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More than 100,000 turned out here Thursday for a protest against Puerto Rico Gov. Luis Fortuño’s decision to lay off 17,000 public employees, :: from www.laht.com
Interview/Entrevista with Roberto Lovato about National Campaign Against CNN’s Lou Dobbs :: from news.newamericamedia.org
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio launched a sweep in Phoenix on Friday, a half day after officials in Washington limited his powers to make federal immigration arrests. :: from www.foxnews.com
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Cabrillo College has been awarded one of the most competitive grants in the country, the Title V Hispanic-Serving Institutions grant by the U.S. Department of Education. – $2.8M grant for transitioning students at Hispanic-serving institutions :: from www.santacruzsentinel.com
Tens of thousands of people have marched to protest Mexican President Felipe Calderon’s decision to disband a public electricity company. :: from www.miamiherald.com
Country of Origin Profiles: Browse detailed demographic and economic profiles of Hispanics in the United States by their countries of origin. :: from pewhispanic.org
Immigrant Gulag Larger Than Homeland Security’s Detention Centers – The Obama administration is trying to wiggle its way out of the immigration crisis created by the Bush administration without taking any decisive steps to distance itself from its predecessor’s immigration policies and enforcement practices. :: from borderlinesblog.blogspot.com
“Latinos in America”: CNN’s Lame bid for hispanic audience? :: from www.pontealdia.com
Dobbs does CNN no favors with Latinos – (even USA Today covers this) :: from www.usatoday.com
Ford, NFL Stick with Hispanic-Aimed Campaigns Despite Modest Results :: from www.clickz.com
Children sang, soldiers paraded and crowds cheered during the historic pageantry of the first meeting of the presidents of the United States and Mexico 100 years ago today in El Paso and Juárez. – The meeting between U.S. President William Howard Taft and Mexican President Porfirio Diaz will be commemorated by events and an exhibit at the El Paso Museum of History that opens Saturday to the public. :: from www.elpasotimes.com
CULTURAL DIVIDE: Migrant students find hard time fitting in – Every year, migrant workers and their families travel from Texas to Manchester’s DuRussel Potato Farm to harvest vegetables, living in housing provided by the farm personnel. – Minnesota :: from heritage.com
The Homeland Security Department said Friday that it has revamped pacts that allow for greater cooperation between federal immigration authorities and local law enforcement in 55 states and cities, including Carrollton and Farmers Branch. :: from www.dallasnews.com
CNN refuses to air “Drop Dobbs” Ad :: from latinopoliticsblog.com
tex[t]-mex (aka memo) has a screenshot of an article about Target’s illegal alien costume from mercurynews.com where you can see the costume but the current page has NO image (why?) :: from textmex.blogspot.com
Efrain’s Corner: Crisis Continues in Puerto Rico :: from efrainortizjr.blogspot.com
Less than a year after speaking at a Harvard University student conference, the head of an anti-illegal immigration movement had his invitation to speak at a similar forum tomorrow rescinded following a student uproar over his aggressive position on immigration. – Jim Gilchrist, founder of the Minuteman Project :: from www.boston.com
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio cited a non-existent federal law and included a legal interpretation taken from an anti-immigration Web site in a document he distributed during a news conference last week. :: from www.azcentral.com
Guest Voz: Former NCES commissioner finds nation’s black and Latino students worse off because of No Child Left Behind :: from www.latinalista.net
New study shows most Latino students drop out of high school for economic need :: from www.latinalista.net
Baseball a reflection of the Latino “assimilation” :: from southchicagoan.blogspot.com
Question just a tactic, but revealing of feelings – (re proposed census question about immigration status) :: from southchicagoan.blogspot.com
CNN Wants Latino Viewers and $ But Not When They Criticize :: from vivirlatino.com
CNN Loves Lou Dobbs’ Leprous Lies More Than It Values Latino Lives :: from theunapologeticmexican.org
Media Matters for America has obtained evidence that CNN contributor Alex Castellanos’ political consulting firm, National Media, is the ad buyer for the insurance industry group America’s Health Insurance Plan’s (AHIP) new ad blitz attacking Democratic health reform plans. :: from mediamatters.org
CNN To Disclose Alex Castellanos’s Health Care Industry Ties – (Republican political media consultant) :: from www.huffingtonpost.com
El Diario-La Prensa endorses Bill Thompson for Mayor of New York City – largest Spanish-language daily newspaper in the NYC area :: from www.impre.com
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Residente of Calle 13, true Latin American activist :: from danielhernandez.typepad.com
Puerto Rican reggaeton duo Wisin & Yandel were the big winners of Los Premios MTV Latin America 2009, where together they took the Artist of the Year trophy. :: from www.laht.com
An inspiring moment in its own way, TV giving Latino focus :: from southchicagoan.blogspot.com
TOP Ten reasons to watch Latino Music USA on PBS
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Superstar Duo Visits Local School – Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony drop by San Miguel School in northwest DC :: from www.nbcwashington.com
Mambo Gee Gee – THE STORY OF GEORGE GOLDNER AND TICO RECORDS :: from www.spectropop.com
Disney Star Selena Gomez Launching Fashion Brand :: from www.wwd.com
Musician Changes Tone of Impoverished Village – Carlinhos Brown :: from www.nytimes.com
MTV entrega sus “lenguas” latinas en Los Angeles – Premios MTV Latinoamérica :: from espanol.news.yahoo.com
La Oreja de Van Gogh “juega” con sus éxitos en acústico y con orquesta :: from www.adn.es
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Talking TV with Univision’s Joe Uva – The Spanish-language media company chief on the business of telenovellas, the tastes of Hispanics and why advertisers should listen up. :: from www.forbes.com
Ford, NFL Stick with Hispanic-Aimed Campaigns Despite Modest Results :: from www.clickz.com
A steep drop in U.S. payments for telephone calls to Cuba may have been caused by Cuban Americans’ growing travel to the island, the U.S. economic crisis or increased Internet communications :: from www.miamiherald.com
40 positions eliminated from the Telemundo workforce across nation :: from mediamoves.blogspot.com
Wal-Mart takes cheap mobile phone plans nationwide – announced the expansion to more than 3,200 stores of the service, developed with TracFone Wireless, the U.S. unit of Mexican cellphone giant America Movil, owned by billionaire Carlos Slim. :: from www.usatoday.com
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ImpreMedia Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month via Digital, Mobile and Print
Hispanic market part of DNA of Major League Soccer :: from soccernet.espn.go.com
CNN Scuttles Anti-Dobbs Ad :: from www.huffingtonpost.com
As La Kalle prepares to unveil new call letters, Hispanic radio listeners happy with strong signal – WCAA moved from 105.9 FM to 96.3 FM – NYC :: from www.nydailynews.com
IBM Launches Nationwide Initiative to Support Early Education in Hispanic Communities
Americas Program Report: A New Financial Architecture for Latin America, Part 2 – South American Trade and Currency Volatility :: from americas.irc-online.org
Target’s Illegal Alien Halloween Costume (another screen shot) :: from juantornoe.blogs.com
tex[t]-mex (aka memo) has a screenshot of an article about Target’s illegal alien costume from mercurynews.com where you can see the costume but the current page has NO image (why?) :: from textmex.blogspot.com
California’s Oldest Latino Bank Celebrates 45 Years – Pan American Bank
A spokesman for Telemundo tells me the company eliminated the news director position in New York and created a VP of Content position “to oversee the news department, creative services and all digital platforms. :: from mediamoves.blogspot.com
Hugo Balta, news director for Telemundo’s WNJU-47 in New York, also got pink-slipped during the company’s latest round of cuts. :: from mediamoves.blogspot.com
The Telemundo station in Los Angeles today went through another round of cuts. Inside sources tell me in addition to layoffs, KVEA 52 canceled its 6 to 7 am morning newscast, anchored by José Ronstadt and Azucena Gómez. :: from mediamoves.blogspot.com
Media Matters for America has obtained evidence that CNN contributor Alex Castellanos’ political consulting firm, National Media, is the ad buyer for the insurance industry group America’s Health Insurance Plan’s (AHIP) new ad blitz attacking Democratic health reform plans. :: from mediamatters.org
CNN To Disclose Alex Castellanos’s Health Care Industry Ties – (Republican political media consultant) :: from www.huffingtonpost.com
Cafe Media Story Picked up By NBC – Chicago
El Diario-La Prensa endorses Bill Thompson for Mayor of New York City – largest Spanish-language daily newspaper in the NYC area :: from www.impre.com
NFL Latino Effort Pits Jets Fan vs. Dolphins Fan – Monday Night Game Centerpiece of League’s Hispanic Heritage Month Campaign :: from adage.com
More US Hispanic News –»
White Plains Hispanic parade, festival on Sunday, rain or shine :: from www.lohud.com
The interpretation of immigration – A Kansas City asylum case could provide the impetus for the reform of unfair and inconsistent policy :: from www.poder360.com
A book that aims to explain the business and culture of drug trafficking playing out in El Paso and Juárez was released today. – “Drug War Zone: Frontline Dispatches from the Streets of El Paso and Juárez” is written by University of Texas at El Paso professor Howard Campbell. :: from www.elpasotimes.com
Lou Dobbs vs. Latino in America: CNN’s hypocritical juxtaposition :: from latinopoliticsblog.com
Junot Díaz at Notre Dame :: from latinopoetryreview.blogspot.com
Interview with Vickie Jimenez :: from www.powerfullatinas.com
Afro-Latino Heritage Must be Highlighted :: from www.blackvoicenews.com
Hispanic culture becomes part of Western North Carolina landscape :: from www.citizen-times.com
Analysis of Martinez vs. Regents of the University of California, a case before the California Supreme Court involving whether undocumented residents of California are entitled to in-state college tuition. :: from www.nilc.org
A Rogue Sheriff Roams in Arizona: FI2W’s Valeria Fernández on The Takeaway :: from feetin2worlds.wordpress.com
El Diario Endorses Thompson, Likening Bloomberg to Hugo Chávez :: from www.nytimes.com
Latinos are assimilating in the USA :: from www.cnn.com
The Howard County School System and an advocacy group that focuses on Hispanic student achievement plan to renew a partnership Friday with the hopes of lowering dropout rates and encouraging academic success. – Maryland :: from www.baltimoresun.com
“The Great Inca Road,” a photo exhibition (of the famous Incan Capaq Ñan) organized by the Consulate General of Peru in New York, is currently open to public at the American Museum of Natural History. :: from www.livinginperu.com
Hispanic leaders in Ohio are reviewing letters sent by the Bureau of Motor Vehicles to determine whether the state is engaging in ethnic profiling and improperly delving into federal immigration matters. :: from news.cincinnati.com
Hispanic History in The Port City! – Mobile, Alabama :: from www.wkrg.com
Northern California radio-talk Host and Columnist Roberto Hernandez to receive NLGJA Award
Illinois becomes a new front in ethnic culture wars :: from southchicagoan.blogspot.com
One failure of Hispanic Heritage Month :: from www.latinalista.net
Crafting a final version of health insurance legislation to attract moderate Republican support would be a “waste of time,” according to the leader of the House Progressive Caucus. – Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.) :: from thehill.com
Some state and local police are having second thoughts about working with the federal government to enforce immigration laws. :: from www.usatoday.com
Leaders in Science Research, Mentoring, and Teaching honored by SACNAS
International News :: English + Español –»
Más mujeres en estructuras de poder de Cuba :: from www.miamiherald.com
Cuba allows U.S. access to jailed dual citizens – While Cuba recently gave a State Department official permission to visit jailed U.S.-Cuban citizens, travel restrictions remain in place. :: from www.miamiherald.com
Cuidad Juárez killings: Women victims are new aspect of ongoing violence across border :: from www.elpasotimes.com
Tens of thousands of people have marched to protest Mexican President Felipe Calderon’s decision to disband a public electricity company. :: from www.miamiherald.com
Americas Program Report: A New Financial Architecture for Latin America, Part 2 – South American Trade and Currency Volatility :: from americas.irc-online.org
Ousted President Manuel Zelaya said negotiations over Honduras’ coup are in “suspense” after the rival factions rebuffed each other’s proposals and his foreign minister called the internationally brokered talks a failure. :: from www.miamiherald.com
Endangered Sea Turtles Return To Mexico’s Beaches :: from www.npr.org
Golf In Cross Hairs Of Venezuela’s President :: from www.npr.org
A steep drop in U.S. payments for telephone calls to Cuba may have been caused by Cuban Americans’ growing travel to the island, the U.S. economic crisis or increased Internet communications :: from www.miamiherald.com
Mexico City Puts Overweight Cops on a Diet :: from www.laht.com
Chilean Thief Crushed to Death by ATM He Stole :: from www.laht.com
Honduran Accords Hung Up on Zelaya’s Reinstatement :: from americasmexico.blogspot.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
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
