Norma Chavez raised the issue Wednesday in Austin before the State Board of Education.
- Farewell to an icon: Artist who tore at racism is buried at 99 – R.I.P. José Cisneros
- November 18, 2009
- Hispanics are 9% of the Virginia’s schoolchildren, but 5% of gifted students.
- A New United Movement Stops Mexico for a Day
- Analysis reveals driving out undocumented immigrants doesn’t bode well for congressional representation
- After accidental deportation, critics say immigration officials making mistakes – After a Salvadoran man was mistakenly deported, immigration rights activists have complained about toughened enforcement by authorities.
- Governor Deval Patrick urged Massachusetts residents today to avoid getting mired in “the usual debate” over illegal immigration as he gave his cabinet 90 days to craft a plan for better integrating all foreign-born residents into the state’s daily fabric.
- More Americans are playing tennis – The biggest increases were among Hispanics, with 32% more playing the game.
- Mexico’s Juarez on path to anarchy
- Experts warned on Tuesday that the rise in health problems due to obesity among Mexican children, which is considered to be an epidemic, threatens “for the first time” to reduce life expectancy rates in the country.
- The estimated damage caused by the Nov. 7-8 floods and mudslides to El Salvador’s infrastructure has climbed to $880 million, the country’s public works minister said Tuesday.
- Trend Toward Smaller Families in Latin America – The number of people per household in Latin America will fall by 18 percent by 2020, according to a study released in this capital Tuesday by consulting firm Euromonitor International.
- A Woman’s Nation Spurred by LatinaTION
- Sosa Skin Lightening Fires Debate About Afro-Latino Heritage
- Congressman Raúl Grijalva talks to his daughter Marisa about his mother’s influence on his education. – new Historias from StoryCorp
- After two days of deliberations, on Oct. 14 the Mexican Supreme Court made public its decision that Ulises Ruiz Ortiz (governor of the state of Oaxaca) is culpable for the human rights violations that occurred in Oaxaca as a result of teacher protests and political and social unrest in May 2006-January 2007 and July of 2008.
- Organizations alarmed by the increased violence against women and others in Mexico are traveling by caravan to demand justice for the victims. – The national caravan, which began in Mexico City, is part of the international Mujeres de Negro (Women in Black) campaign to protest violence against women, children and other vulnerable groups.
- Colombia elige a su nueva reina y ya llueven las críticas – Natalia Navarro se convirtió en Miss Colombia y, aunque era favorita, a muchos no les gusta su lenguaje; en la coronación aseguró que es “cabezona” y “berraca”
- CNN was so sick of Lou Dobbs, it gave him an $8 million severance package to leave
- The Cuban ties that bind, 50 years on – Visiting her father’s homeland under newly relaxed travel restrictions is both invigorating and saddening.
Latest Essentials
- 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.
- Supporters of tough U.S. sanctions against the Cuban government have given more than $10 million to congressional campaigns over the last seven years
- Oregon universities try to recruit more Latino students – In 2007, Latinos made up nearly 12% of the 12th-grade class and less than 6% of freshmen in the university system. About 20% of first-graders that year were Latino.
- The Obama administration will insist on measures to give legal status to an estimated 12 million illegal immigrants as it pushes early next year for legislation to overhaul the immigration system, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said on Friday.
- 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.
- Sonia Sotomayor unwittingly adds celebrity touch to Supreme Court
- One of the Republican Party’s most respected and relied-upon consultants has serious reservations about two the party’s biggest names. – Alex Castellanos, a conservative media strategist and regular presence on CNN, raised questions of Sarah Palin’s viability for office and took major swipes at Florida Senate candidate Charlie Crist
- November 13, 2009
- ASU, ALRE release major study on Arizona’s Latino population – (direct link to report & powerpoint)
- 10 Latino MLB ‘09 Season Highlights – (some cool stuff here)
- The ‘flea’ CNN’s Lou Dobbs couldn’t shake off – Interview with Roberto Lovato
