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Latinos need more than lip service – Families are being torn apart by America’s broken immigration system. President Obama needs to show leadership and fix it – (the view from England) :: from www.guardian.co.uk
The Newest Face in the Late-Night Party – The arrival of “Lopez Tonight” on TBS is breaking up what Jay Leno likes to call “the parade of nine white men” on the late-night talk shows. :: from www.nytimes.com
A little more than 1 million people work in the illegal drug trade including “around 200,000” women, according to the COCyP association of peasant organizations, based on police estimates. :: from www.laht.com
The Strange Bedfellows of the Census Boycott :: from www.huffingtonpost.com
Top 10 Reasons Not To Wear A Culturally Appropriating Halloween Costume :: from labloga.blogspot.com
‘Drop Lou Dobbs’ Campaign Nearing 100,000 Signature Goal – need 30k more! :: from thehispanicinstitute.net
Rights activists in the northern Mexican border city of Tijuana have hung 5,100 small white crosses on the fence straddling the U.S. frontier to commemorate migrants who have died trying to cross. :: from www.miamiherald.com
Immigrant Jail Tests U.S. View of Legal Access – City Bar Justice Center is calling for all immigrant detainees to be provided with counsel. :: from www.nytimes.com
The Hispanic Market Is Set to Soar – The 2010 Census will radically alter the demographic map and the rules of engagement between Hispanic and general-market shops :: from www.adweek.com
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The 287(g) policy has become a perverted version of its original intent in Tennessee :: from www.tennessean.com
“Day of the Dead” one of those concepts often misunderstood :: from southchicagoan.blogspot.com
FBI investigating Joe Arpaio for using deputies to intimidate critics :: from immigrationclearinghouse.org
In Latin America, weapons buying spreads mistrust – Weapons purchases in Latin America are soaring as nations cast a wary eye on their neighbors. :: from www.miamiherald.com
More than 200 bodies recovered at Arizona/Sonora border :: from bsnorrell.blogspot.com
Texas needs Spanish-speaking social workers :: from www.dailytexanonline.com
Zelaya, Micheletti Beginning to Disagree About Crisis-Ending Accord :: from www.laht.com
Mexico reaches record 100 extraditions to US :: from www.miamiherald.com
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The Newest Face in the Late-Night Party – The arrival of “Lopez Tonight” on TBS is breaking up what Jay Leno likes to call “the parade of nine white men” on the late-night talk shows. :: from www.nytimes.com
Singer Alejandro Sanz welcomes fans to “Paradise” set to release “Paraiso” November 10 on Warner Music Latina :: from www.reuters.com
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Now in its fourth season, with declining ratings, Ugly Betty has become a pretty little bauble that should probably be wrapped up and put away. :: from watching-tv.ew.com
Personal Stories Highlight fifth annual Long Island Latino International Film Festival :: from www.nytimes.com
America Ferrera loves Betty’s growth
SAG seeks more Spanish – 100-200 bilingual guild members perform dubbing :: from www.variety.com
Jay Perez CD: ‘feeding off live audience energy’; Grammy nom :: from www.ramiroburr.com
Calle 13, Luis Fonsi Set for Latin Grammy Awards :: from abcnews.go.com
High School is Named After Oscar de la Hoya in Boyle Heights :: from hissip.com
Mario Cimarro agrede a Ninel Conde :: from www.peopleenespanol.com
Cynthia Klitbo estrena novio “intelectual” :: from www.peopleenespanol.com
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Reeling Mexico hopes travel deals bring back the tourists :: from www.usatoday.com
Despite Recession, Startup Hispanic Endeavors Grow – From Vidaysalud to Zubi Shop, Internet Investment Continues :: from adage.com
Daisy Expósito-Ulla receives Women of Virtue Award from LatinBiz :: from hispanicad.com
Greater Dallas Hispanic Chamber of Commerce struggles to end ‘toxic’ rift :: from www.dallasnews.com
Rising NFL viewership signals cultural shift for Hispanics :: from www.tampabay.com
Tapping the Hispanic consumer market – Distributor helps gas stations stock Hispanic foods – St Joseph, Missouri :: from www.stjoenews.net
The Hispanic Market Is Set to Soar – The 2010 Census will radically alter the demographic map and the rules of engagement between Hispanic and general-market shops :: from www.adweek.com
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Impact of foreign-born dairy workers mostly positive in Idaho :: from www.magicvalley.com
A painful way to make a living, but for some migrants, little choice – farm workers in Ohio :: from www.sanduskyregister.com
Guias Local, Inc. Announces the Beta Launch of their Bilingual U.S. Local Search GuiasLocal.com
The rise of Ascendant Commercial Insurance, an insurer funded by the Cejas family – Pablo Cejas, chairman and CEO of PLC Investments :: from www.miamiherald.com
Latinos Seek Control of Second Federal Savings in Chicago’s Little Village :: from www.wbez.org
Green Jobs: Opportunity for Latinos – Hispanics could put skills from declining industries to work in a sector that shows more promise :: from www.poder360.com
Brands focus on social media to target multicultural groups :: from www.prweekus.com
P&G Adapts Its Web Fashion Show for Hispanic Women – Branded Program ‘De Moda’ Retooled With Latin Topics, Celebs :: from adage.com
Home Shopping Latino Inc. Signs Production Agreement With ROCCX
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has selected interactive agency Sensis to launch a targeted advertising campaign to increase participation in the E-Verify program :: from hispanicad.com
Fox Sports en Español promotes Paul Laureano y Juan Vallejo :: from hispanicad.com
Araceli de León Promoted to Regional Vice President and General Manager of KBLR-40 in Las Vegas and KDEN-25 in Denver :: from mediamoves.blogspot.com
Mexican market opens in steel mill neighborhood – Pueblo, CO :: from chieftain.com
Nine years and Hispanic farmers still waiting for discrimination suit ruling :: from www.fresnobee.com
Undocumented laborers in Lake Worth struggle as once-dependable jobs vanish – Florida :: from www.palmbeachpost.com
The Tucson Hispanic Chamber of Commerce board of directors has named Lea Marquez Peterson, its president and CEO. :: from www.azstarnet.com
Peru expects to export US $750 million in asparagus annually :: from www.livinginperu.com
Hispanic Entrepreneur profile: McDonald’s franchise owner said he would never cook another hamburger – Richard Castro in El Paso :: from www.elpasotimes.com
With restaurant association, Mexican cuisine broadens its borders :: from www.kansascity.com
Virginia Hispanic chamber founder believes in building bridges – Michel Zajur :: from www2.timesdispatch.com
Border Media, formerly BMP Radio, is ending Spanish-language broadcasts on four Austin stations as of 1 a.m. Sunday – La Ley 98.9 FM, Digital 92.5 and 104.9 FM, and Juan 1490 AM :: from www.austin360.com
Translating finance, in dollars or dinero – Lynn Jimenez’s “¿Se Habla Dinero? The Everyday Guide to Financial Success” :: from www.washingtonpost.com
A growing operation: New cheese factory ready for business – Nuestro Queso in Ilinois :: from www.journalstandard.com
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Long-time civic leader Joe E. Gonzales dies at 88 – in the late 1940s worked for U.S. Senator Carl Hayden of Arizona, died in Tucson last month from heart complications. :: from www.latinopm.com
Transit Department sponsored bus tours that showed Miami’s Hispanic past :: from www.miamiherald.com
Tales of weeping woman passed down in Hispanic culture – La Llorona :: from www.reporternews.com
Mexican President Felipe Calderon honored at gala in Miami by Latin Trade magazine, :: from www.miamiherald.com
Tony Argiz Honored by South Florida Council, Boy Scouts of America
Migrant workers struggle to survive, some with family states away – Ohio :: from www.sanduskyregister.com
Alzheimer’s researchers tap into Hispanic group at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix :: from phoenix.bizjournals.com
Free speech is hard to defend when it’s being abused :: from www.latinalista.net
Interview with horror author J.F. Gonzalez :: from www.examiner.com
Palm Beach Community College officials want every one of their students with Latino roots to update their academic records and document their ethnicity. :: from www.palmbeachpost.com
Few people have done more to advance the cause of Hispanics in the region than Rosa Correa, the former chairwoman of the Bridgeport Housing Authority. :: from www.connpost.com
Nine years and Hispanic farmers still waiting for discrimination suit ruling :: from www.fresnobee.com
Minorities Seek To Make History In Elections – Massachusetts :: from www.thebostonchannel.com
Witches, Vampires, and … Immigrants? – César Baldelomar :: from faithandimmigration.org
A personal view of Latino veterans oral history project :: from blogs.mysanantonio.com
A California Derby Is at the Center of the M.L.S. Playoffs – Galaxy vs Chivas USA :: from www.nytimes.com
Latino veteran history project expands its scope :: from www.mysanantonio.com
Southern cities are attracting more immigrants :: from www2.timesdispatch.com
Dr. Eliscer Guzman From The Mount Sinai Hospital Among Comunilife Honorees
SFist Interviews Artist Gabriela Lena Frank :: from sfist.com
For Tomorrow’s Latino Students: No Typewriter Ribbons Needed :: from www.pontealdia.com
Hispanic Leaders Meet Saturday To Plan Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles Legal Challenge :: from www2.nbc4i.com
FBI: No sabotage in Puerto Rico tank explosion :: from www.miamiherald.com
Rep. Raul Grijalva, Co-Chair of Progressive Caucus, Vows to Bring “Robust” Public Option to House Floor :: from www.democracynow.org
Remembrance at the border: Migrants killed while crossing remembered – About 200 attended the vigil hosted by the Border Network for Human Rights to honor the memory of undocumented immigrants who have died while trying to cross the border. :: from www.elpasotimes.com
Nevada Hispanic Services chief tired of being a lightning rod – Jesse Gutierrez :: from www.rgj.com
Hispanic community glows over milestone – Deacon Fernando Jiménez, first Mexican-born priest to be ordained in the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend Roman Catholic Diocese :: from www.journalgazette.net
Democratic Party leaders meeting at a pre-election dinner Thursday announced their endorsement of Assemblyman Jose Peralta over Monserrate in the 2010 primary – NY :: from thelatinjournal.blogspot.com
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Reeling Mexico hopes travel deals bring back the tourists :: from www.usatoday.com
Grasshoppers? Eew! But chocolate? Yum! – The youngsters get a taste of multicultural Mexico in Oaxaca. :: from www.miamiherald.com
Peru: Nasca civilization succumbed to “El Niño” due to deforestation :: from www.livinginperu.com
The Real Winner in Honduras: The United States? :: from upsidedownworld.org
In Latin America, weapons buying spreads mistrust – Weapons purchases in Latin America are soaring as nations cast a wary eye on their neighbors. :: from www.miamiherald.com
A little more than 1 million people work in the illegal drug trade including “around 200,000” women, according to the COCyP association of peasant organizations, based on police estimates. :: from www.laht.com
The leader of a Mexican farmworkers’ organization and 14 other people were killed in a mass shooting in the northern Mexico state of Sonora :: from www.miamiherald.com
Mexico’s death museum lives up to morbid name in Aguascalientes, Mexico :: from www.bostonherald.com
Rights activists in the northern Mexican border city of Tijuana have hung 5,100 small white crosses on the fence straddling the U.S. frontier to commemorate migrants who have died trying to cross. :: from www.miamiherald.com
Peru expects to export US $750 million in asparagus annually :: from www.livinginperu.com
Bolivia’s Witch Markets Offer Llama Fetuses And More :: from www.huffingtonpost.com
Drought Affects 90% of Argentina :: from www.laht.com
Zelaya, Micheletti Beginning to Disagree About Crisis-Ending Accord :: from www.laht.com
Ten Thousand Dives Under the Sea – Spotlight on Scuba-Mex Dive Shop in Paamul, Q.R. Mexico :: from themexicoreport.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
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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
