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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 –»
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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 –»
Several 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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Immigration grassroots activists who met with Obama reveal what went down at the White House :: from www.latinalista.net
CALLE OCHO – ‘World’s biggest’ Latin street party will take over Miami Sunday :: from www.miamiherald.com
The nation’s immigration courts are choked by the largest backlog of pending deportation and asylum cases in history, more than 18,000 of them in Texas – with a national backlog of ONLY 228,400 cases :: from www.chron.com
Obama Says He’s Committed to Immigration Overhaul – Obama tells lawmakers, advocates his commitment to immigration overhaul is ‘unwavering’ :: from abcnews.go.com
Study: Median Wealth for Single Black Women: $100, Single Hispanic Women: $120, Single White Women: $41,000 :: from www.democracynow.org
A longtime State Board of Education member, Mary Helen Berlanga, accused her colleagues of “whitewashing” curriculum standards Thursday and walked out of the panel’s meeting in frustration amid heated debates about race and the inclusion of Hispanics in lesson plans. :: from www.kfdm.com
Homicides in Venezuela have quadrupled during President Hugo Chavez’s 11 years in power, with two people murdered every hour :: from www.washingtonpost.com
A powerful drug cartel is buying off journalists in northern Mexico to work as spies and smother coverage of a spike in killings on the U.S. border in the latest attack on the media in Mexico. – an almost total muzzle on reporting violence from Nuevo Laredo to Matamoros. :: from www.reuters.com
Best of the Rest Hispanic/Latino News –»
Hey, the Census Can Be Fun! WNYC’s Brian Lehrer Proves It on a Show on Hard-To-Count Immigrants :: from news.feetintwoworlds.org
The healthcare bill’s immigration provisions are enough to spur Hispanic members of Congress to vote against it, Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) said Thursday. :: from thehill.com
Linda Chavez Thompson “What it means when the last bookstore closes…” – in Laredo, TX :: from blog.latinovations.com
Sean Penn Wants Journalists Arrested For Badmouthing Hugo Chavez :: from guanabee.com
Latino-grocery boom likely to slow as second-generation shoppers surge :: from www.denverpost.com
Backlogged Immigration Matters Climb, Details by Court Location and Nationality :: from lawprofessors.typepad.com
Latino culture a key to childhood obesity :: from blogs.usatoday.com
Obama Links Immigration Overhaul in 2010 to G.O.P. Backing :: from www.nytimes.com
Activists tell Puerto Rico Gov. Luis Fortuno a new birth certificate law harms mainland residents :: from latimesblogs.latimes.com
Hispanic/Latino Cultura News –»
CALLE OCHO – ‘World’s biggest’ Latin street party will take over Miami Sunday :: from www.miamiherald.com
Placido Domingo Recovering “at a Good Pace” from Cancer Surgery :: from www.laht.com
KLRN, V-ME to honor ‘Latina Firsts’ March 25 at Museo Alameda :: from blogs.mysanantonio.com
Nortec Collective’s Clorofila to Release Debut Solo Album in April :: from www.shoutcastblog.com
Hey, the Census Can Be Fun! WNYC’s Brian Lehrer Proves It on a Show on Hard-To-Count Immigrants :: from news.feetintwoworlds.org
Q&A with Banda de Turistas :: from latina.com
The Revolutionary Puerto Rican Woman – NYC Event – Friday March 19th at 7pm :: from www.literanista.net
Irish/Mexican history a moment too many want to forget :: from southchicagoan.blogspot.com
StoryCorps Historias – Rob Sanchez and Felix Aponte :: from storycorps.org
Mexico City hosts nation’s first gay marriages :: from www.latimes.com
Hispanic/Latino Business News –»
Latino-grocery boom likely to slow as second-generation shoppers surge :: from www.denverpost.com
Study: Median Wealth for Single Black Women: $100, Single Hispanic Women: $120, Single White Women: $41,000 :: from www.democracynow.org
Cesar Aldama has been named news director at WFOR-4 (CBS) in Miami :: from mediamoves.blogspot.com
Brands to be organically integrated into Univision’s Nuestra Belleza Latina. :: from hispanicad.com
Thorp Reed & Armstrong’s Lourdes Sanchez Ridge is Honored with Women of Achievement Award
Eighth Annual Hispanic Television Summit To Be Part of Advertising Week NY 2010
‘El Magic’ Reach Out To Latino Community – Orlando :: from www.cfnews13.com
Welcome to the inaugural blog post from Destination Casa Blanca, the Latino Voice in Politics, carried since 2008 on Hispanic Independent Television Network, HITN. – covering obesity :: from www.huffingtonpost.com
More US Hispanic/Latino News –»
Local Census Volunteers Prepare to Hit the Streets – Their goal is to make sure everyone is counted – East LA :: from egpnews.com
Lucia Ballas-Traynor: “Beauty and Style at the Core of Latina’s Identity” :: from www.portada-online.com
Farmingvillle Redux :: from lawprofessors.typepad.com
Hispanic aldermen press for support of immigration reform – Chicago :: from www.wbbm780.com
International News :: English + Español –»
USCIS Reminds Chilean Nationals of Immigration Benefits Available :: from www.uscis.gov
Mexico City hosts nation’s first gay marriages :: from www.latimes.com
Chile’s Students Lead Latin America in Marijuana and Tobacco Consumption :: from www.americasquarterly.org
Homicides in Venezuela have quadrupled during President Hugo Chavez’s 11 years in power, with two people murdered every hour :: from www.washingtonpost.com
A powerful drug cartel is buying off journalists in northern Mexico to work as spies and smother coverage of a spike in killings on the U.S. border in the latest attack on the media in Mexico. – an almost total muzzle on reporting violence from Nuevo Laredo to Matamoros. :: from www.reuters.com
NCLR Urges Swift Confirmation of Yzaguirre as U.S. Ambassador to the Dominican Republic
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