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Casi desde el principio de la historia norteamericana en el siglo XVII los hispanos han estado presentes en forma notable. Ahora son la minoría más grande del país, y la más rica, que moviliza una economía cercana al trillón de dólares
Los hispanos forman parte de la historia de los Estados Unidos ya desde sus orígenes. Desde el siglo XVII han vivido numerosas personas de ascendencia hispana en lo que actualmente es Estados Unidos. Pero ha sido sobre todo a partir de los años 90 del pasado siglo cuando han empezado a constituirse en la más grande minoría de la nación.
Según datos del U.S. Census Bureau, en 2005 vivían en los Estados Unidos unos 42.000.000 de hispanos, a los que cabría añadir unos 11.000.000 de inmigrantes en situación irregular. La cifra podría llegar a 45 millones para el cierre de 2009.
En el censo de 1990 había un total de 22,3 millones de hispanos en este país. Hoy constituyen el grupo minoritario de más rápido crecimiento de Estados Unidos, y se calcula que para el año 2025 sobrepasarán con creces los 50 millones. Uno de cada cinco bebés nacidos en suelo estadounidense pertenece a este grupo social.
Los hispanos son una minoría que es heterogénea en orígenes e intereses. No son las mismas las preocupaciones de un inmigrante ilegal que las de un exiliado cubano; ni tampoco piensa igual un recién llegado de Venezuela o Colombia que algunos hispanos de Nuevo México que, de alguna manera, “siempre han estado allí”. Esto hace que los hispanos compongan una sociedad heterogénea, en la que sentirse hispano tampoco significa necesariamente ser hispanohablante, sino que la palabra hispano, o más frecuentemente, latino, los identifica con unos orígenes, unas creencias o una manera de ser o de vivir.
La comunidad hispana está formada por una mezcla de grupos procedentes de diversos países de Latinoamérica, como México, Cuba, Puerto Rico, República Dominicana, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Colombia, Ecuador, Perú y Panamá.
Los mexicanos que viven en Estados Unidos suman aproximadamente 15 millones de personas y constituyen el mayor grupo de hispanos. En un principio vivían en los estados del suroeste, principalmente en Texas, California, Arizona, Nuevo México y Colorado. De hecho, a la ciudad de Los Ángeles (California) se le ha denominado de modo informal “capital del suroeste hispano”. También existen comunidades en ciudades de otras regiones del país, como en Nueva York y en Chicago (Illinois).
La aparición de la comunidad mexicana dio comienzo en 1848 con el fin de la guerra Mexicano-estadounidense. Por el tratado de Guadalupe Hidalgo, México cedió más de la mitad del país a Estados Unidos, cuyo gobierno a su vez garantizó la ciudadanía estadounidense a aquellos mexicanos que vivieran en este territorio.
Los puertorriqueños son el grupo que ocupa el segundo lugar entre los hispanos. En Estados Unidos viven alrededor de 4 millones, principalmente en Nueva York y Nueva Jersey. Puerto Rico es estado libre asociado a Estados Unidos desde 1917, una condición que les permite a los puertorriqueños tener acceso a la ciudadanía estadounidense, y a una serie de beneficios como subsidios federales y seguro social.
Los cubanos residentes en Estados Unidos, alrededor de un millón y medio de personas, constituyen el tercer grupo en cuanto a población. La comunidad cubana está concentrada en Florida, especialmente en la zona de Miami. La mayoría llegó a Estados Unidos en calidad de refugiados políticos tras la Revolución Cubana de 1959, que llevó a Fidel Castro al poder.
Desde la década de 1970, las guerras civiles y las crisis económicas en Latinoamérica han provocado un aumento del número de emigrantes. En El Salvador, el conflicto entre la guerrilla y el gobierno provocó la salida del país de unas 500,000 salvadoreños. Igualmente, la revolución Sandinista trajo unos 800,000 nicaragüenses a Estados Unidos. En la República Dominicana la recesión del mercado laboral y los disturbios políticos impulsaron a muchos dominicanos a emigrar a Estados Unidos, principalmente a la ciudad de Nueva York.
Los inmigrantes procedentes de América del Sur, sobre todo de Colombia, Ecuador y Perú, se han concentrado en la parte noreste del país. Los colombianos superan los 600,000 y forman el mayor grupo de hispanos con raíces en Sudamérica. Son seguidos de ecuatorianos y peruanos.
Hoy en día los hispanos son también la minoría más joven del país y en algunos estados superan ya el 30% de la población total. A esto hay que añadir el aumento vertiginoso del poder adquisitivo de los latinos, que se ha triplicado desde 2002, y que moviliza una economía cercana al trillón de dólares anuales.”
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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
Latest Essentials
- 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

En el censo de 1990 había un total de 22,3 millones de hispanos en este país. Hoy constituyen el grupo minoritario de más rápido crecimiento de Estados Unidos, y se calcula que para el año 2025 sobrepasarán con creces los 50 millones. Uno de cada cinco bebés nacidos en suelo estadounidense pertenece a este grupo social.

