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Honduras coup is a blow to democracy :: from www.chicagonow.com
Hall of Fame exhibit ‘Viva Baseball’ focuses on Hispanics in baseball – Sports writers no longer fixate on the temperament or accent of Hispanic players. But other, newer stereotypes are taking hold. :: from www.miamiherald.com
Obama Threaded the Moral Needle of Latino Evangelicals in ‘08 :: from www.religiondispatches.org
Latino Democrats in the House and Senate officially endorsed Judge Sonia Sotomayor on Friday saying the appellate court judge and former prosecutor should be confirmed to sit as the first Hispanic on the U.S. Supreme Court. :: from www.mysanantonio.com
The number of Hispanics in Nevada who filed jobless claims from May 2006 to May 2009 jumped 662.3%, from 2,389 to 18,211 – Construction slowdown :: from www.lasvegassun.com
Perez Hilton’s Despicable Michael Jackson Coverage Creates Backlash :: from mashable.com
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Ruling on firefighters doesn’t discredit Sotomayor :: from www.chicagonow.com
Mexican Man Allegedly Tries To Sell Woman, 4 Kids To U.S. For $2,000 Each :: from www.huffingtonpost.com
Maria Chapur Speaks: Argentine Woman Admits Sanford Relationship :: from www.huffingtonpost.com
Latino Journalist Challenges Right Wing Evangelicals – Former Latino talk show host writes anti-Rapture books – Joe Ortiz :: from latinola.com
Ontario Convention Center Caters to Quinceañera Celebrations
Are Latino peloteros being singled out? :: from southchicagoan.blogspot.com
The Resurrection of Producer Dennis Leoni – The best is yet to come :: from www.latinola.com
65% of whites, 51% of African-Americans and 44% of Hispanics searched for health information according to eMarketer :: from www.emarketer.com
The single biggest event that caused the real estate debacle was the nationwide increase in immigration raids by ICE Agents from the DHS – (interesting commentary) :: from www.opednews.com
Dallas Concilio of Hispanic Service Organizations leader inspires clients with her story – Florencia Velasco Fortner :: from www.dallasnews.com
Obama feeling strain over immigration reform – White House summit to show support may buy him a little time :: from www.chron.com
Puerto Rico’s latest media venture, The Daily Sun, is a nonprofit employee cooperative whose editor says it could be an answer to failing newspapers. :: from www.miamiherald.com
Hispanics May Get Lower Quality Bypass Surgeons – Massachusetts Hispanics nearly three times more likely to have CABG surgeon in bottom decile :: from www.modernmedicine.com
About 5,500 churches affiliated with the Baptist General Convention of Texas are being invited to partner with the denomination to offer online GED programs for free :: from www.woai.com
Arizona State Sen. Russell Pearce has taken the lead in a new round of anti-immigration reforms that could have long-lasting effects – One would require school districts to collect data on any student who can’t prove legal residency. Another would require state and local officials to enforce federal immigration laws, thus making sanctuary laws illegal. :: from www.azcentral.com
Honduran President Manuel Zelaya says soldiers rousted him out of bed, beat his body guards and arrested him in his pajamas in what he criticized as “a coup” and “a kidnapping.” :: from www.washingtonpost.com
The race to find Maria Belen Chapur pictures – Or did a TV station already provide the first look at S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford’s mistress? :: from www.theweek.com
Next month, Melrose resident and Berklee College of Music percussion and ensemble professor Ricardo Monzón will bring his Orquesta Bacharengue to Mozart Park in Jamaica Plain, Boston, to kick off Berklee’s fifth-annual Tito Puente Latin Music Series. :: from www.wickedlocal.com
“The majority of the US Hispanic population is bilingual, and they decide where and when to speak English and Spanish,” says Ms. Phillips. “Marketers should execute campaigns and offerings in both languages,” explains Ms. Phillips. “The efforts will not go unnoticed, as English-dominant speakers will still see and appreciate messages targeted to them in Spanish, and Spanish-dominant speakers will know the advertiser is serious about addressing them.” :: from www.emarketer.com
10 Things You Should Know About U.S. Hispanics – (mostly internet related) :: from www.mediapost.com
Looking at Hispanic Behavior Online – Interview with Dr. Felipe Korzenny – Director of the Center for Hispanic Marketing Communication, Florida State University :: from www.emarketer.com
Watch US Census video: Portrait of America – Latino/Hispanic (en Español y English)
Activist Nativo Lopez released, faces voter fraud charges – The former school board member faces felony charges for allegedly voting in L.A. while living here. :: from www.ocregister.com
Listen to Nelly Furtado’s “Manos Al Aire” the full song – (who knows how long it will be up)
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La cantante colombiana Shakira lanzó hoy, a nivel mundial, su sencillo promocional “Loba”, tema en español de su nuevo disco, que saldrá en octubre y donde predomina el idioma inglés. :: from www.elfinanciero.com.mx
“La sangre no falla”, dice la española Shaila Dúrcal en vísperas del lanzamiento de su primer disco de rancheras mexicanas, género que coronó de éxitos a su difunta madre, Rocío Dúrcal. :: from espanol.news.yahoo.com
Ana Ortiz de Ugly Betty y su esposo, Noah Lebenzon, se estrenaron como papás de la pequeña Paloma Louise :: from www.peopleenespanol.com
The Resurrection of Producer Dennis Leoni – The best is yet to come :: from www.latinola.com
Latinos lloran a Michael Jackson – Luis Fonsi, Diego Luna, Daddy Yankee, Ricky Martin, Don Omar y mas :: from espanol.news.yahoo.com
AVENTURA’s The Last Is The #1 Latin Album In America For The Second Week.
Lanza Paulina Rubio a nivel mundial su nuevo CD Gran city pop :: from www.elfinanciero.com.mx
Nelly Furtado adelanta salida de su sencillo en español – Debido a una filtración en internet, Manos al aire tuvo que ser lanzada antes al mercado :: from www.eluniversal.com.mx
Perez Hilton’s Despicable Michael Jackson Coverage Creates Backlash :: from mashable.com
Listen to Nelly Furtado’s “Manos Al Aire” the full song – (who knows how long it will be up)
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The New York International Latino Film Festival (NYILFF) celebrates its 10th Anniversary :: from hispanicad.com
Movie about Mexicans left behind by migrants is shown in L.A. Film Festival :: from latimesblogs.latimes.com
Director describes process of making ‘Tracing Aleida’ :: from latimesblogs.latimes.com
Angelica Maria Honored in New York :: from www.latingossip.com
After Dancing With the Stars,’ Christian de la Fuente is In Plain Sight’ :: from www.sanluisobispo.com
Luis Pizarro, an actor and producer who was born in the Bronx to Puerto Rican parents, has parlayed his work repossessing automobiles from delinquent debtors into a successful television program. :: from www.laht.com
Next month, Melrose resident and Berklee College of Music percussion and ensemble professor Ricardo Monzón will bring his Orquesta Bacharengue to Mozart Park in Jamaica Plain, Boston, to kick off Berklee’s fifth-annual Tito Puente Latin Music Series. :: from www.wickedlocal.com
Billboard recently launched billboardcanciones.com, a Spanish/English music store tailored to the diverse U.S. Latino population. The site features more than 100,000 Latin tracks :: from billboard.puretracks.com
Exclusive Entrevista: Aventura Gets Close And Personal :: from blogamole.mtvtr3s.com
On the Road to Burma – Globetrotting with Ozomatli, unlikely U.S. diplomats :: from www.laweekly.com
El padre Alberto se casó por la iglesia :: from www.peopleenespanol.com
Tiene Itatí feliz regreso a las telenovelas :: from www.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx
Cantante colombiano Juanes visita Cuba y se pasea por La Habana :: from www.miamiherald.com
El cine mexicano es el protagonista esta semana en Nueva York durante el festival Hola México, que homenajeará hoy a la actriz y cantante Angélica María, conocida como la novia de México , por su carrera. :: from www.terra.com.mx
La nueva Graciela Beltrán – En su álbum ‘La Reina de la Banda’, la intérprete cambia de estilo y deja claro quién es quién en el negocio :: from www.impre.com
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Are Hispanics more susceptible to media influence? :: from www.hispanicmpr.com
Hispanic Business Magazine Announces the 500 Largest U.S. Hispanic-owned Companies
Puerto Rico’s latest media venture, The Daily Sun, is a nonprofit employee cooperative whose editor says it could be an answer to failing newspapers. :: from www.miamiherald.com
To Reach Multicultural Youth, Go Mobile :: from www.fastcompany.com
The number of Hispanics in Nevada who filed jobless claims from May 2006 to May 2009 jumped 662.3%, from 2,389 to 18,211 – Construction slowdown :: from www.lasvegassun.com
“The majority of the US Hispanic population is bilingual, and they decide where and when to speak English and Spanish,” says Ms. Phillips. “Marketers should execute campaigns and offerings in both languages,” explains Ms. Phillips. “The efforts will not go unnoticed, as English-dominant speakers will still see and appreciate messages targeted to them in Spanish, and Spanish-dominant speakers will know the advertiser is serious about addressing them.” :: from www.emarketer.com
Hispanics Online: No Más E-Barrios – eMarketer estimates that this year there will be nearly 23 million Hispanics online, over 50% of the US Hispanic population. :: from www.emarketer.com
10 Things You Should Know About U.S. Hispanics – (mostly internet related) :: from www.mediapost.com
Looking at Hispanic Behavior Online – Interview with Dr. Felipe Korzenny – Director of the Center for Hispanic Marketing Communication, Florida State University :: from www.emarketer.com
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A Positive Attitude at the NAHJ Convention in Puerto Rico :: from www.portada-online.com
Serrallés USA, a division of Destilería Serrallés, Inc. and exclusive importers of Don Q, Puerto Rico’s Premium Rum, announced the opening of its US Headquarters based in Dallas, Texas. :: from hispanicad.com
The National Latina Business Women Association, Los Angeles Chapter (NLBWA-LA) presented Gaby Alban, Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of Conexión a prestigious ‘Latinas in Business Award’ :: from hispanicad.com
Veteran corporate marketer Carlos J. Viramontes is now offering his expertise to clients through his new firm, Viramontes Marketing Communications (VMC). :: from hispanicad.com
Una Vez Mas launches regional newscast in four Texas Markets :: from hispanicad.com
Ontario Convention Center Caters to Quinceañera Celebrations
U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis told attendees at Safety 2009 that OSHA will conduct a construction enforcement blitz in Texas in July :: from ohsonline.com
Latino Community Credit Union has been honored by the N.C. Credit Union League for its community service – Durham, North Carolina :: from www.bizjournals.com
The Resurrection of Producer Dennis Leoni – The best is yet to come :: from www.latinola.com
Hispanic merchants in south Omaha are returning to their roots by selling wares at an open-air market typical of those found in the town squares of Latin America. :: from www.omaha.com
MillerCoors and HACR Sign Hispanic Economic Partnership Agreement
Idaho residents start Spanish-language magazine – Pasion Atletica :: from www.theolympian.com
The single biggest event that caused the real estate debacle was the nationwide increase in immigration raids by ICE Agents from the DHS – (interesting commentary) :: from www.opednews.com
US-Based Web Site Targets Legal Marketing at US Hispanics in Their Native Language
Social media connecting with Hispanic market :: from sanantonio.bizjournals.com
Billboard recently launched billboardcanciones.com, a Spanish/English music store tailored to the diverse U.S. Latino population. The site features more than 100,000 Latin tracks :: from billboard.puretracks.com
Grassroots Groups Tell FCC: Stop Hate Radio! – San Francisco
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Hondurans in South Florida express support for shake-up :: from www.miamiherald.com
Consumer Empowerment Must Include National Financial Counseling Program, Says NCLR
Republicans Focus on Guest Workers in Immigration Debate :: from www.nytimes.com
Labor Secretary Solis to Attend year’s top Hispanic Convention | LULAC
Sotomayor support shouldn’t be a surprise :: from southchicagoan.blogspot.com
Interview with young novelist Estevan Vega :: from www.examiner.com
Interview with children’s author Lupe Ruiz-Flores :: from www.examiner.com
National Association of Hispanic Nurses 34th Annual Conference Hispanic Nurses: Creating Pathways to Reduce Health Disparities – July 21-24, 2009 Crowne Plaza Riverwalk Hotel, San Antonio, Texas :: from www.thehispanicnurses.org
White firefighters in New Haven, Conn., were unfairly denied promotions because of their race, the Supreme Court ruled Monday in reversing a decision that high court nominee Sonia Sotomayor endorsed as an appeals court judge. :: from www.npr.org
Huge immigrant population brings blessings and challenges to Catholics in Arkansas, part 2 :: from www.examiner.com
Immigration reform takes courage – Ruben Navarrette :: from www.cnn.com
The executive director, Sofia Ochoa, of the Miami Symphony Orchestra has resigned, three years after her husband and the symphony’s founder died. :: from www.miamiherald.com
More than 70 top-performing Latino students from Lake County high schools participated in a recent regional debate. The students traveled from eight county high schools to debate issues like immigration during the Great Lakes Great Debate at DePauw University :: from www.suburbanchicagonews.com
Girl Scouts of Central Texas and Hispanic Women’s Network of Texas’ Austin Chapter Announces “Latinas Celebrating Achievements” :: from www.impactnews.com
ya es hora Campaign Calls for Complete Count of Latinos and Immigrants in the 2010 Census
National Puerto Rican Coalition Frames Its Upcoming Public Policy Agenda
15 Essential Chicana Poets :: from miapogeo.com
Review of Hungry Woman in Paris, by Josefina Lopez :: from www.examiner.com
About 5,500 churches affiliated with the Baptist General Convention of Texas are being invited to partner with the denomination to offer online GED programs for free :: from www.woai.com
Que Macho! Books on Latinos & Manhood :: from www.literanista.net
State Department Agrees To Fair Issuance Of Passports To Mexican Americans
Michael Jackson asked us: Does it matter if you’re black or white? :: from www.chicagonow.com
The Office of Hispanic Ministries is sponsoring retreats around the diocese to provide spiritual and practical guidance to any young woman planning to mark her 15th birthday with a “quinceañera.” – Toledo, Ohio :: from www.catholicchronicle.org
Vegetarian Travel Tips for South America :: from www.bootsnall.com
CHC Prepares for Next Steps on Immigration Reform
President Obama Leads Immigration Reform Debate – Executive Branch to Shepherd Legislative Process
Join five Powerful Latinas as they discuss the importance and ramifications of the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court, the highest Court in the land. :: from www.powerfullatinas.com
International News –»
Mexican Man Allegedly Tries To Sell Woman, 4 Kids To U.S. For $2,000 Each :: from www.huffingtonpost.com
Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa on Global Capitalism, Why He Won’t Renew the US Base in Manta, Chevron in the Amazon, Obama’s War in Afghanistan, and More :: from www.democracynow.org
Colombia’s Uribe Faces a More Wary U.S. – White House Is Expected to Raise Concerns About Human Rights, Democracy :: from www.washingtonpost.com
Rare petroglyphs found in Cuban caves :: from www.thaindian.com
Guatemalan journalists in jeopardy, lack support from authorities and media owners :: from latimesblogs.latimes.com
Mexico’s 10 most romantic honeymoon hideaways :: from www.sfgate.com
Ontario Convention Center Caters to Quinceañera Celebrations
Honduras coup is a blow to democracy :: from www.chicagonow.com
Honduran President Manuel Zelaya says soldiers rousted him out of bed, beat his body guards and arrested him in his pajamas in what he criticized as “a coup” and “a kidnapping.” :: from www.washingtonpost.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
