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November 20, 2009
Police in Peru say gang members killed people to drain their fat for cosmetics :: en Español :: latimesblogs.latimes.com
Mexican authorities predict fewer Mexican immigrants will be back home for Christmas :: en Español :: latimesblogs.latimes.com
Interview with Aurora Anaya-Cerda, owner of La Casa Azul Bookstore – NYC :: en Español :: www.examiner.com
We need an honest definition of who is a “real American” :: en Español :: southchicagoan.blogspot.com
Immigration Reform: The Phone Call Heard Around the Country – On the call were Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill.; Nydia Velázquez, D-N.Y.; and Rep. Raúl Grijalva, D-Ariz. Immigrant rights advocates from various parts of the country also spoke. :: en Español :: news.newamericamedia.org
Digital out-of-home (DOOH) Effectively Reaches Latinos On The Go – few marketers truly utilized digital media when reaching out to the Hispanic community. :: en Español :: www.mediapost.com
A week after abruptly quitting his longtime job as a CNN television news host and commentator, Lou Dobbs said on Thursday he is considering career options including possible runs for the White House or U.S. Senate. :: en Español :: nz.news.yahoo.com
ICE Assistant Secretary John Morton announces 1,000 new workplace audits to hold employers accountable for their hiring practices :: en Español
In Virtual Town Hall with Immigration Reform Activists, Gutierrez Promises Bill By December :: en Español :: feetin2worlds.wordpress.com
Economic Blame Game: U.S. Unemployment is Not Caused by Immigration :: en Español
November 19, 2009
Shakira Refuses To Do Interviews In Spanish :: en Español :: guanabee.com
BMI Foundation Announces Opening of 7th Annual peermusic Latin Scholarship Competition :: en Español :: www.bmi.com
Video: Sofia Vergara’s “Modern Family” Costar Trashes her on “Chelsea Lately” :: en Español :: www.latina.com
The Cuban band Septeto Nacional de Ignacio Piñeiro can legitimately claim to be inventors of salsa. But it last played in the United States when Franklin D. Roosevelt was president, and there was no telling when it might be able to return — until the very slightest hint of a thaw in cultural relations between the United States and Cuba quietly brought the band to New York early this month. :: en Español :: www.nytimes.com
Mexico’s Drug Violence Gives Rise To Vigilantism :: en Español :: www.npr.org
The wave of crime besetting Puerto Rico seems to be out of control with 800 murders being committed here so far this year, but the island’s top police official says the problem does not fall exclusively within his department. :: en Español :: www.laht.com
The University of Panama indefinitely suspended classes on Wednesday after confrontations between students and police during a protest against alleged U.S. involvement in plans to build new military installations. :: en Español :: www.laht.com
There are 16 million children in immigrant families in the United States :: en Español :: www.nytimes.com
Over the last 3 years, high schools that received the lowest marks from the city have been the ones with the highest percentages of poor, black and Hispanic students, despite an evaluation system that was meant to equalize differences among student bodies, according to an analysis by The New York Times of school grades released this week. :: en Español :: www.nytimes.com
Who seriously wants the Cuban trade embargo? :: en Español :: southchicagoan.blogspot.com
A legislator from El Paso has criticized proposed history and social studies standards for public schools as being unfair to Hispanics. – Rep. Norma Chavez raised the issue Wednesday in Austin before the State Board of Education. :: en Español :: www.khou.com
Farewell to an icon: Artist who tore at racism is buried at 99 – R.I.P. José Cisneros :: en Español :: www.elpasotimes.com
November 18, 2009
Hispanics are 9% of the Virginia’s schoolchildren, but 5% of gifted students. :: en Español :: www.washingtonpost.com
A New United Movement Stops Mexico for a Day :: en Español :: upsidedownworld.org
Analysis reveals driving out undocumented immigrants doesn’t bode well for congressional representation :: en Español :: www.latinalista.net
After accidental deportation, critics say immigration officials making mistakes – After a Salvadoran man was mistakenly deported, immigration rights activists have complained about toughened enforcement by authorities. :: en Español :: www.miamiherald.com
Governor Deval Patrick urged Massachusetts residents today to avoid getting mired in “the usual debate” over illegal immigration as he gave his cabinet 90 days to craft a plan for better integrating all foreign-born residents into the state’s daily fabric. :: en Español :: www.boston.com
More Americans are playing tennis – The biggest increases were among Hispanics, with 32% more playing the game. :: en Español :: www.washingtonpost.com
Mexico’s Juarez on path to anarchy :: en Español :: news.bbc.co.uk
Experts warned on Tuesday that the rise in health problems due to obesity among Mexican children, which is considered to be an epidemic, threatens “for the first time” to reduce life expectancy rates in the country. :: en Español :: www.laht.com
The estimated damage caused by the Nov. 7-8 floods and mudslides to El Salvador’s infrastructure has climbed to $880 million, the country’s public works minister said Tuesday. :: en Español :: www.laht.com
Trend Toward Smaller Families in Latin America – The number of people per household in Latin America will fall by 18 percent by 2020, according to a study released in this capital Tuesday by consulting firm Euromonitor International. :: en Español :: www.laht.com
A Woman’s Nation Spurred by LatinaTION :: en Español :: www.hispanicprblog.com
Sosa Skin Lightening Fires Debate About Afro-Latino Heritage :: en Español :: www.bvblackspin.com
Congressman Raúl Grijalva talks to his daughter Marisa about his mother’s influence on his education. – new Historias from StoryCorp :: en Español :: www.storycorps.org
After two days of deliberations, on Oct. 14 the Mexican Supreme Court made public its decision that Ulises Ruiz Ortiz (governor of the state of Oaxaca) is culpable for the human rights violations that occurred in Oaxaca as a result of teacher protests and political and social unrest in May 2006-January 2007 and July of 2008. :: en Español :: americas.irc-online.org
Organizations alarmed by the increased violence against women and others in Mexico are traveling by caravan to demand justice for the victims. – The national caravan, which began in Mexico City, is part of the international Mujeres de Negro (Women in Black) campaign to protest violence against women, children and other vulnerable groups. :: en Español :: www.elpasotimes.com
Colombia elige a su nueva reina y ya llueven las críticas – Natalia Navarro se convirtió en Miss Colombia y, aunque era favorita, a muchos no les gusta su lenguaje; en la coronación aseguró que es “cabezona” y “berraca” :: in English :: www.peopleenespanol.com
CNN was so sick of Lou Dobbs, it gave him an $8 million severance package to leave :: en Español :: www.nypost.com
The Cuban ties that bind, 50 years on – Visiting her father’s homeland under newly relaxed travel restrictions is both invigorating and saddening. :: en Español :: www.latimes.com
New Study Demonstrates Hidden Credit Card Fees Take From the Poor and Give to the Rich – The report found that through imposing swipe fees on every transaction paid by plastic and requiring those fees to be buried in prices to consumers, the credit card industry ensures that the top 10% of Americans get $354 million in frills while the bottom tier pays $669 million more than they should. :: en Español :: thehispanicinstitute.net
Supreme Court Hears Case about Immigrants’ Access to Federal Court Review :: en Español :: immigrationimpact.com
Immigrant Advocates Welcome Napolitano Statement, Will Hold House Parties This Week to Support Reform :: en Español :: feetin2worlds.wordpress.com
40% of Guatemala’s Elderly Living in Poverty :: en Español :: www.laht.com
Remembering mail art in Mexico :: en Español :: danielhernandez.typepad.com
Facing a group of presidents loudly critical of Washington, the U.S. government’s Voice of America broadcast is expanding its audience in Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador and Nicaragua, VOA officials say. :: en Español :: www.miamiherald.com
Immigrants and Health Care – The Real Numbers and Policy Implications :: en Español :: blog.altarum.org
Murder rates: Cuidad Juárez deadlier than Miami in ’80s :: en Español :: www.elpasotimes.com
For the first time in its more than 20-year history, the 2010 Billboard Latin Music Awards will take place in Puerto Rico, marking the first time the show goes on the road from its traditional Miami homebase. The awards, presented by State Farm, will be broadcast live on April 29, 2010, by the Telemundo network. :: en Español :: www.billboard.com
Massachusetts immigrant tuition bill to get new push :: en Español :: www.usatoday.com

Essentials --»

November 20, 2009
Hispanic lawmakers say an old adversary, White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, has his fingerprints all over a push to prohibit illegal immigrants from buying health insurance plans in a new market for people who don’t get insurance through their employers.
- HispanicTips' Permalink
- Traducido usando Google: en Español
- From: www.politico.com
- Collected on: November 20th, 2009
- Filed Under: Essentials, Immigration, Politics, Top Stories
- Tagged: insurance, White House
Some U.S. Democrats see momentum building for an overhaul of immigration laws that would legalize millions of undocumented workers, but analysts say a crowded agenda and struggling economy may once again sink hopes for reform next year.
- HispanicTips' Permalink
- Traducido usando Google: en Español
- From: www.washingtonpost.com
- Collected on: November 20th, 2009
- Filed Under: Essentials, Immigration, Politics, Top Stories
- Tagged: democrat, economy
The current global crisis will cause the number of poor people in Latin America to rise by 9 million to 189 million this year, the U.N. Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean said in a report presented on Thursday.
- HispanicTips' Permalink
- Traducido usando Google: en Español
- From: www.laht.com
- Collected on: November 20th, 2009
- Filed Under: Blogante Business, Business, Essentials, Eye Openers, non-US news
- Tagged: latin america, poverty
Do Long Island Police Ignore Hate Crimes?
- HispanicTips' Permalink
- Traducido usando Google: en Español
- From: www.npr.org
- Collected on: November 20th, 2009
- Filed Under: Community, Essentials, Eye Openers, New York
- Tagged: hate crime, Long Island, police, racial issues
Mexican migrants are spending more money on taxes in the United States than on the remittances they send home to relatives, according to a new study by Mexico’s largest bank, BBVA Bancomer.
- HispanicTips' Permalink
- Traducido usando Google: en Español
- From: www.laht.com
- Collected on: November 20th, 2009
- Filed Under: Banking, Blogante Business, Business, Essentials, Research, Top Stories
- Tagged: Mexico, remittances
Ana Maria Perez Gonzalez, said to be the oldest woman in the world, died in Mexico this week. She was 119.
- HispanicTips' Permalink
- Traducido usando Google: en Español
- From: www.laht.com
- Collected on: November 20th, 2009
- Filed Under: Essentials, Eye Openers, Latinas, non-US news
- Tagged: Mexico, R.I.P.
Part of a Cuban blogger’s essay that advocates lifting the ban on U.S. travel to Cuba was read aloud at a House Foreign Affairs committee hearing. – Yoani Sánchez
- HispanicTips' Permalink
- Traducido usando Google: en Español
- From: www.miamiherald.com
- Collected on: November 20th, 2009
- Filed Under: Essentials, Eye Openers, Latinas, Politics
- Tagged: Cuba, Cuban, travel, Yoani Sánchez
November 19, 2009
TOP Ten reasons you should watch Lopez tonight not Conan
- Traducido usando Google: en Español
- Collected on: November 19th, 2009
- Filed Under: Blogante Entertainment, Commentary, Entertainment, Entertainment Essentials, Essentials, Tomás' Picks
- Tagged: Al Carlos, George Lopez, Lopez Tonight, television
Migration Policy Institute (MPI) Report Finds Immigrants Hit Harder During Economic Downturn than Native-Born Workers
- Traducido usando Google: en Español
- Collected on: November 19th, 2009
- Filed Under: Blogante Business, Business, Essentials, Press Releases, Research, Top Stories
- Tagged: Migration Policy Institute, recession, unemployment
After a 3 year trial of producing regionalized news for several top 10 Hispanic market stations via the Telemundo Production Center in Dallas, the network is reverting to producing local news. Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Phoenix and San Jose will once again have locally produced news.
- HispanicTips' Permalink
- Traducido usando Google: en Español
- From: mediamoves.blogspot.com
- Collected on: November 19th, 2009
- Filed Under: Arizona, Blogante Business, Business, Business Essentials, California, Dallas, Essentials, Houston, Media, Phoenix, San Antonio, San Jose, Texas, Top Stories
- Tagged: Telemundo
Nacional Records Sampler 2009 | The New Sounds Of Latin Music – 21 FREE mp3s over at Amazon – (cool!)
- HispanicTips' Permalink
- Traducido usando Google: en Español
- From: www.amazon.com
- Collected on: November 19th, 2009
- Filed Under: Blogante Entertainment, Entertainment Essentials, Essentials, Musica, Tomás' Picks
- Tagged: Nacional Records
Ironically, Latinos should be greatful to former CNN blowhard Lou Dobbs – commentary by Albor Ruiz
- HispanicTips' Permalink
- Traducido usando Google: en Español
- From: www.nydailynews.com
- Collected on: November 19th, 2009
- Filed Under: Commentary, Essentials, Eye Openers, Media, People
- Tagged: Albor Ruiz, CNN, Lou Dobbs
When White Writers Do “Latino” Issues – It was chaos this week in the LA Weekly’s virtual mailroom, which received a deluge of reactionary attitude in regard to Christine Pelisek’s cover story “Chaos in the Casitas: Lawless, south of the border–style speakeasies get a grip on L.A.”
- HispanicTips' Permalink
- Traducido usando Google: en Español
- From: www.laweekly.com
- Collected on: November 19th, 2009
- Filed Under: Commentary, Essentials, Eye Openers, Media
- Tagged: journalism, racial issues
More Than 60,000 Americans in 45 States Organize for Immigration Reform
- Traducido usando Google: en Español
- Collected on: November 19th, 2009
- Filed Under: Essentials, Eye Openers, Immigration, Politics, Press Releases
- Tagged: activist, Luis Gutierrez, protest
New Report Shines Light on Detainee Rights Violations in Minnesota
- HispanicTips' Permalink
- Traducido usando Google: en Español
- From: immigrationimpact.com
- Collected on: November 19th, 2009
- Filed Under: Essentials, Immigration, Minnesota, Top Stories
- Tagged: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
CIS Report Attempts to Erase 100 Years of Data on Immigrants and Crime
- Traducido usando Google: en Español
- Collected on: November 19th, 2009
- Filed Under: Essentials, Eye Openers, Press Releases, Research
- Tagged: Center for Immigration Studies, crime, Immigration Policy Center
Video: Senator Menendez Speaks on Behalf of Hispanic Farmers’ Discrimination Lawsuit + update
- Traducido usando Google: en Español
- Collected on: November 19th, 2009
- Filed Under: Essentials, Politics, Top Stories
- Tagged: agriculture, attorney, discrimination, lawsuit, Senator Robert Menendez, video
November 18, 2009
New Report: More Than 2 Million Hispanic Households With Children Face Hunger – Hispanic households with children experiencing very low food security up almost 50%
- Traducido usando Google: en Español
- Collected on: November 18th, 2009
- Filed Under: Essentials, Food, Health, Press Releases, Top Stories, Youth
- Tagged: children
On November 18 at 8:00 PM Eastern time/5:00 PM Pacific, all across the country people are hosting house parties with their families, friends, neighbors, churches, classmates and anyone else who supports comprehensive immigration reform for America.
- HispanicTips' Permalink
- Traducido usando Google: en Español
- From: salsa.wiredforchange.com
- Collected on: November 18th, 2009
- Filed Under: Essentials, Immigration, Top Stories
Video report of Latina forced to give birth while in chains in Maricopa County, AZ courtesy of Sheriff Joe Arpaio (en Español)
- Traducido usando Google: en Español
- Collected on: November 18th, 2009
- Filed Under: Arizona, Essentials, Immigration, Latinas, Phoenix, Top Stories
- Tagged: Arpaio, Maricopa County, video
California’s Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman told a group of supporters Tuesday that she is making an unprecedented effort to attract Latinos to the Republican party – in South El Monte
- HispanicTips' Permalink
- Traducido usando Google: en Español
- From: www.sgvtribune.com
- Collected on: November 18th, 2009
- Filed Under: California, Essentials, Los Angeles, People, Politics, Top Stories
- Tagged: GOP, Republican
Hundreds of defendants awaiting trial for violent crimes in Dallas County have been deported by federal immigration officials and then set free in their home countries. – The practice goes back to at least 1991 and includes the release of murder, kidnapping and child rape suspects.
- HispanicTips' Permalink
- Traducido usando Google: en Español
- From: www.dallasnews.com
- Collected on: November 18th, 2009
- Filed Under: Dallas, Essentials, Eye Openers, Immigration, Texas
- Tagged: crime, deportation, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
Environmentalists alarmed by Puerto Rico policies – Sweeping from lush mountain rain forests to pristine beaches, a corridor of land protected by Puerto Rico’s last governor hosts dozens of rare and endangered species and was championed by celebrities who helped fight off resort proposals. – Now new Gov. Luis Fortuno has revoked the reserve as part of a drive to bring jobs and investment for the U.S. territory’s struggling economy. And activists see a broader pattern of looser protection for the island’s environment.
- HispanicTips' Permalink
- Traducido usando Google: en Español
- From: www.miamiherald.com
- Collected on: November 18th, 2009
- Filed Under: Community, Essentials, Politics, Puerto Rico, Top Stories
- Tagged: economy, Green, Luis Fortuño
Deporting undocumented students affects the chances for legal return if Congress doesn’t address it in immigration reform bill
- HispanicTips' Permalink
- Traducido usando Google: en Español
- From: www.latinalista.net
- Collected on: November 18th, 2009
- Filed Under: Essentials, Higher Education, Immigration, Politics, Tomás' Picks
- Tagged: Latina Lista, student
Eleventh-hour criticism is arising over President Obama’s nomination for United States attorney in northern Iowa of a prosecutor who had a leading role in the criminal cases against hundreds of illegal immigrants arrested in a May 2008 raid at a meatpacking plant in Postville, Iowa. – Stephanie Rose
- HispanicTips' Permalink
- Traducido usando Google: en Español
- From: www.nytimes.com
- Collected on: November 18th, 2009
- Filed Under: Essentials, Immigration, Iowa, People, Politics, Top Stories
- Tagged: attorney, Barack Obama
From a group calling themselves Electronic Civil Disobedience comes the Transborder Immigrant Tool, a simple mobile application intended to aid and abet border-crossers from Mexico to the United States by mapping the safest routes to take. – This GPS app is built to work on the cheapest cell phones available.
- HispanicTips' Permalink
- Traducido usando Google: en Español
- From: www.readwriteweb.com
- Collected on: November 18th, 2009
- Filed Under: Essentials, Immigration, Tomás' Picks
- Tagged: border, mobile, technology
Report from America’s Voice: The New Constituents… How Latinos Will Shape Congressional Apportionmention After the 2010 Census
- HispanicTips' Permalink
- Traducido usando Google: en Español
- From: www.americasvoiceonline.org
- Collected on: November 18th, 2009
- Filed Under: Essentials, Politics, Research, Resources, Top Stories
- Tagged: Census
November 16, 2009
15th annual Mariachi Vargas Extravaganza in San Antonio – more than 1,000 professional & student musicians participating – 8-day festival of mariachi competitions, workshops, presentations, serenades & concerts attracts more than 15,000 visitors annually.
- HispanicTips' Permalink
- Traducido usando Google: en Español
- From: www.mysanantonio.com
- Collected on: November 16th, 2009
- Filed Under: Art y Culture, Blogante Entertainment, Entertainment Essentials, Essentials, Musica, San Antonio, Texas, Top Stories
- Tagged: Mariachi, Mariachi Vargas Extravaganza
Money Trickles North as Mexicans Help Relatives – reverse remittances from Mexico
- HispanicTips' Permalink
- Traducido usando Google: en Español
- From: www.nytimes.com
- Collected on: November 16th, 2009
- Filed Under: Banking, Blogante Business, Business, Business Essentials, Essentials, Top Stories
- Tagged: Mexico, remittance, remittances
Scarlet “A” will dominate immigration reform rhetoric – Greg Tejeda on immigration reform & Janet Napolitano’s speech
- HispanicTips' Permalink
- Traducido usando Google: en Español
- From: southchicagoan.blogspot.com
- Collected on: November 16th, 2009
- Filed Under: Commentary, Essentials, Immigration, Tomás' Picks
- Tagged: Gregory Tejeda, Janet Napolitano
The first Texas Hispanic legislators didn’t want to go public when they organized some 40 years ago out of fear they might be considered “un-American.” – Today, the Mexican American Legislative Caucus (MALC) is growing in influence — and raising record amounts of money — as Texas’ population turns increasingly Hispanic.
- HispanicTips' Permalink
- Traducido usando Google: en Español
- From: www.mysanantonio.com
- Collected on: November 16th, 2009
- Filed Under: Essentials, Politics, Texas, Top Stories
- Tagged: Mexican American Legislative Caucus (MALC)
Supporters of tough U.S. sanctions against the Cuban government have given more than $10 million to congressional campaigns over the last seven years
- HispanicTips' Permalink
- Traducido usando Google: en Español
- From: www.kionrightnow.com
- Collected on: November 16th, 2009
- Filed Under: Essentials, Eye Openers, Politics
- Tagged: Cuba
Oregon universities try to recruit more Latino students – In 2007, Latinos made up nearly 12% of the 12th-grade class and less than 6% of freshmen in the university system. About 20% of first-graders that year were Latino.
- HispanicTips' Permalink
- Traducido usando Google: en Español
- From: www.oregonlive.com
- Collected on: November 16th, 2009
- Filed Under: Essentials, Eye Openers, Higher Education, Oregon, Youth
- Tagged: student
The Obama administration will insist on measures to give legal status to an estimated 12 million illegal immigrants as it pushes early next year for legislation to overhaul the immigration system, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said on Friday.
- HispanicTips' Permalink
- Traducido usando Google: en Español
- From: www.nytimes.com
- Collected on: November 16th, 2009
- Filed Under: Essentials, Immigration, Top Stories
- Tagged: government, Janet Napolitano
Authorities say a 7-year-old boy, three women and a university professor are among 15 people who were killed in a single day (this past Friday) in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez.
- HispanicTips' Permalink
- Traducido usando Google: en Español
- From: www.miamiherald.com
- Collected on: November 16th, 2009
- Filed Under: Essentials, Eye Openers, People, non-US news
- Tagged: Ciudad Juarez, crime, Mexico, Professor, R.I.P.
Sonia Sotomayor unwittingly adds celebrity touch to Supreme Court
- HispanicTips' Permalink
- Traducido usando Google: en Español
- From: www.elpasotimes.com
- Collected on: November 16th, 2009
- Filed Under: Essentials, Latinas, Tomás' Picks
- Tagged: Sonia Sotomayor
One of the Republican Party’s most respected and relied-upon consultants has serious reservations about two the party’s biggest names. – Alex Castellanos, a conservative media strategist and regular presence on CNN, raised questions of Sarah Palin’s viability for office and took major swipes at Florida Senate candidate Charlie Crist
- HispanicTips' Permalink
- Traducido usando Google: en Español
- From: www.huffingtonpost.com
- Collected on: November 16th, 2009
- Filed Under: Essentials, People, Politics, Top Stories
- Tagged: Alex Castellanos, CNN, Republican
November 13, 2009
ASU, ALRE release major study on Arizona’s Latino population – (direct link to report & powerpoint)
- Traducido usando Google: en Español
- Collected on: November 13th, 2009
- Filed Under: Arizona, Community, Essentials, Research, Resources, Top Stories
- Tagged: demographics, population
10 Latino MLB ‘09 Season Highlights – (some cool stuff here)
- HispanicTips' Permalink
- Traducido usando Google: en Español
- From: bleacherreport.com
- Collected on: November 13th, 2009
- Filed Under: Essentials, Sports, Top Stories
- Tagged: Baseball
The ‘flea’ CNN’s Lou Dobbs couldn’t shake off – Interview with Roberto Lovato
- HispanicTips' Permalink
- Traducido usando Google: en Español
- From: trueslant.com
- Collected on: November 13th, 2009
- Filed Under: Essentials, Media, People, Tomás' Picks
- Tagged: CNN, interview, Lou Dobbs, Roberto Lovato
Few Latinos in leadership positions at California nonprofits – hold only 6% of executive director positions and 9% of board seats but are 36% of the state’s population
- HispanicTips' Permalink
- Traducido usando Google: en Español
- From: www.mercurynews.com
- Collected on: November 13th, 2009
- Filed Under: California, Essentials, People, Top Stories
- Tagged: non-profit, statistic
Postville Raid: Eighteen months have passed since immigration agents raided Agriprocessors Inc. meat plant, arrested nearly 400 workers, and sent the plant spiraling into bankruptcy. – On Thursday, the plant’s former vice president – Sholom Rubashkin – was found guilty of 86 of 91 counts of financial crimes. – Verdict brings closure to many in Postville
- HispanicTips' Permalink
- Traducido usando Google: en Español
- From: www.desmoinesregister.com
- Collected on: November 13th, 2009
- Filed Under: Blogante Business, Business, Business Essentials, Community, Essentials, Immigration, Iowa, Top Stories
- Tagged: crime, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Postville raid, Raids
Hispanics accounted for more than half of the 95 swine flu-related deaths in Texas in the first six months of the H1N1 pandemic, an analysis by the state health department found.
- HispanicTips' Permalink
- Traducido usando Google: en Español
- From: www.chron.com
- Collected on: November 13th, 2009
- Filed Under: Essentials, Eye Openers, Health, Texas
- Tagged: h1n1
Think you’re obsessed with President Barack Obama and the many challenges he faces at home and abroad? – Well, you’re not alone. – Fidel Castro appears to have a fascination with the American leader that would make Obama Girl jealous, writing obsessively not only about his politics, but of his youth and vigor.
- HispanicTips' Permalink
- Traducido usando Google: en Español
- From: www.miamiherald.com
- Collected on: November 13th, 2009
- Filed Under: Essentials, Eye Openers, People, Politics
- Tagged: Barack Obama, Fidel Castro
Dobbs’ CNN departure leaves me cold – (Gregory Tejeda’s insightful post – good read)
- HispanicTips' Permalink
- Traducido usando Google: en Español
- From: southchicagoan.blogspot.com
- Collected on: November 13th, 2009
- Filed Under: Commentary, Essentials, Immigration, Media, People, Tomás' Picks
- Tagged: CNN, Gregory Tejeda, Lou Dobbs
Federal authorities have identified more than 111,000 immigrants with criminal records being held in local jails, during the first year of a program that seeks to deport immigrants who have committed serious crimes.
- HispanicTips' Permalink
- Traducido usando Google: en Español
- From: www.nytimes.com
- Collected on: November 13th, 2009
- Filed Under: Essentials, Immigration, Top Stories
- Tagged: crime, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
GOP should take a cue from Lou Dobbs and resign their attack strategy on illegal immigration
- HispanicTips' Permalink
- Traducido usando Google: en Español
- From: www.latinalista.net
- Collected on: November 13th, 2009
- Filed Under: Commentary, Essentials, Immigration, Politics, Tomás' Picks
- Tagged: GOP, Latina Lista, Lou Dobbs, Republican
November 12, 2009
Lou Dobbs Delivers His Head to Hispanics, But That’s Not Necessarily a Good Thing – (interesting)
- HispanicTips' Permalink
- Traducido usando Google: en Español
- From: blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com
- Collected on: November 12th, 2009
- Filed Under: Commentary, Essentials, Eye Openers, Media
- Tagged: Lou Dobbs
First Hispanic Muppet Rosita plans to celebrate birthday with big piñata -moved to “Sesame Street” from her native Mexico in 1991, becoming its first Hispanic Muppet resident.
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- From: www.mysanantonio.com
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Men, especially Hispanics, hard hit by loss of good jobs
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- From: www.sfgate.com
- Collected on: November 12th, 2009
- Filed Under: Blogante Business, Business, Business Essentials, Essentials, Top Stories
- Tagged: economy

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