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Latino backlash at Republicans who voted against Sotomayor has already begun :: from www.latinalista.net
Maricopa County sheriff’s deputies early Thursday launched an employer’s sanctions raid at a Valley paper company and planned to detain more than 100 employees in connection with using false or stolen IDs. :: from www.kpho.com
At House of Raeford, far fewer Latino workers – Once more than 80 percent Latino, the production floor at the Raeford plant is now up to 70 percent African American :: from www.charlotteobserver.com
Hispanics are no longer tokens – (demographic take) :: from www.miamiherald.com
Miami Dr. Pedro José Greer Jr. Will Receive The U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom. :: from cbs4.com
When the “fasten your seatbelt” sign went off, the show was on – a free in-flight concert from Mexico to Los Angeles for 153 fans of the popular Mexican music band Los Tigres del Norte. :: from www.miamiherald.com
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Polito Vega celebrates 50 years on the Radio in NYC :: from hispanicad.com
TOP Ten Reasons Hugo Chavez Wants to Ban Golf in Venezuela
Report: Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez aggressively seizing control of media :: from www.miamiherald.com
Long Island immigrants fight to win wages they say they are owed :: from www.newsday.com
A federal three-judge panel heard an appeal by LULAC Thursday against the Texas Democratic Party, charging that its delegate selection process dilutes the Latino vote :: from www.mysanantonio.com
Anti-Immigrant Minutemen Join White-Supremacist Militias on the Radical Right :: from immigrationimpact.com
Children of Detained Immigrants Call for End to Raids in Arizona: Raid Today One of the Largest :: from feetin2worlds.wordpress.com
Pinochet, Morales, Castro y Chávez, entre los líderes peor vestidos :: from www.peru.com
Recession Obsession: Tacos El Pastor :: from laist.com
Mayor Marcelo Ebrard has declared a water-shortage alert in the Mexican capital, saying the situation could become “extremely serious” by the beginning of 2010 :: from www.laht.com
Peru detects swine flu in Amazon Indian tribe :: from www.miamiherald.com
Curanderos mexicanos y médicos de Colorado comparten planes de salud integral :: from espanol.news.yahoo.com
Vintage Mexican Sci-Fi Beams a Blast From the Past, con Queso – upcoming free film series “Aztec Mummies & Martian Invaders: Mexican Sci-Fi Classics.” – UCLA :: from www.wired.com
One Latino Michigan inmate shares his perspective on prison life as he waits for Gov. Granholm to decide his fate :: from www.latinalista.net
Sen. Pedro Espada’s son to quit 6-figure gig after attorney general launches probe :: from www.nydailynews.com
New York State Senate coup participants raking it in Espada’s son gets $120K job with Senate majority; Hiram Monserrate gets new workers :: from www.timesunion.com
Immigrant Neighborhoods in New York Continue to Reel From Mortgage Forclosures and Job Losses :: from feetin2worlds.wordpress.com
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Exclusive Entrevista: Jesse y Joy Have Their “Grr!” Moments :: from blogamole.mtvtr3s.com
Julieta Venegas remixes Hello Seahorse! :: from www.clubfonograma.com
Juanes Says Concert in Cuba About Bringing Message of “Change” :: from www.laht.com
Vintage Mexican Sci-Fi Beams a Blast From the Past, con Queso – upcoming free film series “Aztec Mummies & Martian Invaders: Mexican Sci-Fi Classics.” – UCLA :: from www.wired.com
When the “fasten your seatbelt” sign went off, the show was on – a free in-flight concert from Mexico to Los Angeles for 153 fans of the popular Mexican music band Los Tigres del Norte. :: from www.miamiherald.com
Los Tigres del Norte dan concierto en vuelo México-EEUU :: from espanol.news.yahoo.com
Sink Your Teeth En Esto: A Latina Joins The ‘Twilight’ Cast! – Catalina Sandino Moreno :: from blogamole.mtvtr3s.com
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Nelly Furtado Spills On Greatest Fear y Más On E.S.L. :: from blogamole.mtvtr3s.com
Review: Michael Trevino Stands Out in Lukewarm “Vampire Diaries” :: from www.latina.com
Kat DeLuna Teaches MTV Gringo How To Dance Con Sabor! :: from blogamole.mtvtr3s.com
Miss Universo se desnuda en Maxim – Dayana Mendoza :: from www.peopleenespanol.com
Olga Tañón defiende concierto en Cuba :: from www.peopleenespanol.com
VÍDEO- Tito el Bambino enloquece a Perú :: from www.peopleenespanol.com
Willy Chirino reconoce derecho de Juanes a cantar en Cuba :: from espanol.news.yahoo.com
Jenni Rivera respondió a Graciela Beltrán en El Gordo y La Flaca :: from www.univision.com
Marc Anthony postergó un concierto que iba a ofrecer el viernes en un escenario dominicano debido a una inflamación en la garganta :: from espanol.news.yahoo.com
El nuevo disco de Chenoa tendrá la participación de Gloria Trevi. :: from www.univision.com
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Polito Vega celebrates 50 years on the Radio in NYC :: from hispanicad.com
At House of Raeford, far fewer Latino workers – Once more than 80 percent Latino, the production floor at the Raeford plant is now up to 70 percent African American :: from www.charlotteobserver.com
Hispanic Consumers a Cure for Recession Blues? – News from Hispanic Retail 360 Summit :: from www.progressivegrocer.com
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August 14, 2009
The Language of Paying Respects: the English-Spanish connection at a Chicago business who’s who :: from www.600words.com
T-Mobile Aims to Help Hispanic Customers Save Money by Offering ‘Mobile Makeovers’
MGSCOMM Merges With Reynardus & Moya :: from www.portada-online.com
Dieste shares what it takes to develop a thriving marketing campaign :: from hispanicad.com
Telemundo get 8.7M viewers on Rumbo al Mundial :: from hispanicad.com
Long Island immigrants fight to win wages they say they are owed :: from www.newsday.com
Maricopa County sheriff’s deputies early Thursday launched an employer’s sanctions raid at a Valley paper company and planned to detain more than 100 employees in connection with using false or stolen IDs. :: from www.kpho.com
SBS, MOIA Report Successful First Fair for Hispanic Business Owners – NYC :: from www.brooklyneagle.com
McDonald’s Mobile Campaign Targets Hispanics :: from www.mediapost.com
Immigrant Neighborhoods in New York Continue to Reel From Mortgage Forclosures and Job Losses :: from feetin2worlds.wordpress.com
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Immigrant of the Day: Alejandro Mayorkas (Cuba), New U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director :: from lawprofessors.typepad.com
U.S. officials announced Monday at the 65th birthday of Smokey Bear in Washington that the anti-forest fire icon is going bilingual with a new book. :: from www.timesoftheinternet.com
A jury in U.S. federal court has convicted four Puerto Rican police officers in the beating death of a man in their custody. :: from www.miamiherald.com
Hispanic Alliance Urges Congress to Work Through Recess on Healthcare Issues :: from www.hispanicbusiness.com
Los Angeles-based artist Ronald Llanos :: from www.lostateminor.com
The Mexican Legal Defense and Educaiton Fund is denouncing Georgia’s appeal of the Justice Department’s rejection of a voter check plan. :: from www.accessnorthga.com
Hispanic men have been targeted in a series of strong-arm street robberies in the Central Neighborhood of San Mateo, according to police Capt. Kevin Raffaelli. :: from www.smdailyjournal.com
Rep. Loretta Sanchez’s Health Care Prayer Vigil :: from latinopoliticsblog.com
Maria Connie Castaneda takes personal pride as mayor of Brockport, New York :: from www.democratandchronicle.com
Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo attended a reception Wednesday for newly sworn-in U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor at the White House hosted by President Barack Obama. :: from www.statesman.com
Albany Technical College reaches out to Hispanic students :: from www.walb.com
Santa Ana College Hosts Open Forum with the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans on August 17 :: from www.sac.edu
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Report: Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez aggressively seizing control of media :: from www.miamiherald.com
Mayor Marcelo Ebrard has declared a water-shortage alert in the Mexican capital, saying the situation could become “extremely serious” by the beginning of 2010 :: from www.laht.com
Nicaragua Reports First Swine-Flu Death :: from www.laht.com
Peru detects swine flu in Amazon Indian tribe :: from www.miamiherald.com
Intentan reubicar altar maya descubierto en la ampliación de una carretera :: from espanol.news.yahoo.com
Former President Fidel Castro marked his 83rd birthday Thursday out of the public eye but with an essay on the global economic crisis, climate change and immigration :: from news.yahoo.com
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- November 24, 2009
- Francisco Rodriguez Dead: Boxer Dies After Collapsing At Fight
- Allow Undocumented Immigrants to Purchase Health Care – New Senate bill includes inhumane provision barring undocumented immigrants from purchasing health care with their own money
- LULAC has redesigned their website – (look much better imho – on a tech note there are a few RSS problems)
- As Senate preps for healthcare debate, petition gets underway to include undocumented immigrants
- LULAC is asking a judge to prevent Ohio state officials from canceling the registrations of more than 40,000 vehicles apparently driven by undocumented immigrants. – filed the lawsuit against state officials in Franklin County Common Pleas Court this morning.
- The mayor of a wealthy suburb (San Pedro Garza Garcia) of Monterrey said Monday that he has sent his family to the United States for their own safety as he pursues his campaign against extortion and kidnapping gangs.
- Adolph Carranza remembers an unusual holiday donation from the Salvation Army. – New StoryCorps Historia
- Jose Fernandez tells his wife, Teresita, about the first Thanksgiving he spent in the United States. – New StoryCorps Historia
- Hispanic Thanksgivings produce family-filled feasts
- Jose Garces Named Food Network’s Next Iron Chef
- Interview with Bebel Gilberto- she just released a new album titled All In One
- November 23, 2009
- No Probable Cause? No Problem!: A U.S. Citizen Says He Was Detained Without Probable Cause by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, and Then Jailed for Traffic Violations
- New breast cancer screening guide will disproportionately hurt black and Hispanic women
- Women and Minorities Getting Left Out of Green Job Market, New Study Finds
- Americans Running South: Why We are Flocking to Mexico for Work
- On the mayor’s agenda: ‘Civilize’ Mexico City – Marcelo Ebrard
- Wild Horse Activists Fly Banner Over Denver Calling Salazar “Slaughter Czar”
- In Argentina, One Person Dies Every 28 Hours from Police Repression
- Lou Dobbs Calls Himself Latinos’ ‘Greatest Friend,’ Denies Tying Leprosy To Undocumented Immigrants – Interviewed by Maria Celeste on Telemundo’s Al Rojo Vivo
- November 21, 2009
- A federal judge dismissed dozens of immigration charges Thursday against the former manager of a kosher slaughterhouse, at the request of prosecutors who had already won a conviction on multiple counts of financial fraud. – Postville news
- Meg Whitman’s Latino Outreach & the Pete Wilson Connection – CA politics
- Poetry Series Spurs Debate on the Use of an Old Slur Against Latinos – “Spic Up/Speak Out” — at El Museo del Barrio
- Marco Rubio, A Crossover Success – (good read)
- A fire destroyed 106 houses in the Ecuadorian Pacific coast city of Guayaquil and left more than 500 people homeless, as well as 14 children with symptoms of smoke inhalation.
- LatAm Immigrants Are Changing Spain, Sociologist Says
- Mexico’s top domestic security official said Friday that sectors of the general public have cooperated with drug cartels in the violent border city of Ciudad Juarez, and the government is about to launch new social programs there to combat gangs.
- Pro-Castro mob attacks spouse of top Cuban blogger – Yoani Sánchez
- Miguel H. Díaz is first Hispanic to represent U.S. at Vatican
- Efrain’s Corner: A Response to….”Puerto Ricans in New York Struggling…Still” Comment
- Puerto Ricans in New York Struggling…Still – Puerto Ricans are some of the most prominent figures in New York politics and culture, so some people are surprised when they hear that, overall, Puerto Ricans are among the poorest and least educated New Yorkers. Almost a third in New York are living in poverty.
- Lalo Alcaraz on Lou Dobbs (departure from CNN)
- November 20, 2009
- Police in Peru say gang members killed people to drain their fat for cosmetics
- Mexican authorities predict fewer Mexican immigrants will be back home for Christmas
- Interview with Aurora Anaya-Cerda, owner of La Casa Azul Bookstore – NYC
- We need an honest definition of who is a “real American”
- Immigration Reform: The Phone Call Heard Around the Country – On the call were Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill.; Nydia Velázquez, D-N.Y.; and Rep. Raúl Grijalva, D-Ariz. Immigrant rights advocates from various parts of the country also spoke.
- Digital out-of-home (DOOH) Effectively Reaches Latinos On The Go – few marketers truly utilized digital media when reaching out to the Hispanic community.
- A week after abruptly quitting his longtime job as a CNN television news host and commentator, Lou Dobbs said on Thursday he is considering career options including possible runs for the White House or U.S. Senate.
- ICE Assistant Secretary John Morton announces 1,000 new workplace audits to hold employers accountable for their hiring practices
- In Virtual Town Hall with Immigration Reform Activists, Gutierrez Promises Bill By December
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- November 25, 2009
- TOP Ten signs you are at a Cholo themed Thanksgiving dinner
- November 24, 2009
- So do you think Lou Dobbs will get the Hispanic vote in 2012?
- Raul Humberto Yzaguirre, 70, a veteran activist in the civil rights struggle of Hispanics in the United States, has been accepted by the Dominican Government as new American ambassador in the country.
- The Republican National Committee has hired Alex Castellanos, a long-time political strategist and GOP consultant, as an adviser.
- Telemundo’s disastrous Dobbs interview – “Interestingly enough, Dobbs was no bully and with his calm tone actually made his interviewer,” María Celeste,” look like a fool”
- Sarah Palin uninformed on Latino issues – A top adviser on Hispanic issues to John McCain’s presidential campaign said Sunday that a joint interview with McCain and Sarah Palin planned for Univision last fall had to be canceled because Palin was unprepared to discuss Latin America policy.
- Hispanic Caucus Finally Wake Up: It’s About Time
- The New General Market – Current trends suggest expanding Latino influence will blur the lines and Hispanic and general markets will collide, with the resulting merger revealing a new, evolved American general market
- November 23, 2009
- New Study: U.S. Hate Crimes Fall Slightly In ‘08; But Data Is Limited
- San Antonio’s Museo Alameda in financial straits
- It is Better to “Spic”? When Were Ricans Ever the Model Minority?
- Al Carlos sits down with Nancy De Los Santos, writer. Period.
- Guapa, it’s your genetic ancestry I love – study of DNA found that within Mexican populations, people tended to pick partners with similar proportions of Native American and European ancestry, while in Puerto Rican populations couples had paired up based on their shared balance of European and African ancestry.
- November 21, 2009
- Hispanic Caucus: ‘You Lie!’ Outburst to Blame for Senate Health Bill Provision on Illegal Immigrants
- Central American nations will demand $105 billion from industrialized countries for damages caused by global warming, the region’s representatives said on Friday.
- “They” Are “Us”: The Devastating Effects of Broken Immigration Policy on Children in Immigrant Families
- November 20, 2009
- Hispanic lawmakers say an old adversary, White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, has his fingerprints all over a push to prohibit illegal immigrants from buying health insurance plans in a new market for people who don’t get insurance through their employers.
- Some U.S. Democrats see momentum building for an overhaul of immigration laws that would legalize millions of undocumented workers, but analysts say a crowded agenda and struggling economy may once again sink hopes for reform next year.
- The current global crisis will cause the number of poor people in Latin America to rise by 9 million to 189 million this year, the U.N. Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean said in a report presented on Thursday.
- Do Long Island Police Ignore Hate Crimes?
- Mexican migrants are spending more money on taxes in the United States than on the remittances they send home to relatives, according to a new study by Mexico’s largest bank, BBVA Bancomer.
- Ana Maria Perez Gonzalez, said to be the oldest woman in the world, died in Mexico this week. She was 119.
- Part of a Cuban blogger’s essay that advocates lifting the ban on U.S. travel to Cuba was read aloud at a House Foreign Affairs committee hearing. – Yoani Sánchez
- November 19, 2009
- TOP Ten reasons you should watch Lopez tonight not Conan
- Migration Policy Institute (MPI) Report Finds Immigrants Hit Harder During Economic Downturn than Native-Born Workers
- After a 3 year trial of producing regionalized news for several top 10 Hispanic market stations via the Telemundo Production Center in Dallas, the network is reverting to producing local news. Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Phoenix and San Jose will once again have locally produced news.
- Nacional Records Sampler 2009 | The New Sounds Of Latin Music – 21 FREE mp3s over at Amazon – (cool!)
- Ironically, Latinos should be greatful to former CNN blowhard Lou Dobbs – commentary by Albor Ruiz
- When White Writers Do “Latino” Issues – It was chaos this week in the LA Weekly’s virtual mailroom, which received a deluge of reactionary attitude in regard to Christine Pelisek’s cover story “Chaos in the Casitas: Lawless, south of the border–style speakeasies get a grip on L.A.”
- More Than 60,000 Americans in 45 States Organize for Immigration Reform
- New Report Shines Light on Detainee Rights Violations in Minnesota
- CIS Report Attempts to Erase 100 Years of Data on Immigrants and Crime
- Video: Senator Menendez Speaks on Behalf of Hispanic Farmers’ Discrimination Lawsuit + update
- November 18, 2009
- New Report: More Than 2 Million Hispanic Households With Children Face Hunger – Hispanic households with children experiencing very low food security up almost 50%
- On November 18 at 8:00 PM Eastern time/5:00 PM Pacific, all across the country people are hosting house parties with their families, friends, neighbors, churches, classmates and anyone else who supports comprehensive immigration reform for America.
- Video report of Latina forced to give birth while in chains in Maricopa County, AZ courtesy of Sheriff Joe Arpaio (en Español)
- California’s Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman told a group of supporters Tuesday that she is making an unprecedented effort to attract Latinos to the Republican party – in South El Monte
- Hundreds of defendants awaiting trial for violent crimes in Dallas County have been deported by federal immigration officials and then set free in their home countries. – The practice goes back to at least 1991 and includes the release of murder, kidnapping and child rape suspects.
- Environmentalists alarmed by Puerto Rico policies – Sweeping from lush mountain rain forests to pristine beaches, a corridor of land protected by Puerto Rico’s last governor hosts dozens of rare and endangered species and was championed by celebrities who helped fight off resort proposals. – Now new Gov. Luis Fortuno has revoked the reserve as part of a drive to bring jobs and investment for the U.S. territory’s struggling economy. And activists see a broader pattern of looser protection for the island’s environment.
- Deporting undocumented students affects the chances for legal return if Congress doesn’t address it in immigration reform bill
