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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 7, 2009
- WCVI Study Finds Disproportionate Foreclosures in Latino, Black Communities
- A small Dominican Republic town plagued by birth defects wants to know if a U.S. power company is to blame.
- In pictures: Yucatan wonders – (wow some amazing photos)
- George Mason University Study Shows Deep Anti-Immigration Sentiment in Pockets of Prince William County
- CNN’s Rick Sanchez Interviews Juanita Castro: “While you were still in Cuba and your brother was beginning a Marxist revolution, you were not only cooperating with the CIA, but you were protecting CIA agents who were inside Cuba at the time.”
- Report on Women’s Human Rights Violations Shows Systematic Attack on Women Under Honduran Coup
- Would Mass Deportation Mean More Jobs for U.S. Workers?
- November 6, 2009
- The closing immigration window
- THE LEGALIZATION SOLUTION – IPC Reports Highlight Gains Made From Legalization Programs Past and Explore Future Legalization Proposals
- Activists Push for Immigration Reform on Anniversary of Long Island Hate Crime – Marcelo Lucero
- Miami sports agent who aided in defections freed from jail – Juan Ignacio Hernández Nodar, a Miami sports agent who served 13 years for trying to help Cuban baseball stars defect, will fly home Friday.
- Like California’s 30 years ago, Oregon’s growing Latino population is reaching a tipping point: A critical mass of Latino professionals is starting to organize and influence state and local politics. – dubbed Latino Agenda for Action
- The memory of Marcelo Lucero’s death still horrifies but the atmosphere that created it still exists
- One of Marcelo Lucero’s Attackers Pleads Guilty
- A third woman has filed a paternity claim against Paraguay’s Roman Catholic bishop-turned- president, her lawyer confirmed Thursday – President Fernando Lugo
- November 5, 2009
- AZ GOP Committeman: Ask “Brown People” About Crime in Tucson
- Francisco Ayala, honored Spanish author, dies at 103
- Mixed impressions inside the poll numbers – Texans on immigration
- Hispanic women snap up brands that boost their behinds- Colombian jeans celebrate women’s curves
- In Mexico, fears of a ‘lost generation’ – Violence among young soars as drug cartels recruit more minors
- They’ll (the NBA) take our money, but do they want us in the stands?
- Geraldo Rivera faces tough critics – a pair of abuelitas
- Remembering Marcelo Lucero : One Year Later, The List of Hate Crimes Grows Longer
- Guest Columnist: Sergio Troncoso. Is the Texas Library Association excluding Latino writers?
- The Prevention Research Center (PRC) in St. Louis is launching a multinational research project focused on preventing the leading causes of death in Hispanics in the United States and Latin America. – will conduct a four-year, $2.8 million effort to apply and adapt evidence-based strategies for preventing heart disease, cancer, diabetes and obesity in the United States, Mexico and Brazil
- Hispanic Voter Turnout Remains Low – voter turnout rate of just 21% in Yakima, WA
- Dr. Luther Castillo — Voice of the Voiceless in Honduras
- FIU to develop model programs to keep Hispanics in college – Although 57% of non-Hispanic white students nationwide graduate within six years; only 46 % of Hispanics do so.
- Dominican-born judge wins bench in N.Y. State Supreme Court – Diccia Pineda-Kirwan
- Deal to restore Manuel Zelaya in Honduras at risk – Supporters of ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya say lawmakers are stalling efforts to bring him back to office before a Nov. 29 election.
- November 4, 2009
- Study finds Lehigh Valley’s Hispanic students are progressing – But struggles persist in areas such as reading. Valley area review is called ‘eye-opening’ – Pennsylvania
- Hispanic Women Run for Nevada Office – Several candidates hope to alter the composition of the Nevada State Legislature. There are currently no Hispanic women serving in the legislature, but four have already announced they will run next year
- Reid Gets No GOP Support For Resolution Honoring Hispanic Media
- A soldier every 3 feet on the US/Mexico border = 6,930,880 soldiers – Immigration Anecdotes
- Stop the Deportation of the Mejia-Perez Family; Parents of a Dreamer
- In these times, cities need to do more to help day laborers
- ICE gives voice to victims of human trafficking in the United States
- Board of Immigration Appeals Rules Not to Reopen Old Deportation Cases
- Hispanics urged to make census count – Cities plan outreach to allay fears of government probing that could limit federal dollars – Chicago area
- November 2, 2009
- The 287(g) policy has become a perverted version of its original intent in Tennessee
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- November 7, 2009
- MARISA TREVIÑO: She’s one blogging Latina lista to be reckoned with!
- Honduras leadership in limbo as accord dissolves
- BLS: Unemployment Rate Rose to 10.2% in October; Hispanic Unemployment at 13.1%
- November 6, 2009
- Carmen Ortiz has been confirmed as the U.S. attorney for Massachusetts, becoming the first Hispanic and the first woman to hold the state’s top federal prosecutor’s job.
- A Mix of Flash and Idealism at the Latin Grammys – Glitz and heart-on-sleeve emotionality mingled, every so often, with political and social messages at the 10th annual Latin Grammy Awards.
- Native American corporations, particularly an array of Alaska Native Corporations, have become major defense and homeland security contractors – responsible for a wide range of national security operations, including electronic surveillance on the border, running immigrant detention centers, and supplying security and other services in U.S. overseas wars and energy exploitation.
- Latin Grammys: Calle 13 dominates with 5 awards – “Other than Calle 13, there were no other major winners. ” – Mercedes Sosa won the prize for Best Folk Album.
- Senate Democrats Thursday blocked a GOP attempt to require next year’s census forms to ask people whether they are U.S. citizens – Vitter’s attempts fail
- November 5, 2009
- TOP Ten Latino-themed Caskets for Sale at Wal-Mart
- Low Latino voter turnout in NJ and VA elections reveal a return to the old ways
- Grassroots Effort to Oust Lou Dobbs Now 100,000 Strong – Latino leaders and their allies who are part of BastaDobbs.com vow to continue online campaign putting pressure on CNN to drop Dobbs
- Latin Grammys honors Mexican icon Juan Gabriel – The Latin music world celebrated 100 million records sold, 1,500 songs written and 30 years of recording, all by one artist, Mexico’s beloved Juan Gabriel.
- Calle 13: With the people, without a map – Calle 13 hit it big in a hurry. Unsettled by fame, MC Rene Perez set out to connect on a personal level with Latin America.
- For immigrants, illness can bring a death sentence
- The U.S. Supreme Court has indicated it is interested in hearing an appeal from business groups that, for the past two years, have been trying to have Arizona’s controversial employer-sanctions law thrown out. – The sanctions law, which punishes companies for hiring illegal immigrants and requires all Arizona employers to use a federal electronic system to verify the work status of employees, has been upheld by two lower courts.
- Cuban Tomas Regalado was elected mayor of Miami with a pledge to control spending, limit property-tax increases and curtail development
- A top Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) official confirmed that officers were conducting a training exercise at CSUN that involved members of Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan (MEChA) earlier this semester. – Members said they were targeted and profiled by LAPD officers during their first meeting on Sept. 2. & that they were followed, harassed and intimidated by “undercover police officers” during a ceremony to welcome first-time freshmen to their organization.
- November 4, 2009
- Walking a mile in an immigrant’s moccasins – Ben Reed married Deyanira Escalona in Mexico after she was deported at LAX while en route to their planned wedding in Idaho. They live in Mexico now. “I’ve been radicalized by the whole experience,” Reed says.
- Half of American kids will live in households receiving food stamps before age 20, according to a study reported Monday in Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.
- Friendly Fire? CNN’s Lou Dobbs Gets Called Out By CNN’s Reliable Sources
- Native Americans Profit from Abusive Immigrant Detention and Billions of Dollars in National Security Contracts
- Miriam Flores is a 42-year-old Mexican immigrant who has taken the cause of English as a second language to the nation’s highest courts.
- Child welfare workers too quick to remove Latino children from their families
- Latin Grammys aim to bring Latin music to the mainstream – After a decade, Latin music’s most important awards show still falls short of its original goals — bringing greater visibility to Latin artists and musical styles.
- The debate over health care for illegal immigrants continues to percolate in Congress despite the Obama administration’s efforts to put it to rest, with lawmakers in both houses also wrangling over how much coverage to provide for immigrants who have settled in the country legally.
- Lawrence elects Massachusetts’ first Latino mayor – William Lantigua
- November 2, 2009
- Latinos need more than lip service – Families are being torn apart by America’s broken immigration system. President Obama needs to show leadership and fix it – (the view from England)
- The Newest Face in the Late-Night Party – The arrival of “Lopez Tonight” on TBS is breaking up what Jay Leno likes to call “the parade of nine white men” on the late-night talk shows.
- A little more than 1 million people work in the illegal drug trade including “around 200,000” women, according to the COCyP association of peasant organizations, based on police estimates.
- The Strange Bedfellows of the Census Boycott
- Top 10 Reasons Not To Wear A Culturally Appropriating Halloween Costume
- ‘Drop Lou Dobbs’ Campaign Nearing 100,000 Signature Goal – need 30k more!
- Rights activists in the northern Mexican border city of Tijuana have hung 5,100 small white crosses on the fence straddling the U.S. frontier to commemorate migrants who have died trying to cross.
- Immigrant Jail Tests U.S. View of Legal Access – City Bar Justice Center is calling for all immigrant detainees to be provided with counsel.
- The Hispanic Market Is Set to Soar – The 2010 Census will radically alter the demographic map and the rules of engagement between Hispanic and general-market shops
- October 30, 2009
- Song banned, band pulls out of Luna Awards TV show – Los Tigres del Norte is initially barred from playing its latest drug-trade lyrics. – “La Granja”
- Mexican emigrants sent home $16.4 billion during the first nine months of this year, down 13.4% from the same period in 2008
- Sanchez sisters eyed by House ethics panel for alleged collusion – Linda and Loretta CA Democrats
- U.S. May Be Open to Asylum for Spouse Abuse – Immigration lawyers said the administration had taken a major step toward clarifying a murky area of asylum law and defining the legal grounds on which battered and sexually abused women in foreign countries could seek protection here.
- Did a resolution honoring Hispanic media trigger a silent boycott among the GOP?
