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Unemployment In New England Highest Among Latinos – Unemployment among Latino men has tripled since 2007. :: from www.wbur.org
Ted Cruz: A GOP bid in Texas to win the Hispanic vote – The state’s former solicitor general, running now for attorney general, hopes his Cuban heritage will be a plus with ‘fundamentally conservative’ Latinos. :: from features.csmonitor.com
Cases of swine flu higher among Boston’s blacks, Hispanics
A Q& A with Ed Morales about documentary “Whose Barrio?” covering the gentrification or the selling of NYC’s Spanish Harlem, El Barrio :: from prsun.blogspot.com
U.S. Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart of Miami has taken himself off Gov. Charlie Crist’s shortlist of potential appointments to the U.S. Senate. :: from www.miamiherald.com
Homeland Security’s Revolving Door – Contracts with the Department of Homeland Security are spewing billions of dollars into private industry, largely to companies that also rely on Pentagon military contracts. :: from borderlinesblog.blogspot.com
Poor Catholic Latinos in Miami-Dade under siege with Diocese plan to close neighborhood churches :: from www.latinalista.net
DHS Announces 11 Previously Unreported Deaths In Immigration Detention
“Hispanic Karl Rove” Helps Shape Democratic Party “Centrist” Positions – Rev. Samuel Rodriguez :: from www.huffingtonpost.com
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Cultura Latina: LA’s longest standing Latino bookstore :: from www.examiner.com
Latino murals from downtown L.A. building up for sale – from the lobby of downtown’s Victor Clothing building on Broadway :: from latimesblogs.latimes.com
Young Latino Democrats group emerges – Young Latino Democrats of the San Fernando Valley :: from www.dailynews.com
Advertisers Ditching Black Media for Hispanic Outlets :: from news.newamericamedia.org
Sotomayor On Losing End In First Supreme Court Decision :: from www.huffingtonpost.com
Diego Luna pidió reacción ante violencia – Preocupado por lo que vive México :: from www.univision.com
Enrique Hubbard fired over passport scheme – Mexican consul general in North Texas :: from ourlatinamerica.blogspot.com
Eva Longoria’s restaurant takes off – boutique Beso branches coming to airports across America :: from www.chron.com
La banca del ex senador hispano republicano por Florida, Mel Martínez, podría ser ocupada por otro cubanoestadounidense, el representante de este estado Lincoln Díaz Balard, dijo este lunes :: from www.miamiherald.com
Dark period fuels Luis Fonsi’s new success :: from www.miamiherald.com
A Hispanic man told investigators he was beaten and robbed in a racially charged attack in a Long Island community where another Hispanic was killed in an alleged hate crime last fall, police said. :: from www.google.com
Latina Masters Several Media Platforms – Hollywood’s Lidia Pires flying high under the radar :: from www.latinola.com
Prosecutors said Thursday they plan to seek the death penalty against the leader of an anti-illegal immigrant group and two others charged in an Arizona home invasion that left a 9-year-old girl and her father dead. :: from www.google.com
The Problem With Comprehensive Immigration Reform Messaging: Almost Marcelo Lucero :: from vivirlatino.com
Rita Hayworth from BLOOD AND SAND :: from textmex.blogspot.com
488 year anniversay of the fall of the Aztec Empire – August 13, 1521 :: from www.jesuschairez.com
Singer Carlos Ocaranza was gunned down Sunday as he left a bar where he had given a concert in the western Mexican city of Guadalajara – related to Valentin Elizalde :: from www.laht.com
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A Q& A with Ed Morales about documentary “Whose Barrio?” covering the gentrification or the selling of NYC’s Spanish Harlem, El Barrio :: from prsun.blogspot.com
Permanece Shakira por quinta semana en primer lugar radial con “Loba” – En segundo lugar se encuentra Paulina Rubio con “Causa y efecto”, Wisin & Yandel con su sencillo “Abusadora” se ubicó en el tercer escalón; La Original Banda El Limón con “Que me digan loco” llegó al cuarto sitio. :: from www.milenio.com
Eva Longoria’s restaurant takes off – boutique Beso branches coming to airports across America :: from www.chron.com
Dark period fuels Luis Fonsi’s new success :: from www.miamiherald.com
Latina Masters Several Media Platforms – Hollywood’s Lidia Pires flying high under the radar :: from www.latinola.com
Tommy Torres, productor del nuevo disco de Alejandro Sanz, aseguró que hay muchas sorpresa en el álbum, no sólo Shakira, Juanes, Paulina Rubio y Eva Longoria son parte del trabajo musical de Sanz. :: from www.esmas.com
Rita Hayworth from BLOOD AND SAND :: from textmex.blogspot.com
The Cleto Show produced in San Antonio by the hometown Hollywood success team and sibling duo behind Cevallos Brothers Productions making run for the Big Time :: from www.bizjournals.com
Singer Carlos Ocaranza was gunned down Sunday as he left a bar where he had given a concert in the western Mexican city of Guadalajara – related to Valentin Elizalde :: from www.laht.com
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San Sebastian International Film Festival has revealed 13 titles will compete in this year’s Horizontes Latinos section, which covers the new projects coming out of Latin America. :: from www.screendaily.com
A New Voice in Independent Latino Cinema – Cruz Angeles, discusses his new film, Don’t Let Me Drown :: from www.huffingtonpost.com
A Novela for the Web – Univision began airing Vidas Cruzadas :: from www.fhhispaniaplaza.com
Christina Milian & The Dream Getting Married Any Minute Now :: from www.latina.com
Diego Luna pidió reacción ante violencia – Preocupado por lo que vive México :: from www.univision.com
Cumbia Take Two with Los Super Reyes on ¡Yo-Yo! Tomorrow Night :: from blogamole.mtvtr3s.com
Jennifer Lopez: Relationships Take Work, Motherhood Changes Everything :: from www.huffingtonpost.com
Belinda festeja sus 19 años; Dos Santos le canta en portugués :: from www.peopleenespanol.com
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El conductor mexicano denunció que, a punta de pistola, le robaron su auto y varias pertenencias :: from www.peopleenespanol.comArranca ‘Corazón Salvaje’, en Veracruz – marca el retorno de Aracely Arámbula a los escenarios :: from www2.esmas.com
Firma Lucía Méndez contrato con Sony Music :: from www.cronica.com.mx
Venezolano Xavier Losada nominado a los premios Just Plain Folks 2009 :: from www.globovision.com
Juanes dice que después de Cuba quiere cantar en la frontera de EEUU y México :: from www.miamiherald.com
Silvio Rodríguez cree que el concierto de Juanes será un mensaje de voluntad de paz :: from espanol.news.yahoo.com
Los cantantes españoles Ana Belén y Víctor Manuel dicen que están dispuestos, si son invitados, a acompañar al colombiano Juanes en el polémico concierto que dará en La Habana el próximo 20 de septiembre y lamentan la intransigencia de parte del exilio cubano en Miami. :: from www.miamiherald.com
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Unemployment In New England Highest Among Latinos – Unemployment among Latino men has tripled since 2007. :: from www.wbur.org
Advertisers Ditching Black Media for Hispanic Outlets :: from news.newamericamedia.org
A Novela for the Web – Univision began airing Vidas Cruzadas :: from www.fhhispaniaplaza.com
Eva Longoria’s restaurant takes off – boutique Beso branches coming to airports across America :: from www.chron.com
So You Think You Really Know Spanish – From Diestepedia: A Closer Look at ‘Espanol’ in the U.S. Market :: from adage.com
Online Hispanic Marketing Communication Course Will Be Offered Again in Fall 2009! :: from www.linkedin.com
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Cultura Latina: LA’s longest standing Latino bookstore :: from www.examiner.com
Idaho’s Hispanic Business Association has announced 31 recipients of the 2009 HBA Richard G. Cortez Scholarship Fund Awards totaling $30,250 :: from www.idahostatesman.com
The Southwest Florida Hispanic Chamber of Commerce announced today it will host University Day in Estero. :: from www.news-press.com
Galindo Publicidad, Inc. Receives 2009 Best of Coral Springs Award
Ad Shop Adrenalina Taps Veteran Journalist for Strategic Communications – Della de Lafuente
Batanga, Inc. Announces the Launch of the Batanga Network
Chrysler Group is planning to build the Fiat 500 small car at a plant in Mexico :: from www.usatoday.com
Hispanic Online Implications of Yahoo! Microsoft Search Deal :: from www.hispaniconlinemarketing.com
Latinos In Social Media Heritage Tour – Thu, Sep 24 to Fri, Sep 25 – Westin Galleria, Houston
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Latino Nutrition Month Inspires Latinos To Bring Healthy Choices To The Table
StoryCorps wants Hispanics to tell their stories with Historias :: from www.prweekus.com
Hector Cortez to Lead Big Brothers Big Sisters of America’s Hispanic Mentoring Programs
Rogue Community College students have created a mural honoring the contributions of the Rogue Valley’s Latino community – Oregon :: from www.mailtribune.com
Obama reforms will aid Hispanic students – White House education leader Juan Sepúlveda speaks optimistically of cash infusion, changes coming to public education. :: from www.ocregister.com
LULAC leads rally against Tasers in New Mexico :: from www.scsun-news.com
Immigration Reform Postponed ’till 2010: FI2W’s Diego Graglia on WNYC’s The Brian Lehrer Show :: from feetin2worlds.wordpress.com
Fundacion Azteca America Launches Multimedia Education Campaign ‘Educacion: Es Tu Futuro!’
How Brazilian migration transformed Martha’s Vineyard :: from www.ft.com
The Obama administration has sent to Congress a favorable report on Mexico’s human rights record that could allow the release of $100 million in U.S. aid to help the country fight drug traffickers. :: from www.usatoday.com
Part of President Barack Obama’s education team is traveling through California this week to talk about which reforms are needed to help Latino students. The first stop was in San Diego on Sunday at San Diego Mesa College. – Juan Sepulveda :: from www.kpbs.org
Interview with Gregg Barrios :: from labloga.blogspot.com
We call our neighbor city to the south Ciudad Juárez :: from www.elpasotimes.com
1,000 get update on health at Latino fair in Rochester, NY :: from www.democratandchronicle.com
Hispanic commission brings Mexican Consulate rep to Jerome, Idaho :: from www.magicvalley.com
Texan Educators Want Your Children to Learn all about ‘Brown’ People :: from lauramartinez.wordpress.com
The Deficit of Leadership at the North American Leaders Summit :: from americasprogram.wordpress.com
Immigration Reform Slides to Obama’s Backburner – What is the difference between President Obama and President Bush when it comes to how we, as a nation, deal with the plight of undocumented immigrants? Unfortunately, there really is no difference. :: from www.ethicsdaily.com
Northern Nevada Hispanics following health care debate closely :: from www.rgj.com
U.S. Sen. Mel Martinez’s exit to weaken Florida’s political clout :: from www.miamiherald.com
1st National Online Chicana and Chicano Conference, Aug. 29
Museum will honor Mexico’s Boxer Salvador Sanchez :: from www.elpasotimes.com
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Colombia: The Embera Struggle to Save a Sacred Mountain :: from upsidedownworld.org
Diego Luna pidió reacción ante violencia – Preocupado por lo que vive México :: from www.univision.com
Honduras’ coup-installed government said it does not expect to be judged fairly by an international panel that arrived Monday to investigate allegations of human rights abuses. :: from www.miamiherald.com
Llegan hoy a La Habana tres obispos de EEUU :: from www.miamiherald.com
Singer Carlos Ocaranza was gunned down Sunday as he left a bar where he had given a concert in the western Mexican city of Guadalajara – related to Valentin Elizalde :: from www.laht.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
