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Healthcare in Immigration Nation – interesting connection for Healthcare and Immigration Reform :: from patchworknation.csmonitor.com
Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez not running for governor of California :: from www.scpr.org
Veteran Latino-rights advocate charged with voter fraud – Nativo V. Lopez :: from latimesblogs.latimes.com
Immigrant Treatment in Phoenix Reminiscent of Slavery – By Rev. Al Sharpton :: from www.blackvoicenews.com
What is Next for MySpace Spanish Language Versions in the U.S. and Latin America? :: from www.portada-online.com
The Who, What, When, Where, Why and How of Today’s White House Meeting on Immigration Reform :: from feetin2worlds.wordpress.com
Hispanics make up majorities at 7 Cleveland public schools, prompting call for special help :: from blog.cleveland.com
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D.C. Metro Crashes Hate Into A Family :: from maneegee.blogspot.com
Latinos and Twitter :: from www.fhhispaniaplaza.com
It’s a win for Sheriff Joe Arpaio. The County Board of Supervisors has voted to give County Attorney Andrew Thomas $1.4 million to enforce employer sanctions laws — and part of that money will go to Sheriff Joe Arpaio to help combat illegal immigration. :: from www.myfoxphoenix.com
Museo Alameda’s exhibit explores influence of Latinos on American music :: from www.mysanantonio.com
Journalists reporting, and surviving, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico :: from latimesblogs.latimes.com
DHS needs to explain restrictions against public and media access to immigration courts :: from www.latinalista.net
100-year-old Luis Salinas celebrates birthday whirling on the dance floor in San Antonio :: from blogs.mysanantonio.com
Adelfa Callejo’s Obama remarks could scuttle Dallas school naming :: from www.pegasusnews.com
State Farm Invests in American Dream for Latino Families
Attorney General Eric Holder urged Congress Thursday to pass a new hate crimes law which would allow the federal government to prosecute cases of violence based on sexual orientation, gender or disability. :: from www.google.com
National Council of La Raza Conference Comes to Chicago – Workshops on home ownership counseling and free health screening for the community :: from www.extranews.net
Consultant, speaker and…Twittero? Interview with Matt Reyes :: from www.cafemagazine.com
Hispanics could make up as much as 30 percent of the student body at Tulsa Community College this year, the result of an effort to increase the college’s outreach to underserved populations. :: from www.tulsaworld.com
Cuba’s Population to Fall Below 11 Million by 2032 :: from www.laht.com
Narcocorridos and Nightlife in Mexicali :: from voices.washingtonpost.com
Mexico fights resurgent dengue fever – on the rise in Mexico and elsewhere in the Americas. :: from www.miamiherald.com
Arrest of Gang Intervention Leader Alex Sanchez Raises Questions, Concerns in Community :: from ofamerica.wordpress.com
15 year old Texan Javier Fernández-Han Invents Algae-Powered Energy System :: from www.inhabitat.com
With Villarraigosa out of the CA Governor’s Race, will Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez jump in? :: from latinopoliticsblog.com
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Rodrigo y Gabriela Announce New Album And Tour Dates :: from www.examiner.com
Captan a Luis Miguel con una rubia en Miami :: from www.peopleenespanol.com
Jennifer López descontinúa línea de ropa – La crisis económica obligó a que J.Lo abandone su colección Sweetface, que era una adición a J.Lo by Jennifer López :: from www.peopleenespanol.com
Nacional’s Pastime – Tomas Cookman’s L.A. label pushes a wild mix of Latin sounds, from Los Fabulosos Cadillacs and Aterciopelados to Mexican Institute of Sound, Pinker Tones and Nortec Collective :: from www.laweekly.com
El ex Soda Stereo Gustavo Cerati ha terminado las mezclas de Fuerza natural, su quinto disco solista :: from www.efeeme.com
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Salma Hayek Denies Affair with Batman Producer Jon Peters :: from www.latina.com
Behind-The-Set of J.Lo’s New Flick “The Back-Up Plan” :: from blogamole.mtvtr3s.com
El padre Alberto designa a Osvaldo Ríos como su portavoz :: from www.peopleenespanol.com
Ivy Queen tendrá su muñeca – La réplica en miniatura de la cantante se llamará Queenie, cantará reggaetón y tendrá las uñas tan largas como ella :: from www.peopleenespanol.com
El cantautor cubano Francisco Céspedes describió su nuevo álbum, “Te acuerdas”, como un homenaje a grandes compositores y a las canciones que le recuerdan momentos íntimos. :: from www.impre.com
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Latinos and Twitter :: from www.fhhispaniaplaza.com
Nacional’s Pastime – Tomas Cookman’s L.A. label pushes a wild mix of Latin sounds, from Los Fabulosos Cadillacs and Aterciopelados to Mexican Institute of Sound, Pinker Tones and Nortec Collective :: from www.laweekly.com
What is Next for MySpace Spanish Language Versions in the U.S. and Latin America? :: from www.portada-online.com
Telemundo said today it set a ratings record for the debut of its new telenovela, Los Victorinos, which premiered on Tuesday. :: from www.mediaweek.com
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Colombia is the least affected by the trade decline among the top U.S. partners in Latin America. :: from www.latinbusinesschronicle.com
First Ever 24/7 Spanish Language Talk Radio Show Comes to Charlotte!
Jennifer López descontinúa línea de ropa – La crisis económica obligó a que J.Lo abandone su colección Sweetface, que era una adición a J.Lo by Jennifer López :: from www.peopleenespanol.com
AOL Video Search Site Truveo Relaunches In 17 Nations; Lands Deal With Univision :: from www.reuters.com
SABEResPODER selected Casanova Pendrill as its first branding agency after a two-month agency search :: from hispanicad.com
The Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Wisconsin is assuming control of ¡Aquí! Milwaukee, a monthly magazine that had been published by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Specialty Media Division targeting second- and third-generation Hispanics in southeast Wisconsin. :: from www.bizjournals.com
Chilean Specialty Food Products Take Center Stage at Premiere Culinary Events in New York City
The Central California Hispanic Chamber of Commerce was the recipient of the 2009 Fresno County Board of Supervisors Partnership Award. :: from www.thebusinessjournal.com
Qwest’s Bilingual Call Center Celebrates 25 Years of Service to the Community
State Farm Invests in American Dream for Latino Families
Norsan Multimedia plans to flip Regional Mexican WGSP-AM (La Tremenda)/Charlotte to Spanish News/Talk as “Radio Formula 1310 AM.” :: from news.radio-online.com
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services changed its ratings outlook on Univision Communications Inc. to stable from negative, saying it expects the Spanish-language television and radio broadcaster to remain in compliance with its financial covenants in the intermediate term. :: from online.wsj.com
Consultant, speaker and…Twittero? Interview with Matt Reyes :: from www.cafemagazine.com
Fitch Rates Univision’s Note Offering ‘B+/RR3′; Outlook Stable
Spanish-language publishing company TSJ News Inc. is expanding its presence in the Columbus market by taking over management of a radio station WVKO-FM 103.1 there. :: from cincinnati.bizjournals.com
Mexico’s anti-monopoly agency, the CFC, said Wednesday that it imposed fines totaling 419 million pesos ($31 million) on railways owned by magnate Carlos Slim and mining giant Grupo Mexico. :: from www.laht.com
US Says Trade Liberalization to Reduce Poverty in Latin America :: from www.laht.com
More US Hispanic News –»
New Alliance Hosts Free Home Rescue Fair to Combat Rising Foreclosures in California
Latino Cultural Center Showcases Dallas Artists with 6th Annual Hecho en Dallas Exhibit July 2nd – August 22nd, 2009 :: from www.examiner.com
Financial constraints have forced Centro LatinoAmericano in Eugene to lay off its full-time executive director, Jorge Navarro :: from www.registerguard.com
Annual Fundraiser for Palomita Education Fund Shines in Tough Economy
Another National Association of Hispanic Journalists website #NAHJ09 :: from nahj09.ning.com
BOOK REVIEW: America Libre by Raul Ramos y Sanchez :: from ireadandliked.blogspot.com
Statement of Dr. Elena Rios, MD, MSPH, President and CEO, National Hispanic Medical Association
A new alliance between the United States National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, and the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Chile, aims to accelerate progress against cancer in Hispanic populations in the United States and Latin America. :: from www.dotmed.com
LatinoFest stirs some ‘moolah’ into Baltimore’s ’salsa’ :: from www.examiner.com
New Jersey’s first Latina county prosecutor takes the high road – Camelia M. Valdes :: from www.examiner.com
Sotomayor Ruling Exposes Racial Split in Firehouses :: from www.bloomberg.com
Latino Baseball Players And The Hall Of Fame | NPR :: from www.npr.org
Viva South Toledo Community Development Corp’s Annual Mexican American Fiesta June 26-June 27 :: from www.portclintonnewsherald.com
The YMCA of Greater Cincinnati is expanding its Black Achievers Program to include young Latinos as well. :: from www.bizjournals.com
Nine 2009 Latino high school graduates were honored by State Farm Insurance along with the Latin-Anglo Alliance Foundation at State Farm’s annual banquet Wednesday night. – Grand Junction, Colorado :: from www.gjsentinel.com
Latino Leadership will host a community expo Saturday (June 28th, 2009) at Orlando Fashion Square mall with an eye toward helping Central Floridians weather the recession. :: from www.orlandosentinel.com
Cristina Acosta: Luminous Work, Lasting Art – Exhibit: Reshaping the Divine – Contemporary Hispanic Retablos Exploring the Divine Feminine – El Museo Cultural, Santa Fe, New Mexico :: from labloga.blogspot.com
Mexican soccer must have U.S. appeal :: from southchicagoan.blogspot.com
Crooks preying on Hispanic residents, Memphis police say :: from www.commercialappeal.com
Puerto Rico Governor Presses for Referendum on Political Status :: from www.laht.com
Writer Mario Vargas Llosa, 1994 Cervantes Prize winner, said Tuesday that when he was starting out he “never” thought he would find an editor for his works and thought he would have to pay to have them published “like all the other Peruvian writers” of his time. :: from www.laht.com
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International News –»
Colombia is the least affected by the trade decline among the top U.S. partners in Latin America. :: from www.latinbusinesschronicle.com
Journalists reporting, and surviving, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico :: from latimesblogs.latimes.com
Thousands of Hondurans marched Tuesday in San Pedro Sula, the country’s second-largest city, to protest President Manuel Zelaya’s plan to convene a Constitutional Assembly to reform the current charter. :: from www.laht.com
Honduran Military Chiefs Quit In Growing Controversy Over Referendum On Constitutional Reforms :: from www.cbsnews.com
Cuba’s Population to Fall Below 11 Million by 2032 :: from www.laht.com
Mexico President Felipe Calderon says drug war threatens democracy :: from www.elpasotimes.com
Narcocorridos and Nightlife in Mexicali :: from voices.washingtonpost.com
Crisis in Honduras :: from www.bloggingsbyboz.com
Mexico fights resurgent dengue fever – on the rise in Mexico and elsewhere in the Americas. :: from www.miamiherald.com
Venezuela Confirms Pending Normalization of Ties with US :: from www.laht.com
Mexico’s anti-monopoly agency, the CFC, said Wednesday that it imposed fines totaling 419 million pesos ($31 million) on railways owned by magnate Carlos Slim and mining giant Grupo Mexico. :: from www.laht.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?
