News (Noticias) for: August, 2011

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August 24, 2011

Today’s Google Doodle celebrates Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges, who was born on August 24, 1899. :: Permalink :: from twitter.com

Mexican Americans The Next Wave Of California Winemakers :: Permalink :: from www.newstaco.com

Solera National Bank picks new chairman for its boards – Colorado :: Permalink :: from www.bizjournals.com

Selena Gomez, Demi Lovato + More Make Most Beautiful Latinos Under 25 List :: Permalink :: from popcrush.com

NAM Radio: A Transgender Latino’s Family Story :: Permalink :: from newamericamedia.org

Iran has launched ‘Hispan TV’, a global satellite news channel that is initially beaming its content to Latin America and in particular to Venezuela and the other Latino countries some of which have close political ties with Iran. :: Permalink :: from www.advanced-television.com

Latin Electronic Music Festival – called “FMEL” shocks Chicagoans into a new world of Latino electronic music :: Permalink :: from www.wbez.org

White House staffers and officials will be in Orlando next month hosting what it’s been billed at the first of its kind Hispanic Community Action Summit – Sept. 9 and 10, 2011 :: Permalink :: from blogs.orlandosentinel.com

Octogenarian Migrant Smuggler Fooled U.S. Authorities for 40 Years – Felicitas Gurrola, 85 :: Permalink :: from www.laht.com

The Hispanic majority that helped President Barack Obama win the 2008 election has dropped so much that it could keep him from being reelected, according to figures from a poll taken by ImpreMedia and Latino Decisions. :: Permalink :: from www.laht.com

Puerto Rican rap duo Calle 13 will be looking for a film director in drug-war-wracked Mexico to shoot the video of “La Bala” (The Bullet), a song about violence. :: Permalink :: from www.laht.com

CDC: Mexican-American children had consistently lower ADHD prevalence than other racial or ethnic groups. :: Permalink :: from www.cdc.gov

Obama 2012: Keeping the Latino Vote (Part Two – Villaraigosa & Castro) :: Permalink :: from www.examiner.com

English language ads better reach Latino audience

Esai Morales Says the Film Gun Hill Road Doesn’t Need the “Token Anglo” to Explain Real Life to the Rest of America :: Permalink :: from blogs.sfweekly.com

Special Advisor for Children’s Issues Ambassador Susan Jacobs and US Senator Mary Landrieu Travel to Guatemala to Discuss Intercountry Adoption :: Permalink :: from www.laht.com

Miguel Perez: Obama Snaffles The Hispanic Vote :: Permalink :: from www.creators.com

Exotic or Toxic? Latinos in America. – Manuel Vasquez, Assoc. Prof. at the University of Florida, recently delivered the keynote address to the “Imagining Latin America in Australia” Workshop at University of Western Sydney. His address was titled “The Exotic Other or the Toxic Other? Images of Latin American Immigrants post 9/11”. :: Permalink :: from jackburke.com.au

Colorado: new book “The Slums of Aspen, Immigrants vs. the Environment in America’s Eden” – Two professors of sociology at the University of Minnesota have written a scathing analysis of Aspen’s use of immigrant labor (mostly latinos) to service its wealthy visitors and property owners, especially in light of two anti-immigration resolutions passed by the city of Aspen and Pitkin County in 1999 and 2000. :: Permalink :: from aspenjournalism.org

Latinas At Risk For Heart Attacks, Symptoms Are Different :: Permalink :: from www.newstaco.com

More than 200 people gathered at the University of Georgia’s Arch on Tuesday, protesting a Board of Regents policy that bans undocumented students from applying to UGA and four other competitive state colleges :: Permalink :: from www.onlineathens.com

The Coalicion de los Derechos Humanos (Human Rights Coalition) of Arizona on Tuesday expressed its concern over what it considers to be an increase in the number of undocumented migrants reported to have disappeared in the state’s southern desert. :: Permalink :: from www.laht.com

CNN Journalist Soledad O’Brien Gives Voice to Ethnic Communities :: Permalink :: from diverseeducation.com

Long Beach, CA: In memory and honor of late state Sen. Jenny Oropeza, Centro CHA is changing it up with a new category in its annual Nuestra Imagen Awards – The “Create Change: Jenny Oropeza Community Service Excellence Award” :: Permalink :: from www.mercurynews.com

Actors Miguel Rodarte and Gerardo Taracena told Efe that their new film, “Saving Private Perez,” is based on an option open to many Mexicans coming to the United States in search of a better life – doing military service to obtain U.S. citizenship. :: Permalink :: from www.laht.com

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