For those of you who might not of heard, the lack of posting last week was due to the flu and its grip on me. This is by no means a complete edition but it is a restart after the illness although I might add there wasn’t as much easy picking news as I expected. Oh and if you want to take a look, I had to have a little fun with my return so I created a trypitic image of myself looking well ‘just up from a sickbed’ while I was posting today. – Gracias, Tomás
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BastaDobbs Responds to Invite from Lou Dobbs :: from www.huffingtonpost.com
Detained immigrant children face legal maze in U.S. – 7,211 children entered the U.S. illegally in 2008 by themselves – As many as 50% of those kids went before judges with no lawyer :: from www.cnn.com
Latinos lag in skills as toddlers, studies show – Poor, immigrant Latinas have healthy babies but by age 2 or 3, their toddlers begin to lag behind white middle-class children in vocabulary, listening and problem-solving skills, according to two new studies. :: from www.sfgate.com
Sacramento Police Chief Rick Braziel has joined other chiefs in the nation in calling for an immigration overhaul that considers legalizing millions of undocumented immigrants. :: from www.sacbee.com
Really Great Report on Latino USA on Puerto Rican Crisis :: from vivirlatino.com
Millions of children in the US suffer from suboptimal levels of vitamin D – 80% of Hispanic children tested!!! :: from www.news-medical.net
800 students thriving in dual-language curriculum at DiLoreto Magnet School – New Britian, CT :: from newbritainherald.com
Fields Lost, Hispanic Farmers Find Other Work as a Legal Fight Drags On – (good read) :: from www.nytimes.com
New Mexican Hotel owner tells Hispanic workers to change names (to Anglicize) :: from www.google.com
In Dallas, Drivers Ticketed for Inability to Habla Ingles – over the past three years, wrongly ticketed at least 39 drivers for not speaking English :: from blogs.wsj.com
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Arson or accident? FBI, ATF investigate fuel depot fire in Puerto Rico :: from edition.cnn.com
Guatemala suffered 2,953 murders during the first 9 months of this year, a prominent human rights organization said Friday. :: from www.laht.com
CNN’s “Latino In America” Not The Ratings Hit “Black In America” Was :: from www.huffingtonpost.com
Pregnant Latina Says She Was Forced to Give Birth in Shackles After One of Arpaio’s Deputies Racially Profiled Her :: from www.phoenixnewtimes.com
One lucky chef: Ricardo Cardona cooks up winning meals for hungry Yankees :: from www.nydailynews.com
Second Obama Immigration Detention Official Leaves Abruptly :: from lawprofessors.typepad.com
El Paso-style Lotería: Photographer Rick Jimenez Carrasco comes up with winning idea :: from www.elpasotimes.com
In Mexico, An Eritrean Man Sets His Sights On U.S. :: from www.npr.org
Indians hire Manny Acta (a Dominican) as manager :: from news.yahoo.com
Recession Squeezes Mexican Workers In U.S. :: from www.npr.org
More Hondurans Leaving Their Country To Find Work :: from www.npr.org
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn has appointed three people to the state’s Latino Family Commission – has never met since it was established in 2007 (?) :: from abclocal.go.com
Some fans take issue with UFC’s Cain Velasquez’s ‘Brown Pride’ tattoo :: from sports.yahoo.com
‘Lopez’ Primed To Go – TBS Hopes Late-Night Talker Will Sustain Network’s Audience :: from www.multichannel.com
Poll: Tomás Regalado leads Miami mayoral race – 40% favored him, with 18% supporting his opponent, Joe Sanchez. 42% of voters were undecided. :: from www.miamiherald.com
CNN Special on Latinos Stokes Debate Over Dobbs :: from www.nytimes.com
Hotelier asks Hispanic workers to Anglicize names, causes uproar in Taos, N.M. :: from content.usatoday.com
Men charged in Plainfield, NJ beating death of Hispanic immigrant, Lazaro Tista, also accused of hate crime :: from www.nj.com
RNC unveils Spanish ad questioning Obama, Biden trips to Florida :: from thehill.com
The city spent $15,100 to throw a dinner party for state Sen. Juan “Chuy” Hinojosa, D-McAllen, Oct. 15, and city leaders defended the expense as a well-deserved thank you to the powerful senator, despite recent budgetary cutbacks. :: from www.themonitor.com
U.S. Census Allots $145 Million to Reach Out to Minorities – about $28 million to Hispanic media :: from adage.com
20 years after amnesty, lives reshaped – Ricardo Magallanes – 1 of the nearly 3 million undocumented immigrants to be granted amnesty under the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 :: from www.poughkeepsiejournal.com
Entertainment –»
‘Lopez’ Primed To Go – TBS Hopes Late-Night Talker Will Sustain Network’s Audience :: from www.multichannel.com
Shakira planning for baby and talks about her oral fixation :: from www.nydailynews.com
As she embarks on her first tour of the U.S., singer-songwriter Yasmin Levy, 34, has built an estimable reputation as a champion of Ladino music, the ancient music of the Sephardic Jews of Spain. :: from www.sfexaminer.com
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CNN’s “Latino In America” Not The Ratings Hit “Black In America” Was :: from www.huffingtonpost.com
Mexico’s Union Bust Reveals Flaws in NAFTA :: from americas.irc-online.org
Recession Squeezes Mexican Workers In U.S. :: from www.npr.org
The NBA this month launched Éne-bé-a, a multichannel marketing campaign. :: from www.dmnews.com
Fields Lost, Hispanic Farmers Find Other Work as a Legal Fight Drags On – (good read) :: from www.nytimes.com
Credit Where Credit Is Due: How to Reach Hispanics :: from www.americanbanker.com
Miami Media LLC, a subsidiary of NYC based Manhattan Media which in 2008 bought Latin Trade, announced late last Friday that it has acquired Latin Business Chronicle :: from www.portada-online.com
Hispanic ad spending is down in all media but online and out-of-home – The “Jack Myers Media Business Report” put Spanish-language online ad spending up 2% in 2009, while total Hispanic ad spending is forecast to drop 11.2%. :: from www.emarketer.com
U.S. Census Allots $145 Million to Reach Out to Minorities – about $28 million to Hispanic media :: from adage.com
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Utah Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Patricia Quijano Dark is moving to the Deseret News, where she will serve as a senior editor over minority and Hispanic issues. :: from www.sltrib.com
Univision, Time Warner Cable Launch Spanish-Language On-Demand Channel – Le Mejor On Demand :: from www.multichannel.com
The feds are setting up a Spanish-language version of their popular fuelconomy.gov website en Español :: from latimesblogs.latimes.com
San Diego Selected as Location of 2010 Hispanic Chamber of E-Commerce Business and Technology Expo
Latina Leadership Lessons from La Bruja: A Different View of the Supernatural/ Spiritual Connection :: from www.powerfullatinas.com
The Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Alameda County named U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee as its Congressional Legislator of the Year for 2009 on Friday. :: from cbs5.com
Hotelier asks Hispanic workers to Anglicize names, causes uproar in Taos, N.M. :: from content.usatoday.com
New Mexican Hotel owner tells Hispanic workers to change names (to Anglicize) :: from www.google.com
Prisa Increases Stake in V-Me to 17% through Bolivian Asset Exchange :: from www.portada-online.com
Hispanic Business Magazine has named Trinidad Aguirre, a San Angelo native, as one of the 100 most influential Hispanics in the nation :: from www.gosanangelo.com
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U.N. Vote to Condemn (Obama’s?) Embargo on Cuba :: from www.huffingtonpost.com
Commentary on CNN’s Latinos in America :: from www.huffingtonpost.com
Geraldo Rivera Slams Lou Dobbs In Speech, Says Dobbs Won’t Be Coming To Fox :: from www.huffingtonpost.com
Hispanics oppose Dobbs’ rants :: from www.reporternews.com
Isabel Allende Named to Council of Cervantes Institute :: from www.laht.com
Cine+Más SF Debuts San Francisco Latino Film Festival November 5th-25th, 2009 SPOKEN WORD
U.S. troops will be allowed to use six Colombian military bases and other facilities necessary for joint operations, :: from www.laht.com
US arrests 300 La Familia members :: from www.bloggingsbyboz.com
Ruthenburg opens doors to Hispanic community in Manchester, MI :: from heritage.com
Call for Investigation of Detention of Mexican Official Who U.S. Government Held as an Asylum-Seeker — But Who Never Asked for Asylum :: from lawprofessors.typepad.com
Into the Beautiful North with Luis Alberto Urrea :: from labloga.blogspot.com
FEMA launches a Revamped Spanish-language Website :: from www.onlinehispanictrends.com
Fidel Castro’s younger sister, Juanita, now living in Miami, reveals in a Univisión-Noticias 23 report on her new book that she worked with the CIA while living in Cuba. :: from www.miamiherald.com
The Vail Breast Cancer Awareness Group is publishing “Cancer de Mama 101” to serve the growing Hispanic community in Eagle County, CO :: from www.vaildaily.com
The Daniel Torres Hispanic Center in Reading expects a $100,000 budget deficit by summer if it can’t find new funding. :: from readingeagle.com
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn has appointed three people to the state’s Latino Family Commission – has never met since it was established in 2007 (?) :: from abclocal.go.com
Angelique Espinoza’s departure from Boulder City Council leaves cultural gap :: from www.dailycamera.com
Texas Dr. Antonio Falcon: We’re Facing A Catastrophic Situation On The Border :: from www.kaiserhealthnews.org
International News :: English + Español –»
Guatemala suffered 2,953 murders during the first 9 months of this year, a prominent human rights organization said Friday. :: from www.laht.com
Mexico’s Union Bust Reveals Flaws in NAFTA :: from americas.irc-online.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
