Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: August 16th, 2009
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Mexico has replaced all 700 of its customs inspectors with agents newly trained to detect contraband, from guns and drugs to TVs and other big-ticket appliances smuggled to avoid import duties. :: from www.miamiherald.com
Hispanics in New Orleans are hurting for health care :: from www.nola.com
Migrant camps morph into communities – Housing complexes for farm laborers and other workers are shedding their old patterns and stigmas. – Idaho :: from www.idahostatesman.com
Under pressure to pick a Hispanic to replace U.S. Sen. Mel Martinez, Gov. Charlie Crist said Friday that U.S. Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart and former U.S. Attorney Bob Martinez are on the short list. :: from www.miamiherald.com
U.S. District Judge Brian Sandoval expected to be formidable candidate in bid for Nevada governor :: from www.lvrj.com
Hundreds of farm workers in the Mexican state of Baja California Sur are being exploited by employers who trick them into believing they are in the United States and keep them in line with threats of deportation :: from www.laht.com
President Barack Obama outlined national and international priorities and their effect on the domestic Hispanic and hemisphere populations in an Aug. 7 round-table press meeting with Hispanic Link News Service and nine other Latino-beat reporters. :: from www.pontealdia.com
What Sotomayor is Starting – The evolution of Latino politics. :: from www.newsweek.com
Some Lawyers Said to Prey on Illegal Immigrants :: from www.nytimes.com
In Los Angeles, Songs Without Borders – In clubs, bars, swap meets and concert halls, from car radios and ringing cellphones, you will hear corridos, old-time folk ballads in the banda and norteño styles :: from travel.nytimes.com
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School books in Texas may get browner – Dolores Huerta, Dr. Hector P. Garcia, Sandra Cisneros, Henry B. Gonzalez and Irma Rangel to the list of important Hispanic figures Texas schoolchildren might be discussing in the future – 49% of K-8 already Hispanic :: from www.mysanantonio.com
Arizona immigration debate at heart of littering case – The heated issue inflames a court case, in which an Arizona man is convicted for leaving water jugs for migrants in the desert. :: from www.latimes.com
Los Angeles Latino Film Festival Seeks Volunteers – Learn the film Industry by volunteering with the 13th annuall LALIFF team :: from latinola.com
Mr. President, It is time to grant a moratorium on deportations of youth raised in the U.S. until immigration reform is passed :: from www.latinalista.net
Mexico cartels go from drugs to full-scale mafias :: from www.miamiherald.com
Doctored Data Cast Doubt on Argentina – Economists Dispute Inflation Numbers :: from www.washingtonpost.com
Advertisers aiming dollars at Hispanics Companies target Spanish media, community events :: from www.chicagotribune.com
Spanish is part of a student’s voice – How can schools help children develop unique voices and avoid stripping them of their culture and self-identity? :: from www.elpasotimes.com
FBI: Human trafficking increases among Hispanics in Arkansas :: from www.baxterbulletin.com
Chilean-American writer Isabel Allende said in an interview published Friday in the online edition of Colombian daily El Tiempo that her new novel, which features a female slave as protagonist, articulates her “obsession” with freedom. :: from www.laht.com
Fernando Perdomo’s gringo sound with a Latin beat :: from www.miamiherald.com
Entertainment –»
Marc Anthony está enfermo de la garganta :: from www.peopleenespanol.com
Magos Herrera: Transcending ‘Distancia’ In Song :: from www.npr.org
Fernando Perdomo’s gringo sound with a Latin beat :: from www.miamiherald.com
Los Angeles Latino Film Festival Seeks Volunteers – Learn the film Industry by volunteering with the 13th annuall LALIFF team :: from latinola.com
Cubans Say It’s Unfair for Miami Exiles to Sabotage Juanes Show :: from www.laht.com
Univision Network has slated the reality competition ¡Viva el Sueño! (Live the Dream!), which searches for the next big star in Latin music, to debut on August 30 at 8 p.m. :: from www.worldscreen.com
Bobby Larios sobre Niurka: “Que a mí ya me deje en paz” :: from www.peopleenespanol.com
Jackie Bracamontes se vuelve drogadicta y alcohólica para Sortilegio :: from www.peopleenespanol.com
Lupita Jones: “Quiero volver a ganar la corona de Miss Universo” :: from www.peopleenespanol.com
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Why Bounty Is a Hit With U.S. Hispanics – Interview with David Miller Gomez-Giron Procter & Gamble’s associate marketing director :: from www.brandweek.com
Advertisers aiming dollars at Hispanics Companies target Spanish media, community events :: from www.chicagotribune.com
Hispanic business owners should take much more advantage of government contracts and business created by renewable-energy projects, David Lizarraga, chairman of the board of the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, said :: from www.hispanicbusiness.com
Innovation Key to Meeting Needs of Latino Shoppers – The 5th annual Hispanic Retail 360 Summit :: from www.csnews.com
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Mad Mariner Launches Spanish-Language Boating Magazine
Rodan + Fields Dermatologists Launch National Hispanic Outreach Campaign
Mexico has replaced all 700 of its customs inspectors with agents newly trained to detect contraband, from guns and drugs to TVs and other big-ticket appliances smuggled to avoid import duties. :: from www.miamiherald.com
Doctored Data Cast Doubt on Argentina – Economists Dispute Inflation Numbers :: from www.washingtonpost.com
A proposal for a Colusa County chapter of the North Valley Hispanic Chamber of Commerce was well received last week when organizers and potential members met for the first time at Colusa Casino Resort. :: from www.colusa-sun-herald.com
More US Hispanic News –»
Latino Cartoonists Doing Their Thing – They now have a home on the earthlings world wide web: DontArrestUs.com :: from latinola.com
Will Estrada (not Erik) become conservative cause celebre :: from southchicagoan.blogspot.com
Dr. Laird W. Bergad, whose landmark research on slave-based plantation societies has broadened historical understanding of Puerto Rico, Cuba and Brazil, has been named a Distinguished Professor of Latin American and Puerto Rican Studies at Lehman College. :: from www.yournabe.com
Focus sharpens on Saratoga’s Latinos – Photo shows an intimate look at track workers, community – New York :: from www.timesunion.com
U.S. Rep. Silvestre Reyes meets with public about health care :: from www.elpasotimes.com
New NYU Press Series: Citizenship and Migration in the Americas :: from lawprofessors.typepad.com
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Posted on: August 16th, 2009Mexico has replaced all 700 of its customs inspectors with agents newly trained to detect contraband, from guns and drugs to TVs and other big-ticket appliances smuggled to avoid import duties. :: from www.miamiherald.com
Mexico cartels go from drugs to full-scale mafias :: from www.miamiherald.com
Doctored Data Cast Doubt on Argentina – Economists Dispute Inflation Numbers :: from www.washingtonpost.com
Hundreds of farm workers in the Mexican state of Baja California Sur are being exploited by employers who trick them into believing they are in the United States and keep them in line with threats of deportation :: from www.laht.com
25 Dead in Panama Traffic Pileup :: from www.laht.com
Guatemala: Educational Portal for K’iche’ Community :: from globalvoicesonline.org
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