http://www.hispanictips.com A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos Fri, 16 May 2008 15:43:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 en http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/14/a-peruvian-specialty-gets-pride-of-place-machu-picchu-charcoal-chicken-grill-in-boston/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/14/a-peruvian-specialty-gets-pride-of-place-machu-picchu-charcoal-chicken-grill-in-boston/#comments Wed, 14 May 2008 15:54:03 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/14/a-peruvian-specialty-gets-pride-of-place-machu-picchu-charcoal-chicken-grill-in-boston/ "The magic number at Machu Picchu Charcoal Chicken & Grill is 24. That's how many hours their rotisserie chicken soaks in a secret brew before it's slid onto a spit and roasted over hot coals to a succulent, smoky-to-the-bone perfection.

MACHU PICCHU CHARCOAL CHICKEN & GRILL

25 Union Square, Somerville. 617-623-7972. machupicchu boston.com. All major credit cards accepted. Wheelchair accessible.

Prices Appetizers $4-$13; entrees $6-$14; desserts $3.50-$6.50.

Hours Mon-Thu, 11:30 a.m.-10 p.m.; Fri-Sat, 11:30 a.m.-11 p.m.; Sun, 11 a.m.-10 p.m.

Liquor Beer and wine.

MAY WE SUGGEST

Choclo Peruano (Peruvian corn and cheese), fried yucca, roasted pork tamale, quinoa salad, fiesta salad, rotisserie chicken with misky salad, churrasco al grill (grilled steak), chicken parrillero sandwich, el Peruanisimo sandwich (roast pork and sweet potato), tres leche cake, leche asada custard.
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Twenty-four is also about the number of seconds that it takes to walk to Rosy and Hugo Cerna's other restaurant, also dubbed Machu Picchu. Why open a second Peruvian restaurant a tamale's throw from the first?

"Because we really wanted to serve pollos a la brasa," says Rosy Cerna about their charcoal chicken. "It's a national dish in Peru, but you never serve it at a restaurant where you have all the other Peruvian dishes like we have at Machu Picchu. Pollos a la brasa has to have a restaurant of its own."

And now it does. In a storefront in Somerville's Union Square" HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/14/a-peruvian-specialty-gets-pride-of-place-machu-picchu-charcoal-chicken-grill-in-boston/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/14/longtime-community-leader-orlando-isaza-of-northampton-was-one-of-three-named-yesterday-to-a-new-governors-board-focused-on-youth-massachusetts/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/14/longtime-community-leader-orlando-isaza-of-northampton-was-one-of-three-named-yesterday-to-a-new-governors-board-focused-on-youth-massachusetts/#comments Wed, 14 May 2008 15:18:21 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/14/longtime-community-leader-orlando-isaza-of-northampton-was-one-of-three-named-yesterday-to-a-new-governors-board-focused-on-youth-massachusetts/ "Called the Board of Early Education and Care, the 13-member group will be charged with the coordination and consolidation of a range of education and human services focused on youth.

Isaza, who is in the process of moving to Holyoke, is the senior program officer and manager for grant-making initiatives at the Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts in Springfield, and is the second Western Massachusetts resident named to the board." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/14/longtime-community-leader-orlando-isaza-of-northampton-was-one-of-three-named-yesterday-to-a-new-governors-board-focused-on-youth-massachusetts/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/12/red-sox-report-to-broadcast-on-telemundo-new-england-as-reporte-de-los-red-sox/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/12/red-sox-report-to-broadcast-on-telemundo-new-england-as-reporte-de-los-red-sox/#comments Mon, 12 May 2008 14:50:28 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/12/red-sox-report-to-broadcast-on-telemundo-new-england-as-reporte-de-los-red-sox/ "The Boston Red Sox and Telemundo New England announced today that the Red Sox Report, the Emmy nominated television show, will now be seen in close to 270,000 Hispanic television homes on Telemundo New England as Reporte de los Red Sox. Reporte de los Red Sox will be broadcast to all four of Telemundo’s New England broadcast markets and will reach approximately 1 million Hispanic viewers as estimated by Nielsen Universe.

Red Sox Report, which currently airs on the New England Sports Network (NESN) on Sunday nights, will be re-edited in Spanish by Telemundo New England who will add a Spanish speaking on-air and voiceover presence. Reporte de los Red Sox will also feature special segments aimed towards Hispanic viewers and is slated to air weekly on Wednesday evenings at 6:00 p.m. starting May 7, 2008.

“This is a tremendous opportunity to provide our weekly television programming for the first time to the vibrant Hispanic community in New England," said Chuck Steedman, Vice President/Fenway Enterprises and Broadcast Services for the Boston Red Sox. "This venture gives us a consistent opportunity to interact with our Hispanic fans and provide them an opportunity to look behind-the-scenes on a weekly basis.”

Telemundo is the nation’s second largest Spanish language TV network. Telemundo New England services the Boston (WNEU), Providence (WRIW), Hartford (WRDM) and Springfield (WDMR) markets with a mixture of network and local news and community affairs programming. “We are delighted to bring the Red Sox Report to our audience and advertisers for the first time in Spanish here in New England. We look forward to a long term partnership with the Boston Red Sox,” commented Michael Gillespie, Senior Vice President of Telemundo New England, ZGS Communications.

Red Sox Report is produced by Red Sox Productions, the club’s internal television and video production department. The show goes behind the scenes with Boston’s historic baseball team to tell all the stories from the field, the ballpark and the community, throughout New England and across Red Sox Nation. It originally debuted on Boston’s WSBK-TV in April, 2004; and also aired over the air in Providence, RI and Portland, ME. The show transitioned to NESN in April, 2006, and has aired year-round since. It has been nominated for seven Boston/New England Emmy Awards since 2005.

Reporte de los Red Sox will be available throughout New England via cable on the following Telemundo New England channels:

In the Boston market (WNEU): Charter Communications – Channel 99; Comcast – Channel 10, 14, 17, 19, 53,95 and 96; Metrocast Cablevision – Channel 19; RCN – Channel 16; TDS Cable – Channel 22; and Time Warner – Channel 15

In the Hartford market (WRDM): Comcast – Channel 13, 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20

In the Providence market (WRIW): Cox Cable – Channel 54; Starlight Communications – Channel 4

In the Springfield market (WDMR): Comcast – Channel 11, 18; Charter Communications – Channel 96

Telemundo New England is owned by ZGS Communications, a Hispanic-owned broadcasting company headquartered in Arlington, Virginia that owns and operates the largest group of Telemundo affiliate television stations. WNEU Boston, WRIW Providence, WRDM Hartford and WDMR Springfield are proud of their commitment to service, local programming, community outreach, and the celebration of Hispanic culture and heritage. Telemundo, a U.S. Spanish-language television network, is the essential entertainment, news, and sports source for Hispanics. Broadcasting unique national and local programming for the fastest-growing segment of the U.S. population, Telemundo reaches 93% of U.S. Hispanic households in 142 markets.

Editor’s Note: A title graphic of Reporte de los Red Sox and a segment of the show is available for download on ftp://public-affairs.redsox.com. Username: publicaffairs Password: redsox2008" HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/12/red-sox-report-to-broadcast-on-telemundo-new-england-as-reporte-de-los-red-sox/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/08/highly-acclaimed-journalist-ray-suarez-to-address-umass-dartmouth-undergraduates/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/08/highly-acclaimed-journalist-ray-suarez-to-address-umass-dartmouth-undergraduates/#comments Thu, 08 May 2008 16:10:42 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/08/highly-acclaimed-journalist-ray-suarez-to-address-umass-dartmouth-undergraduates/ "Ray Suarez, the senior correspondent for The NewsHour, who has spent more than a quarter century in journalism covering local, national, and international stories, will address UMass Dartmouth's 2008 undergraduate commencement exercises.

Due to the rapid enrollment growth of the campus undergraduate and graduate students will be receiving their degrees at different ceremonies for the first time. Approximately 350 graduate students will receive their degrees on Saturday, May 24 and 1,200 undergraduates will receive degrees on Sunday, May 25.

During the undergraduate ceremony in the Vietnam Veterans Peace Memorial Amphitheater honorary degrees will be awarded to:

* New Bedford native and Qualcomm founder Irwin Jacobs and wife Joan Jacobs, who have been generous supporters of college scholarships for New Bedford students and supporters of numerous other educational and arts-related causes.

* Southcoast Hospitals Group CEO Ronald Goodspeed, who recently co-authored What If...? A Survival Guide for Physicians, a book intended to help medical students, residents and physicians successfully handle situations traditionally not covered by medical education and training.

* Retired UMass Dartmouth Dean of Students Donald Howard who spent more than 40 years at the university and was instrumental in building student government and leadership structures, student publications, the student judiciary system, student-run activity fee disbursement systems, the theater company, and the lecture series.

The graduate student ceremony will be built around three speakers: an innovator external to the campus, a graduate alumnus/a innovator, and a graduate student.

The address by the external innovator will be delivered by Dr.Onesky Aupont, a faculty member at the University of Massachusetts Medical School who is a key leader of the Massachusetts arm of the National Children's Study, the largest study to be conducted in the United States to assess the effects of environmental and genetic factors on child and human health.

Also speaking at the graduate commencement will be Yong Zhang, chief operating officer of Salary.com, a Massachusetts-based company that provides companies with the tools to "manage and inspire their most important asset - their people." Mr. Zhang received graduate degrees in engineering and physics from UMass Dartmouth.

Speaking from a graduate student perspective will be Master of Fine Arts candidate Jennifer Ling Datchuk.

"Commencement 2008 at UMass Dartmouth is going to feature a diverse array of people who have had, and continue to have, an enormous impact on the lives of others," Chancellor Jean F. MacCormack said. "This will be a celebration of the power of education and innovation to strengthen our Commonwealth, nation, and world; and a challenge to the Class of 2008 to set a new and even higher standard of global engagement.''

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Mr. Suarez, also known for his work as host of NPR's Talk of the Nation, wrote the book The Old Neighborhood: What We Lost in the Great Suburban Migration ( Free Press ), and has contributed to several others, including Brooklyn ( Workman, 2001 ), Saving America's Treasures ( National Geographic, 2000 ), Las Christmas ( Knopf, 1998 ), and About Men ( Poseidon, 1986 ). His latest work is The Holy Vote: The Politics of Faith in America, an examination of the tightening relationship between religion and politics. His essays and criticism have been published in The News York Times, The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, The Baltimore Sun, among other publications.

Mr. Suarez shared in NPR's 1993-94 and 1994-95 duPont-Columbia Silver Baton Awards for on-site coverage of the first all-race elections in South Africa and the first 100 days of the 104th Congress, respectively. He has been honored with the 1996 Ruben Salazar Award from the National Council of La Raza, Current History Magazine's 1995 Global Awareness Award, and a Chicago Emmy Award.

A life member of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, Mr. Suarez was a founding member of the Chicago Association of Hispanic Journalists. A native of Brooklyn, New York, he lives in Washington, DC with his wife and three children.

Mr. Suarez holds a B.A. in African History from New York University and an M.A. in the Social Sciences from the University of Chicago.
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Email: kbeals@umassd.edu Kathy Beals, UMass Dartmouth Office of Public Affairs" HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/08/highly-acclaimed-journalist-ray-suarez-to-address-umass-dartmouth-undergraduates/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/04/25/presencia-latina-looks-to-leave-mark-harvard/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/04/25/presencia-latina-looks-to-leave-mark-harvard/#comments Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:47:19 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/04/25/presencia-latina-looks-to-leave-mark-harvard/ "Presencia Latina, Harvard’s Latino cultural show, is intended not only as a showcase for Latino and Latin-American creativity but also as a means of strengthening the entire community within Harvard. The show, which will take place tomorrow, features both traditional and modern acts presented by the winners of the show’s Latino/a of the Year awards: hip-hop artist Daddy Yankee and “America’s Next Top Model” winner Jaslene Gonzalez.

The board members of Presencia Latina have been auditioning students, organizing celebrity guest appearances, and promoting the cultural show since late February. They hope that this show will open the Harvard community’s eyes to Latino culture on campus and in the greater Boston area. " HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/04/25/presencia-latina-looks-to-leave-mark-harvard/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/04/21/a-latino-professor-at-harvard-law-%c2%a1si-se-puede/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/04/21/a-latino-professor-at-harvard-law-%c2%a1si-se-puede/#comments Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:41:42 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/04/21/a-latino-professor-at-harvard-law-%c2%a1si-se-puede/ "The chant of change is all around us. For years, Latino (as used here, meaning men and women with ancestry from Spanish-speaking countries and residing permanently in the United States) students and alumni have lobbied for a Latino professor at Harvard Law School. They have longed for a professor who self-identifies as Latino, has first-hand knowledge of Latino life in the United States, and who openly supports the struggle for equality of the Latino community in this country. There are persons from all over the world who would self-identify or be identified by others with the ethnic Latino description.

But being Latino in the United States takes on a different meaning. It is about culture, ethnicity, life experiences, national origin, and self-identification. There is also the visual identification made by others based on the stereotypical "brown" Latino. The reality is that the "Latino label" in the United States includes persons of all races and many mixtures thereof. " HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/04/21/a-latino-professor-at-harvard-law-%c2%a1si-se-puede/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/04/16/lista-national-and-massachusetts-latino-chamber-of-commerce-partner-to-bridge-the-digital-divide/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/04/16/lista-national-and-massachusetts-latino-chamber-of-commerce-partner-to-bridge-the-digital-divide/#comments Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:41:57 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/04/16/lista-national-and-massachusetts-latino-chamber-of-commerce-partner-to-bridge-the-digital-divide/ "" HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/04/16/lista-national-and-massachusetts-latino-chamber-of-commerce-partner-to-bridge-the-digital-divide/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/04/15/did-you-know-the-colorado-civil-rights-division-says-boulder-county-is-the-second-hardest-place-in-the-country-for-hispanics-to-get-a-fair-home-loan-cambridge-mass-was-1/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/04/15/did-you-know-the-colorado-civil-rights-division-says-boulder-county-is-the-second-hardest-place-in-the-country-for-hispanics-to-get-a-fair-home-loan-cambridge-mass-was-1/#comments Wed, 16 Apr 2008 02:17:56 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/04/15/did-you-know-the-colorado-civil-rights-division-says-boulder-county-is-the-second-hardest-place-in-the-country-for-hispanics-to-get-a-fair-home-loan-cambridge-mass-was-1/ "The Colorado Civil Rights Division says Boulder County is the second-hardest place in the country for Hispanics to get a fair home loan." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/04/15/did-you-know-the-colorado-civil-rights-division-says-boulder-county-is-the-second-hardest-place-in-the-country-for-hispanics-to-get-a-fair-home-loan-cambridge-mass-was-1/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/04/14/museum-of-fine-arts-boston-celebrates-spanish-spring-with-el-greco-to-velazquez-art-during-the-reign-of-philip-iii-and-antonio-lopez-garcia/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/04/14/museum-of-fine-arts-boston-celebrates-spanish-spring-with-el-greco-to-velazquez-art-during-the-reign-of-philip-iii-and-antonio-lopez-garcia/#comments Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:24:09 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/04/14/museum-of-fine-arts-boston-celebrates-spanish-spring-with-el-greco-to-velazquez-art-during-the-reign-of-philip-iii-and-antonio-lopez-garcia/ "The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), celebrates the richness of Spain's magnificent artistry with El Greco to Velazquez: Art during the Reign of Philip III, highlighting works by the great Spanish masters; and Antonio Lopez Garcia, a retrospective of this contemporary realist. The exhibitions were opened on Saturday by Her Royal Highness Dona Cristina de Borbon, Infanta of Spain, and His Excellency Don Inaki Urdangarin, Duke of Palma. Also in attendance were United States Senator Edward Kennedy, His Excellency, D. Carlos Westendorp y Cabeza, Ambassador of Spain to the United States, and Antonio Lopez Garcia. El Greco to Velazquez is on view April 20 through July 27 and Antonio Lopez Garcia from April 13 through July 27.

El Greco to Velazquez features 60 paintings and sculptures, including 11 works by El Greco and seven by Velazquez. The late works of El Greco and the early works of Velazquez are considered within the context of the court of Philip III, a vibrant artistic period of 23 years (1598-1621). Key masterpieces from international museums, including the Prado, are included in the exhibition. An audio guide is available in both English and Spanish.

Organized by the MFA and the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University in Durham, NC, the exhibition is sponsored by Bank of America. Additional support is provided by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and Humanities, the National Endowment for the Humanities, The Homeland Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and WCVB-TV 5. El Greco to Velazquez is presented with the collaboration of the State Corporation for

Spanish Cultural Action Abroad (SEACEX), supported by the Spanish Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, and the Ministry of Culture. Generous support for the catalogue was provided by Scott and Isabelle Black and SEACEX.

Antonio Lopez Garcia showcases 55 paintings, drawings, and sculpture highlighting the artist's career from 1955 to the present. A special feature is the debut of Day and Night, monumental sculptures of baby heads flanking the Museum's front entrance. The exhibition is sponsored by United Technologies Corporation.

For more information, or for the MFA Press Room, visit http://www.mfa.org. " HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/04/14/museum-of-fine-arts-boston-celebrates-spanish-spring-with-el-greco-to-velazquez-art-during-the-reign-of-philip-iii-and-antonio-lopez-garcia/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/04/08/commission-hears-testimony-immigration-raids-massachusetts/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/04/08/commission-hears-testimony-immigration-raids-massachusetts/#comments Tue, 08 Apr 2008 23:38:34 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/04/08/commission-hears-testimony-immigration-raids-massachusetts/ "Immigrants and their advocates testified before a union-led commission at the State House yesterday that federal agents violated illegal immigrants' constitutional rights and treated them inhumanely during recent raids, prompting swift denials from the federal government.
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The commission held its second national meeting in Boston to hear testimony about the fallout from raids in New England, from little-noticed house raids in Springfield to a massive crackdown just over a year ago at a New Bedford leather goods factory that drew national attention for separating children from their parents." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/04/08/commission-hears-testimony-immigration-raids-massachusetts/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/04/08/teenage-birth-rates-massachusetts-highest-among-hispanics-legislation-needed-address-issue-experts/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/04/08/teenage-birth-rates-massachusetts-highest-among-hispanics-legislation-needed-address-issue-experts/#comments Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:42:56 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/04/08/teenage-birth-rates-massachusetts-highest-among-hispanics-legislation-needed-address-issue-experts/ "Births to Hispanic teenagers living in the western part of Massachusetts -- a state with one of the lowest teen pregnancy rates in the nation -- are more prevalent than teen births among other groups and the rate is growing, a health expert said at a conference on Monday, the Springfield Republican reports.

According to Patricia Quinn, executive director of the Massachusetts Alliance on Teen Pregnancy, who spoke at an event sponsored by the Youth Empowerment Adolescent Health Network, 65% of teenage births in Springfield, Mass., were to Hispanics in 2006, up from 48% a decade earlier. Sarah Perez-McAdoo, co-founder of the network and an obstetrician-gynecologist at Baystate Medical Center, said the Hispanic teenage pregnancy rate in Massachusetts is six times higher than that of non-Hispanics. " HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/04/08/teenage-birth-rates-massachusetts-highest-among-hispanics-legislation-needed-address-issue-experts/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/03/28/isabel-melendez-wont-mayor-lawrence-massachusetts/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/03/28/isabel-melendez-wont-mayor-lawrence-massachusetts/#comments Fri, 28 Mar 2008 21:03:19 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/03/28/isabel-melendez-wont-mayor-lawrence-massachusetts/ "Isabel Melendez, the community activist who came close to becoming the state's first elected Latino mayor when she ran for the Lawrence post in 2001, has announced she won't seek the job next year.
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Instead, she said she is throwing her support behind former city councilor Israel Reyes, who recently announced his intention to run for the office.

Melendez's announcement ends speculation that the 70-year-old would make a second run for the city's top municipal spot when Mayor Michael J. Sullivan leaves office because of term limits. For months now, Spanish-language radio stations and local newspapers have mentioned Melendez as a possible candidate." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/03/28/isabel-melendez-wont-mayor-lawrence-massachusetts/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/03/24/producer-bittersweet-funny-%e2%80%98maldeamores%e2%80%99-will-speak-latino-film-festival/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/03/24/producer-bittersweet-funny-%e2%80%98maldeamores%e2%80%99-will-speak-latino-film-festival/#comments Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:23:21 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/03/24/producer-bittersweet-funny-%e2%80%98maldeamores%e2%80%99-will-speak-latino-film-festival/ "For a film that often takes an ironic and melancholic look at love, the new Puerto Rican movie “Maldeamores” (“Love Sickness”) is surrounded by a lot of actual nice, heartwarming, feel-good kind of love.

The co-directors, Carlos Ruiz Ruiz and Mariem Perez Riera, are married. The producer, Luillo Ruiz, is Carlos Ruiz Ruiz’s brother. Meanwhile, the film’s executive production coordinator, Belly Torres, is Luillo Ruiz’s “life partner,” Ruiz said.

The love of filmmaking may have something to do with it. " HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/03/24/producer-bittersweet-funny-%e2%80%98maldeamores%e2%80%99-will-speak-latino-film-festival/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/03/20/know-total-number-latino-students-statewide-128993-over-last-five-years-latino-student-enrollments-jumped-227-percent-massachusetts/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/03/20/know-total-number-latino-students-statewide-128993-over-last-five-years-latino-student-enrollments-jumped-227-percent-massachusetts/#comments Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:08:18 +0000 tomasz http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/03/20/know-total-number-latino-students-statewide-128993-over-last-five-years-latino-student-enrollments-jumped-227-percent-massachusetts/ "The total number of Latino students statewide is 128,993 and over the last five years Latino student enrollments jumped by 22.7 percent" HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/03/20/know-total-number-latino-students-statewide-128993-over-last-five-years-latino-student-enrollments-jumped-227-percent-massachusetts/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/03/20/umass-study-latino-students-improve-mcas-dropout-absence-rates-high/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/03/20/umass-study-latino-students-improve-mcas-dropout-absence-rates-high/#comments Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:05:35 +0000 tomasz http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/03/20/umass-study-latino-students-improve-mcas-dropout-absence-rates-high/ "Latino students in Massachusetts are showing some improvement in MCAS achievement and a decline in MCAS failure rates, according to a study released on Wednesday that also underscored high dropout and absence rates.

Amid continuing concern over achievement gaps, the "moderate" gains are positive developments, said Miren Uriarte, an associate professor and sociologist at the University of Massachusetts Mauricio Gaston Institute. Uriarte, in a statement, called the results "still very depressed when compared to other groups."" HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/03/20/umass-study-latino-students-improve-mcas-dropout-absence-rates-high/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/03/18/know-more-than-third-bostons-56000-students-latino-more-than-percent-them-learning-english-second-language-since-state-eliminated-bilingual-education-2002-these-students-have-fallen-further-beh/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/03/18/know-more-than-third-bostons-56000-students-latino-more-than-percent-them-learning-english-second-language-since-state-eliminated-bilingual-education-2002-these-students-have-fallen-further-beh/#comments Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:02:52 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/03/18/know-more-than-third-bostons-56000-students-latino-more-than-percent-them-learning-english-second-language-since-state-eliminated-bilingual-education-2002-these-students-have-fallen-further-beh/ "More than a third of Boston's 56,000 students are Latino; more than 40 percent of them are learning English as a second language. And since the state eliminated bilingual education in 2002, these students have fallen further behind." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/03/18/know-more-than-third-bostons-56000-students-latino-more-than-percent-them-learning-english-second-language-since-state-eliminated-bilingual-education-2002-these-students-have-fallen-further-beh/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/03/18/bilingual-teachers-wanted-boston-schools-recruiting-puerto-rico/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/03/18/bilingual-teachers-wanted-boston-schools-recruiting-puerto-rico/#comments Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:01:02 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/03/18/bilingual-teachers-wanted-boston-schools-recruiting-puerto-rico/ "As a balmy breeze fanned the palm fronds dotting the college campus, the man in the seersucker suit and leather flip flops pointed to a sheet filled with numbers and launched into his pitch for Boston public schools." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/03/18/bilingual-teachers-wanted-boston-schools-recruiting-puerto-rico/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/03/17/revolution-superliga/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/03/17/revolution-superliga/#comments Tue, 18 Mar 2008 02:33:02 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/03/17/revolution-superliga/ "The SuperLiga proceeded successfully without the Revolution last year. Teams were chosen for geographic and promotional reasons, the promoters vindicated by large crowds, receptive television audiences, and some dramatic outcomes.
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But the credibility of the SuperLiga, a joint venture between Major League Soccer and the Federacion Mexicana de Futbol, required that the best teams in North America be involved." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/03/17/revolution-superliga/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/03/11/super-mario-barros-this-teacher-radio-show-newspaper-column-satirical-take-social-issues-boston-2/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/03/11/super-mario-barros-this-teacher-radio-show-newspaper-column-satirical-take-social-issues-boston-2/#comments Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:37:18 +0000 tomasz http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/03/11/super-mario-barros-this-teacher-radio-show-newspaper-column-satirical-take-social-issues-boston-2/ "Inside room 336 at Somerville High, freshmen know him as Mr. Barros, the colorful and animated teacher who talks passionately about immigration, workplace reform, and US history.
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Outside school, Mario Barros is known as a satirical newspaper columnist and the sharp-tongued voice behind "Lenguaviva" ("Living Language"), a radio show on WUNR-AM (1600) where Barros shares his social commentary on just about anything, from New England's harsh winters to fuel alternatives to Angelina Jolie's collection of tattoos.

"What is going to happen to her when she is 87 years old? All those tattoos will be in different places from where they started," he jokes." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/03/11/super-mario-barros-this-teacher-radio-show-newspaper-column-satirical-take-social-issues-boston-2/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/03/06/year-after-raid-immigration-cases-drag-many-bedford-massachusetts/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/03/06/year-after-raid-immigration-cases-drag-many-bedford-massachusetts/#comments Thu, 06 Mar 2008 19:45:27 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/03/06/year-after-raid-immigration-cases-drag-many-bedford-massachusetts/ "Exactly one year after federal agents burst into a New Bedford factory and arrested 361 immigrant workers, about half of those arrested are still here, an outcome that is raising concerns on both sides of the heated immigration divide.

The raid whiplashed the city, drew criticism from state and federal authorities, and captured national attention for separating some parents from their children. Now, the plodding aftermath is prompting new questions about the effectiveness of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement's raid.

Advocates for immigrants say the raid on the Michael Bianco factory devastated a community, with little to show for it. Those who favor restrictions on immigration say the system should work faster to expel illegal immigrants from the country." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/03/06/year-after-raid-immigration-cases-drag-many-bedford-massachusetts/feed/