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Ingrid Hoffmann’s first trip here was to visit The Andy Warhol Museum on the North Side on her way to Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater in Fayette County.

“I was able to see (Warhol’s) collection of original Fiesta tableware,” she says excitedly. “That’s the only reason I stopped in Pittsburgh.”

Her second trip, scheduled for March 15, will be even more exciting. She’ll be meeting fans and sharing recipes from her new book, “Simply Delicioso: A Collection of Everyday Recipes with a Latin Twist” (Clarkson Potter/Publishers, $32.50), with Raquel Pelzel, during two appearances at Giant Eagle Market District stores. The events are free and open to the public.”*

*From: http://www.pittsburghlive.com
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A new show featuring paintings and photography by Frida Kahlo at the Philadelphia Museum of Art has Philadelphia art buffs and Latin American art enthusiasts in a frenzy.

The exhibition, which draws on collections from places such as Mexico and Japan, contains 45 paintings and more than 100 of Kahlo’s personal photographs. It opens today and runs through May 18.

Many of the paintings have never been displayed in the United States, and the exhibit is the first major presentation of Kahlo’s work in the country in 15 years.”*

*From: http://media.www.dailypennsylvanian.com
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Fidel Castro’s release of the reins yesterday sent a post-climactic ripple through the ranks of Cuban Americans. Those who oppose the regime — and that’s most of them — celebrated two summers ago at the temporary handing of power to his brother, Raul.

Now, Cuban Americans in Pittsburgh say they are optimistic that reform is coming, with some semblance of economic freedom, but probably not soon.”*

*From: http://www.post-gazette.com
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This semester Club Despertar has had the opportunity to take their program of tutoring Spanish speaking students from Kennett Square, PA in English to a new level. For the first time, these students are being brought on campus, meeting roughly every other Saturday in Parrish and having lunch at Sharples with Swarthmore students.

The students from Kennett Square are bubbly and vivacious, filling the parlors with activity and interest. Ask any given student what they think of coming to Swarthmore and you are likely to get an enthusiastic response. This past Saturday, February 16, was Nestor Mireles’ first time at Swarthmore. He was excited to be on the campus: “It’s cool… so you don’t get bored at your house.””*

*From: http://daily.swarthmore.edu
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Penn prides itself on hosting the “largest community of color in the Ivy League,” according to interim Admissions Dean Eric Kaplan.

But that figure can be deceiving as Penn simultaneously ranks low when it comes to Latino students.

College junior Angel Jacome, chairman of admissions and recruitment for the Latino Coalition - the umbrella organization for Latino student groups - hopes to reconcile Penn’s small Latino population with its reputation for diversity with a series of recruitment initiatives targeted at Latino students.”*

*From: http://media.www.dailypennsylvanian.com
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Devi Cholet can pinpoint the moment she realized that Frida Kahlo, painter of iconic self-portraits, had herself attained icon status.

Five years ago at Indigo, Cholet’s folk-arts gallery in Philadelphia’s Old City, a customer squinted at a religious amulet from India.

“Shiva or Frida?” the shopper asked, unsure whether it represented the Hindu deity of transformation or the Mexican artist, transformer of pain.”*

*From: http://www.philly.com
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Dr. F. Javier Cevallos, president of Kutztown University, a publicly funded college located in Pennsylvania, is facing new pressure to step down from his post amid criticism from the university’s faculty union.

The union’s leadership — which is comprised of a 10-member executive board — is planning to call for a vote of no-confidence in Cevallos later this week, claiming that he has mismanaged the day-to-day operations of the university, leading to an increase in class size, cramped office space and poor building conditions across campus. In addition, they charge that the morale among faculty is at an all-time low.”*

*From: http://diverseeducation.com
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A bill aimed at preventing illegal immigrants from getting state benefits was approved Tuesday by a Senate committee along a party-line vote.

The measure sponsored by Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati, R-Jefferson, tackles the immigration issue by requiring individuals applying for benefits such as Medicaid, unemployment benefits, and college tuition assistance to provide identification of U.S. citizenship and sign an affidavit stating they are in the country legally.

“I think this is something most Pennsylvanians greatly desire,” said Scarnati after the bill was approved 6-4 by the State Government Committee. “It makes sure all people receiving public benefits are U.S. citizens.” “*

*From: http://www.zwire.com
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Two years ago, when Salvador Villicana discovered he had Type II diabetes, he wasn’t sure what he should do about it.

Villicana, a 44-year old Kaolin Mushroom Farms employee from Mexico, understood that treating Type II diabetes required dietary and lifestyle adjustments. He just couldn’t understand what they were.

“When I found out, I was referred to a doctor who only spoke English,” said Villicana, in Spanish. “And, since I’m not exactly an expert in English, it was a pretty big problem.”*

*From: http://www.philly.com
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Federal courts are now split on the question of whether cities and towns may take steps to curb illegal immigration.

A federal judge in Missouri says local governments may do so. That contradicts a federal judge in Pennsylvania, who forbade the city of Hazleton from cracking down on illegal immigrants. “*

*From: http://www.whptv.com
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THE FIRED Alycia Lane is firing back at CBS 3. On Tuesday she filed a praecipe to issue writ of summons, typically a precursor to a lawsuit, against the station.

Lane and attorneys Paul Rosen and Andrew DeFalco have asked to depose CBS 3 President Michael Colleran and News Director Susan Schiller.”*

*From: http://www.philly.com
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The Hispanic population in Pittsburgh is growing steadily and has its first Spanish directory to prove it.

The Hispanic Center/El Centro Hispano launched its 302-page Directorio de Servicios Para la Comunidad Latina (Spanish Service Directory for the Latino Community) and it’s now available to Pittsburgh residents and businesses. “*

*From: http://www.popcitymedia.com
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The Phillies finally signed a third baseman yesterday: former San Francisco Giant Pedro Feliz. When the news hit, the baseball web erupted with the usual best-case/worst-case scenarios. Those clamoring for their own alliterative upper-deck fanbase should act now. “Pedro Persuasion” has a nice, ’80s Latino-keyboard-rock feel to it. That would be my personal choice.”*

*From: http://www.phillymag.com
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“All you hear are the bad stories,” she shakes her head. “Latinos are poor, uneducated, and worse. You never about the engineers – like Raul Valdes-Perez, a Carnegie Mellon Ph.D. who started Vivisimo, a sophisticated search engine. Or physicians — like my brother Juan Sanchez, a Connecticut cardio-thoracic surgeon. Or attorneys –” like Lourdes Sanchez Ridge herself.

In Pittsburgh since 1990, a senior counsel with Thorp Reed & Armstrong, Downtown, Sanchez Ridge was born in Havana, moved to Miami at age six. Having gone to school in Miami, and law school in Gainesville, she returned home to serve as an assistant state attorney, then a DC-based assistant US attorney, conducting some four dozen trials and more than 100 grand jury investigations. Now in Pittsburgh, where she moved with her husband, fellow attorney Bob Ridge.”*

*From: http://www.popcitymedia.com
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Johnny Irizarry has been named director of La Casa Latina, the Center for Hispanic Excellence, effective January 7. He will lead co-curricular, cultural, and social programs for Penn students and student organizations with a focus on Latino diasporic cultures.”*

*From: http://www.upenn.edu

Sovereign Bancorp, the Philadelphia-based bank in which Grupo Santander of Spain has a 25 per cent stake, said it expected to take a $1.6bn writedown in the fourth quarter based on higher customer loan defaults and the decline in value of its investment in a New York savings and loan institution.

Banks both large and small across the US are suffering as mortgage defaults have spread to credit cards, car and other types of consumer loans. The troubles are now hitting European banks that expanded rapidly in the US in recent years.”*

*From: http://www.ft.com
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After spending months talking about increasing their presence in Latin America, the Pirates are making a substantial step in doing so by beginning work on a new training facility that will centralize the team’s Latin American academy.

The organization announced on Thursday that it will be breaking ground on what will be the Pirates’ new Latin American headquarters on January 22. The complex, which will span 43 acres, will be located in El Toro, Dominican Republic. The facility is expected to open sometime in 2009.”*

*From: http://mlb.mlb.com
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A TV station fired a local anchorwoman who has been off the air since she was charged with striking a New York City police officer, only the latest dust-up for the telegenic brunette.

Alycia Lane “has been released from her contract effective immediately,” KYW-TV said in a statement Monday, the day she had been due back on air.”*

*From: http://money.cnn.com
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Hazleton will file its legal briefs with the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in the Illegal Immigration Relief Act appeal by Jan. 22.

Initially, the briefs had been due Dec. 26; however, that filing was delayed to Jan. 9.

Attorney and law professor Kris Kobach, the immigration law expert for former U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft who is representing the city, said he asked for a two-week extension for several reasons.”*

*From: http://www.zwire.com
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In Hispanic cultures, El Día de Los Reyes is celebrated each Jan. 6 to commemorate the arrival of the three wise men who traveled to Bethlehem in Biblical times to bring gifts to Jesus, shortly after his birth.

In Wilkes-Barre on Sunday, hundreds of local Hispanics celebrated the event, which translates to The Day of the Kings, with mariachi music, traditional dances and culinary delights in the gymnasium at the Catholic Youth Center on South Washington Street.”*

*From: http://www.zwire.com
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The public service that Luis A. Ramos offered to the Lehigh Valley was broad and varied. He was a leader and advocate for local businesses. Twenty years ago, he helped to create the Hispanic Business Council, a forerunner to other Latino organizations that thrive today. His leadership in education extended from Allentown to the state level and he was recognized by President Bush for his strong advocacy for the schools. He was a coach and referee for youth soccer. Professionally, Mr. Ramos worked for PPL, rising to key management positions over a career of 34 years.”*

*From: http://www.mcall.com
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Luis A. Ramos, a longtime fixture among business and civic groups and a leader of the Lehigh Valley’s Latino community, died last night when his car hit a tree off Interstate 80 in Luzerne County, officials said.Ramos, 57, spent more than 30 years working for PPL Corp. and helped draft a plan to boost academic performance in the Allentown School District, among other accomplishments.”*

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State government jargon is sometimes tough enough to translate.

Then the Erie Times-News mistakenly received an e-mailed news release this week from Gov. Ed Rendell’s office in Spanish.

As it turns out, the state sends out news releases in both English and Spanish.”*

The second Pennsylvania Summit on Educational Excellence for Latino Students continues today at Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel in State College. The two-day event, an initiative of the Governor’s Advisory Commission on Latino Affairs (GACLA) and the Pennsylvania Department of Education, focuses on actions that schools and community leaders can take to increase the achievement of Latino students. The summit’s theme is, “Roots for Change: Pennsylvania Latino Education Agenda.”"*

Education Secretary Gerald L. Zahorchak will address the second Pennsylvania Summit on Educational Excellence for Latino Students at 7 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 10, at the Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel in State College. The evening will include recognition of Latino college and high school students who have achieved academically. Hosted by the Pennsylvania Department of Education and the Governor’s Advisory Commission on Latino Affairs, the two-day summit will focus on improving the educational status of Latino students in Pennsylvania’s schools and higher education institutions. “*