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September 25, 2008

In Las Vegas alone, more than 25,000 homes owned by Hispanics have been foreclosed.

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Read More in English: www.bloomberg.com
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September 22, 2008

With a population of about 162,900 citywide, Ecuadoreans are New York’s fourth largest Hispanic contingent, behind Puerto Ricans (770,100), Dominicans (587,330) and Mexicans (260,620), according to the census.

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Read More in English: www.nytimes.com
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September 18, 2008

The sale of tortillas is poised to outpace the sale of sandwich bread for the first time in United States history with sales crossing the $6 billion dollar mark

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Read More in English: www.businesswire.com
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More than four-in-five Hispanics (81%) say that immigration enforcement should be left mainly to the federal authorities rather than the local police; 76% disapprove of workplace raids; 73% disapprove of the criminal prosecution of undocumented immigrants who are working without authorization; and 70% disapprove of the criminal prosecution of employers who hire undocumented immigrants. A narrow majority (53%) disapproves of a requirement that employers check a federal database to verify the legal immigration status of all prospective hires.

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Read More in English: pewhispanic.org
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25% of Texas State incoming freshman for the fall of 2008 are Hispanic

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Read More in English: www.dailytexanonline.com
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September 17, 2008

Compared to a national participation rate of 67%, the Hispanic participation rate in the Food Stamp Program is considerably lower at 56%; while even lower among elderly Hispanics at 34%

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Read More in English: www.usda.gov
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September 15, 2008

Former state Assemblyman Robert Pacheco has been named co-chairman of California Latinos for McCain.

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Read More in English: www.sgvtribune.com
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Quick quiz: Which has more Hispanic residents, Utah or Puerto Vallarta, Mexico? Utah does now with a census-estimated 306,500 Hispanics compared to tourist-haven Puerto Vallarta’s population of 304,100.

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Read More in English: deseretnews.com
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One in five—approximately 10 million—public school students are Latino. And the proportion of Hispanic school-aged children is expected to grow by 166 percent by 2050, quickly outpacing the 4 percent expected growth of non-Hispanic children.

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Read More in English: www.americanprogress.org
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About 47% of all eligible Hispanics voted in the past two presidential elections - the George Bush vs. Al Gore contest in 2000 and the Bush vs. John Kerry election in 2004.

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Read More in English: www.eastvalleytribune.com
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September 11, 2008

New York’s juvenile justice system currently serves nearly 1,900 children at an approximate annual cost of up to $200,000 per child. More than 75% of those children are African-American or Latino.

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Read More in English: www.empirestatenews.net
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Hispanic students increased by 13.8% - Fall 2008 University of Indiana

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Read More in English: newsinfo.iu.edu
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September 10, 2008

Today in 1823 - Simon Bolivar, who led the wars for independence from Spain in Venezuela, Colombia, Peru and Bolivia, was named president of Peru, with dictatorial powers

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Today in 1945 - Grammy Award winning guitarist and singer, José Feliciano born in Lares, Puerto Rico

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Hispanic enrollment at the University of Kentucky is at 61 this year, a 39% increase

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Read More in English: news.uky.edu
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September 9, 2008

“About 50,000 Latinos a month turn 18 (in the United States) and are eligible to vote for the first time,” said Mark Lopez, associate director at the Pew Hispanic Center.

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Read More in English: www.azcentral.com
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Between 1980 and 2007, the Fannie Mae Foundation donated $285,000 to the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute.

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Read More in English: www.politico.com
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September 8, 2008

Argentina’s 2001 default and 2005 restructuring cost bondholders, taxpayers, and investors worldwide an estimated $155 billion.

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Read More in English: www.latinbusinesschronicle.com
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September 5, 2008

5% Hispanic Delegates at RNC vs. 11.8% Hispanic Delegates at DNC

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Read More in English: www.minnpost.com
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September 3, 2008

In Stanislaus County, for example, about 59% of white women who gave birth at hospitals reported breastfeeding the newborn exclusively, while 33% of Hispanic women and 32% of black women said they exclusively breastfed - California

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Read More in English: www.californiahealthline.org
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Breast cancer is the second most common cause of cancer death in women generally—and the number one cause of cancer death in Hispanic women

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Read More in English: www.newswise.com
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August 20, 2008

More than eight in 10 Hispanics said they received health information from alternative sources, such as television and radio.

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Read More in English: www.stltoday.com
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August 18, 2008

Did You Know? 41-year-old Dara Torres became the oldest swimmer to win an Olympic silver medal

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Read More in English: www.afterellen.com
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August 14, 2008

Did You Know? According to National Priorities Project (a nonprofit research organization that analyzes federal data) 70 percent of Black recruits, 64 percent of Hispanic recruits and 57 percent of White recruits come from neighborhoods at or below the U.S. median household income.

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Read More in English: www.easyreadernews.com
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August 12, 2008

Nearly 6 out of 10 African-American and Hispanic children are unable to swim, nearly twice as many as their Caucasian counterparts

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Read More in English: well.blogs.nytimes.com
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