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Angela de Hoyos, grande dame of Chicano poetry, dies in San Antonio :: from blogs.mysanantonio.com
Next year, Latin America will have to borrow $400 billion to compensate for the lack of national capital, a high-ranking World Bank official said. :: from www.miamiherald.com
Hispanic immigrants kept at arm’s length from healthcare :: from www.miamiherald.com
Amid lagging scores of Latino students, San Jose High Academy models success :: from www.mercurynews.com
The number of deaths of undocumented immigrants in the Arizona desert increased by 20% during the 2009 fiscal year, despite extreme vigilance and the efforts of humanitarian organizations. :: from www.laht.com
In an effort to increase response rates and save money, the Census Bureau will automatically mail or deliver 13.5 million questionnaires in English and Spanish in areas with a large concentration of Spanish speakers. :: from www.wusa9.com
With No Progress on Immigration Reform, Activists Ready to Take to the Streets Again :: from feetin2worlds.wordpress.com
Former Border Patrol Chief Silvestre Reyes Now a Major Player in New Military, Intelligence, and Homeland Security Complex :: from americas.irc-online.org
Immigration officials consider more fee increases – Immigrant rights groups fear that further fee hikes would cut many out of the citizenship application process. The immigration agency, which must be self-supporting, faces a $118-million shortfall. :: from www.latimes.com
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Filmmakers document consequences of U.S. immigration raid – “In the Shadow of the Raid” – Postville, Iowa :: from latimesblogs.latimes.com
The sooner we realize we’re all people, the better off we are :: from southchicagoan.blogspot.com
Sonia Sotomayor Throws a Strike at Yankee Stadium :: from www.latina.com
Cucu Diamantes Show Canceled After Juanes’s Paz Sin Fronteras Concert in Cuba :: from www.latina.com
America’s World of Racisms, Reversals and Resurgence :: from xicanopwr.com
Puerto Rican unions called a general strike for Oct. 15 in response to the dismissal of 17,000 public employees. :: from www.laht.com
A Chilean family who was removing the soil from the yard of their home where they were planning to do some construction got a big surprise when they found four skeletons dating from 320 B.C. :: from www.laht.com
Texas Mexican-Americans birthed by midwives still can’t get Washington to give them a passport :: from www.latinalista.net
President Obama has placed the immigration reform community at the back of the bus. :: from www.cnn.com
Does ICE’s Criminal Alien Program (CAP) Target Serious Criminals? :: from immigrationimpact.com
National Hispanic Heritage Month website – (I personally love the clean design) :: from www.hispanicheritagemonth.gov
Juanita Castro, the exiled sister of Cuban leaders Fidel and Raul Castro, is set to release a first-person memoir in which she talks at length about her brothers. :: from www.miamiherald.com
Coup Declares State of Siege, Suspends Constitutional Rights – Honduras :: from americasmexico.blogspot.com
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Guerrilla filmmaking, Dominican style – “La Soga” :: from latimesblogs.latimes.com
Filmmakers document consequences of U.S. immigration raid – “In the Shadow of the Raid” – Postville, Iowa :: from latimesblogs.latimes.com
“Beautiful Life” Star Sara Paxton Blasts CW Over Show’s Cancellation :: from www.latina.com
9500 Liberty: Film on Immigration Battle Wins Best Documentary at the Charlotte Film Festival :: from ndn.org
Cucu Diamantes Show Canceled After Juanes’s Paz Sin Fronteras Concert in Cuba :: from www.latina.com
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Mexia Releases “Descontrol” – A rowdy club banger that bridges Latin pop, hip-hop, and electro that will bring a sweat to your brow and a sway to your hips :: from latinola.com
The New Face of Cuban Soul Rock from the North: Alex Cuba’s Agua del Pozo Breaks the Language Barrier :: from www.allaboutjazz.com
Carlos Anaya Pics From Latin Pride National Awards :: from www.latingossip.com
Carolina Herrera Becomes American Citizen :: from www.latina.com
Selena Gomez Debuts New Single – “Kiss and Tell” :: from www.latina.com
Juanes Presenta a Su Hijo – foto :: from blogamole.mtvtr3s.com
MSG.com’s Latin Music Hub Is Live! – Madison Square Garden in NYC – (but no Spanish option interestingly enough) :: from blogs.msg.com
Elizabeth Gutiérrez: “Estoy disfrutando mi embarazo” :: from www.peopleenespanol.com
A Shakira le salió su “Loba” en 10 minutos :: from www.peopleenespanol.com
Fallece hija de Lidia Ávila :: from www.peopleenespanol.com
Modern Family con Sofía Vergara estrena con gran éxito :: from www.peopleenespanol.com
Jenni Rivera no permitirá la entrada de la prensa a sus conciertos :: from www2.esmas.com
Ha*Ash inició el trabajo de lo que será su cuarto disco, en el que trabajarán con el cantautor puertorriqueño Tommy Torres :: from www.chetumail.com
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Next year, Latin America will have to borrow $400 billion to compensate for the lack of national capital, a high-ranking World Bank official said. :: from www.miamiherald.com
Puerto Rican unions called a general strike for Oct. 15 in response to the dismissal of 17,000 public employees. :: from www.laht.com
U.S. Hispanics & the New Economic Reality :: from hispanicad.com
Hispanic TV Summit: Spanish-Language Marketing Is Sensitive – To Go Bilingual Or Not Is One Question Facing TV Marketers :: from www.multichannel.com
Hispanic TV Summit: Growing Hispanic Market Awaits “Cultural Mind-Shift” – Marketing and sales executives say mainstream advertisers need better understanding of Hispanic consumers. :: from www.broadcastingcable.com
Hispanic TV Summit: Promotions Execs Build Brand Awareness Through Experiential Marketing – Events-based campaigns, experiential marketing prove successful among Hispanic consumers :: from www.multichannel.com
Hispanic TV Summit: Distributors Differ On Local Vs. International Content – Some panelists say importing international is wise investment, others tout U.S. programming :: from www.broadcastingcable.com
Texas’ Top 20 Hispanic-Owned Companies 2009 :: from www.hispanicbusiness.com
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General Mills Renews Commitment To Help Latino Families Eat Right
One More Hispanic Online Ad Network: Aqua Media Direct :: from www.portada-online.com
Puerto Rico’s Doral Bank Burnishes Image :: from www.brandweek.com
Brilliant! Univision Will Have You Pay to Become a Walking Billboard Promoting Their Brand :: from lauramartinez.wordpress.com
Shirley Velásquez has been named editor-in-chief of My Latino Voice, a Latino news and culture Web site, previously known as miapogeo.com. :: from mediamoves.blogspot.com
Terry Jimenez has been named acting publisher of Newsday. :: from mediamoves.blogspot.com
Reporter Rita García makes an 85 market jump to Los Angeles. She leaves her full-time job at KRGV-5 in Harlingen, Texas to become a freelancer at the KCBS/KCAL duopoly. :: from mediamoves.blogspot.com
Hispanic Entrepreneur profile: Printing pioneer Juan Barcena brought East Coast techniques to W. Texas :: from www.elpasotimes.com
Sales agreements, financing options and market statistics are among the topics to be covered at an education workshop for Latino farmers Thursday. – Yakima, WA :: from www.yakima-herald.com
Hispanic TV Summit: Telemundo’s Browne — Count On Census 2010 Being A ‘Game-Changer’ – Government tally will put Latino awareness among media ‘over the top’ :: from www.broadcastingcable.com
Hispanic grocery store owner frustrated after Grand Rapids rejects liquor license request – Michigan :: from www.mlive.com
McCormick Foundation Awards $100k Grant for New Phase of NAHJ’s Parity Project :: from www.nahj.org
More US Hispanic News –»
Review: Reyna Grande. Dancing With Butterflies. :: from labloga.blogspot.com
Review of In a Town Called Mundomuerto, by Randall Silvis :: from www.examiner.com
Review: Cibolero, by Kermit Lopez :: from www.examiner.com
Racism Swept Under The Rug, Latinos Still Living in That Time :: from media.www.loyolagreyhound.com
Marcelo Cornicello, local Hispanic leader, dies at 46 – Richmond, VA :: from www2.timesdispatch.com
A total of 67 of the 78 undocumented Mexicans who were fired upon by U.S. Customs agents last week at a California border crossing accepted voluntary repatriation to Mexico :: from www.laht.com
CNN: It’s Time to Deport Lou Dobbs – Adam Luna, Political Director, America’s Voice :: from www.huffingtonpost.com
International News :: English + Español –»
Guerrilla filmmaking, Dominican style – “La Soga” :: from latimesblogs.latimes.com
Live from Honduras: An Interview with Berta Caceres :: from upsidedownworld.org
Next year, Latin America will have to borrow $400 billion to compensate for the lack of national capital, a high-ranking World Bank official said. :: from www.miamiherald.com
A Chilean family who was removing the soil from the yard of their home where they were planning to do some construction got a big surprise when they found four skeletons dating from 320 B.C. :: from www.laht.com
Cuba admits failure to pay farmers on time :: from www.miamiherald.com
Police have arrested five men accused of dozens of murders, including two mass killings at drug treatment centers in this northern Mexico border city. :: from www.miamiherald.com
Coup Declares State of Siege, Suspends Constitutional Rights – Honduras :: from americasmexico.blogspot.com
Is Latin America Moving to the Right? :: from www.americanprogress.org
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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
