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November 20, 2009

Angel Reyes Interview About Child Safety In Cars On Good Morning Texas

Black, Hispanic Parents Say They Don’t Feel Welcome In Schools – Hartford, Connecticut

Pastor of America’s Preeminent Hispanic Congregation to Oversee Pentecostal Network

Interview with Children’s Author Lucia Gonzalez – Gonzalez’s latest children’s book, The Storyteller’s Candle, is dedicated to Pura Belpre

The Right to a Great Education – Advocating for Quality Education for All – By Alvaro Huerta

Beyond the Votes in Bolivia: A Reflection on Evo Morales’ First Term

Guatemala: Beneath the Rock and the Storm – Photo Essay

So what if Sosa takes a walk on the white side?

Guest Voz: First Latino President-elect of American Bar Association speaks out about civic education

Favorite Thanksgiving Latino Recipes: Pumpkin Flan

NYC model who married Latino doorman sues upscale co-op

Radio Arte, a community, bilingual and youth-centered radio station owned by the National Museum of Mexican Art, is joining forces with Vocalo.org, founded by Chicago Public Radio, for a year-long collaboration.

Patchwork of Cultures: The Sephardic-Latino Connection — Free Education Program Concert for 900 Los Angeles Students

A Life Remembered: Ramiro Gonzalez, Hispanic education champion – Saginaw, Michigan

Yeri Lopez: Student loan rules hamper best and brightest

Mexico City Noir and the Six Word Story

Democrats and Republicans deployed their heavy artillery Thursday in a heated congressional hearing to debate a bill seeking to end the travel ban to Cuba.

The Argentine Senate approved a government bill to eliminate criminal penalties for libel and slander, as demanded by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in a ruling earlier this year.

Honduras’ de facto president Roberto Micheletti will give up his controversial post for seven days beginning on Tuesday so that Hondurans can “concentrate on elections and not on the political crisis,” he announced Thursday.

US indicts 19 members of Hispanic street gang – Maryland branch of the “Latin Kings”

Biodiversity Report from Americas Program of CIP—November 2009

Mi Hermanita: So Far and Yet So Near

Recipe: Chipotle sweet potato soup

Pelé Photographs From Life.com

Guatemala: The Illustrations of Roberto Galvez

El Pánico de Lamar Smith, Steve King, y sus aliados anti inmigrantes – La creciente actividad en el bando que promueve las deportaciones masivas refleja su inquietud por el impulso tomado por la reforma migratoria integral

Celebrate Puerto Rican Heritage at the Comité Noviembre Puerto Rican Artisans & Health Fair – Saturday, Nov. 23 – Bronx, NYC

November 19, 2009

Lark Play Development Center’s U.S. / MÉXICO PLAYWRIGHT EXCHANGE – NOVEMBER 21 – 23 – NYC

Welcome Ceremony for José Hernández Moreno, NASA Astronaut in México

Latina activist Lorraine Lee namesake of trail near Tucson – Saturday dedication to honor deceased officer in Chicanos por la Causa

America’s “Best Darn Tamale List” Released – CasaQ’s 5th Annual “Best Darn Tamale List” is compilation of tamale locations across the U.S.A.

Obama answers top Cuban blogger – Yoani Sanchez

Video: New Research Finds Latinas with Lactose Intolerance Manage By Avoiding Dairy

The Hispanic got milk? Campaign Announces Magalys Nodarse as the Milk Looks Good On You Sweepstakes Winner!

USDA data shows more Latino children going hungry

My Latino Book Review: Belinda Acosta’s “Drama, Damas and Ana Ruiz”

Why do Hispanics Lack Life Insurance?

Puerto Rican, Latino Clergy, Theology Professors, Community Members To Condemn Brutal Hate Killing of Gay Puerto Rican Man

Members of Franklin County’s Hispanic community meet with Immigration officials to discuss becoming legal residents – Pennsylvania

The New Britain Human Resources Agency will host the grand opening of the new Las Perlas Hispanas Senior Center Friday. – Connecticut

Argentine Fans Cheer Change In Soccer TV Rights

Hispanic leaders in Texas on Wednesday assailed a draft social studies curriculum under consideration by the State Board of Education, saying it woefully ignores the role that Hispanics have played in shaping state and national history.

Thousands of fans put Honduras’ political problems aside for one night to cheer on the nation’s soccer team as it prepares for World Cup competition.

70% of Cuba’s Farmland Threatened by Erosion

The first two volumes of the “Nueva gramatica de la lengua española” (New Grammar of the Spanish Language) will go on sale in Spain and Latin America on Dec. 4, the Association of Spanish Language Academies and Espasa publishing house announced Wednesday.

Mexico anti-abortion fight moves to federal level

The county’s only health outreach program designed for the Spanish-speaking population gets a big boost. – “Tomando Control de su Salud” got a $50,000 grant Wednesday from the Regence Foundation. – Yakima

Murder charges were filed Wednesday in the slaying of a gay teenager, Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado, whose decapitated, partially burned body was found last week, while U.S. authorities said they were still considering whether to make it a hate crime case. – Puerto Rico

From the Bookshelves: And You Welcomed Me: Migration and Catholic Social Teaching

Immigration, Yet Another Issue: How Many Hard Votes Can Congress Take?

November 18, 2009

Hispanics and women make up most of the swine flu deaths in San Diego County

Pennsylvania State Police officials meet with Chambersburg Area Hispanic leaders about traffic stop procedures

Lou Dobbs Gets $8M Goodbye; Will He Challenge Menendez?

UnitedHealthcare To Offer Seniors Hispanic-Centered Medicare Education Seminars

Riverside County District Attorney Rod Pacheco was among four statewide co-chairs named today of Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman’s Latino Coalition.

This Little Cat Named Charlie – Cats are amicable just as long as they don’t live in the house and sleep next to your head – by Al Carlos

Thank You, All, From Your Brothers in New Voice – To all of you whom attended, and gave so graciously, at the Pete Perez Memorial Benefit Concert – LA

Hondurans in Los Angeles prepare to vote in presidential election

Reviewed: Gringo: A Coming-of-Age in Latin America, by Chesa Boudin

Partying Across the Nation for Immigration Reform – Families, Freedom and Faith: A Call to Action for Immigration Reform

Belleza Q&A: Rose-Marie Castano

Report: Cuba’s human rights as abused under Raúl Castro as Fidel

AT&T Announces Campaign to Support PADRES Contra El Cancer in Fight Against Childhood Disease

Finally, a Book on Style Written for Latinas – Fashion and Beauty Expert Martín Llorens Reveals all the Secrets to Projecting Your Best Image According to Your Body Type, Age and Budget in His First Book, ” Discover Your Style: Your Guide to Dressing Better”

Latino population growth adds to House seats – 6 states expected to gain congressional slots due to surge in Hispanic numbers

The Utah Forensics Team is hosting a debate Thursday centered around the issue of immigration reform in Utah. – The event, titled “Broken Borders: Debating the State of Immigration,” will feature Tony Yapias, the former director of the Utah State Office of Hispanic Affairs; Utah Reps. Mike Noel and Chris Herrod; and Dee Rowland, a government liaison for the Utah Catholic Diocese

Honduran Lawmakers to Debate Zelaya Reinstatement After Election

Hispanics who have distinguished themselves in different fields such as music, politics, technology, banking, business and education were honored at the 8th Annual Latino Trendsetter Awards Gala, presented by Defining Trends Magazine at U.N. headquarters in New York.

A Woman’s Nation Spurred by LatinaTION

Peru: Documentary about the “Diablada” dance will be done in Puno

Official VivirLatino Statement on Lou Dobbs Leaving CNN

AFL-CIO Letter to Clinton Opposing Honduran Elections

Crystal Meth? What’s That? Asks Executive Director of the City’s Housing Authority, Henry A. Alvarez III

Jaime O. Perez, chief of staff to County Judge Anthony Cobos, announced that he will run for Congress as a Republican. – Perez, 53, will challenge Tim Besco, 42, in the Republican primary for the right to challenge U.S. Rep. Silvestre Reyes, D-Texas.

Young Latino Children Throughout Los Angeles County to Benefit from IBM Donation of Educational Computer Learning Centers

Immigration legislation recognizes new reality

Poll: Cubans ‘frustrated’ over life in Cuba – A poll conducted in Cuba shows residents unhappy with their government and pessimistic about the economy.

Northern Mexico’s Yaqui Indians buried their lost warriors after a two-year effort to rescue the remains from New York’s American Museum of Natural History, where the victims of one of North America’s last Indian massacres lay in storage for more than a century.

Buenos Aires Grants First Marriage License To Gays

The Center for Comparative Immigration Studies announces the publication of the first fieldwork-based study of the impacts of the U.S. economic crisis on Mexican migration to the United States

Sonia Sotomayor is on the cover of Latina magazine

November 16, 2009

Colgate-Palmolive and the American Diabetes Association Recognize American Diabetes Month Through Hispanic Outreach

A Real Story About Latinos Doing Life – A review of “Confetti Girl” by Diana López

The Department of Veterans Affairs Joins LULAC in Supporting the 4th Annual Hispanic Veterans Summit

Interview with award-winning children’s author Lucia Gonzalez

Review of Evenings at the Argentine Club, by Julia Amante

Lunes Libro for los Chicos Edition : Al Galope

A new Roman Catholic bishop will officially take over the Fort Wayne-South Bend Diocese in January — and Hispanic parishioners at St. Adalbert in South Bend are excited.

Latino leaders want to spark youth interests – San Joaquin County

Speaking Out: Students Support Latino Studies Program – Cornell University

A Chicago City Council committee wants federal officials to halt deportation proceedings against immigrant students. – The Human Relations Committed on Friday approved a resolution urging the Department of Homeland Security to allow immigrant students to stay in the U.S. – Rigo Padilla

INTERVIEW WITH MICHAEL LUIS MEDRANO

Founded in 1973, the Mexican American Legislative Caucus is a 501(c)(6) non-profit, non-partisan organization composed of 44 members of the Texas House of Representatives committed to addressing the issues that Latinos face across the state of Texas.

Finding Nashville’s Hispanic voice

Death toll in El Salvador storms rises to 192

Contentnea-Savannah K-8 School officials have worked to make sure their school’s English as a Second Language (ESL) students’ needs are met. The school received 12 mini-laptops last month to help those students with their online ESL courses.- Kinston, North Carolina

Officials at U.T. Permian Basin are hoping to making this weekend’s Hispanic Youth Summit a regular event. – More than 200 high school students from around the Basin and Big Bend have been in Odessa for the Summit.

Program helps Latino families bond over books – A literacy class in Los Osos teaches parents to develop reading routines with their kids while improving their own skills and English language abilities at the same time – California

Latino Geriatric Center program eases the burden of Alzheimer’s in Milwaukee

Mexican writer Jordi Soler again digs through weeds to find his family roots in his latest novel “La Fiesta del Oso” (The Republican Tale),