Eye Openers + Eye Openers Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)
November 24, 2009
Francisco Rodriguez Dead: Boxer Dies After Collapsing At Fight
Allow Undocumented Immigrants to Purchase Health Care – New Senate bill includes inhumane provision barring undocumented immigrants from purchasing health care with their own money
Telemundo’s disastrous Dobbs interview – “Interestingly enough, Dobbs was no bully and with his calm tone actually made his interviewer,” María Celeste,” look like a fool”
LULAC is asking a judge to prevent Ohio state officials from canceling the registrations of more than 40,000 vehicles apparently driven by undocumented immigrants. – filed the lawsuit against state officials in Franklin County Common Pleas Court this morning.
The mayor of a wealthy suburb (San Pedro Garza Garcia) of Monterrey said Monday that he has sent his family to the United States for their own safety as he pursues his campaign against extortion and kidnapping gangs.
Sarah Palin uninformed on Latino issues – A top adviser on Hispanic issues to John McCain’s presidential campaign said Sunday that a joint interview with McCain and Sarah Palin planned for Univision last fall had to be canceled because Palin was unprepared to discuss Latin America policy.
November 23, 2009
No Probable Cause? No Problem!: A U.S. Citizen Says He Was Detained Without Probable Cause by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, and Then Jailed for Traffic Violations
New breast cancer screening guide will disproportionately hurt black and Hispanic women
Women and Minorities Getting Left Out of Green Job Market, New Study Finds
Americans Running South: Why We are Flocking to Mexico for Work
On the mayor’s agenda: ‘Civilize’ Mexico City – Marcelo Ebrard
Wild Horse Activists Fly Banner Over Denver Calling Salazar “Slaughter Czar”
In Argentina, One Person Dies Every 28 Hours from Police Repression
Lou Dobbs Calls Himself Latinos’ ‘Greatest Friend,’ Denies Tying Leprosy To Undocumented Immigrants – Interviewed by Maria Celeste on Telemundo’s Al Rojo Vivo
November 21, 2009
A federal judge dismissed dozens of immigration charges Thursday against the former manager of a kosher slaughterhouse, at the request of prosecutors who had already won a conviction on multiple counts of financial fraud. – Postville news
Meg Whitman’s Latino Outreach & the Pete Wilson Connection – CA politics
Poetry Series Spurs Debate on the Use of an Old Slur Against Latinos – “Spic Up/Speak Out” — at El Museo del Barrio
A fire destroyed 106 houses in the Ecuadorian Pacific coast city of Guayaquil and left more than 500 people homeless, as well as 14 children with symptoms of smoke inhalation.
LatAm Immigrants Are Changing Spain, Sociologist Says
Mexico’s top domestic security official said Friday that sectors of the general public have cooperated with drug cartels in the violent border city of Ciudad Juarez, and the government is about to launch new social programs there to combat gangs.
Pro-Castro mob attacks spouse of top Cuban blogger – Yoani Sánchez
Efrain’s Corner: A Response to….”Puerto Ricans in New York Struggling…Still” Comment
Puerto Ricans in New York Struggling…Still – Puerto Ricans are some of the most prominent figures in New York politics and culture, so some people are surprised when they hear that, overall, Puerto Ricans are among the poorest and least educated New Yorkers. Almost a third in New York are living in poverty.
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
Police in Peru say gang members killed people to drain their fat for cosmetics
Mexican authorities predict fewer Mexican immigrants will be back home for Christmas
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.
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.
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
ICE Assistant Secretary John Morton announces 1,000 new workplace audits to hold employers accountable for their hiring practices
In Virtual Town Hall with Immigration Reform Activists, Gutierrez Promises Bill By December
November 19, 2009
Shakira Refuses To Do Interviews In Spanish
Video: Sofia Vergara’s “Modern Family” Costar Trashes her on “Chelsea Lately”
Ironically, Latinos should be greatful to former CNN blowhard Lou Dobbs – commentary by Albor Ruiz
Mexico’s Drug Violence Gives Rise To Vigilantism
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
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.
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.
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.
CIS Report Attempts to Erase 100 Years of Data on Immigrants and Crime
November 18, 2009
A New United Movement Stops Mexico for a Day
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.
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.
More Americans are playing tennis – The biggest increases were among Hispanics, with 32% more playing the game.
Mexico’s Juarez on path to anarchy
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.
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.
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.
Sosa Skin Lightening Fires Debate About Afro-Latino Heritage
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.
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.
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”
CNN was so sick of Lou Dobbs, it gave him an $8 million severance package to leave
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.
Supreme Court Hears Case about Immigrants’ Access to Federal Court Review
40% of Guatemala’s Elderly Living in Poverty
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.
Murder rates: Cuidad Juárez deadlier than Miami in ’80s
Massachusetts immigrant tuition bill to get new push
The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office has launched its 13th immigration and crime sweep and reported 27 arrests by Monday night.
November 16, 2009
Where two contentious issues intersect- Immigration and health House measure omits Senate panel’s legal test
Hispanic were more than twice as likely as whites to report that food in their home was scarce – Government report
Comments on a California Legislative Bill by a Hispanic Newspaper in 1856
Honduras’ crisis brings South Florida election showdown – Divisions over Honduras’ political future are evident not only in the Central American country but also in South Florida as legal issues arise over elections.
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.
Fernando Bermudez Wrongfully Jailed For 18 Years, Finally Gets Justice – New York
Turtles Are Casualties of Warming in Costa Rica
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.
Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya accused the U.S. government Thursday of weakening and changing course in the conflict over the June 28 coup that saw soldiers hustle him out of the country.
The idea of the United Nations accepting a peacekeeping mission in Juárez may not be far-fetched, and the U.N.’s work in Haiti is an example.
Guest Voz: NJ Mayor says it makes sense to grant citizenship to undocumented immigrants – Michael Wildes mayor of Englewood, New Jersey.
State elections official fired after poking fun at Spanish-speaking voters – Texas
November 12, 2009
U.S. Rep. Silvestre Reyes on Wednesday announced his plans to seek an eighth term in the 16th Congressional District of Texas.
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.
Business groups in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez said Wednesday they are calling for United Nations peacekeepers to quell the drug-related violence that has given their city one of the highest homicide rates in the world.
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.
Reporting for the Big Bend Sentinel, Sterry Butcher reported on the US Department of Homeland Security’s new mass deportation program taking place in Presidio, Texas.
Latinos are the fastest-growing ethnic group in organized labor, more than doubling their representation from 5.8% to 12.2% over the past 25 years.
N.Y. elections reflect city’s shifting racial landscape – For first time, whites will be in the minority on the City Council
Lawsuit targets immigration enforcement – Racial profiling alleged in Salvadoran’s arrest in Frederick
Republicans still hard-pressed for minority support – Despite his efforts to reach out to black, Hispanic, Asian and other minority groups in his campaign for governor, Robert F. McDonnell’s decisive victory Tuesday in Virginia was largely the result of his overwhelming support among white voters.
Brazil emerged early Wednesday from a widespread power outage that plunged its major cities into darkness for hours – affecting millions of people
November 10, 2009
Undocumented students mobilize to win legal status
Health officials say low-income Latino immigrants haven’t been getting enough attention during the H1N1 pandemic. They’re considered a high risk group because they often lack health insurance, have high rates of chronic diseases and difficult jobs.
Women play a bigger role in Mexico’s drug war – Addiction, the economy and the lure of living well have sucked many into the narcotics underworld. The trend threatens the foundations of Mexican society.
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
Chávez’s Next Target: El Salvador – Twenty-first century socialism may have stumbled in Honduras but it is being tried again in El Salvador.
‘Mayan 2012 apocalypse theory’ not true, Nasa says
Members of a Guatemalan family living in Marin County are now separated by thousands of miles after immigration officials deported the parents of three children overnight. – California
A city-commissioned report shows Hispanics have received the most subprime loans of any local ethnic group and criticizes Santa Clarita officials for a lack of fair housing outreach. – California
Just what America needs, another talk show – Gregory Tejeda on the Lopez show
Entravision Communications reports its revenues are down 17%
At Napa’s Latino markets, owners and shoppers feel the pinch
Mexican clergy seek global help as violence grows
November 9, 2009
Physician bias might keep life-saving transplants from black and Hispanic patients
Two women (Latinas) who had applied and been approved under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) that gives them permits to be in the country legally report being arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, arrests that landed them in jail, in one case for an entire month.
House Passes Landmark Health Care Reform Bill That Leaves Intact Provisions Increasing Immigrants’ Access to Health Insurance
Sammy Sosa says skin rejuvenation process reason his skin appears lighter – (photos really show the difference)
Korean-Americans learn Spanish to help out at work – Business owners attempt to cool tension with Latino workers – Chicago
AP interview: Pablo Escobar’s son asks forgiveness
Republican Party courting Latinos in Nevada (and elsewhere)
Republican Debra Medina says she’ll be the first candidate in the 2010 Texas governor’s race with Spanish-language TV ads.
Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez detained, beaten on way to march
NY village gets new voting system to aid Hispanics – A federal judge imposed an unusual election system on a suburban village Friday
Ancient trees at risk in Peru – The huarango is a celebrated Peruvian tree that can live for over a thousand years.
November 7, 2009
WCVI Study Finds Disproportionate Foreclosures in Latino, Black Communities
A small Dominican Republic town plagued by birth defects wants to know if a U.S. power company is to blame.
George Mason University Study Shows Deep Anti-Immigration Sentiment in Pockets of Prince William County
CNN’s Rick Sanchez Interviews Juanita Castro: “While you were still in Cuba and your brother was beginning a Marxist revolution, you were not only cooperating with the CIA, but you were protecting CIA agents who were inside Cuba at the time.”
Report on Women’s Human Rights Violations Shows Systematic Attack on Women Under Honduran Coup
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.
Miami sports agent who aided in defections freed from jail – Juan Ignacio Hernández Nodar, a Miami sports agent who served 13 years for trying to help Cuban baseball stars defect, will fly home Friday.
One of Marcelo Lucero’s Attackers Pleads Guilty
A third woman has filed a paternity claim against Paraguay’s Roman Catholic bishop-turned- president, her lawyer confirmed Thursday – President Fernando Lugo
November 5, 2009
AZ GOP Committeman: Ask “Brown People” About Crime in Tucson
Francisco Ayala, honored Spanish author, dies at 103
Hispanic women snap up brands that boost their behinds- Colombian jeans celebrate women’s curves
In Mexico, fears of a ‘lost generation’ – Violence among young soars as drug cartels recruit more minors
They’ll (the NBA) take our money, but do they want us in the stands?
Geraldo Rivera faces tough critics – a pair of abuelitas
Guest Columnist: Sergio Troncoso. Is the Texas Library Association excluding Latino writers?
Hispanic Voter Turnout Remains Low – voter turnout rate of just 21% in Yakima, WA
For immigrants, illness can bring a death sentence
Deal to restore Manuel Zelaya in Honduras at risk – Supporters of ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya say lawmakers are stalling efforts to bring him back to office before a Nov. 29 election.
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.
Study finds Lehigh Valley’s Hispanic students are progressing – But struggles persist in areas such as reading. Valley area review is called ‘eye-opening’ – Pennsylvania
Hispanic Women Run for Nevada Office – Several candidates hope to alter the composition of the Nevada State Legislature. There are currently no Hispanic women serving in the legislature, but four have already announced they will run next year
Native Americans Profit from Abusive Immigrant Detention and Billions of Dollars in National Security Contracts
Reid Gets No GOP Support For Resolution Honoring Hispanic Media
ICE gives voice to victims of human trafficking in the United States
Board of Immigration Appeals Rules Not to Reopen Old Deportation Cases
Hispanics urged to make census count – Cities plan outreach to allay fears of government probing that could limit federal dollars – Chicago area
November 2, 2009
The 287(g) policy has become a perverted version of its original intent in Tennessee
FBI investigating Joe Arpaio for using deputies to intimidate critics
In Latin America, weapons buying spreads mistrust – Weapons purchases in Latin America are soaring as nations cast a wary eye on their neighbors.
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.
More than 200 bodies recovered at Arizona/Sonora border
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.
Texas needs Spanish-speaking social workers
Zelaya, Micheletti Beginning to Disagree About Crisis-Ending Accord
Mexico reaches record 100 extraditions to US
October 30, 2009
Questions Surrounding Dobbs’ Gunfire Incident Cast Doubt on CNN’s Credibility
Joe Arpaio Cries Wolf, Links Self to Lou Dobbs Threat, Slanders Activists
A costume dubbed “Mexican Man” has offended Latino shoppers and community groups after being discovered at a Halloween chain store.
Detained immigrant’s death leaves far-reaching questions – the case of Dominican Pedro Tavarez in Massachusetts
Puerto Rico lawmakers have voted to adopt one of the world’s lowest legal limits for drunk driving.
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?
San Francisco mayor vetoes new city sanctuary law
October 29, 2009
As scientists race the clock to increase food production worldwide, new trials to plant genetically-modified maize have stoked anger in Mexico, the cradle of corn.
Obama Official: Immigration Reform Will Be Introduced Once Votes to Pass It Are Assured
October 28, 2009
CNN Columnist Ruben Navarrette: Immigration Reform Must Wait – response to Rep. Luis Gutierrez
75% of HIV Positive Hispanics Have AIDS
Book Review: ‘Selenidad: Selena, Latinos and the Performance of Memory’
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
National Law Journal Online Advocates for ‘braceros’ wore opposition down – eight years of heavily defended litigation that required the plaintiffs to win reversal of three trial-court dismissals
Immigrants sue feds over 2007 raid – Residents allege 2007 immigration raids in New Haven were unconstitutional
Former U.S. Border Patrol Chief Gustavo de la Viña, who changed the patrol’s philosophy from interdiction to deterrence of immigration, died Monday of natural causes.
After Arpaio is Stripped of Immigration Powers, Conservatives Counter With A New Anti-Immigrant Bill
Sanctuary journey ends – 1st Elvira Arellano left y now Flor Crisostomo has left the church in Chicago
Mexico’s pink taxis cater to fed-up females – In colonial city of Pueblo, these cabs don’t stop for men
October 27, 2009
The case of two Latino brothers in Shelby County jail on capital murder charges leaves unanswered questions
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
Judge Who Ordered Texas to Educate Undocumented Students Dies – U.S. Senior District Judge William Wayne Justice
Guatemalans, Hondurans More Likely to Have Limited-English Proficiency
Impractical and Unconstitutional – Sen. Vitter Tries to Use the Census to Further Anti-Immigration Agenda
October 26, 2009
Guatemala suffered 2,953 murders during the first 9 months of this year, a prominent human rights organization said Friday.
Pregnant Latina Says She Was Forced to Give Birth in Shackles After One of Arpaio’s Deputies Racially Profiled Her
Second Obama Immigration Detention Official Leaves Abruptly
In Mexico, An Eritrean Man Sets His Sights On U.S.
More Hondurans Leaving Their Country To Find Work
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn has appointed three people to the state’s Latino Family Commission – has never met since it was established in 2007 (?)
Some fans take issue with UFC’s Cain Velasquez’s ‘Brown Pride’ tattoo
Men charged in Plainfield, NJ beating death of Hispanic immigrant, Lazaro Tista, also accused of hate crime
RNC unveils Spanish ad questioning Obama, Biden trips to Florida
The city spent $15,100 to throw a dinner party for state Sen. Juan “Chuy” Hinojosa, D-McAllen, Oct. 15, and city leaders defended the expense as a well-deserved thank you to the powerful senator, despite recent budgetary cutbacks.
U.S. Census Allots $145 Million to Reach Out to Minorities – about $28 million to Hispanic media
October 17, 2009
Tens of thousands of people have marched to protest Mexican President Felipe Calderon’s decision to disband a public electricity company.
“Latinos in America”: CNN’s Lame bid for hispanic audience?
Ford, NFL Stick with Hispanic-Aimed Campaigns Despite Modest Results
Children sang, soldiers paraded and crowds cheered during the historic pageantry of the first meeting of the presidents of the United States and Mexico 100 years ago today in El Paso and Juárez. – The meeting between U.S. President William Howard Taft and Mexican President Porfirio Diaz will be commemorated by events and an exhibit at the El Paso Museum of History that opens Saturday to the public.
CULTURAL DIVIDE: Migrant students find hard time fitting in – Every year, migrant workers and their families travel from Texas to Manchester’s DuRussel Potato Farm to harvest vegetables, living in housing provided by the farm personnel. – Minnesota
The Homeland Security Department said Friday that it has revamped pacts that allow for greater cooperation between federal immigration authorities and local law enforcement in 55 states and cities, including Carrollton and Farmers Branch.
tex[t]-mex (aka memo) has a screenshot of an article about Target’s illegal alien costume from mercurynews.com where you can see the costume but the current page has NO image (why?)
Efrain’s Corner: Crisis Continues in Puerto Rico
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio cited a non-existent federal law and included a legal interpretation taken from an anti-immigration Web site in a document he distributed during a news conference last week.
Take a look at photo of Target’s offensive Illegal Alien costume – it has already been pulled from their site
Guest Voz: Former NCES commissioner finds nation’s black and Latino students worse off because of No Child Left Behind
New study shows most Latino students drop out of high school for economic need
October 15, 2009
Media Matters for America has obtained evidence that CNN contributor Alex Castellanos’ political consulting firm, National Media, is the ad buyer for the insurance industry group America’s Health Insurance Plan’s (AHIP) new ad blitz attacking Democratic health reform plans.
CNN To Disclose Alex Castellanos’s Health Care Industry Ties – (Republican political media consultant)
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
El Diario-La Prensa endorses Bill Thompson for Mayor of New York City – largest Spanish-language daily newspaper in the NYC area
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 14, 2009
A 21-year-old Montgomery County man Hector Hernandez whose criminal case helped trigger new police policies in Montgomery Count regarding illegal immigration was sentenced to 50 years in prison Thursday for killing a 14-year-old honor student aboard a transit bus last year
National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) still needs to raise $225,000 before the end of the year or cease operations and stop all programs for the rest of the year
A glaring lack of retirement preparation within the U.S. Hispanic community could contribute to a national crisis.
U.S. Supreme Court Considers “Collateral Consequences” for Immigrants in Criminal Cases
Some Immigrants Going Back to Their Home Countries To Get Affordable Health Care
Faced with a deep recession, Cuba tries socialism lite – scaling back socialism in an attempt to save it
Mexico’s automotive industry saw production plummet 37.7% during the first nine months of this year, while exports plunged 35.5% and domestic sales dropped 30.6%
One of the Cuban Five defendants, initially sentenced to life in prison for espionage conspiracy, saw his term reduced to 22 years. The judge rejected an even lighter sentence recommended by prosecutors.
5 Former Census Directors Warn that Vitter Amendment would Severely Damage 2010 Census, Cost Billions – would add a new question on citizenship and immigration status to the 2010 census.
October 13, 2009
Luis Armando Pena Soltren: Hijacker Arrested At JFK Airport 40 Years After Diverting Plane To Cuba
Parents of victims furious to learn that DWI mom Carmen Huertas mocked her own daughter’s pleas to be careful – NYC
The slumping global economy is having a stimulus effect on Costa Rica’s famous sex-tourism industry, as a growing number of unemployed women — from Colombia to the Dominican Republic — flock to San José to seek a living in the world’s oldest profession.
Hotel owner makes Hispanic employees ’shorten’ Spanish names – Texas
AVENTURA Sell-Out MADISON SQUARE GARDEN In One Day
Thousands To Participate in Vigil With Members of Congress For Immigration Reform on Oct 12-13 in Washington DC
October 12, 2009
Just over 50% of Brazilians age 25 and older did not complete the eight years of basic education
BLACK AND HISPANIC RETIREES UNABLE TO MEET BASIC ECONOMIC NEEDS
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’
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn signs law that highlights Hispanic history in public schools
Honduras De Facto Regime Opens Fire in Poor Neighborhoods: Youth and union members targeted by coup violence
October 9, 2009
Associate Editor Sandra Guzmán was let go from the New York Post last week sparking controversy
Weak passwords dominate statistics for Hotmail’s phishing scheme leak – (5 of top 10 passwords are Spanish)
Scholarship Program Aims To Keep Hispanic Students In School in Kansas City – (video) – About 50% of Hispanic students in the school district will drop out
Unequal access: Hispanic children rarely get top-notch care for brain tumors
Ana Ortiz to La Raza (NCLR): lay off the Big Macs (drop McDonalds as partner)
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
Several acclaimed Argentine writers presented a new work that uses the Bible as its starting point but takes creative liberties with some of the most widely read passages of that holy text.
Mexico aims to make Baja safer for U.S. tourists – Task force will be made up of bilingual officers; primarily will serve Americans – Initial plan is to create a force that patrols a 50-mile tourist corridor of Baja
Latin America: The Empire Retreats – In the span of a few days two events occurred that reveal that in small Latin American countries that were previously subordinate to Washington, the ex-superpower no longer controls their decades-old allies. The recent episodes in Paraguay and Honduras reveal that the empire’s withdrawal from its own backyard is accelerating in the present systemic crisis.
Stanislaus County, CA must defend at trial its slow law enforcement response times in Latino neighborhoods, a federal appeals court in San Francisco ruled Thursday, reversing an earlier decision.
October 8, 2009
Government Terminates “No Match” Rule Harmful To Legal Workers
October 7, 2009
Too Much Silence About Swine Flu’ Impact on Blacks, Latinos
Verification of illegal immigrants is scrutinized amid healthcare debate – L.A. County officials question cost-effectiveness of rules aimed at screening those trying to get public health services.
Calls from some Latino church leaders for a boycott of the 2010 U.S. Census to pressure Congress for passage of immigration reform triggered a heated debate among scholars and activists Wednesday at Princeton University.
About 80% of the murders committed in Puerto Rico are directly linked to drug trafficking, authorities and academics say.
Amid an overall drop in arrests of illegal immigrants crossing the U.S-Mexico border, an intriguing anomaly has cast a new light on human smuggling: Authorities report an almost tenfold spike in the number of Chinese people caught in the southern Arizona desert, the busiest smuggling corridor on the international line.
Killings in Cuidad Juárez: Girl, 9, among 35 homicides in first 4 days of October
Efforts to film Nobel Prize-winning author Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s latest novel are meeting resistance in Mexico, where an anti-prostitution group is seeking to block production, charging the movie will promote child prostitution. – “Memories of My Melancholy Whores”
A Chihuahua state human rights commissioner investigating accusations against police and soldiers in this violent border city revealed that he fled several weeks ago to El Paso, Texas, in the face of death threats. – Gustavo de la Rosa
What Does DHS Know About You? – (wow)
A trio of South Florida Republican lawmakers said Tuesday that the remedy to the post-coup woes in Honduras lies in U.S. support of next month’s scheduled elections. – U.S. Reps. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Lincoln and Mario Diaz-Balart
Latino Farmers claim they were wiped out of business after flooding ruined their crops in the 1990’s. They also claim, however, the USDA didn’t help them recover, while they did offer assistance to white farmers. – Salinas, CA
October 6, 2009
Senator Leahy on the Nomination of Thomas Perez – Republican Filibuster Delays Enforcement of Civil Rights Laws – now 4 months of delaying
October 5, 2009
Joe Arpaio Re-signs 287(g) Jails Agreement, According to Sources; ICE Vague on Specifics
Colorado Latino leaders work to derail proposed census boycott
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
Remittances sent home by Mexicans living abroad, especially in the United States, fell 15.1% to $1.78 billion in August compared with the same month last year, the central bank reported.
Nobel Prize to Piedad Cordoba? – One of the most controversial figures in Colombia may be an odds-on favorite to win one of the world’s most prestigious awards.
Sugar beets to baseball: Northern Colorado’s Hispanic baseball league
For 90 Minutes, a Break From a Political Crisis in Honduras – A victory against the United States on Saturday would virtually assure Honduras of qualifying for the World Cup for the first time since 1982.
The good news is that Washington has finally begun to take stronger actions on Honduras. The bad news is that the actions completely contradict each other, resulting in ambiguity, paralysis and infighting as the Honduran crisis explodes.
October 2, 2009
Latino Faculty Want to End ‘Brown Out’ at Cal State Long Beach
Concern grows as search for Tenn. infant continues – Yair Anthony Carillo
Although President Obama has put off an immigration overhaul until next year, the federal agency in charge of approving visas is planning ahead for the possibility of giving legal status to millions of illegal immigrants, the agency’s director said Thursday.
On Thursday, the Community Foundation of Harrisonburg and Rockingham County announced a nearly $1 million endowed scholarship in Samuel R. Bowman’s name to help educate local Hispanic students. – Virginia
Colombia’s spy scandal – The intelligence agency has been spying on Colombians — but most don’t care if it means they’re safer from guerrillas.
Political scheme turns Mexican into odd celebrity – Rafael Acosta strode into Mexico City’s legislature with his arms raised triumphantly and was sworn into office. Immediately after the ceremony, he requested a leave of absence – part of an elaborate political scheme that has captivated Mexico.
Obama and DeMint locked in proxy fight over Hugo Chavez – DeMint has blocked the appt. of Arturo Valenzuela, the choice for the post of assistant secretary of state for Western Hemisphere affairs.
October 1, 2009
Mercedes Sosa, quien acaba de cosechar tres nominaciones para los Grammy Latinos 2009, se encuentra hospitalizada con pronóstico reservado y asistida por un respirador artificial,
Slaying spurs seminars for Latino workers – Norfolk, Virginia
A poll showed that most Cuban-Americans now approve of the concert that Juanes put together in Havana.
September 30, 2009
Does the U.S. Constitution defend the rights of undocumented immigrants?
Police in Framingham, Mass., say an illegal immigrant from Guatemala entered a police station, told officers he had stolen another man’s identity and asked to be deported because he could no longer make ends meet in America.
With little movement on Immigration reform among lawmakers, the debate is entering a new space: museums. From New York to San Francisco, a network of museums will address tough questions on Immigration, including health care, borders and citizenship.
Latino Influence Shapes Action Sports – “The area that surprised me most, though, was the Latino presence, success and influence in the X Games”
Peru’s largest penitentiary, located in Lima, transforms itself into a discotheque on the weekends where drugs and beer are sold, and authorities also allow entry to women and bands
Experts compare Mexico’s battle with drug cartels to Colombia’s
Benjamin Bratt Loses “Cleaning” Job – The Cleaner done
Rose McGowan and Robert Rodriguez Call Off Engagement
Grupo anti-inmigrante ataca movimiento Judeo-Cristiano pro reforma inmigratoria tachándolos de ‘desconectados’
Minutemen killers, drugs and the CIA – Is the CIA conducting covert operations along the border using the Minutemen?
The number of students in ESOL programs is on the rise in the United States, with huge growth in Georgia in particular. The state’s student population of English language learners has grown more than 200% between 1995 and 2005
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
Cucu Diamantes Show Canceled After Juanes’s Paz Sin Fronteras Concert in Cuba
Puerto Rican unions called a general strike for Oct. 15 in response to the dismissal of 17,000 public employees.
A Chilean family who was removing the soil from the yard of their home where they were planning to do some construction got a big surprise when they found four skeletons dating from 320 B.C.
Texas Mexican-Americans birthed by midwives still can’t get Washington to give them a passport
Does ICE’s Criminal Alien Program (CAP) Target Serious Criminals?
Former Border Patrol Chief Silvestre Reyes Now a Major Player in New Military, Intelligence, and Homeland Security Complex
Coup Declares State of Siege, Suspends Constitutional Rights – Honduras
September 28, 2009
White House Aide Stresses Importance of Latinos’ Learning English – Juan Sepulveda in Puerto Rico
Protests at University of California Campuses
Sheriff Rogelio Dominguez is considering running for the Democratic nomination for Indiana governor in the 2012 elections.
Eight neo-Nazis demonstrating against illegal immigration in Riverside left the scene after just 45 minutes when hundreds of counter-protestors shouted them down and tore up their swastika-covered flags.
Ted G. Loza Known as Voice of Washington D.C.’s Latinos arrested on federal bribery charges
Arrest Dims Fiesta DC’s Luster – Washington D.C. Council member Jim Graham’s Chief of Staff, Ted G. Loza arrested on federal bribery charges – Enjoyed Solid Reputation in Latino Community
Nearly 70% of Argentine forests lost in a century
