Hispanic y Latino News Summary :: December 1st, 2009 Edition :: 5 Minutes to Empowerment
Tagged: summarySlower news day today BUT I passed 55,000 posts! I can’t believe how big the site has become. I just checked Google and it has 70,700 pages from HispanicTips included in its index, that is one big number. – Tomás
Hispanic/Latino News Essentials –»
10 people were killed in Puerto Rico last weekend, raising to 830 the number of violent deaths to date in 2009, :: from www.laht.com
Denying health care to undocumented immigrants is just another version of a death panel :: from www.latinalista.net
Latinas are five times more likely to contract the HIV virus :: from www.literanista.net
Growing ranks of U.S. citizens are heading to street corners and home improvement store parking lots to find day-labor work usually done by illegal immigrants. – The trend is most pronounced in regions where hot construction markets have collapsed, says Abel Valenzuela Jr., a professor of urban planning at UCLA :: from www.usatoday.com
Best of the Rest Hispanic/Latino News –»
Alberto Gonzales adapts to West Texas life and Texas Tech professorship :: from www.dailytoreador.com
Economic downturn hits Southwest Florida Hispanics hard PHOTOS :: from www.naplesnews.com
Sarah Sanger arranged for United Farm Workers (UFW) co-founder Dolores Huerta to speak recently at Santa Ynez High School, where Sanger is a student. Sanger interviewed Huerta at the school :: from www.independent.com
Alvaro Huerta: “A Green Immigration” :: from lawprofessors.typepad.com
Hondurans Divided After Coup Backer Wins Presidential Election Boycotted by Zelaya Supporters :: from www.democracynow.org
Atlanta shops either owned by or geared toward Hispanics have been hit hardest during the recession, with those aimed at Asians hurt the least, analysts say. :: from www.hispanicbusiness.com
Hispanic/Latino Entertainment News –»
Judy Reyes Welcomes New Baby Leila Rey! :: from blogamole.mtvtr3s.com
JUANES Wins Colombia’s National Peace Prize
Shakira revels in fierce womanhood on ‘She Wolf’ :: from www.usatoday.com
Daddy Yankee is helping Coors Light connect with Hispanic consumers. The brand is promoting the reggaeton star’s new single and album at a series of sponsored meet-and-greet events across the country. :: from www.brandweek.com
Latin Beatlemania came to Agganis Arena on Saturday when Bronx-based, bachata-pop band Aventura took the stage in front of a near-hysterical, near-capacity crowd. – MA :: from www.bostonherald.com
“Whose Barrio?” by Ed Morales and Laura Rivera :: from www.literanista.net
Juanes Awarded Premio Nacional de Paz en Colombia :: from blogamole.mtvtr3s.com
Juan Gabriel tendrá su estrella en Las Vegas :: from espanol.news.yahoo.com
Hispanic/Latino Business News –»
Essentials
Leagues Make Pitch to Hispanics – Major U.S. Sports Step Up Efforts to Draw Fans From Rapidly Expanding Group :: from online.wsj.com
Univision to Launch Mini Ad Network – the latest major media company to launch its own mini ad network—though in this case the company is looking to replicate the ad network model in the much less cluttered Spanish-language market. :: from www.mediaweek.com
Atlanta shops either owned by or geared toward Hispanics have been hit hardest during the recession, with those aimed at Asians hurt the least, analysts say. :: from www.hispanicbusiness.com
Growing ranks of U.S. citizens are heading to street corners and home improvement store parking lots to find day-labor work usually done by illegal immigrants. – The trend is most pronounced in regions where hot construction markets have collapsed, says Abel Valenzuela Jr., a professor of urban planning at UCLA :: from www.usatoday.com
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Daddy Yankee is helping Coors Light connect with Hispanic consumers. The brand is promoting the reggaeton star’s new single and album at a series of sponsored meet-and-greet events across the country. :: from www.brandweek.com
Miguel Alexander Pozo Installed As President Of Hispanic Bar Association Of New Jersey :: from www.metrocorpcounsel.com
Economic downturn hits Southwest Florida Hispanics hard PHOTOS :: from www.naplesnews.com
Cincinnati Hispanic Chamber impugns accelerator’s ‘minority’ tag :: from cincinnati.bizjournals.com
Rafael Romo is the new Latin America Editor for CNN :: from mediamoves.blogspot.com
Post Postville, Immigrants Still Vital to Iowa’s Economy :: from immigrationimpact.com
Banco Canarias and 3 other Venezuelan Banks closed down.
Pulling Their Weight: Report Shows Immigrants’ “Robust” Contribution to the U.S. Economy :: from feetin2worlds.wordpress.com
Alvaro Huerta: “A Green Immigration” :: from lawprofessors.typepad.com
MicroTech’s Tómas Esterrich to be Honored with LISTA Chief Financial Officer of the Year 2009 Award
More US Hispanic/Latino News –»
Jose Lagos, a self-styled political activist from Honduras and a longtime fighter in South Florida’s myriad immigration causes, died Sunday of cancer :: from www.miamiherald.com
Arlington school board to consider day off to honor Cesar Chavez – Texas :: from www.star-telegram.com
Kids’ ties to Lee, Collier leaves Hispanic parents no choice but to stay PHOTOS – Florida :: from www.naplesnews.com
Denver’s Ernest Martinez was boxing stablemate of Marciano’s :: from www.denverpost.com
NCLR Applauds Appointment of Raul Yzaguirre as U.S. Ambassador to the Dominican Republic
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa makes the rounds in Mexico :: from latimesblogs.latimes.com
Meet Lucha Corpi, author of Death at Solstice :: from www.examiner.com
After competing for 15 years in motorcycle races and now 51 years old, Latino racer Hector Arana surged to victory in the Full Throttle Drag Racing Series of the National Hot Rod Association. :: from www.laht.com
A top Cuban umpire has defected to the United States. – The Spanish-language newspaper El Nuevo Herald reports that Nelson Diaz arrived in Miami on Sunday with his wife and two daughters. :: from www.miamiherald.com
Latino Voters See Universal Health Care as Top Priority :: from news.newamericamedia.org
Tribute to Tito Puente to Fund Latino Youth Programs
Latino Community Network was originally established as a program to help migrant farm workers.- Today, celebrating its 10th anniversary, the organization has evolved and adapted to a diverse population that has doubled in the same time period. – Sarasota, FL :: from www.heraldtribune.com
Angel Gomez, a community leader and tireless advocate for the less fortunate, died Saturday from complications with cancer.- Greeley, CO :: from www.greeleytribune.com
The head of the Consulate of Mexico in Salt Lake City has died. – Consul Ignacio Rios Navarro :: from www.deseretnews.com
The Mexican writer Jose Emilio Pacheco has won the Cervantes Prize, the Spanish-speaking world’s highest literary honor, Spain’s Culture Ministry said Monday. :: from www.huffingtonpost.com
Inaction threatens historic U.S.-Mexico San Pedro-Roma suspension bridge :: from www.usatoday.com
International News :: English + Español –»
Posted on: December 1st, 2009Several nations acknowledge Lobo’s victory in Honduras :: from www.miamiherald.com
Ex-Miss Argentina dies after cosmetic surgery – Solange Magnano :: from www.miamiherald.com
Banco Canarias and 3 other Venezuelan Banks closed down.
24% of Lima’s population has experienced robbery in the past year :: from www.livinginperu.com
Hondurans Divided After Coup Backer Wins Presidential Election Boycotted by Zelaya Supporters :: from www.democracynow.org
New Honduran leader calls election clean :: from www.usatoday.com
Argentina Gay Marriage: Judge Puts South America’s 1st Gay Marriage On Hold :: from www.huffingtonpost.com
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