Eye Openers + Essentials Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)
November 21, 2009
Hispanic Caucus: ‘You Lie!’ Outburst to Blame for Senate Health Bill Provision on Illegal Immigrants
Central American nations will demand $105 billion from industrialized countries for damages caused by global warming, the region’s representatives said on Friday.
November 20, 2009
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.
Do Long Island Police Ignore Hate Crimes?
Ana Maria Perez Gonzalez, said to be the oldest woman in the world, died in Mexico this week. She was 119.
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
November 19, 2009
Ironically, Latinos should be greatful to former CNN blowhard Lou Dobbs – commentary by Albor Ruiz
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.”
More Than 60,000 Americans in 45 States Organize for Immigration Reform
CIS Report Attempts to Erase 100 Years of Data on Immigrants and Crime
November 18, 2009
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.
November 16, 2009
Supporters of tough U.S. sanctions against the Cuban government have given more than $10 million to congressional campaigns over the last seven years
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.
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.
November 13, 2009
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.
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.
November 12, 2009
Lou Dobbs Delivers His Head to Hispanics, But That’s Not Necessarily a Good Thing – (interesting)
U.S. State Department Sells Out Honduran Democracy for Senate Confirmations
Monterrey (Mexico’s 3r-largest city) has fired almost a quarter of its traffic police for failing tests designed to detect corruption and ineptitude. And half of Monterrey’s traffic cops were ordered to undergo more training after performing poorly on the tests. Only a bit more than a quarter were found to be completely fit for the job.
November 11, 2009
A new study of workers at 50 hotels in the United States found that women were 50% more likely to be injured than men, and that Hispanic women had an injury rate two-thirds higher than their white female counterparts.
November 10, 2009
I Might Be Mexican, but I Don’t Have to Like ‘Lopez Tonight’ – Comedian Trots Out Tired, Unfunny Ethnic Humor
Cubans Warily Test Their New Freedom To Criticize
Just what America needs, another talk show – Gregory Tejeda on the Lopez show
November 6, 2009
Native American corporations, particularly an array of Alaska Native Corporations, have become major defense and homeland security contractors – responsible for a wide range of national security operations, including electronic surveillance on the border, running immigrant detention centers, and supplying security and other services in U.S. overseas wars and energy exploitation.
November 5, 2009
For immigrants, illness can bring a death sentence
A top Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) official confirmed that officers were conducting a training exercise at CSUN that involved members of Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan (MEChA) earlier this semester. – Members said they were targeted and profiled by LAPD officers during their first meeting on Sept. 2. & that they were followed, harassed and intimidated by “undercover police officers” during a ceremony to welcome first-time freshmen to their organization.
November 4, 2009
Walking a mile in an immigrant’s moccasins – Ben Reed married Deyanira Escalona in Mexico after she was deported at LAX while en route to their planned wedding in Idaho. They live in Mexico now. “I’ve been radicalized by the whole experience,” Reed says.
Half of American kids will live in households receiving food stamps before age 20, according to a study reported Monday in Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.
Native Americans Profit from Abusive Immigrant Detention and Billions of Dollars in National Security Contracts
November 2, 2009
A little more than 1 million people work in the illegal drug trade including “around 200,000” women, according to the COCyP association of peasant organizations, based on police estimates.
The Strange Bedfellows of the Census Boycott
Rights activists in the northern Mexican border city of Tijuana have hung 5,100 small white crosses on the fence straddling the U.S. frontier to commemorate migrants who have died trying to cross.
October 30, 2009
Song banned, band pulls out of Luna Awards TV show – Los Tigres del Norte is initially barred from playing its latest drug-trade lyrics. – “La Granja”
Did a resolution honoring Hispanic media trigger a silent boycott among the GOP?
October 28, 2009
CNN Columnist Ruben Navarrette: Immigration Reform Must Wait – response to Rep. Luis Gutierrez
Hispanic/Latinos numbers drop slightly for leading roles on TV: SAG – 3.4% of roles in 2008, compared to 7.2% of lead roles in features in 2007
Sanctuary journey ends – 1st Elvira Arellano left y now Flor Crisostomo has left the church in Chicago
October 27, 2009
Not since Vietnam have more used military as path to citizenship
Central America is most crime-ridden region in world, U.N. report finds
Immigrants and Children of Immigrants Comprise Nearly One-Quarter of the U.S. Population
October 17, 2009
Take a look at photo of Target’s offensive Illegal Alien costume – it has already been pulled from their site
October 15, 2009
Mexican Illegal Immigrant (Mario Vera) Badly Beaten In Brooklyn – Devastated Wife Asks For Witnesses To Come Forward; Woodhull Hospital Under Fire Over Initial Treatment – (yet another apparent hate crime called “bias attack” – $12k reward for info) + video
Hundreds of Thousands of Puerto Rican Workers, Faith Leaders, Students and Citizens to Unite in Hato Rey on October 15 – National March Will Protest Massive Cuts in Essential Public Services; Republican Administration Under Investigation for Civil Rights Violations Against High School Students
October 12, 2009
The Pecos Insurrection – How a private prison pushed immigrant inmates to the brink. (a must read)
In New Mexico, a majority Hispanic state, a 54% high school dropout rate translated to 13,800 young people in 2008. – Meeting addresses Hispanic education ‘crisis’
October 9, 2009
Associate Editor Sandra Guzmán was let go from the New York Post last week sparking controversy
Over 3000 undocumented military veterans battling deportation orders
Julio Maldonado : Hate Crime Survivor Scheduled for Deportation
Nativo Lopez Compares Himself to Gandhi – Gustavo Arellano commentary
October 5, 2009
Police: Maria Gurrolla’s immigration status was “not relevant” to solving assault and abduction of Gurrolla’s days-old son – If someone posing as the IRS attacked you at work, would the press interview your accountant? – The case of Yair Anthony Carillo abduction
September 30, 2009
RNC’s Spanish Translation Of Hispanic Heritage Month Press Release Riddled With Errors
U.S.-Mexico Border Crossing Deaths Are A Humanitarian Crisis, According To Report From The ACLU And CNDH – Death Rate Climbs Despite Economic Decline And Drop In Migration And Apprehensions
September 29, 2009
Former Border Patrol Chief Silvestre Reyes Now a Major Player in New Military, Intelligence, and Homeland Security Complex
September 28, 2009
The Sound and Fury of the Honduran Coup: Acoustic and Chemical Attacks on Brazilian Embassy
September 24, 2009
Cubans tell of capture and torture on Mexican journey
Lou Dobbs Confronts Latino Activists Seeking to Dislodge Him from CNN including Roberto Lovato
Last week marked the beginning of a sea change in U.S. and Cuba cooperation on the environment. Our Oceans team invited and secured visas for a delegation of Cuban scientists to come to the U.S. for meetings with EDF and other partners.
September 22, 2009
Puerto Rico and other territories left out of healthcare reform
Belinda: “Tengo tres meses de embarazo” – She is 3 months pregnant – La cantante se burló de los chismes que se han desatado a su alrededor y en tono de burla comentó que va a tener una niña y que no sabe quién es el papá
September 21, 2009
Power struggle taking place in Dallas’ Latino community
September 17, 2009
Chilean-American author Isabel Allende explores the topic of slavery in her new novel, a subject she says is as important as ever because “there have never been more slaves in the world as there are now.”
September 15, 2009
American Cancer Society report describes unique cancer profile of Hispanic/Latino Americans
The White House strengthened its stand against health-care coverage for illegal immigrants Friday, and a pivotal Senate committee looked ready to follow its lead.
September 11, 2009
There is a de-facto American Union: The Honduran migrant workers should have their own tea-party… No remittances without representation! – (really interesting!)
September 8, 2009
Honoring Richard Pancho Gonzalez and His Legacy – a Latino tennis star remembered – He was the best player in the world for 10 years, from 1952 to 1961, his nephew said, and he won the United States Professional Championship eight times during that stretch. – (I had no idea – actually just found 2 old posts)
Forest Service carries on stereotype – the feds recently issued and then quickly retracted a warning urging America to beware of campers in national forests drinking Tecate beer, eating tortillas and playing Spanish music.
Watch the outrage/heckling – Bishop Emilio Alvarez of Stamford, Connecticutt asks a question in Spanish at a health care town hall of Rep. Jim Himes (CT-04) who was born in Peru and is fluent in Spanish. – Shocking the reaction of the crowd. (must watch)
Center for Immigration Studies Adds to Falsehoods about Health Care Reform
September 2, 2009
N.C. native wrongly deported to Mexico – Federal investigators ignored evidence the man is a U.S. citizen, documents show.
Drug Cartels Make $64 Billion a Year from U.S., Mexican Says
August 27, 2009
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn this week signed into law a new measure requiring that history courses across the state include references to the mass deportation of Mexicans from the United States back during the 1930s. (???)
On Immigration, Kennedy’s Death Leaves Leadership Gap
Despite growing clout, big population, Hispanics aren’t well represented – Las Vegas area – Of the 43 state legislators representing portions of Clark County, for example, only three are Hispanic. – None of the city council members in Las Vegas, North Las Vegas or Henderson are Hispanic. There are no Hispanics on the Clark County Commission, arguably the state’s second-most powerful political body, after the Legislature.
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson and former high-ranking members of his administration won’t be criminally charged in a yearlong federal investigation into pay-to-play allegations – this derailed his appointment as commerce secretary in President Barack Obama’s administration.
August 25, 2009
In 2008, Mexican consulates located along the southern U.S. border handled the repatriation of 17,772 unaccompanied minors, 83% of them boys.
The Michigan Civil Rights Commission Monday publicly accused a federally-funded state agency of “illegally” attempting to undermine efforts to investigate violations of migrant farm workers’ civil rights.
A former gang member and anti-gang crusader in Los Angeles faces serious charges, including conspiracy to commit murder – Alex Sanchez – Homies Unidos
August 24, 2009
Woman facing deportation remains at Simi church – 2 years later still there – California
August 22, 2009
Only 20% of nation’s teacher training institutions address ELL needs because, they say, there is no requirement to do so. There are over 5 million English Language Learners in our public schools, a group that has grown by 60% in the past few years.
August 21, 2009
The recession has made “tandas,” also known as “cundinas,” a traditional savings system, increasingly popular in Arizona’s Hispanic neighborhoods, with technology helping to spread the use of the savings pools.
The head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Monday the agency is no longer using arrest quotas in a program aimed at tracking down immigrants who have ignored court orders to leave the country.
States without Nations: The Mexican-izing of Mark Lyttle: The First Steps in Deporting a US Citizen
August 17, 2009
Poor Catholic Latinos in Miami-Dade under siege with Diocese plan to close neighborhood churches
DHS Announces 11 Previously Unreported Deaths In Immigration Detention
August 16, 2009
Migrant camps morph into communities – Housing complexes for farm laborers and other workers are shedding their old patterns and stigmas. – Idaho
Hundreds of farm workers in the Mexican state of Baja California Sur are being exploited by employers who trick them into believing they are in the United States and keep them in line with threats of deportation
Some Lawyers Said to Prey on Illegal Immigrants
August 11, 2009
More than 600 former agents of Mexico’s Federal Investigation Agency, or AFI, are now working for drug cartels, Reforma newspaper said Monday, citing anonymous official sources.
August 10, 2009
On the same day the United States Supreme Court will welcome its first Hispanic Justice, the United States Senate will soon be left with only one Hispanic Senator – – the departure of Senator Mel Martinez – (an interesting ironic Latino political “power” tidbit)
George Strait crosses over -the country music world’s award-winning veterano singer, covers José Alfredo Jiménez’s “El Rey” – listen
Despite recession, companies target Latino market
August 6, 2009
Obama’s Vision of “Truly Civil” Immigrant Prison Reform: More Prisoners, More Prisons
August 4, 2009
George Lopez landed a big name cameo in the pilot presentation of his talk show: President Barack Obama.
July 31, 2009
Hispanic enrollment at colleges and universities in Texas would need to almost double by 2015 to meet the state’s higher education goals – Poverty, lack of health insurance, other social ills complicate the challenge.
July 23, 2009
Mexican drug lords sport flashy, goofy nicknames – Edgar Valdez Villarreal is believed to be the chief hit man for one of Mexico’s most brutal drug cartels. His nickname? “Barbie.”
July 21, 2009
State Ruled by Crime and Chávez Family – Barinas, Venezuela – Stretching over vast cattle estates at the foothills of the Andes, Barinas is known for two things: as the bastion of the family of President Hugo Chávez and as the setting for a terrifying surge in abductions, making it a contender for Latin America’s most likely place to get kidnapped.
July 20, 2009
Un basurero de Nueva York encuentra figuras mayas del año 300 antes de Cristo
July 16, 2009
Hispanic pride in Sotomayor but TVs set to soap opera – Upper Fells Point customers take a pass on Senate hearings – Maryland
July 15, 2009
Jeff Sessions’s seemingly unprompted reference to a Sotomayor colleague as “of Puerto Rican ancestry” has irked the head of one of the country’s oldest Hispanic organizations. Lillian Rodriguez- Lopez, president of the Hispanic Federation
July 14, 2009
Hispanic males are now majority in Maricopa County jails -Arizona
Hispanic girls face many obstacles to playing sports
June 26, 2009
Perez Hilton’s Despicable Michael Jackson Coverage Creates Backlash
June 25, 2009
Immigrant Treatment in Phoenix Reminiscent of Slavery – By Rev. Al Sharpton
June 24, 2009
Obama’s immigration straddle – If he wants Americans to consider a “path to citizenship” for illegal aliens, he’ll have to lead on “enforcement first.”
Top 100 Most Common Last Names On Facebook -(7th Rodriguez 328,984) (8th Garcia 311,477) (9th Gonzalez 277,987) (10th Lopez 269,896) (11th Martinez 260,526) (13th Perez 239,264) = 1,688,134
June 23, 2009
Quartet of Latina professors at Cal State San Bernardino file grievance – Maria Balderrama, Nena Torrez, Barbara Flores & Lynne Diaz-Rico
June 22, 2009
Who’s Hispanic? According to the Census: Anyone who says they are. And nobody who says they aren’t. – (I missed this Pew Report back in late May still relevant)
June 20, 2009
With California slipping into a financial sinkhole, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is proposing to save more than $180 million by cutting short the sentences of thousands of immigrants in the state’s prisons and turning them over to federal authorities for deportation.
June 19, 2009
A national commission released a report today that says there was a “systematic abuse of worker rights” during the federal immigration raids that included the 2006 raid at the Swift meatpacking plant in Marshalltown and the 2008 raid Agriprocessors in Postville.
June 17, 2009
A central Ohio teenager accused of putting a noose around a Hispanic boy’s neck and dragging him in a parking lot has been sentenced to 10 days in jail.
With the advent of more Latino politicians running for office, “being Hispanic” is no longer sufficient to attract votes
Phoenix Suns forward Amar’e Stoudemire Backstabs Hispanic Fans, Signs on as “Special Deputy” Under Sheriff Joe Arpaio
June 16, 2009
Dole Food Co. dislikes ‘Bananas!’ – The firm threatens defamation suits if the documentary about pesticide lawsuits is screened Saturday. The film won’t compete but will be shown.
In a new report, the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR)—an anti-immigrant hate group – Takes Aim at Virginia’s Immigrants and Children
In Mexico, the U.S. Downturn Hits Home – Poor Towns Especially Hurt as Immigrants’ Money Transfers Drop Sharply
June 15, 2009
Latinos comprise 11 percent of the new president’s first 300 nominees for senior administration positions requiring Senate confirmation, according to the White House.
June 11, 2009
Brazil’s Novelas May Affect Viewers’ Lifestyle Choices – Shows Started Fads in the Past — Now They’re Linked to Lower Fertility and Higher Divorce Rates
June 8, 2009
Georgia needs more Hispanic judges -There are no Hispanics now, nor have there ever been any, on the Supreme Court of Georgia or on the Georgia Court of Appeals
June 6, 2009
Hispanic farmers on Friday told a U.S. Department of Agriculture official that the federal agency in charge of helping farmers stay in business discriminated against them whenever they applied for loans.
June 5, 2009
Meth ads talk to teens in Spanish – Spanish ads in the West feature young Latinos sharing meth nightmares
Controversial right wing radio talk show host Jay Severin, suspended for a month for making derogatory comments about Mexican immigrants, will return to the airwaves Tuesday. – was suspended April 30 after calling Mexican immigrants “criminaliens,” “primitives,” and “leeches,” and saying Mexico’s leading exports included venereal disease and “women with mustaches and VD.”
June 4, 2009
In Latino seniors, depressed husband equals slower, more forgetful wife
Political cartoon portraying Sotomayor as a piñata is insensitive but deserves no rash judgements
June 3, 2009
Suppressed news of hunger strike at immigrant detention facility flies in the face of Obama administration’s goal for transparency
Sotomayor’s Defense Of White Racist Speech Looms Large In Confirmation Battle
Newt Gingrich Apologizes For Calling Sotomayor A Racist – Well, sort of.
Mexican officials say kidnappings have jumped 8.7 percent over an eight-month period despite stepped-up arrests.
June 2, 2009
Latino advocacy groups are hoping to play a large role in support of Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s Supreme Court nomination by using the same get-out-the-vote tactics they employed during the presidential election.
June 1, 2009
Hispanic children in US at greater risk for obesity than other ethnic/racial groups
Republican Base Heavily White, Conservative, Religious – Only 5% are Hispanic according to new Gallup poll
May 31, 2009
In a high-stakes battle that could affect California’s share of federal funding and political representation, immigration activists are vowing to combat efforts by a national Latino clergy group to persuade 1 million illegal immigrants to boycott the U.S. Census. – National Coalition of Latino Clergy & Christian Leaders
Lost in translation: The Spanish-language puzzle – The long-rumored e-book boom at last has arrived. But publishers still wait, and wait, for another supposed surge: Spanish-language titles.
For Latino parents, raising autistic child has complex barriers
May 30, 2009
Lots of people without water in Mexico City this weekend – Se quedan al 50% de agua por 48 horas – Preparan pipas para surtir líquido a miles de afectados
U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-4th – Chicago) actively fronted for now-indicted real estate developer Calvin Boender, and the relationship led to a personal loan and at least one real estate deal for Gutierrez
GOP Hispanic Strategists Stunned, Outraged By Sotomayor Attacks
May 29, 2009
Sofía Vergara, cartoonish ‘Chicago’ don’t deliver show’s old razzle dazzle
Alberto Cutie, ‘Father Oprah,’ Leaves Catholic Church, Joins Epsicopal Church After Being Photographed Kissing His Girlfriend
Operation Gringo: Can the Republicans Sacrifice the Hispanic Vote and Win the White House?
May 28, 2009
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) on Wednesday charged that Judge Sonia Sotomayor is a “racist.”
San Antonio’s young mayor-elect Julián Castro praised as the ‘Hispanic Barack Obama’
May 14, 2009
The Wal-Mart corporation has been carefully nurturing its image as a strong supporter of the Latino community in America, opening stores designed for Latino shoppers, and hosting economic summits for Latino businesses. So it was especially embarrassing for the corporation to find itself in the national headlines late last week as the target of a lawsuit filed on behalf of its own Latino workers.
May 7, 2009
Staten Islander arrested a 2nd time in alleged hate crime – accused of whipping a Mexcian immigrant with his belt, reportedly told police: “We did nothing wrong. … He’s an illegal immigrant. I’m an American citizen.”
Arizona border agents accused of extreme roughness and tearing up birth certificates of Mexican-American boys
May 6, 2009
Hispanic group: Verdict is ‘outrage’ – Shenandoah is uneasy after 2 are acquitted of murdering Mexican.
April 27, 2009
This year’s immigration marches promise a bigger turnout than 2006
April 22, 2009
Latino scams go unchecked – When it comes to outlandish product claims, the nefarious world of late-night Spanish TV infomercials is the electronic equivalent of a tour through a Wild West carnival side-show. With no – apparently – watchdog government agency looking, anything and everything goes.
April 20, 2009
Father and son arrested: the other side of Utah’s stab at immigration reform
April 2, 2009
Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s Latest Victim? Yet Another Hispanic Mom in Estrella
The money Mexicans living abroad sent home fell three percent in February compared to the same month last year, the central bank’s president said Wednesday.
March 25, 2009
Tens of Thousands Languish in Immigration Detention Without Hearings or Bond, Numbers Tripled Since 1996, Charges Amnesty International
March 23, 2009
In just under 60 years, per-capita availability of water in Mexico has fallen by 75 percent,
Rural Mexican villages dig moats to repel gangsters – Ditches don’t always deter raids, but federal troops can’t be spared – Cuauhtemoc
March 21, 2009
Los Angeles Times Readers share stories of bonding with longtime nannies, housekeepers
The Los Angeles Times Home section talked with four household employees — a nanny, a housekeeper, a gardener and a day laborer — to see how the recession was affecting their work and their lives. Here are their stories. Because of embarrassment or immigration status, all declined to provide their full names.
March 17, 2009
Where’s Ecuador? Better not ask that question in Brazil. A new Brazilian geography text book for sixth-grade students doesn’t even include the South American country on the map.
Cuidad Juarez – The killings appear to have slowed in the murder capital of North America. Three hundred homicides, or about five a day, occurred in Juárez in the first two months of the year. During the last two weeks, the death toll has fallen to one or two a day.
March 16, 2009
A business owner is being called “racist” for posting signs that say he’s not hiring. – ‘No Yobs Aqui’ sign offensive to some – Yuma, Arizona
Peru beer made from coca leaf to be exported to China
March 14, 2009
El Chapo, Mexican Drug Lord, Makes Forbes’ Billionaire List
March 11, 2009
Driving While Latino – In many communities across Chicagoland, Latino motorists are more likely to be stopped by police and more likely to have their vehicles searched than whites, a Chicago Reporter investigation has found
Rape trees prove Mexican violence has crossed the border and there are women who need justice
Though majority of immigrant women in ICE detention are pregnant by rape, abortion is no option
March 10, 2009
State and local leaders on Monday defended a $40 million federal program used by Mecklenburg County that identifies jailed illegal immigrants – after a congressional report criticized it for targeting minor offenders instead of serious criminals. – North Carolina
March 3, 2009
Hoping for a Latino Archbishop, Eventually – Latinos account for at least half of the Roman Catholics in New York
February 22, 2009
In Loneliness, Immigrants Tend the Flock – Most borregueros speak no English; many have only a vague idea of where they are and no knowledge of their legal rights as documented immigrants. The herders enter the country under the H-2A temporary agricultural worker program, which allows companies to hire foreigners if no Americans want their jobs. (at $750 a month who would?)
February 20, 2009
Politics of the Plate: The Price of Tomatoes -If you have eaten a tomato this winter, chances are very good that it was picked by a person (a Latino) who lives in virtual slavery.
February 16, 2009
Mexico will start a national register of mobile phone users that will include fingerprinting all customers in an effort to catch criminals who use the devices to extort money and negotiate kidnapping ransoms.
The wife of the Ecuadorean man hit by a car, trapped under a van and dragged for nearly 20 miles through New York City is demanding justice for her husband’s death. – Sonia Solorzano, wife of Guido Salvador Carabajo-Jara
February 4, 2009
Mexico drug fighter killed after less than a day on job – Retired Gen. Mauro Enrique Tello Quiñonez, his aide and a driver were tortured before being killed near Cancun
February 1, 2009
Economic Hardships Drive Latinos Away – Latino Exodus Hurting Mid-South Companies – out of Memphis
January 28, 2009
The International Labor Organization says as many as 2.4 million Latin Americans could lose their jobs this year due to the global economic crisis.
January 23, 2009
Capturan a presunto narco; confiesa haber matado a 300 – Santiago Meza López, conocido como El Pozolero del Teo, ocupa el número 20 en la lista de los más buscados por el FBI. El sicario, quien fue detenido en la carretera escénica Ensenada-Tijuana, afirma que se deshacía de los cuerpos de sus víctimas con ácido
January 21, 2009
Tequila gives Mexico an environmental hangover
December 23, 2008
Spanish-based Grupo Excelencias teamed with the communist government to create mallhabana.com, designed to let Cubans in the United States and elsewhere around the world use U.S. dollars to buy gifts for relatives here.
A reigning Mexican beauty queen from the drug-plagued state of Sinaloa was arrested with suspected gang members in a truck filled guns and ammunition, police said Tuesday. Miss Sinaloa 2008 Laura Zuniga
Cuidad Juárez slayings persist with 20 over weekend, 3 Monday
December 22, 2008
A World Enslaved – There are now more slaves on the planet than at any time in human history. True abolition will elude us until we admit the massive scope of the problem, attack it in all its forms, and empower slaves to help free themselves.
December 21, 2008
A yearlong epidemic of violence, the bulk blamed on drug-related viciousness, also killed the laughter and the music, decapitated a way of life, and shoved families and individuals on both sides of the Rio Grande into a perpetual state of sadness. The once-vibrant downtown nightclub and tourist district — the cultural corazón of Juárez — usually jammed with people this time of year, is now hauntingly silent.
December 20, 2008
U.S. District Judge William Wayne Justice has ordered Texas to take immediate steps to improve bilingual education programs — even as state officials fight to postpone what they call costly measures.
December 19, 2008
Sources Say Fernando Del Rincon Fired From Univision
December 18, 2008
Latin America has 40 million indigenous residents, who speak 420 languages, says UNICEF
December 17, 2008
One of the big bonuses Democrats enjoyed this year was a surge of support among Hispanic voters, a surge larger than the party would have dared to dream of just a couple of years ago. Now, one of the biggest questions Democrats face is whether hardening attitudes toward immigration, aggravated by hard economic times and rising unemployment, will push the party down paths that could undercut that Hispanic support, much as hardening rhetoric undermined Hispanic support for Republicans in the past two years.
A Huntington Park businessman allegedly preyed on thousands of mostly Hispanic investors in a Ponzi scheme that promised 84 percent annual returns on real estate. Federal prosecutors say Milton Retana, a Salvadoran who owns Best Diamond Funding, got $62 million from investors. – California
December 15, 2008
Mexican Playboy Magazine Apologizes for Nude Virgin Mary Cover
December 12, 2008
Esteban Núñez, son of former California Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez, is arraigned on murder charges in Superior Court in San Diego, Calif., Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008. Núñez and three of his friends and are accused of stabbing to death a 22-year-old student and injuring three other men on the San Diego State University campus.
Soap stars warm cold fans – Nearly 1,500 wait for hours to see Mexican actors – Eduardo Yañez, Pablo Montero and Jorge Salinas from Fuego en la Sangre in Yakima, Washington for a Verizon marketing event
The number of Americans who could lose their vision to diabetes-related eye diseases is going to skyrocket over the next four decades, with elderly Hispanics and blacks hit hardest because of higher rates of Type 2 diabetes
Today marks the two-year anniversary of the U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement raid at Swift & Co. meatpacking plants.
December 10, 2008
The race for Democratic caucus vice chairman inched forward Tuesday, with bumper-to-bumper traffic stalled behind Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-Calif.).
McCain outreach chief sought Hispanic vote – Juan Hernandez
December 8, 2008
Puerto Rico: 747 asesinatos hasta la fecha – 747 murders this year so far
December 7, 2008
Tennessee immigrants fight back fear, sue for rights – Three cases challenge state and local policies
Hugo Chávez’s government gave out millions of dollars in cash and goods to buy votes in recent elections, evidence and testimony shows.
December 3, 2008
Houston has become the top source for firearms going into Mexico, supplying drug cartel gangsters with weapons for their deadly battles, according to federal law enforcement officials.
Mexico quickly becoming favorite place for car thieves – About 60,000 vehicles were stolen in just over a year, Mexican insurers report
November 19, 2008
In an effort to attract interested Latino applicants, the Wilmington Police Department is creating a television commercial for the department in Spanish. – Delaware
Jorge Mettey, former news director and vice president of news at Univision KMEX-TV 34 in Los Angeles, filed a lawsuit Monday against his former employer, claiming he was wrongfully terminated after allegedly being pressured to cover news sponsored by advertisers.
Cuba won’t let our kids leave, medical workers say – Former Cuban doctors are contemplating taking their quest to get their kids out of Cuba to an international court.
For More of Mexico’s Wealthy, Cost of Living Includes Guards
En América Latina, cuanto más rico el país menos satisfecha la gente
November 18, 2008
Edward James Olmos dice latinos alcanzarán presidencia de EE.UU. en 50 años
Hugo Chavez faces toughest political test … against his ex-wife
November 17, 2008
“Beaner Jumping” – simply offensive and vile – imho – this term came from the Long Island murder of Marcello Lucero
November 14, 2008
The head of a Kentucky-based Ku Klux Klan organization led a failed plot to kill the co-founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center, which tracks hate groups and challenges white supremacists, a former Klan member testified Thursday.
November 12, 2008
U.S. State Department officials unveiled a massive new consulate in Ciudad Juarez, a violent Mexican border town that is the world’s busiest for immigrant visas. The $66-million consulate building, under construction since early 2006, will open to the public in this city across the Rio Grande from El Paso.
Immigrant rights organizations have called for a major march on Washington on January 21, the day after Barack Obama is sworn in as the 44th US president.
November 11, 2008
Cost of burial turns Orlando-area Hispanics to cremation
November 10, 2008
A gang of white teens prowling for Hispanic victims stabbed an Ecuadoran man to death on Long Island in a brutal attack cops described Sunday as a hate crime.
November 6, 2008
Michelle Obama models Narciso Rodriguez on Election Night – (her dress was from a latino designer)
Could Xavier Becerra (D-Calif.) be the next chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC)?
Obama first Democrat to win Florida’s Hispanic vote
October 29, 2008
Obama Uses Bi-Lingual Robocall To Target Hispanic Voters
Yesterday the Obama Campaign announced that they have purchased 30 minutes of airtime on the Spanish Language network, Univision on Wednesday at 8:00pm Eastern and Pacific time and 7:00pm Central and Mountain time. Tune in to see Senator Obama’s message to the American people.
October 28, 2008
Alcohol advertising is heavier around schools with 20 percent or more Hispanic students than near schools with a smaller Hispanic population, according to a new study from The University of Texas at Austin’s College of Education and the University of Florida’s College of Medicine.
October 27, 2008
U.S. to renew push for crackdown on illegal workers – Homeland Security chief Michael Chertoff says he will seek to lift an injunction on a rule that would check for discrepancies in workers’ Social Security data.
October 23, 2008
North Carolina sheriff’s slurs snarl locals’ immigration work – Sheriff Steve said Mexicans are trashy” and pointed to several children playing and said “All they do is work and make love.” – Smithfield
October 21, 2008
An undocumented Mexican immigrant pleaded publicly Monday for a chance to stay in the country with her husband and six children, and sought to delay any action until after the next president takes office. – Chicago
October 20, 2008
Three Cuban men who were forced to work against their will repairing ships for a Cuban joint venture in Curacao won an $80 million judgment Monday in U.S. federal court in Miami.
Finding Mexico — in Detroit :: As others fled, Detroit’s Latino population doubled from 1990 to 2007.
Colorado Democrats are planning rallies across the state this week aimed at getting Hispanics to cast their votes early. Federico Pena, a member of President Clinton’s Cabinet and now Barack Obama’s national co-chairman, will be among the Hispanic leaders Monday who will announce details of the events in the Viva el Voto! initiative.
October 17, 2008
Latino Vote By Proxy – The government estimates that more than a million legal immigrants, mostly Latino, applied to become full citizens last year. The goal for many of them was to cast a ballot for a new President next month. But as KJZZ’s Marcos Najera reports, some Latinos who aren’t citizens are still finding ways to vote.
Argentine inflation means daily scramble for coins – One peso — worth about US$0.31 — now buys so little, it makes more sense to melt down its metal than to save the 20 pesos it would take to buy an average box of chocolates
October 16, 2008
Polls find GOP label hurts McCain with Hispanic voters
Mexico grapples with drug addiction – Long a corridor for narcotics headed for the U.S., Mexico is now contending with its own addiction problem, as U.S. border controls push traffickers to look elsewhere.
A Somali Influx Unsettles Latino Meatpackers in Grand Island, Nebraska
October 15, 2008
The nation’s taxpayers have spent $5.2 million on the raid of Agriprocessors Inc. in Postville by immigration officials.
25% of teen girls vaccinated for cervical cancer. The CDC calls the rate ‘very good’ for a new vaccine such as Gardasil. Earlier data show, however, that only about 1% of Latina teens have received it.
October 8, 2008
Mexico should prepare itself for both the forced and voluntary return of more than 350,000 of its people currently living in the United States due to the financial crisis north of the border, an organization representing farm workers warned Sunday.
October 7, 2008
El candidato presidencial republicano John McCain tuvo conexiones con un grupo privado que suministró ayuda a las guerrillas que trataban derrocar al gobierno sandinista de Nicaragua en el episodio conocido como Irán-contras.
Attorney General To Reconsider Rules Protecting Immigrants From Lawyers’ Mistakes
October 6, 2008
This Year Marks The 40th Anniversary Of José Feliciano’s Famed Performance Of The National Anthem In The 1968 World Series
Jobs scarce for immigrant laborers in New Jersey
Children are aware white males have monopolized the US presidency, and most attribute the trend to racial prejudice, according to a study published Sunday.
October 2, 2008
Colorado’s Secretary of State Mike Coffman is throwing out thousands of new voter registration forms through a minor technicality – effecting many minority voters
The Presidential debate last Friday drew only 3.46 million Hispanic watchers
October 1, 2008
Mexicans in the United States sent home 12.2% less money this past August than they did in August of last year, the Banco de Mexico said Wednesday.
September 27, 2008
Colombia, almost all of Latin America, unmentioned in U.S. presidential debate
September 26, 2008
The chairman of the Republican Party in New Mexico’s most populous county, Fernando C de Baca, resigned Thursday, nearly a week after saying “Hispanics consider themselves above blacks” and won’t vote for Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama.
September 25, 2008
Mayor John DeStefano Jr.’s office has been receiving hate calls and e-mails about the Mexican flag on the New Haven Green. The calls and e-mails have spread messages of bigotry, hate and intolerance toward the Latino immigrant community, according to a news release from DeStefano’s office. – Connecticut
Cuban population in Miami-Dade up again – Since 2000, the number of Cubans in Miami-Dade has grown larger as a percentage of all Hispanics, reversing a three-decade demographic trend.
The City of Manassas and the Manassas school system reached a settlement with the Equal Rights Center this week, almost a year after the District-based organization filed a lawsuit against the city, claiming it unfairly targeted Hispanics while enforcing zoning codes meant to curb overcrowding. – Virginia
September 24, 2008
Florida Hispanics sticking with GOP – With polls showing John McCain leading among Hispanics in Florida, Barack Obama rolled out Spanish- language ads calling his rival out of touch.
Rhode Island students score poorly on state’s first science test – Just 6% of Hispanic students and 8% of black students scored proficient, compared with 30% of white students.
September 23, 2008
Barack Obama, reaching out to crucial Latino voters, began airing new Spanish-language radio and TV ads today that assert that Republican John McCain is out of touch, capitalizing on his comment last week that the fundamentals of the economy remain strong. – (watch ad here)
No Passports, No Freedom of Movement for Many Mexican-Americans
Fully one in five Texans now speaks Spanish in the course of their daily lives, a larger percentage than at any time since Texas was a part of Mexico, according to new Census Bureau figures
Figures newly released by the U.S. Census Bureau show that nearly two-thirds of all children living in the San Joaquin Valley are Hispanic.
Vicious bat attack leaves radio host blind in one eye – Dominican Pelagio de la Cruz – (video included)
September 18, 2008
nearly one-in-ten Hispanic adults–native-born U.S. citizens (8%) and immigrants (10%) alike–report that in the past year the police or other authorities have stopped them and asked them about their immigration status
Former U.S. Rep. Eligio “Kika” De la Garza is recovering in a Texas hospital after he and his wife were involved in an automobile accident.
September 17, 2008
A prison-cell painting by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has been auctioned for US$255,000 to raise money for his socialist party.
September 16, 2008
Arkansas’ colleges and universities can admit illegal immigrants, the Arkansas attorney general’s office says.
Once one of the most liberal lawmakers on Capitol Hill, Rep. Ciro Rodriguez has taken a substantial shift to the political center and heads into the November election as a moderate in a Democratic district with strong conservative enclaves.
September 15, 2008
GOP remarks on Hispanic Heritage month don’t mention immigration – (interesting that this observation comes out of the UK)
Latinos now outnumber blacks 2 to 1 in South Los Angeles
Minneapolis adopts sister city based on immigration trend – Cuernavaca, Mexico – nearly 30,000 immigrants have resettled in the area
Seeking to drive a wedge into Democrat Barack Obama’s strong support from Hispanic voters and peel off voters in a key demographic, Hispanic organizers for Republican John McCain are quietly mounting a major push on the abortion issue.
September 12, 2008
CHULA VISTA: Police say vandals caused more than $4,000 damage to a pediatric office Wednesday night when they stole petty cash and scrawled Nazi swastikas and anti-Mexican graffiti on the walls. – California
September 11, 2008
Federal investigators will conduct an audit later this month of an 18-month-old agreement that gives the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office authority to enforce federal immigration laws. – Sheriff Joe Arpaio
The Immigration Battle Wages On :: FAIR Immigration + Leadership Quotes :: Don’t judge a book by its cover see what lurks below
September 10, 2008
Pro-Latino Policies – McCain’s focus on immigrants and healthcare
New Immigration Ads Stir the Melting Pot in DC
ACLU Urges House Judiciary Committee to Support Detainee Basic Medical Care Act of 2008 – Legislation is first congressional action to provide basic medical care of immigration detainees
September 9, 2008
A study by the Santa Monica-based RAND Corp. found that illegal immigrants in local jails who have been deported and then return to the United States are far more likely than other immigrants to commit crimes, it was reported Monday.
Border Patrol roadblock rattles small Washington town
University Study Indicates Better Lawsuit Results for English Speakers, Say Authors of Reyes-Ewing-Wetherbe Study
As known anti-immigrant “hate group” lobbies Congress this week… SEIU Denounces Anti-Immigrant Hate Speech Joins Prominent Immigrant Rights Groups to Advocate for Smart, Pragmatic Reform
ACLU Challenges State Department’s Refusal To Issue Passports To U.S. Citizens – Mexican-Americans From Southern Border States Face Delays And Denials
September 8, 2008
Republicans Echo Immigration Restrictionists – The draft Republican Party platform is a restrictionist dream come true. Rather than following the less severe lead of its presidential candidate, the party platform committee took its ideological lead from the party’s social conservatives and nationalist right.
The Democrats are uniting behind new messaging on immigration reform. Having acknowledged that the immigration restrictionists are dominating the immigration debate, the Democratic Party and its allies are desperately seeking to reframe the immigration crisis. Their new language about immigration policy—”nation of laws,” “rule of law,” and “required legal status”—is popping up everywhere, from the pronouncements of immigrant-rights groups to the Democratic Party platform.
A North Carolina sheriff has apologized for calling illegal immigrants “trashy” and saying the growing Hispanic population in his county was “breeding like rabbits”. – Johnston County Sheriff Steve Bizzell
September 5, 2008
Immigration issue hardly mentioned at GOP convention
National GOP star Sen. Martinez shines less bright in Florida
The proposed Hispanic Achievers license plates were not approved by the state and now the group pushing the plates has filed a lawsuit against the state of Florida.
Have you seen Microsoft’s long new commercial featuring Bill Gates & Jerry Seinfeld? Interesting Hispanic/Latino influences – Watch video here.
September 3, 2008
‘Poli-Migra’: New Spanish Word for Blurred Line Between Police and ICE
As Republicans and Democrats race to write Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s (R) political biography, one issue remains a mystery: her views on immigration reform.
Fear of kidnapping grips Mexico – The number is rising, and the rich are not the only ones targeted. Criminals sometimes want as little as $500.
A darker state economy sends day laborers packing – With more competing for fewer jobs, some immigrant workers are returning home.
August 28, 2008
Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office deputies raided a Mesa landscaping company early Wednesday, arresting nearly three dozen people suspected of being in the country illegally.
The AIDS Epidemic — A Progress Report from Mexico City
August 26, 2008
Immigration: Too Hot for DNC? Some of the leading voices shaping the Democratic Party’s immigration reform platform reveal a mix of reserved optimism and
DNC Hispanic Caucus : Loretta Sanchez Says She Knows Nothing About Miss. Raids (and calls me girl)
Ray Chavez, an Oakland Tribune photographer and this year’s recipient of the NAHJ’s Photographer of the Year award, filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city of Oakland on Friday.
Black and Hispanic children were about eight and three times, respectively, more likely than white children to have a parent in prison
Immigration authorities on Friday ended a trial offer not to jail illegal immigrants who had been ordered to leave the country if they surrendered at government offices. In the three weeks that the federal immigration agency tested the program in a handful of cities, only eight people came forward.
One-in-Five and Growing Fast: A Profile of Hispanic Public School Students
August 23, 2008
When a federal judge sentenced former Mayor Samuel Rivera to 21 months in federal prison on Aug. 15, an era ended in this tattered city of nearly 70,000, leaving many here debating Mr. Rivera’s tumultuous past and wondering what is to come. – Passaic, New Jersey
Ten Hispanic business and political leaders, including a former Austin mayor and a former state senator, complained to the Austin City Council Friday after they say City Manager Marc Ott treated them in a rude and combative manner at a meeting earlier this week.
August 20, 2008
Citizens of Postville, Iowa report ICE has created “open-air” prison in town that keeps detained immigrant women from feeding their children
August 19, 2008
Even as the demand for health care continues to increase, the number of qualified Hispanic nurses lags behind, according to a recent study of the nursing industry in the Los Angeles area.
Governor’s Consortium on Hispanic Affairs Releases Statewide Study – over half of Hispanic Delawareans speak little or no English; more than a third have not completed high school.
August 18, 2008
Big Trouble in Little Havana – For the first time in 20 years, Democrats are mounting serious challenges to at least two of Miami’s three Republican lawmakers, who often run unopposed.
Report on wealthy Latins is a bit troubling – Latin America’s rich are getting richer than their counterparts in all other regions of the world
Mexican authorities say gunmen killed 13 people at a family party in Creel, Chihuahua.
August 17, 2008
Indigenous Central Americans increasingly fill ranks of farmworkers – New survey — “A Sustainable Bounty: Investing in Our Agricultural Future” — was conducted by the Washington State Farmworker Housing Trust
North Carolina’s community colleges will remain closed to illegal immigrants, at least until officials can review how other states handle the issue.
A federal judge ruled Friday that a Wichita Catholic school policy requiring students to speak only English didn’t break any civil rights laws.
August 14, 2008
A federal judge has decided to let 10 women return to their homes in Guatemala or Mexico three months after they were swept up in an immigration raid in Postville.
