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November 7, 2009
Honduras leadership in limbo as accord dissolves
BLS: Unemployment Rate Rose to 10.2% in October; Hispanic Unemployment at 13.1%
November 6, 2009
Carmen Ortiz has been confirmed as the U.S. attorney for Massachusetts, becoming the first Hispanic and the first woman to hold the state’s top federal prosecutor’s job.
Latin Grammys: Calle 13 dominates with 5 awards – “Other than Calle 13, there were no other major winners. ” – Mercedes Sosa won the prize for Best Folk Album.
Senate Democrats Thursday blocked a GOP attempt to require next year’s census forms to ask people whether they are U.S. citizens – Vitter’s attempts fail
November 5, 2009
Low Latino voter turnout in NJ and VA elections reveal a return to the old ways
Grassroots Effort to Oust Lou Dobbs Now 100,000 Strong – Latino leaders and their allies who are part of BastaDobbs.com vow to continue online campaign putting pressure on CNN to drop Dobbs
Latin Grammys honors Mexican icon Juan Gabriel – The Latin music world celebrated 100 million records sold, 1,500 songs written and 30 years of recording, all by one artist, Mexico’s beloved Juan Gabriel.
Calle 13: With the people, without a map – Calle 13 hit it big in a hurry. Unsettled by fame, MC Rene Perez set out to connect on a personal level with Latin America.
The U.S. Supreme Court has indicated it is interested in hearing an appeal from business groups that, for the past two years, have been trying to have Arizona’s controversial employer-sanctions law thrown out. – The sanctions law, which punishes companies for hiring illegal immigrants and requires all Arizona employers to use a federal electronic system to verify the work status of employees, has been upheld by two lower courts.
Cuban Tomas Regalado was elected mayor of Miami with a pledge to control spending, limit property-tax increases and curtail development
November 4, 2009
Latin Grammys aim to bring Latin music to the mainstream – After a decade, Latin music’s most important awards show still falls short of its original goals — bringing greater visibility to Latin artists and musical styles.
The debate over health care for illegal immigrants continues to percolate in Congress despite the Obama administration’s efforts to put it to rest, with lawmakers in both houses also wrangling over how much coverage to provide for immigrants who have settled in the country legally.
Lawrence elects Massachusetts’ first Latino mayor – William Lantigua
November 2, 2009
Immigrant Jail Tests U.S. View of Legal Access – City Bar Justice Center is calling for all immigrant detainees to be provided with counsel.
October 30, 2009
Mexican emigrants sent home $16.4 billion during the first nine months of this year, down 13.4% from the same period in 2008
Sanchez sisters eyed by House ethics panel for alleged collusion – Linda and Loretta CA Democrats
U.S. May Be Open to Asylum for Spouse Abuse – Immigration lawyers said the administration had taken a major step toward clarifying a murky area of asylum law and defining the legal grounds on which battered and sexually abused women in foreign countries could seek protection here.
15% of the U.S. population is of Latino descent, but Latinos remain underrepresented on English-language television. Only 4% of on-camera talent is Latino
October 29, 2009
New Study Shows that for Latinos in NYC, The Recession is a Depression
STUDY FINDS ACADEMIC BENEFITS FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS WHO TRANSITION INTO MAINSTREAM CLASSROOMS – Nearly 30% of Los Angeles Unified School District students aren’t reclassified by the 8th grade, according to the Tomás Rivera Policy Institute
October 28, 2009
An Entire Generation at Stake – By 2030, Latino children will make up half of the U.S. child population living in poverty.
New Perils In Mexico For U.S.-Bound Migrants
Mexicans Fleeing Violence Spur a Boom in El Paso – Spike in Murder Rate in Juárez Is Among the Factors Boosting Nightlife and Home Sales in U.S. Border City
ESPN broadcaster suspended for making “taco” remark. Can you pass the “taco” challenge?
October 27, 2009
The Corzine campaign is airing a television ad unveiled over the weekend that features President Obama telling viewers in Spanish that the future of New Jersey is in their hands — “El futuro de Nueva Jersey esta en tus manos,” the president says.
US workers, immigrants unite vs. work visa program – The program has issued visas for 22 years amid steady complaints, and both sides of the immigration debate say it warrants close scrutiny as the Obama administration prepares to tackle comprehensive immigration reform next year.
October 26, 2009
Arson or accident? FBI, ATF investigate fuel depot fire in Puerto Rico
Latinos lag in skills as toddlers, studies show – Poor, immigrant Latinas have healthy babies but by age 2 or 3, their toddlers begin to lag behind white middle-class children in vocabulary, listening and problem-solving skills, according to two new studies.
Sacramento Police Chief Rick Braziel has joined other chiefs in the nation in calling for an immigration overhaul that considers legalizing millions of undocumented immigrants.
Millions of children in the US suffer from suboptimal levels of vitamin D – 80% of Hispanic children tested!!!
Poll: Tomás Regalado leads Miami mayoral race – 40% favored him, with 18% supporting his opponent, Joe Sanchez. 42% of voters were undecided.
Fields Lost, Hispanic Farmers Find Other Work as a Legal Fight Drags On – (good read)
New Mexican Hotel owner tells Hispanic workers to change names (to Anglicize)
In Dallas, Drivers Ticketed for Inability to Habla Ingles – over the past three years, wrongly ticketed at least 39 drivers for not speaking English
October 17, 2009
More than 100,000 turned out here Thursday for a protest against Puerto Rico Gov. Luis Fortuño’s decision to lay off 17,000 public employees,
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio launched a sweep in Phoenix on Friday, a half day after officials in Washington limited his powers to make federal immigration arrests.
October 14, 2009
A Cuban blogger who has become an international sensation for offering frank criticism of her country’s communist system said she was denied government permission Monday to travel to New York to receive a top journalism prize. – Yoani Sanchez
Thousands of immigrants came to Capitol Hill on Tuesday for a day of lobbying and an afternoon rally calling for comprehensive immigration reform.
Decapitated body among 100 girls, women killed in Cuidad Juárez in ‘09 – “first time a woman has been decapitated and her body displayed in this manner” – (NOT GOOD but nothing seems to change) + The death toll in Juárez has surpassed the 1,900 mark for the year over the weekend, according to a tally kept by the El Paso Times.
The White House became “La Casa Blanca” on Tuesday, celebrating Hispanic musical heritage with a South Lawn concert and such guests as Gloria Estefan, George Lopez, the Bachata music group Aventura, Jose Feliciano and more. – Latin music ‘tends to make us move a little bit ourselves,’ says Obama
October 13, 2009
Obama celebrates Spain and Hispanic music
The U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce has named an executive with South Texas roots to be the voice of the nation’s Hispanic business community. – Javier Palomarez
CNN, You Can’t Have It Both Ways: It’s Either Dobbs or Your Latino Future – (w/ video)
Hispanos ponen a bailar a Obama en la Casa Blanca
Iowa, U.S. gripped by trial in wake of historic immigrant raid – Postville raid aftermath
Obama Hosts Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Celebrates Latin Music On Tuesday
The anchor Lou Dobbs appears to be exploring an exit from CNN, his longtime employer. – (Could he move to FOX?)
October 12, 2009
Hispanic Farmers Fight To Sue USDA – In Texas and across the Southwest, Hispanic farmers have been fighting the Agriculture Department for close to a decade.
Beyond the Barrio, With Growing Pains – El Museo del Barrio reopens with a new glass facade, a redesigned courtyard and modernized galleries, including one devoted to its permanent collection in East Harlem, NYC – Rafael Montañez Ortiz
Whispering to Rottweilers, and to C.E.O.’s – Cesar Millan, the “Dog Whisperer,” built a multimillion-dollar company on his skill with pets and their owners. “God was my lawyer,” he says, and his pack chose his producers.
U.S. Can’t Trace Foreign Visitors on Expired Visas – about 40% of the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants in the United States came on legal visas and overstayed. (of course they weren’t all Latinos)
October 9, 2009
LATINA VOTER INTERNET AND NEW MEDIA USAGE: Groundbreaking Poll Shows Internet & New Media Usage Vital for Engaging Latinas
Republican Senators Want Census to Identify ‘Illegal Aliens’
The Boy Scouts are making their debut “en espanol,” with an advertising campaign and a soon-to-come Spanish-language Scout Handbook intended to draw Latinos to the ranks of the nearly century-old organization.
Justice Eva Guzman – A judge whose Mexican immigrant mother earned only a third grade education and worked as a cleaning woman was named to the Texas Supreme Court on Thursday, becoming the first Latina to serve on the state’s highest court.
October 7, 2009
Government Lags in Hiring of Latinos – The overall Latino hiring disparity is equivalent to more than 100,000 jobs or roughly $5.5 billion in salaries
Ideas for Immigrant Detention Include Converting Hotels and Building Models
Adios, Juan and Juanita: Latin Names Trend Down
According to Carmelo Mesa, a Cuban economist who’s a visiting professor at Tulane University in the United States, Venezuela bankrolled Cuba to the tune of $9.4 billion last year. This includes $2 billion to take account of the cost of subsidizing Venezuelan oil exports to Cuba. Venezuela sends oil to Cuba at a “preferential” price of just $27 a barrel.
Maryland Labor Secretary Thomas Perez easily won Senate confirmation Tuesday as the new head of the civil rights division at the Justice Department. – All of the negative votes were cast by Republicans
October 6, 2009
“Toughest Sheriff in America” Stripped of ICE Agent Status – According to a statement released by MCSO, the new 287(g) agreement has “stripped Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s deputies of their ICE agent status to act as federal immigration authorities.”
October 5, 2009
Dominican Hanley Ramirez claims Florida Marlins’ first NL batting title – All-Star shortstop finishes ‘09 season with .342 average
CNN’s Latino in America Premieres October 21 & 22 | 9pm ET with host Soledad O’Brien (but don’t forget they also air Lou Dobbs)
Immigration advocates hoping to see comprehensive reform move through Congress this year now acknowledge they will probably have to wait until 2010, thanks to the all-consuming health care debate.
Senator Robert Menendez releases book celebrating Latino heritage and calling for government reform – “Growing American Roots: Why Our Nation Will Thrive As Our Largest Minority Flourishes”
Legal travel to and from Cuba is booming, even though the Obama administration has not officially changed any rules regarding nonfamily travel to the island.
Corridos — songs that tell the stories of notorious characters — have gained new prevalence among mainstream followers of regional Mexican music thanks to artists that are daring to sing in the bluntest of terms and radio’s new willingness to play the racy songs.
October 4, 2009
Award-Winning Singer Mercedes Sosa Dies at 74
October 2, 2009
Former Miami Mayor Maurice Ferre is expected to announce Wednesday that he is running for the U.S. Senate, becoming only the second Hispanic Democrat to run statewide in Florida.
Portada goes FREE – While certain premium website features and access to past issues will require a paid membership, current print and digital editions of Portada will be Free.
With the 2010 census 6 months away, the Commerce Department said Thursday it won’t seek a halt to immigration raids as it did in the previous census in hopes of improving participation in hard-to-count communities.
Upcoming Supreme Court Session to Decide Two Critical Immigration Issues
Hispanic farmers voice discrimination concerns – In N.M. visit, agriculture secretary gets an earful on USDA loan practices
Census Gets Some Latino Help and Needs It – a coalition of prominent Latinos kicked off a nationwide campaign Thursday urging people to fill out the 2010 Census forms.
October 1, 2009
1st 9 months of 2009 = 441,942 repatriated Mexicans :: Durante los primeros nueve meses de 2009 fueron repatriados desde Estados Unidos 441 mil 942 mexicanos a través de los 26 puntos fronterizos y el Programa de Repatriación Voluntaria al Interior firmado por los gobiernos de México y Estados Unidos, informó ayer el Instituto Nacional de Migración (INM)
A U.S. government task force (Southwest Border Task Force) recommended Wednesday that the federal Department of Homeland Security scale back an initiative – 287(g) – that allows local authorities to enforce the country’s immigration law.
Sotomayor’s impact on trial as high court returns to work
September 30, 2009
A senior American diplomat has held unannounced, high-level talks in Havana with the Cuban government, three State Department officials told The Associated Press on Tuesday, raising hopes for a thaw in long-icy relations.
NASHVILLE: Amber alert issued for abducted 4-day-old baby – Yair Anthony Carillo – Police believe a woman posing as an immigration worker went to Carrillo’s home and demanded his mother Maria Gurrolla, give her the baby. When refused, the woman stabbed her.
Las Vegas figures prominently in Hispanics’ growing clout – CNN and a federal agency director looked west for input on a burgeoning segment of U.S. population
September 29, 2009
Next year, Latin America will have to borrow $400 billion to compensate for the lack of national capital, a high-ranking World Bank official said.
The number of deaths of undocumented immigrants in the Arizona desert increased by 20% during the 2009 fiscal year, despite extreme vigilance and the efforts of humanitarian organizations.
In an effort to increase response rates and save money, the Census Bureau will automatically mail or deliver 13.5 million questionnaires in English and Spanish in areas with a large concentration of Spanish speakers.
Immigration officials consider more fee increases – Immigrant rights groups fear that further fee hikes would cut many out of the citizenship application process. The immigration agency, which must be self-supporting, faces a $118-million shortfall.
September 28, 2009
RIP: The Man Behind Sazón Goya, José Antonio Ortega Bonet
Puerto Rico’s government announced that it will lay off more than 16,000 public workers – adding to an unemployment rate higher than that of any U.S state.
Report: Hispanic Achievement Gap Persists – Hispanics 2 to 3 times less likely than Whites to receive baccalaureate degree (link to report at permalink)
With swine-flu vaccinations set to begin next month, public-health officials are mobilizing to ensure that the nation’s estimated 11 million-plus illegal immigrants are vaccinated.
The Miami Herald’s Thirteenth Annual Americas Conference. Once again this year, leading business, government and academic leaders will come together on Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept. 29 and 30, to discuss key issues and trends affecting political and economic relationships between Latin America, the United States and the Caribbean.
The head (Thomas Saenz) of the nation’s leading Latino legal advocacy group (MALDEF) said if comprehensive immigration legislation seems unlikely in 2010, Congress should make down payments by passing smaller-scale reforms.
From the Pulpit, New Moves To Change Machismo Culture – Hispanic Evangelical Pastors Try to Instill Respect for Women and Families
Hispanics, Health Insurance and Health Care Access – Pew Hispanic Report – 60% Hispanic adults living in the United States who are not citizens or legal permanent residents lack health insurance.
Latinos bank on bilingual census form to aid count
Liberals seek health-care access for illegals – Fearful that they’re losing ground on immigration and health care, a group of House Democrats is pushing back and arguing that any health care bill should extend to all legal immigrants and allow illegal immigrants some access.
September 24, 2009
Salvadorans Seek a Voice To Match Their Numbers – Summit Aims to Raise Political Visibility – First Salvadoran American Leadership Summit
Half of New Latino Immigrants to U.S. Send Money Abroad :: U.S.-born Latinos are much less likely to send remittances, unless they report being religious
They’re torturing me, Honduras’ Manuel Zelaya claims – Honduras’ fallen leader told The Miami Herald he is being subjected to mind-altering gas and radiation — and that `Israeli mercenaries’ are planning to assassinate him.
Study: Minorities underrepresented in games – USC researcher surveys 150 best-selling games, finds zero Hispanic or Native American protagonists; women, children, and the elderly also disproportionately rare.
Most Mexicans See Better Life in U.S. – one in three would immigrate to the United States if they could – new Pew Research report
