Hispanic & Latino News Summary including Business :: 199 items :: August 30th, 2010
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Hispanic/Latino News Essentials –»
Puerto Rico braced for heavy rains and tropical storm force winds as Hurricane Earl grew into a Category 3 storm in the Caribbean with winds near 120 mph on Monday morning. :: from www.caribbeanbusinesspr.com
The Mexican Massacre That Shook All of Latin America :: from www.time.com
I Gulf Coast slaves: Halliburton and its subcontractors hired hundreds of undocumented Latino workers to clean up after Katrina — only to mistreat them and throw them out without pay. :: from dir.salon.com
I Migrants Common Prey Of Mexico’s Deadly Violence :: from www.npr.org
Puerto Rican Women Face Rising Tide of Violence – Puerto Rico’s pioneering 1989 law against domestic violence is clouded by the U.S. territory’s leadership in intimate-partner killings found in a recent survey. Critics say government budget cutbacks are making matters worse. :: from www.womensenews.org
I Dream Now Letters to Barack Obama: Lizbeth Mateo
Latino Decisions Tracking Poll: Obama approval falls 10pt for Latinos – Economy, Immigration dominate 2010 election :: from latinodecisions.wordpress.com
Ruben Salazar | 40 years later – Killing left impact on Hispanics, journalism :: from www.elpasotimes.com
C 40th Anniversary of the National Chicano Moratorium This Weekend – Series of events across East LA :: from blogs.laweekly.com
A lead investigator and another official looking into the massacre of 72 migrants whose bodies were found this week in northern Mexico are missing :: from edition.cnn.com
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Best of the Rest Hispanic/Latino News –»
NOTE: B = Business, C = Cultural, I = Immigration, E = Education, H = Health
Latest Latino USA episode: Femicide in Latin America and more :: from latinousa.kut.org
Huracán Earl azota el Caribe, amenaza a EEUU :: from www.elnuevoherald.com
Ramsey Muniz – Guilty of Being Latino and Activist in America :: from www.thepeoplesvoice.org
Latina spearheads media campaign to get Congress to pass Equal Rights Amendment – Kamala Lopez :: from www.latinalista.net
Mexican Gangs and Cartels: Evolving Criminal Insurgencies :: from www.mexidata.info
C Mexico is not the only Latin American country celebrating its Bicentennial this 2010. On April 19th, Venezuela had its Bicentennial. On May 25th Argentina had its Bicentennial. Colombia had its Bicentennial on July 20th. And Chile celebrates its Bicentennial on September 18th, just a few days after Mexico’s September 15/16th Independence Day Bicentennial. – Last year, in 2009, Ecuador and Bolivia celebrated their Bicentennials. – And next year, in 2010, El Salvador and Paraguay are scheduled to celebrate their Bicentennials also! :: from www.mexidata.info
It’s about nothing more than trying to rewrite someone else’s legacy in history – Gregory Tejeda on Glenn Beck’s Rally in DC :: from southchicagoan.blogspot.com
Republican Susana Martinez leads New Mexico governors race :: from voices.washingtonpost.com
Glenn Beck Speaks for the White Majority :: from www.huffingtonpost.com
I In Florida, Bill McCollum’s Primary Loss Shows Limits of Immigrant Bashing – Frank Sharry :: from www.huffingtonpost.com
Schools were sending students home early and government offices shutting down at midday as weather conditions deteriorated with the approach of powerful Hurricane Earl on Monday. – Puerto Rico :: from www.caribbeanbusinesspr.com
I Opposing Smart Immigration Policy Will Cause Latino Backlash :: from www.americanprogressaction.org
B The 2009 purchasing power of Latinos in Texas totaled $175.3 billion—an increase of 429.3% since 1990. :: from www.immigrationpolicy.org
Cuidad Juárez cancels Sept. 16 celebration – For the first time since the Mexican Revolution :: from www.elpasotimes.com
Fidel Castro gives new details of illness: he was weak, dangerously thin and thought at times he could not go on :: from www.miamiherald.com
Hidalgo Mayor Marco Antonio Leal Garcia killed – Tamaulipas, Mexico – 2nd mayor to be assassinated in the past two weeks in the area :: from www.nytimes.com
Beginning today, Monday August 30, 2010, Latino Decisions will release a weekly tracking poll of Latino registered voters across the U.S. Every Monday between now and November 1, we will report one week of new data on Latino views towards issues, politics, and the 2010 election. :: from latinodecisions.wordpress.com
I Jan Brewer: UN Human Rights Report ‘Downright Offensive’, Remove Reference To Arizona Immigration Law SB1070 :: from www.huffingtonpost.com
I Inmigración hispana a Canadá – Una nueva tendencia entre los inmigrantes hispanos – Video
B C La Reina of Hispanic Hollywood, Publisher Bel Hernandez-Castillo :: from www.heralddeparis.com
Marcela Sanchez: Crime and Drugs — To Legalize or Not To Legalize :: from www.laht.com
Ruben Salazar had clashed repeatedly with LAPD in months before slaying :: from www.chicagotribune.com
I Families of massacred migrants couldn’t pay ransom – Mexico :: from www.elpasotimes.com
I Tension over Obama policies within Immigration and Customs Enforcement – The union representing immigration officers issued a vote of no confidence :: from www.washingtonpost.com
C Remembering Mariel as home — not a boatlift :: from www.miamiherald.com
B The 2010 Inc. 5000: Top 10 Latino- and Hispanic Entrepreneurs :: from www.inc.com
I Immigration officials made more than 300 arrests in the Chicago area and throughout the Midwest -video :: from abclocal.go.com
¿What is a Mexican? – G. Tejeda on: the alleged murderer of a Honduran who stated he “hates Mexicans” – Baltimore :: from southchicagoan.blogspot.com
I DREAM Now Letters to President Obama: Myrna Orozco
Tuesday’s Winners Will Court Latinos, Experts Say :: from www.nationaljournal.com
C Pulitzer Prize Winner Junot Diaz on ‘Oscar Wao’, the movie :: from latina.com
B Mexicana airlines shut down all flights on Saturday, marking at least a temporary disappearance from the skies of one of the world’s oldest air carriers. :: from www.msnbc.msn.com
Spanglish: Ya No Sólo For The Chicanos – #latism : twitter conversations about Spanglish :: from www.juanofwords.com
C Does Your Language Shape How You Think? :: from www.nytimes.com
Voto Latino is hiring Field Organizers in AZ, TX, CO, FL, and CA :: from www.kevinbondelli.com
B State of the Internet with a Focus on Mexico and Latin America :: from www.comscore.com
B HPRA Bestows Highest PR Honors on PRSA Chair-Elect Rosanna Fiske and General Mills :: from www.hispanicprblog.com
B Louis Pagán: An emerging social media force :: from www.wiredlatinos.com
Forty Years Later, Grape Boycott Still a Huge Accomplishment :: from latinola.com
C Ruth Livier’s ‘YLSE’ Takes Home first-ever Imagen Award for best Internet program :: from latinola.com
B Free webinar (on demand) The “Spanglish” of Social Media: The Importance of Relevant Communication
I Enrique Morones: The Man Who Would Move the All-Star Game out of Arizona because of SB1070 :: from www.huffingtonpost.com
Hatred, Hatred, and More Hatred of Latinos Spilling Across the Country :: from www.huffingtonpost.com
H TWELVE-PART SERIES GETS DOWN TO THE FACTS ABOUT CHILD NUTRITION IN THE LATINO COMMUNITY
H Baby’s death from dengue fever is 8th fatal case in Puerto Rico :: from www.caribbeanbusinesspr.com
E Tens of thousands of students were shut out of classes around the island Thursday as public school teachers staged a 24-hour work stoppage and warned of a possible full-fledged strike if their demands are not quickly met by the Fortuño administration and the Education Department. – Puerto Rico :: from www.caribbeanbusinesspr.com
Ohio won’t issue driver licenses based on older birth certificates from Puerto Rico, even though the U.S. territory says they’re valid until Sept. 30. :: from www.caribbeanbusinesspr.com
STOP! – I know you have already learned a lot from above, they are the important stories that I think everyone should know. Below you will find stories sorted by category/topic like business, music, immigration etc and there will be some duplicates (the bolded headlines below are the duplicates) but these are just two different ways of looking at the news that is Hispanic/Latino.
News by Topic
Cultura News –»
Entertainment and Music
La cantautora mexicana Lila Downs dijo, en declaraciones en Costa Rica, que en el disco que elabora incursiona en la religiosidad. :: from www.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx
El cantautor Joan Sebastian tiene todo listo para festejar el Bicentenario de la Independencia de México con la comunidad latina en Portland Oregon, Estados Unidos :: from www.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx
Niurka Marcos on Mira Quién Baila :: from www.latingossip.com
Did Sofia Vergara Make Good on “Modern Family” Team’s Emmy Promise? :: from latina.com
‘Rock Hola! Con McDonald’s®’ Sweepstakes Takes You to the 11th Annual Latin GRAMMY® Awards
Unos 450 mariachis de diferentes países desfilan por las calles de Guadalajara :: from espanol.news.yahoo.com
Juan Luis Guerra y Juanes presentan su dueto en Dominicana :: from espanol.news.yahoo.com
Danny Rivera celebrará 50 años de carrera junto a la Orquesta Filarmónica de Puerto Rico :: from espanol.news.yahoo.com
La Reina of Hispanic Hollywood, Publisher Bel Hernandez-Castillo :: from www.heralddeparis.com
Tigres del Norte darán concierto contra ley de Arizona :: from espanol.news.yahoo.com
Jennifer López y Marc Anthony esperan transformar una ciudad costera del noreste de la isla en el Hollywood del Caribe, afirmó su alcalde. – Aníbal Meléndez, alcalde de Fajardo, Puerto Rico :: from espanol.news.yahoo.com
Gilberto Santa Rosa lidera campaña contra la diabetes :: from espanol.news.yahoo.com
Carlos Santana presenta en Las Vegas los temas de su nuevo álbum :: from espanol.news.yahoo.com
The final broadcast of Willie Colon’s La Mega radio show will be Sunday at WCDB at the University at Albany :: from www.timesunion.com
David Lee Garza y Los Musicales to headline Fiesta Hispana in Kansas City on 9-12-2010 :: from gringastejano.wordpress.com
Pulitzer Prize Winner Junot Diaz on ‘Oscar Wao’, the movie :: from latina.com
Desde México: Diego Luna Directs Calle 13′s “Baile De Los Pobres” :: from blogamole.tr3s.com
To Mexico From New York with Love, a one-night-only benefit concert for those affected by Hurricane Alex, will be held Sept. 1 at the Merkin Concert Hall in the Kaufman Center. :: from www.playbill.com
Sofia Vergara’s Boyfriend in Intensive Care after Serious Car Crash :: from www.latina.com
Ruth Livier’s ‘YLSE’ Takes Home first-ever Imagen Award for best Internet program :: from latinola.com
There is life after journalism. Former Nuevo Mundo writer/editor Consuelo Alba premiered “El Andalón,” her first documentary, at the Los Angeles Latino Film Festival :: from mediamoves.blogspot.com
Spanish-language TV’s talk queen, Cristina Saralegui, is ending her show :: from www.washingtonpost.com
Victor & Digna Carpio’s Sextuplets: TLC’s New Gosselins – ‘Sextuplets Take New York’ :: from www.huffingtonpost.com
Literature and Art
Centro Español de Miami celebra centenario del nacimiento del poeta Miguel Hernández :: from www.elnuevoherald.com
Municipal authorities in the western Mexican town of Encarnacion de Diaz were acting on orders from the Catholic Church when they destroyed a mural that depicted nude women, the artist said Friday. :: from www.laht.com
Cuban writer Felix Sanchez won the 2010 Julio Cortazar Ibero-American Short Story Prize :: from www.laht.com
Pulitzer Prize-winner Junot Diaz, who is revered in Upper Manhattan for his writings about Dominican culture, threw his support behind Julissa Gomez Thursday in the race to represent Washington Heights and Inwood in the State Assembly. :: from www.dominicantoday.com
Viva Frida Transforms Las Vegas Design Center into Art Hub Aug. 26-Sept. 17, 2010
Siqueiros: A Muralist’s Long Reach – The second artist panel discussion of David Alfaro Siqueiros – LA :: from latinola.com
Bicentennial should have come ‘from below,’ Mexican painter Daniel Lezama says :: from latimesblogs.latimes.com
Religion
La cantautora mexicana Lila Downs dijo, en declaraciones en Costa Rica, que en el disco que elabora incursiona en la religiosidad. :: from www.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx
Municipal authorities in the western Mexican town of Encarnacion de Diaz were acting on orders from the Catholic Church when they destroyed a mural that depicted nude women, the artist said Friday. :: from www.laht.com
The Rest: History, Language Issues, Food and Style
An Invitation to Dine with Mexico’s Finest Winemakers
– ‘Vino-Tourism’ :: from www.mexidata.infoMexico is not the only Latin American country celebrating its Bicentennial this 2010. On April 19th, Venezuela had its Bicentennial. On May 25th Argentina had its Bicentennial. Colombia had its Bicentennial on July 20th. And Chile celebrates its Bicentennial on September 18th, just a few days after Mexico’s September 15/16th Independence Day Bicentennial. – Last year, in 2009, Ecuador and Bolivia celebrated their Bicentennials. – And next year, in 2010, El Salvador and Paraguay are scheduled to celebrate their Bicentennials also! :: from www.mexidata.info
El Grito de Dolores – A book about Mexico’s Independence on its Bicentennial Anniversary :: from latinola.com
Hispanics accounted for 57.7% of sales growth in the food, beverage and restaurant sector :: from hispanic-marketing.com
Fat & Happy: Arroz con Pollo :: from gozamos.com
Corn and avocado help spice up salsa :: from www.chicagotribune.com
Ruben Salazar had clashed repeatedly with LAPD in months before slaying :: from www.chicagotribune.com
Remembering Mariel as home — not a boatlift :: from www.miamiherald.com
Sabroso Saturday: Arepitas de Yuca (Yucca Fritters) – Recipe :: from latinaonamission.com
Recipe: AGUA FRESCA: AGUA DE PIÑA :: from theothersideofthetortilla.com
Spanglish: Ya No Sólo For The Chicanos – #latism : twitter conversations about Spanglish :: from www.juanofwords.com
Recipe: Carne en Posta (Braised Colombian Beef) :: from www.hispanickitchen.com
40th Anniversary of the National Chicano Moratorium This Weekend – Series of events across East LA :: from blogs.laweekly.com
10 Questions with Cuban Cookbook Author Ana Quincoces :: from www.hispanickitchen.com
Choosing Mexican Cheeses :: from www.hispanickitchen.com
Does Your Language Shape How You Think? :: from www.nytimes.com
Siempre Mujer Magazines Se la estrella Contest Offers Makeover Experience of a Lifetime
Forty Years Later, Grape Boycott Still a Huge Accomplishment :: from latinola.com
TWELVE-PART SERIES GETS DOWN TO THE FACTS ABOUT CHILD NUTRITION IN THE LATINO COMMUNITY
Health
Gilberto Santa Rosa lidera campaña contra la diabetes :: from espanol.news.yahoo.com
Latinos Among Activists Honored for Transforming Health/Health Care in Vulnerable Communities :: from www.saludtoday.com
IHPR’s Dr. Ramirez Named to Prestigious ‘Council of Experts’ on Cancer Prevention – San Antonio :: from www.saludtoday.com
TWELVE-PART SERIES GETS DOWN TO THE FACTS ABOUT CHILD NUTRITION IN THE LATINO COMMUNITY
Baby’s death from dengue fever is 8th fatal case in Puerto Rico :: from www.caribbeanbusinesspr.com
Education
Dream Now Letters to Barack Obama: Lizbeth Mateo
Modern Mexican School Keeps Cool with Sun-Shading Skin :: from inhabitat.com
Hispanos en Illinois se pronuncian contra la opción militar del “Dream Act” :: from espanol.news.yahoo.com
New promotional video encourages Hispanic families to consider Colorado Mountain College :: from www.postindependent.com
Unfinished Business: This piece takes a look at why a growing number of Latino men in the United States who are dropping out of college or deciding not to go at all. :: from www.cafemagazine.com
Tens of thousands of students were shut out of classes around the island Thursday as public school teachers staged a 24-hour work stoppage and warned of a possible full-fledged strike if their demands are not quickly met by the Fortuño administration and the Education Department. – Puerto Rico :: from www.caribbeanbusinesspr.com
Immigration
Critica The New York Times manejo de política migratoria de EUA :: from www.notimex.com.mx
Obama deportation “reform” faces fight within :: from southchicagoan.blogspot.com
In Florida, Bill McCollum’s Primary Loss Shows Limits of Immigrant Bashing – Frank Sharry :: from www.huffingtonpost.com
MAPA DEMANDS ASSEMBLYMAN FELIPE FUENTES STOP THE BETRAYAL OF THE CALIFORNIA DREAM ACT STUDENTS
El estado de Arizona sufre los efectos económicos, sociales y políticos de la entrada en vigor de la ley estatal SB1070, mientras prosigue el trámite legal para anular la controvertida legislación. :: from espanol.news.yahoo.com
SB1070 Major Issue in Republican Primary Wins :: from news.feetintwoworlds.org
GOP Dancing Around Immigration :: from news.feetintwoworlds.org
Opposing Smart Immigration Policy Will Cause Latino Backlash :: from www.americanprogressaction.org
Dream Now Letters to Barack Obama: Lizbeth Mateo
Freno a ciertas deportaciones: ni “amnistía” ni “carta blanca” Por Maribel Hastings
Guatemalan President: Drug Traffickers Involved in Migration :: from www.laht.com
About 300 illegal immigrants took to the streets of Saltillo, the capital of the northern state of Coahuila, to protest the killings of 72 migrants at a ranch in northeastern Mexico last week. :: from www.laht.com
Is illegal immigration a problem in Ohio? Numbers say no – Nevertheless, some politicians plan to ask voters to enact changes similar to Arizona’s controversial legislation. :: from www.marionstar.com
Jan Brewer: UN Human Rights Report ‘Downright Offensive’, Remove Reference To Arizona Immigration Law SB1070 :: from www.huffingtonpost.com
Inmigración hispana a Canadá – Una nueva tendencia entre los inmigrantes hispanos – Video
B Gulf Coast slaves: Halliburton and its subcontractors hired hundreds of undocumented Latino workers to clean up after Katrina — only to mistreat them and throw them out without pay. :: from dir.salon.com
Hispanos en Illinois se pronuncian contra la opción militar del “Dream Act” :: from espanol.news.yahoo.com
Families of massacred migrants couldn’t pay ransom – Mexico :: from www.elpasotimes.com
Immigrants Might Leave Arizona But Not The Country – many going to New Mexico as well as other states :: from www.npr.org
Tension over Obama policies within Immigration and Customs Enforcement – The union representing immigration officers issued a vote of no confidence :: from www.washingtonpost.com
Immigrant of the Day: Boxer Giovanni Segura (Mexico) :: from lawprofessors.typepad.com
Migrants Common Prey Of Mexico’s Deadly Violence :: from www.npr.org
Immigration officials made more than 300 arrests in the Chicago area and throughout the Midwest -video :: from abclocal.go.com
DREAM Now Letters to President Obama: Myrna Orozco
ICE Won’t Deport People Already About To Get Legal Status. “Free Pass,” Or Common Sense? :: from americasvoiceonline.org
Placing the massacre of 72 migrants in Mexico at the feet of U.S. Immigration Control and Trade Policies – Migrant workers continue paying a heavy price as a result of the volatile mixture of the U.S. militarization of immigration control and border communities, the criminalization of migration, the expansion of NAFTA or “free” trade under the “Merida Initiative,” a war on drugs and national security. :: from nnirr.blogspot.com
Weekly Diaspora: Immigrants Abused, Denied Social Services in Broken Immigration System :: from americasvoiceonline.org
El costo de ser indocumentado :: from www.pontealdia.com
The cost of being undocumented :: from www.pontealdia.com
Birthright Citizenship Under Siege in the Promised Land and the Home of the Brave :: from www.huffingtonpost.com
Enrique Morones: The Man Who Would Move the All-Star Game out of Arizona because of SB1070 :: from www.huffingtonpost.com
Business
NOTE: : MAPR : = Marketing, Advertising, Public Relations, : M : = Media
C An Invitation to Dine with Mexico’s Finest Winemakers
– ‘Vino-Tourism’ :: from www.mexidata.info: MAPR : On Sept. 15, 2010, the 3rd Annual Innovations in Hispanic Marketing Conference will be held in Denver :: from hispanicad.com
: M : Over 1 million Puerto Ricans watched the FIFA World Cup 2010. :: from hispanicad.com
: M : After 7 years as director of Radio/TV Martí, Pedro Roig last Friday resigned to :: from mediamoves.blogspot.com
Business was booming for the island’s retailers and other commercial establishments Sunday as Hurricane Earl barreled closer to Puerto Rico. :: from www.caribbeanbusinesspr.com
: MAPR : Hispanic Agencies get your Slingshot Ready. :: from www.hispanicad.com
C Hispanics accounted for 57.7% of sales growth in the food, beverage and restaurant sector :: from hispanic-marketing.com
USHCC Board of Directors elected Nina Vaca as incoming Chair and Jeanette Hernandez Prenger as Vice Chair :: from www.hispanicbusiness.com
: MAPR : Finally! Hispanics Understand the Importance of Marketing Columbian Stuff :: from lauramartinez.wordpress.com
Cuba eases property laws, could open door to golf :: from www.google.com
The 2009 purchasing power of Latinos in Texas totaled $175.3 billion—an increase of 429.3% since 1990. :: from www.immigrationpolicy.org
C ‘Rock Hola! Con McDonald’s®’ Sweepstakes Takes You to the 11th Annual Latin GRAMMY® Awards
C La Reina of Hispanic Hollywood, Publisher Bel Hernandez-Castillo :: from www.heralddeparis.com
I Gulf Coast slaves: Halliburton and its subcontractors hired hundreds of undocumented Latino workers to clean up after Katrina — only to mistreat them and throw them out without pay. :: from dir.salon.com
C : M : The final broadcast of Willie Colon’s La Mega radio show will be Sunday at WCDB at the University at Albany :: from www.timesunion.com
BIC Partners With The Hispanic Chamber Of E-Commerce To Provide Entrepreneurs Critical Business Information :: from laprensa-sandiego.org
: M : Ruben Salazar | 40 years later – Killing left impact on Hispanics, journalism :: from www.elpasotimes.com
The 2010 Inc. 5000: Top 10 Latino- and Hispanic Entrepreneurs :: from www.inc.com
Eliseo Medina: An Immigrant’s Journey Toward the Promised Land :: from www.naacp.org
: M : Uruguay: Journalist Álavaro Alfonso Sent to Prison for 24 Months :: from globalvoicesonline.org
Mexicana airlines shut down all flights on Saturday, marking at least a temporary disappearance from the skies of one of the world’s oldest air carriers. :: from www.msnbc.msn.com
C Spanglish: Ya No Sólo For The Chicanos – #latism : twitter conversations about Spanglish :: from www.juanofwords.com
: M : Latina, Latino and Hispanic stand for many voices – Where Hispanosphere readers live? – Poll and graphic :: from blogs.orlandosentinel.com
¿Que piensas? (What do you think?): New Research Shows Hispanics are Socially Savvy, Highly Engaged :: from blog.360i.com
: MAPR : PSAs Win Film Awards for Raising Latino Cancer Screening Awareness :: from www.saludtoday.com
: M : State of the Internet with a Focus on Mexico and Latin America :: from www.comscore.com
: MAPR : Hispanic PR Chat (#hprchat) To Host Special Chat on Hispanic PR Job Market – Wednesday, September 1st :: from andycheco.com
: MAPR : HPRA Bestows Highest PR Honors on PRSA Chair-Elect Rosanna Fiske and General Mills :: from www.hispanicprblog.com
Louis Pagán: An emerging social media force :: from www.wiredlatinos.com
: MAPR : Deadline extended to August 30 for HPRA PRemio Campaign of the Year Award Entries :: from www.hispanicprblog.com
LATINA Style Magazine Announces the 2010 LATINA Style 50 Report
Oakland-Based Latino Entrepreneur Named California Businessman of the Year – Jesus Vargas
: M : MoneyGram International Teams with Univision MasterCard® Prepaid Card as Reload Partner for New Card
: M : Arelis Hernández joins the Orlando Sentinel as breaking news reporter. :: from mediamoves.blogspot.com
: M : Paul Montoya is now President, Media Sales of CBS Television Distribution (CTD). :: from mediamoves.blogspot.com
: M : Crystal Cruz is moving to Atlanta where she’ll be reporting for CBS affiliate WGCL-46 :: from mediamoves.blogspot.com
: MAPR : Free webinar (on demand) The “Spanglish” of Social Media: The Importance of Relevant Communication
C : M : Spanish-language TV’s talk queen, Cristina Saralegui, is ending her show :: from www.washingtonpost.com
C Victor & Digna Carpio’s Sextuplets: TLC’s New Gosselins – ‘Sextuplets Take New York’ :: from www.huffingtonpost.com
A total of 1,057 bankruptcies were filed in Puerto Rico in July, a 9% hike over the same month the previous year :: from www.caribbeanbusinesspr.com
Additional US Hispanic/Latino News –»
Ivan Calderon-Giovanni Segura: Post-Fight Report Card – Segura KOs Calderon in the 8th Round :: from www.boxingscene.com
Democratic Women Rally Behind Ecuadorean-American Candidate in Queens Race – Francisco Moya :: from news.feetintwoworlds.org
US$1 million to mitigate climate change effects in Americas – to support Peace Corps :: from www.dominicantoday.com
Immigrants of Two Eras Join Together to Celebrate – Brentwood, NY: Italian and Latino mostly Central American :: from www.nytimes.com
Seneca: The Concept of Excellence and Latinos :: from latinopoliticsblog.com
New promotional video encourages Hispanic families to consider Colorado Mountain College :: from www.postindependent.com
Latin Festival Spices Up Columbia, South Carolina :: from www.wltx.com
Juárez drug war: El Paso does feel effects :: from www.elpasotimes.com
Unfinished Business: This piece takes a look at why a growing number of Latino men in the United States who are dropping out of college or deciding not to go at all. :: from www.cafemagazine.com
More Hispanics playing highschool football in Half Moon Bay, California :: from www.hmbreview.com
Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns: ‘”Baseball is a precise mirror of who we are” :: from www.600words.com
The Fight Is On! Antonio Margarito And Manny Pacquiao Will Face Off In Texas :: from blogamole.tr3s.com
‘Qué Pasa’ in Immigration: The Latino Vote in November; Anniversary of Kennedy’s Death :: from americasvoiceonline.org
How Hispanic candidates fared in Florida primaries :: from blogs.orlandosentinel.com
Sonia Sotomayor predicts WikiLeaks case in Supreme Court :: from www.washingtonpost.com
A Field Guide to Bad Behavior at Political Protests :: from www.huffingtonpost.com
Posted on: August 30th, 2010International News –»
B C An Invitation to Dine with Mexico’s Finest Winemakers
– ‘Vino-Tourism’ :: from www.mexidata.infoMexican Gangs and Cartels: Evolving Criminal Insurgencies :: from www.mexidata.info
C Mexico is not the only Latin American country celebrating its Bicentennial this 2010. On April 19th, Venezuela had its Bicentennial. On May 25th Argentina had its Bicentennial. Colombia had its Bicentennial on July 20th. And Chile celebrates its Bicentennial on September 18th, just a few days after Mexico’s September 15/16th Independence Day Bicentennial. – Last year, in 2009, Ecuador and Bolivia celebrated their Bicentennials. – And next year, in 2010, El Salvador and Paraguay are scheduled to celebrate their Bicentennials also! :: from www.mexidata.info
B Cuba eases property laws, could open door to golf :: from www.google.com
C Cuidad Juárez cancels Sept. 16 celebration – For the first time since the Mexican Revolution :: from www.elpasotimes.com
Fidel Castro gives new details of illness: he was weak, dangerously thin and thought at times he could not go on :: from www.miamiherald.com
C E Modern Mexican School Keeps Cool with Sun-Shading Skin :: from inhabitat.com
Culpabilidad compartida Por Maribel Hastings
I Guatemalan President: Drug Traffickers Involved in Migration :: from www.laht.com
I About 300 illegal immigrants took to the streets of Saltillo, the capital of the northern state of Coahuila, to protest the killings of 72 migrants at a ranch in northeastern Mexico last week. :: from www.laht.com
C Nasca Lines may be map of underground water sources: Expert – Peru :: from www.newkerala.com
Hidalgo Mayor Marco Antonio Leal Garcia killed – Tamaulipas, Mexico – 2nd mayor to be assassinated in the past two weeks in the area :: from www.nytimes.com
Asesinan a Marco Antonio Leal García, Alcalde de Hidalgo, Tamaulipa, Mexico :: from www.blogdelnarco.com
C Unos 450 mariachis de diferentes países desfilan por las calles de Guadalajara :: from espanol.news.yahoo.com
I Inmigración hispana a Canadá – Una nueva tendencia entre los inmigrantes hispanos – Video
The Mexican Massacre That Shook All of Latin America :: from www.time.com
1000s of people demonstrated Saturday against armed gangs fighting turf battles to control criminal activities in the strife-torn Comuna 13 district of Medellin :: from www.laht.com
Homeless Say Chilean Government Has Forgotten Quake Victims :: from www.laht.com
C Municipal authorities in the western Mexican town of Encarnacion de Diaz were acting on orders from the Catholic Church when they destroyed a mural that depicted nude women, the artist said Friday. :: from www.laht.com
C Cuban writer Felix Sanchez won the 2010 Julio Cortazar Ibero-American Short Story Prize :: from www.laht.com
Thousands affected by flooding in southern Mexico state of Tabasco :: from www.miamiherald.com
I Families of massacred migrants couldn’t pay ransom – Mexico :: from www.elpasotimes.com
¿Tropas de EEUU en México? :: from www.elnuevoherald.com
The leader of a conservative group opposed to President Hugo Chavez has been charged with hiding explosives in his home – allegations he called a farce in comments sent from his jail cell. :: from www.miamiherald.com
Bolivia finishes rescue of 12 pink river dolphins :: from www.miamiherald.com
36 die as Ecuadorean bus plunges off cliff :: from www.miamiherald.com
B Uruguay: Journalist Álavaro Alfonso Sent to Prison for 24 Months :: from globalvoicesonline.org
B Mexicana airlines shut down all flights on Saturday, marking at least a temporary disappearance from the skies of one of the world’s oldest air carriers. :: from www.msnbc.msn.com
A lead investigator and another official looking into the massacre of 72 migrants whose bodies were found this week in northern Mexico are missing :: from edition.cnn.com
B State of the Internet with a Focus on Mexico and Latin America :: from www.comscore.com
C Bicentennial should have come ‘from below,’ Mexican painter Daniel Lezama says :: from latimesblogs.latimes.com
Potosí, Bolivia Protest: Resolved or Postponed? :: from upsidedownworld.org
Colombia: Violent “Agrarian Counter-Reform” Conspiracy :: from upsidedownworld.org
Growing Fuel Instead of Food: Agro-fuels in Chiapas :: from upsidedownworld.org
C Mexico: The Voice of the Community Faces Numerous Threats – The Jenpoj (“winds of fire) community radio station in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, which plays an important role in keeping the Mixe indigenous community informed, has had its equipment confiscated and has fought and won a court case to get a broadcast license. :: from upsidedownworld.org
Pachamama and Progress: Conflicting Visions for Latin America’s Future :: from upsidedownworld.org
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