Hispanic y Latino News Summary :: November 30th, 2009 Edition :: 5 Minutes to Empowerment
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Hispanic/Latino News Essentials –»
Arrests of illegal immigrants along border drop 25% – Bolstered enforcement efforts along the Mexico-U.S. border and the weak economy are cited. The trend is also apparent across the Southwest. :: from www.latimes.com
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, flanked by key state legislators, reacted with shock Tuesday to a lawsuit by cities and towns and accused the local officials of coddling illegal immigrants at state expense. :: from www.azcentral.com
Cardinal Albert Pujols unanimously selected as National League MVP for 3rd time :: from www.reuters.com
Immigrants, Criminalized – (editorial from NYTimes criticizing the Obama administration’s current immigration policies – worth reading) :: from www.nytimes.com
Hispanic-focused FuturoFund awards $50,000 – FuturoFund one of few philanthropies in country helping nonprofits that serve Latinos. :: from www.statesman.com
Immigration activists diversifying ranks – Beyond the noisy town hall meetings, Tea Party protests and sky-is-falling speeches characterizing much of the health-care debate is a less visible but no less intense push to broaden the face of the immigration reform movement. :: from www.deseretnews.com
At least 14 Indian municipalities in Mexico are among the poorest cities in the world and another 122 are on the verge of being included on the list prepared by the United Nations, the coordinator of the book entitled “Morir en la miseria” (Dying in poverty) :: from www.laht.com
Moderate Republican Abel Maldonado’s nomination to lieutenant governor makes both parties squirm in California. :: from www.latimes.com
Retaining Hispanic votes a challenge for Obama – Poll finds 68% back president, but will that help in next elections? :: from www.msnbc.msn.com
An 11-month-old baby boy was wounded in a shooting as the violence that has suffocated Cuidad Juárez for nearly two years continued with more than 20 killings over the weekend :: from www.elpasotimes.com
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Best of the Rest Hispanic/Latino News –»
A new report out today says up to 40% of women throughout Latin America have been victims of physical violence. The rate of emotional abuse is even higher, says the U.N.’s Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (CEPAL). :: from latimesblogs.latimes.com
Dobbs’ sincerity in being a friend to the Latino community can be easily tested :: from www.latinalista.net
A Salsa Star Is Reborn After a Break for Politics – Rubén Blades :: from www.nytimes.com
Video of Ely Guerra’s first single ‘Stanger’ off of her new album Hombre Invisible
2 trucks carrying 80 tons of humanitarian aid were to leave Chicago on Tuesday for El Salvador, sent by Hispanic immigrants to victims of devastating flooding and mudslides. :: from www.laht.com
A transsexual who recently prevailed in a 10-year-long court battle to receive a new identity document recognizing her as a woman has been honored by lawmakers as Argentina’s “Woman of the Year.” :: from www.laht.com
Republican Playbook on Immigration Debate Long on Emotions, Short on Facts :: from immigrationimpact.com
Gutierrez, Napolitano, & Arpaio : Whose Immigration Strategy Will Win? :: from vivirlatino.com
Can a play called “What Killed Marcelo Lucero?” rescue suburban Long Island from its immigration agonies? :: from www.nytimes.com
Mexico tightens security at U.S. border crossings – The new infrastructure — including gates, cameras and vehicle scales — aims to hamper the smuggling of drug money and weapons to Mexican cartels. Businesses are protesting the increased wait times :: from www.latimes.com
“Illegal status (i)s a civil matter” – (Gregory Tejeda’s take on the NYTimes editorial) :: from southchicagoan.blogspot.com
Dobbs tries to change his tune on Latinos – It has the Wall Street Journal asking “What’s going on?” America’s Voice, an organization supporting a workable and humane approach to comprehensive immigration reform, is skeptical. :: from causaoregon.blogspot.com
Social and economic inequality, to which in some cases can be added the lack of government attention, is spreading the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Latin America and the Caribbean, according to a report presented by the International Red Cross. :: from www.laht.com
New York Democratic representatives Yvette Clarke, Charles Rangel and Anthony Weiner came out this week in support of comprehensive immigration reform during a Thanksgiving event that also recognized immigrants’ heritage and contributions to the city. :: from feetin2worlds.wordpress.com
Mexico always in L.A., L.A. siempre en Mexico – 23rd Guadalajara International Book Fair :: from danielhernandez.typepad.com
Group’s leader urges new strategy on immigrant rights – “I think we’ve waited long enough. It’s time for some down payments,” Thomas Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF :: from www.sfgate.com
Guatemalan funeral homes compete for corpses – called “calaqueros” – skullmongers – and they make a living off Guatemala City’s infamously high murder rate. :: from www.miamiherald.com
Denver’a Su Teatro has raised about $1.5 million in its three-year campaign to find a new home, an impressive $500,000 of it in individual donations. – but don’t stop sending those checks :: from www.denverpost.com
How a gringo found his mariachi groove – At a low point in his life, Matthew Stoneman discovered a future in Latin music. Puzzled whispers and derisive laughs don’t deter him as he performs in Los Angeles to mostly Latino immigrant audiences :: from www.latimes.com
Bison Return to Mexico for First Time Since 19th Century :: from www.laht.com
The government of Peru is apologizing to its Afro-Peruvian population for the first time for centuries of abuse, exclusion and discrimination. :: from www.miamiherald.com
Interview with Rene Cantu Jr. – Nevada State College vice president of multicultural affairs and vice chairman of the Las Vegas Latin Chamber of Commerce – Happy to speak for Latinos when they need a voice :: from www.lasvegassun.com
Raymond Herrera isn’t bothered that people are split on whether he’s a patriotic activist or self-hating, racist nut. – The 60-year-old Victorville resident and Vietnam War G.I. has become a fixture at city council, school and county board meetings, where he and members of his fledgling group “We the People, California Crusaders,” decry the ills of illegal immigration and voice support for tougher laws. :: from www.sbsun.com
Puerto Rico has such a bad history with research monkeys running amok that some residents are stunned that its government has tentatively approved a plan to import and breed thousands of primates for sale to U.S. researchers. :: from www.miamiherald.com
Hondurans elect businessman Pepe Lobo as president :: from www.miamiherald.com
Study links Latino immigrants’ HIV testing to level of adaptation to U.S. culture :: from latimesblogs.latimes.com
Ex-guerrilla easily wins Uruguay presidency – Jose Mujica :: from www.miamiherald.com
59% of Hispanic males and 70% of Hispanic females are finishing high school in Arizona, compared with 78% of White males and 85% of White females. :: from www.azcentral.com
75% of Arizona’s Latino children under age 6 live in poverty, compared with 30% of White children in that age group. :: from www.azcentral.com
Hispanic/Latino Entertainment News –»
Calle 13’s René Pérez and Miss Universe Denise Quiñones stand up for Jorge Steven López Mercado :: from blabbeando.blogspot.com
A Salsa Star Is Reborn After a Break for Politics – Rubén Blades :: from www.nytimes.com
Video of Ely Guerra’s first single ‘Stanger’ off of her new album Hombre Invisible
How a gringo found his mariachi groove – At a low point in his life, Matthew Stoneman discovered a future in Latin music. Puzzled whispers and derisive laughs don’t deter him as he performs in Los Angeles to mostly Latino immigrant audiences :: from www.latimes.com
Cuban Orchestra Los Van Van Marks 40th Year with Documentary, More Music :: from www.laht.com
Off-Broadway Hit Musical ‘Celia: The Life and Music of Celia Cruz’ Set for Chicago Premiere
Miami’s Own ¡SUÉNALO! To Release Live Album at Transit Lounge
Catarina Dos Santos Fusing Music with World Wide View Point :: from www.mylatinovoice.com
Uruguayan documentary “The Circle” makes its New York debut at El Museo del Barrio on Wednesday December 2nd. :: from www.mylatinovoice.com
The bridges of Ozomatli :: from danielhernandez.typepad.com
Singer Ely Guerra Unveils Her Masculine Side in Hombre Invisible :: from www.latina.com
Zoe Saldana Shares Her Bikini Bod with Details Mag :: from blogamole.mtvtr3s.com
Chile’s Victor Jara Beaten, Tortured Before Execution, Autopsy Says :: from www.laht.com
Chile murder mystery: Who killed Victor Jara? :: from www.miamiherald.com
The Fourth Annual Texas Latin Rap Awards will be at 5 p.m. Saturday at the American Bank Center Selena Auditorium to honor the best in Latin rap. – Corpus Christi :: from www.caller.com
Eva Longoria Parker: ‘I love charities’ :: from www.azcentral.com
Julieta Venegas grabó con los vocalistas de Babasónicos y Miranda. :: from www.univision.com
Chayanne grabó el nuevo video del tema “Me Enamoré de Ti” :: from www.univision.com
El actor Eduardo Yáñez enfrenta graves problemas en los Estados Unidos, pues las autoridades de Lós Ángeles han girado una orden de aprehensión en su contra debido a una denuncia hecha por su ex esposa, Francesca Cruz :: from www.univision.com
Los Van Van celebrarán 40 años con giras por EEUU :: from www.miamiherald.com
Hispanic/Latino Business News –»
Starcom MediaVest Group (SMG) Names Monica Gadsby CEO-Multicultural/Latin America – Will Head Both U.S. Hispanic and Latin America Divisions, Look for Cross-Border Opportunities for Marketers :: from adage.com
ESPN Deportes’ 2010 World Cup Programming Plans revealed :: from hispanicad.com
SOBO Concepts LLC, owner of Surropa.com, a Internet destination for Latino-focused apparel and accessories, announces the hiring of Natalia Zapata as their E-commerce Manager. :: from hispanicad.com
Interview with Mike Cano new Publisher of San Diego’s El Latino :: from www.portada-online.com
Pan American Bank (Los Angeles) Launches Social Media Presence
English-language talk radio AM station 1190 WAMT will switch to ESPN Deportes starting tomorrow. – Orlando :: from mediamoves.blogspot.com
Chris Ramirez will be Communications Director for the City of Albuquerque – leaving KOAT-7 :: from mediamoves.blogspot.com
The Imagen Latina radio show, hosted by Angelica Blanco, recently expanded into television, with the debut episodes available on the Imagen Latina YouTube channel. :: from www.hispanicnashville.com
China Extends $51 Million in Credits to Ecuador :: from www.laht.com
New SSRN Immigration Article – “Immigration, Wages, and Compositional Amenities” :: from lawprofessors.typepad.com
Coca-Cola Lays Out Hispanic Marketing Plan for 2020: Soccer is for Men. Novelas are for Women :: from lauramartinez.wordpress.com
Brazilian Middle Class Expands As Economy Surges :: from www.npr.org
Mexico tightens security at U.S. border crossings – The new infrastructure — including gates, cameras and vehicle scales — aims to hamper the smuggling of drug money and weapons to Mexican cartels. Businesses are protesting the increased wait times :: from www.latimes.com
Immigration to Inspect 38 Companies in Carolinas, Georgia :: from www.laht.com
The Nexus Between Labor Law & Immigration Policy :: from www.acslaw.org
Mexico merchants flee crime, settle in El Paso :: from www.elpasotimes.com
Brazil’s unemployment rate fell to 7.5% in October, the lowest level of the year, the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, or IBGE :: from www.laht.com
Hispanic Ad Agencies Thrive Amid Recession :: from news.newamericamedia.org
Guatemalan funeral homes compete for corpses – called “calaqueros” – skullmongers – and they make a living off Guatemala City’s infamously high murder rate. :: from www.miamiherald.com
Reaching Hispanic moms (in Tennessee) :: from www.timesfreepress.com
Listen to ad – Spanish language beer radio ad features comic disclaimer – Tecate beer radio ad dubbed Disclaimer by Adrenalina :: from www.hispanicmpr.com
More US Hispanic/Latino News –»
Featured book: The Peruke Maker, by Ruby Dominguez :: from www.examiner.com
Lucha Corpi, author of Death at Solstice, tours the blogosphere with BronzeWord Latino Authors :: from www.examiner.com
A vehicle carrying alleged illegal immigrants plunged 45 feet off a southwest Texas cliff, falling into a gravel pit and injuring all 18 individuals aboard, Immigration and Customs Enforcement said. :: from www.examiner.com
Top 10 Reflections Of A Latino Thanksgiving :: from www.mylatinovoice.com
Miami’s New Mayor – Tomás Regalado :: from theamericano.com
For Abel Maldonado, the son of migrant farmworkers who rose from the strawberry fields to become land barons, Tuesday morning’s tableau was another chapter in his own American dream. – (picked to be next CA lieutenant governor) :: from www.mercurynews.com
Filiberto Ojeda Ríos Report Expected….. Puerto Rico :: from efrainortizjr.blogspot.com
A Cuban-American Thanksgiving :: from theamericano.com
Do American Indians Look “Hispanic” or Do “Hispanics” Look American Indian? :: from americantaino.blogspot.com
Mexican golfer Lorena Ochoa said she was proud to win her fourth straight Ladies Professional Golf Association player of the year award, :: from www.laht.com
Services were held for Joaquin Andrade, the son of a nationally known Latino activist from Griffith, Indiana who was a graphic artist who used his skills to support his father’s work. – Juan Andrade Jr. head of the United States Hispanic Leadership Institute. :: from www.nwitimes.com
Texas State Rep. Norma Chávez won’t run for state Senate :: from www.elpasotimes.com
Latino Sports Fans Select 10 Semifinalists to Compete for First-Ever Miss Premios Fox Sports Crown
Hundreds of Hondurans in Miami cast absentee ballots Sunday in the hopes that their votes would play a small yet significant role in resolving a political crisis that’s rattled Honduras for the past five months. :: from www.miamiherald.com
LULAC In Partnership with American GI Forum, The Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security for the 4th Annual LULAC Veterans Summit :: from lulac.org
Non-scheduled Male Body Maintenance – If you are a middle aged man, you need to get your blood work done, prostate test, BMI and, oh yes, the invasive colon procedure :: from www.latinola.com
Hispanic groups extend a charitable hand – Stamford, Connecticut :: from www.stamfordadvocate.com
Hispanic families urge school uniforms – A letter sent to the Medford School Board says it could reduce problems of clothing colors linked to gangs – Oregon :: from www.mailtribune.com
Lou Dobbs supports “Amnesty for Illegals”? :: from latinopoliticsblog.com
Puerto Rico Says Presente for Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado :: from vivirlatino.com
The Nexus Between Labor Law & Immigration Policy :: from www.acslaw.org
As We See It: Why the Abel Maldonado pick matters :: from www.santacruzsentinel.com
Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez has declared that on December 1 she will be making an important announcement about her famous annual holiday card :: from latinopoliticsblog.com
Hillary’s Debacle as Honduran Democracy is Served Up :: from latinopoliticsblog.com
El Centro Latino :: from www.newsobserver.com
Vastly different books shed light on Latino experience – Crazy Chicana in Catholic City by Juliana Aragón Fatula & Lyn Miller-Lachmann’s Gringolandia :: from labloga.blogspot.com
Lou ‘Cesar Chavez’ Dobbs – champion of Latinos everywhere :: from trueslant.com
International News :: English + Español –»
Posted on: November 30th, 2009A new report out today says up to 40% of women throughout Latin America have been victims of physical violence. The rate of emotional abuse is even higher, says the U.N.’s Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (CEPAL). :: from latimesblogs.latimes.com
Underwater sculpture garden helps save Cancun’s coral reefs :: from www.gadling.com
2 trucks carrying 80 tons of humanitarian aid were to leave Chicago on Tuesday for El Salvador, sent by Hispanic immigrants to victims of devastating flooding and mudslides. :: from www.laht.com
El Salvador, a nation of roughly 7 million people, could end 2009 with more than 4,000 murders, the PNC national police force says. :: from www.laht.com
Peruvian intellectual Alvaro Vargas Llosa said in an interview with Efe Tuesday said that “the greatest threat” to democracy in Latin America comes from its presidents, who once in office try to change the rules in order to remain in power permanently. :: from www.laht.com
A transsexual who recently prevailed in a 10-year-long court battle to receive a new identity document recognizing her as a woman has been honored by lawmakers as Argentina’s “Woman of the Year.” :: from www.laht.com
China Extends $51 Million in Credits to Ecuador :: from www.laht.com
Latin America Sees Increase In African Refugees :: from www.npr.org
Chile murder mystery: Who killed Victor Jara? :: from www.miamiherald.com
Iran’s leader makes inroads in Latin America :: from www.miamiherald.com
Astronaut says Mexico needs its own space program – Jose Hernandez :: from www.miamiherald.com
Brazilian Middle Class Expands As Economy Surges :: from www.npr.org
Mexico tightens security at U.S. border crossings – The new infrastructure — including gates, cameras and vehicle scales — aims to hamper the smuggling of drug money and weapons to Mexican cartels. Businesses are protesting the increased wait times :: from www.latimes.com
Social and economic inequality, to which in some cases can be added the lack of government attention, is spreading the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Latin America and the Caribbean, according to a report presented by the International Red Cross. :: from www.laht.com
In Poor Honduras, Election Brings Hope For Stability :: from www.npr.org
Mexico always in L.A., L.A. siempre en Mexico – 23rd Guadalajara International Book Fair :: from danielhernandez.typepad.com
Brazil’s unemployment rate fell to 7.5% in October, the lowest level of the year, the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, or IBGE :: from www.laht.com
At least 14 Indian municipalities in Mexico are among the poorest cities in the world and another 122 are on the verge of being included on the list prepared by the United Nations, the coordinator of the book entitled “Morir en la miseria” (Dying in poverty) :: from www.laht.com
Guatemalan funeral homes compete for corpses – called “calaqueros” – skullmongers – and they make a living off Guatemala City’s infamously high murder rate. :: from www.miamiherald.com
Venezuela turns to cloud-seeding to battle drought :: from www.miamiherald.com
One hundred tons of potatoes, carrots, corn, vegetables, peas, and other products from the mountains were brought to Lima in the “Potato Train.” :: from www.livinginperu.com
A former street vendor who this summer was elected chief of Mexico City’s largest borough before voluntarily stepping down for “health reasons” told authorities he wants his job back. – Rafael Acosta, better known as “Juanito” :: from www.laht.com
Bison Return to Mexico for First Time Since 19th Century :: from www.laht.com
The government of Peru is apologizing to its Afro-Peruvian population for the first time for centuries of abuse, exclusion and discrimination. :: from www.miamiherald.com
Witnessing history – ‘Chinito’ photographs Juárez for 64 years – Hector Oaxaca Acosta has been taking pictures in Juárez since 1945. :: from www.elpasotimes.com
Good Summary of Honduras Vote Results :: from ourlatinamerica.blogspot.com
Hondurans elect businessman Pepe Lobo as president :: from www.miamiherald.com
Ex-guerrilla easily wins Uruguay presidency – Jose Mujica :: from www.miamiherald.com
An 11-month-old baby boy was wounded in a shooting as the violence that has suffocated Cuidad Juárez for nearly two years continued with more than 20 killings over the weekend :: from www.elpasotimes.com
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