Top Stories + People Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)
November 24, 2009
Raul Humberto Yzaguirre, 70, a veteran activist in the civil rights struggle of Hispanics in the United States, has been accepted by the Dominican Government as new American ambassador in the country.
The Republican National Committee has hired Alex Castellanos, a long-time political strategist and GOP consultant, as an adviser.
November 18, 2009
California’s Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman told a group of supporters Tuesday that she is making an unprecedented effort to attract Latinos to the Republican party – in South El Monte
Eleventh-hour criticism is arising over President Obama’s nomination for United States attorney in northern Iowa of a prosecutor who had a leading role in the criminal cases against hundreds of illegal immigrants arrested in a May 2008 raid at a meatpacking plant in Postville, Iowa. – Stephanie Rose
November 16, 2009
One of the Republican Party’s most respected and relied-upon consultants has serious reservations about two the party’s biggest names. – Alex Castellanos, a conservative media strategist and regular presence on CNN, raised questions of Sarah Palin’s viability for office and took major swipes at Florida Senate candidate Charlie Crist
November 13, 2009
Few Latinos in leadership positions at California nonprofits – hold only 6% of executive director positions and 9% of board seats but are 36% of the state’s population
Latinos felices por renuncia de Dobbs
November 12, 2009
BastaDobbs.com Announces Victory: Lou Dobbs to Leave CNN
November 11, 2009
As many as 750,000 Latinos and Latinas served in the armed forces during World War II, according to the U.S. Latino & Latina WWII Oral History Project
November 10, 2009
After deferring his dream to play in the NBA, Greivis Vasquez is returning to Maryland for his senior year. But in Venezuela, they’re more interested in what comes after that.
November 5, 2009
Grassroots Effort to Oust Lou Dobbs Now 100,000 Strong – Latino leaders and their allies who are part of BastaDobbs.com vow to continue online campaign putting pressure on CNN to drop Dobbs
Cuban Tomas Regalado was elected mayor of Miami with a pledge to control spending, limit property-tax increases and curtail development
October 26, 2009
Sacramento Police Chief Rick Braziel has joined other chiefs in the nation in calling for an immigration overhaul that considers legalizing millions of undocumented immigrants.
Fields Lost, Hispanic Farmers Find Other Work as a Legal Fight Drags On – (good read)
October 13, 2009
The U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce has named an executive with South Texas roots to be the voice of the nation’s Hispanic business community. – Javier Palomarez
CNN, You Can’t Have It Both Ways: It’s Either Dobbs or Your Latino Future – (w/ video)
The anchor Lou Dobbs appears to be exploring an exit from CNN, his longtime employer. – (Could he move to FOX?)
October 12, 2009
Beyond the Barrio, With Growing Pains – El Museo del Barrio reopens with a new glass facade, a redesigned courtyard and modernized galleries, including one devoted to its permanent collection in East Harlem, NYC – Rafael Montañez Ortiz
Whispering to Rottweilers, and to C.E.O.’s – Cesar Millan, the “Dog Whisperer,” built a multimillion-dollar company on his skill with pets and their owners. “God was my lawyer,” he says, and his pack chose his producers.
October 7, 2009
Maryland Labor Secretary Thomas Perez easily won Senate confirmation Tuesday as the new head of the civil rights division at the Justice Department. – All of the negative votes were cast by Republicans
October 6, 2009
“Toughest Sheriff in America” Stripped of ICE Agent Status – According to a statement released by MCSO, the new 287(g) agreement has “stripped Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s deputies of their ICE agent status to act as federal immigration authorities.”
October 5, 2009
Dominican Hanley Ramirez claims Florida Marlins’ first NL batting title – All-Star shortstop finishes ‘09 season with .342 average
Senator Robert Menendez releases book celebrating Latino heritage and calling for government reform – “Growing American Roots: Why Our Nation Will Thrive As Our Largest Minority Flourishes”
October 2, 2009
Former Miami Mayor Maurice Ferre is expected to announce Wednesday that he is running for the U.S. Senate, becoming only the second Hispanic Democrat to run statewide in Florida.
September 30, 2009
Las Vegas figures prominently in Hispanics’ growing clout – CNN and a federal agency director looked west for input on a burgeoning segment of U.S. population
September 24, 2009
Salvadorans Seek a Voice To Match Their Numbers – Summit Aims to Raise Political Visibility – First Salvadoran American Leadership Summit
They’re torturing me, Honduras’ Manuel Zelaya claims – Honduras’ fallen leader told The Miami Herald he is being subjected to mind-altering gas and radiation — and that `Israeli mercenaries’ are planning to assassinate him.
Most Mexicans See Better Life in U.S. – one in three would immigrate to the United States if they could – new Pew Research report
U.S. President Barack Obama Wednesday appointed several people to a panel studying the feasibility of creating an American Latino museum, the White House said.
September 22, 2009
Ousted Florida Anchorman Charles Perez Speaks Out
White House seeks advice on getting Hispanics into college
Juan Sepulveda came to Miami on Monday to ask local educators for guidance in how to get more Hispanic students into college
September 17, 2009
The New Republic: Minorities Hit With Poverty Increase – Among the biggest poverty rate jumps were those shown for Hispanics (21.5% to 23.2%)
Brian Sandoval on Wednesday entered the Nevada governor race, a day after leaving a lifetime appointment to the federal judiciary.
Mexican American astronaut isn’t changing course on immigration stand – NASA went ballistic when Jose Hernandez advocated legalization of undocumented immigrants in the U.S. shortly after his return to Earth. The California-born son of migrants isn’t backing down.
Latinos to CNN: Dump Dobbs Now
September 10, 2009
Mel Martinez Exits Senate — With Some Regrets
September 9, 2009
The 100 most powerful men and women in Latin American business.
Gay Latino Americans are ‘coming of age’
September 8, 2009
In a strange twist, police busted a Hispanic man for tossing a bottle and a piece of wood at parishioners of a Hispanic church in an area of Long Island long plagued by racial strife — and charged him with a hate crime. (wt!@$)
Christhian Munguia Garcia
September 2, 2009
Mexican Boy Takes 600-Mile Bus Ride to Find Mom
September 1, 2009
Meet Brian Sandoval: Candidate for governor? – Nevada
Obama’s 1st year sets record for Hispanic nominations – 43 Latinos with major posts
Trabajadores agrícolas: los nuevos esclavos – Farmworkers are the New Slaves
August 25, 2009
‘Better to Be Deported Alive Than to Be Dead’ – For undocumented residents, a call demanding ransom for a kidnapped loved one can lead to an equally fear-inducing call to federal immigration authorities.
August 24, 2009
He toiled in California’s farm fields alongside his Mexican migrant worker parents and didn’t learn English until he was 12. Now Jose Hernandez, NASA astronaut, is about to rocket into orbit.
August 18, 2009
Ted Cruz: A GOP bid in Texas to win the Hispanic vote – The state’s former solicitor general, running now for attorney general, hopes his Cuban heritage will be a plus with ‘fundamentally conservative’ Latinos.
August 7, 2009
Sources told the Miami Herald on Friday that Florida GOP Sen. Mel Martinez said he is going to resign before his term ends in 2010
August 4, 2009
The son of a decorated Vietnam veteran, Hector Veloz is a U.S. citizen, but in 2007 immigration officials mistook him for an illegal immigrant and locked him in an Arizona prison for 13 months.
August 3, 2009
Immigrants who flocked to the once-burgeoning Inland Empire are hard-hit in economic downturn
July 20, 2009
Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori was sentenced to 7 1/2 years in prison for embezzlement on Monday after he admitted illegally paying his spy chief $15 million in government funds.
July 15, 2009
L.A. mayor’s chief counsel tapped to lead MALDEF – Thomas Saenz, who led negotiations with city labor unions and defended the city’s living wage ordinance, will become president of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund.
July 13, 2009
Outlaws in the U.S., Strangers at Home Downturn – Strands Illegal Latino Immigrants Between Cultures
June 25, 2009
Voto Latino interview with Robert Cantu (warning: mid video has violent footage) – Noosing victim in Ohio
Veteran Latino-rights advocate charged with voter fraud – Nativo V. Lopez
June 17, 2009
2 teens get jail time in Mexican’s beating death – received 7 to 23 months for their roles in the beating death of 25-year-old Luis Ramirez
June 15, 2009
President Barack Obama has selected far more Hispanics for his administration than any previous U.S. president, a stark reminder of the increasing clout of the nation’s fast-growing and largest minority group.
June 5, 2009
Carlos Pascual nominated as U.S. ambassador to Mexico – The Cuban-born diplomat, an expert in ‘failed states,’ would take over one of the largest American embassies and confront a host of complex bilateral issues.
June 2, 2009
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa dating another newscaster former San Antonio broadcaster Lu Parker now with KTLA Channel 5
May 31, 2009
War Without Borders In Heartland Death, Traces of Heroin’s Spread – This NYT’s series examines the impact of Mexican drug cartels on both sides of the border.
May 30, 2009
Gustavo Villoldo, Man Who Tracked Che For The CIA, Awarded $1 Billion In Lawsuit
April 27, 2009
A federal judge has awarded about $235,000 to more than 600 Latino farm workers who accused a farm labor contractor and two Yakima Valley growers of violating federal labor laws.
March 18, 2009
A former Bush White House aide was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison on Wednesday for stealing nearly $600,000 from a government-funded program that promotes democracy in Cuba. Felipe Sixto apologized for stealing from the Center for a Free Cuba
March 14, 2009
Mexico is decrying Forbes Magazine’s decision to include the reputed leader of one of the country’s most violent drug cartels on its list of billionaires.
March 11, 2009
Media Moves: Top talent out at Univision – Enrique Gratas, Sergio Uriquidi and Fernando Arau were among those laid off.
March 10, 2009
The rich flee Mexico drug violence – Fearing for their lives, affluent seek asylum in Houston, other Texas cities
Two prominent Miami-Dade brothers are scheduled to surrender to federal authorities Monday afternoon to begin their nine-year prison sentences for orchestrating a kickback scheme involving millions of dollars in contracts with a Kendall hospital. – Carlos and Jorge de Céspedes
Cuba’s new foreign minister Bruno Rodríguez is a polished career diplomat, and experts wonder if that will mean a different attitude toward Washington.
March 4, 2009
2 Indicted in Fatal Beating of Ecuadorean Immigrant – The two suspects, Keith Phoenix, 28, and Hakim Scott, 25, are charged with second-degree murder, manslaughter and assault, all as hate crimes, for the Dec. 7 attack on the immigrant, Jose O. Sucuzhañay, and his brother Romel, who survived.
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa wins second term as L.A. mayor – first Hispanic mayor in more than a century
February 16, 2009
Day Laborers Are Easy Prey in New Orleans – “walking A.T.M.’s”
February 1, 2009
Eloy O. Aguilar, an award-winning Associated Press bureau chief who mentored a generation of journalists in Mexico and Central America as he covered civil wars, disasters and political upheaval, collapsed and died Friday. He was 72.
After decade in power, Chávez aims to keep it – Monday is the 10th anniversary of Hugo Chávez’s rise to power, and Venezuelan voters will soon decide whether he can keep on running.
January 26, 2009
Kidnappings in Mexico Send Shivers Across Border – A string of similar kidnappings, singling out people with children or spouses in the United States, so panicked this village in the state of Zacatecas that many people boarded up their homes and headed north, some legally and some not, seeking havens with relatives in California and other American states.
January 21, 2009
Arizona’s only Latino governor reflects on career – Raul H. Castro
December 31, 2008
R.I.P. – Some of the gente we lost in 2008 – Hispanic/Latino deaths in 2008
December 20, 2008
A judge has sentenced Jamie Underwood to 120 years in prison without the possibility of parole in the slayings of six Mexican immigrants in the Tifton area three years ago – Georgia
Three Hispanics among hopefuls for Ken Salazar’s Senate post in Colorado – Henry Solano, John Salazar & Federico Peña
December 19, 2008
Miami Cuban American Frank Jimenez nominated for Florida Supreme Court
Hispanic retired ICE agent is candidate for Assistant Secretary, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement – a sub-cabinet presidential appointment that requires U.S. Senate confirmation – Miguel Angel Contreras
December 17, 2008
Facing pressure to appoint more Hispanics to high-profile slots, President-elect Barack Obama is considering Miami-Dade Aviation Director José Abreu for a leadership post in the federal Department of Transportation.
December 15, 2008
Sen. Ken Salazar (D-Colo.), a Latino with deep knowledge of water and land issues, is President-elect Barack Obama’s choice to lead the Interior Department. Two senior Democrats confirmed Monday that Obama will name Salazar to the post, rounding out an energy and environmental policy team announced at a Chicago news conference.
Ecuadorean Man Dies From Beating Before His Mother Arrives to See Him – Jose Sucuzhanay
Illegal-immigrant workers driven down hard road – Bad economy, job cuts forcing many into stay-or-go decision
PBS’ ‘Chávez’ Web Debut Proves Profitable – Frontline documentary on Venezualan leader a bilingual hit online – (video, Hugo Chavez)
Hundreds protest New York immigrant’s fatal beating – Jose Sucuzhanay
December 10, 2008
New York beating victim dies, police say – Authorities open a homicide investigation into the attack on an Ecuadorean immigrant whose assailants reportedly shouted anti-gay and anti-Latino slurs.
December 9, 2008
A Self-Leaking Nominee? Adolfo Carrion Jr. for a cabinet post? :: Bronx Borough President, Democrat of Puerto Rican descent, serves as president of the National Association of Latino Elected Officials(NALEO) + a not to complimentary website adolfocarrion.com
December 8, 2008
Adolfo Carrion Jr. revealed in New Haven Friday night that he’s being nominated for a top post in the incoming Obama administraiton. – said he received a call that day from President-Elect Barack Obama’s transition team informing that he will be nominated for a Cabinet post. He mentioned that he had been discussing four departments with the team: Housing and Urban Development (HUD), transportation, small business, and education. But he was already reported to be a finalist for one of those slots, director of HUD
De La Hoya reeling after loss to Pacquiao – Oscar De La Hoya was badly beaten Saturday by Manny Pacquiao, highlighting the fall of the once-great Golden Boy, whose career might be over.
December 5, 2008
Pedro Espada will take office as majority leader of the New York State Senate in January. – 33rd Senate District – Bronx, NYC
A veteran spy catcher, Lt. Col. Chris Simmons, who publicly named people he claims are Cuban government agents, was sued Thursday in Miami federal court, where he was accused of malicious defamation by Silvia Wilhelm.
Ricardo Romo, president of the University of Texas at San Antonio, has been appointed by President George W. Bush to serve on a 23-member commission charged with exploring options for creating a national museum dedicated to American Latinos.
Hoping to boost Latino representation in President-elect Barack Obama’s administration, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus pushed a slate of candidates for Cabinet and agency posts Wednesday.
December 3, 2008
Philadelphia judge on Obama’s short list for HUD secretary – Nelson Diaz
Congressional Hispanic Caucus wants Reps. John Salazar (D-Colo.) for secretary of Agriculture, Ruben Hinojosa (D-Texas) for secretary of Education, Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.) for secretary of Interior, Hilda Solis (D-Calif.) for Environmental Protection Agency administrator and Linda Sanchez (D-Calif.) for secretary of Labor.
Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Monday announced the appointment of Dean Martinez as the state’s first Latino deputy governor in the state’s history.
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson will be named President-elect Barack Obama’s Commerce Secretary at a Chicago press conference
U.S. Sen. Mel Martinez’s announcement Tuesday that he will not run for reelection set off a political free-for-all throughout Florida, as a slew of would-be successors began jockeying for position in the state’s marquee race in 2010.
Representative Xavier Becerra, a California Democrat who once declared U.S. trade policy was broken completely, has been offered the job of President-elect Barack Obama’s top trade official, two Democrats close to the transition office said.
December 2, 2008
Antonio Villaraigosa says he won’t join Obama administration The mayor says he plans to stay in Los Angeles and focus on his reelection campaign and the city’s pressing issues.
Nearly 1 million Mexican migrants living in the U.S. are expected to head home for the holidays, but relatively few are returning loaded down with gifts and cash this year.
A new report by the Government Accountability Office says representation of women and people of color in the senior corps grew overall between October 2000 and September 2007, but not at all agencies. Representation at the departments of Agriculture, Education, and Health and Human Services fell in certain categories, and sometimes those dives were steep. At Education, for example, the percentage of African American men dropped sharply, from 13.3 percent to 4.5 percent. Hispanic men disappeared altogether, from a nearly invisible 1.7 percent in 2000 to zero last year. There were no Latinas among the executives at either point.
November 25, 2008
President-elect Barack Obama has chosen New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson to be commerce secretary, adding a prominent Hispanic and one-time Democratic rival to his expanding Cabinet.
November 21, 2008
Miami Mayor Manny Diaz, already under consideration for a high-level job with the Obama administration, doesn’t need another award to bolster his resume. He’s getting one anyway. U.S. News & World Report, in a piece posted Thursday on the magazine website, names Diaz among 24 people honored as ”America’s Best Leaders” for 2008.
November 19, 2008
President-elect Barack Obama has named Cruz Reynoso, a former California Supreme Court justice, to one of his teams. Reynoso, a UC Davis law professor and internationally recognized civil rights leader, has been appointed to Obama’s Justice and Civil Rights Agency Review
November 18, 2008
Karl Rove says immigration reform key to saving GOP
Gov. Janet Napolitano has tapped Brig. Gen. Hugo E. Salazar as the next adjutant general of the Arizona National Guard, making him the first Hispanic to hold the state’s top military post.
November 17, 2008
For Alberto Riveron, From Cuba to N.F.L.’s First Hispanic Referee
November 12, 2008
Bill Richardson Gets Backing For Secretary of State Post
Miami Mayor Manny Diaz — engineer of downtown’s building boom, president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, supporter of President-elect Barack Obama — may soon add a new title for his résumé: member of Obama’s administration.
November 11, 2008
The brother of an Ecuadoran immigrant who was murdered on Long Island for being Hispanic said Monday his “American Dream” was crushed. His words came as the teenagers accused of killing 37-year-old Marcello Lucero were denounced in court as a “lynch mob” by a prosecutor.
November 10, 2008
Barack Obama’s Transition Economic Advisory Board includes 2 Latinos: Roel Campos (former SEC commissioner) and Antonio Villaraigosa (mayor, City of Los Angeles)
November 7, 2008
Eduardo Diaz, executive director of the National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque, was appointed yesterday to lead the Smithsonian Latino Center.
October 27, 2008
Secret of their 6-cess: Queens couple Victor and Digna Carpio share story delivery of sextuplets – believed to be the first sextuplets born to a Hispanic couple in the U.S.
October 23, 2008
Radio host, a new citizen, stirs Latino voters – Eddie Sotelo, known as “Piolin,” or Tweety Bird.
October 22, 2008
US Rep. Joe Baca of California makes Esquire Magazine’s “10 Worst Members of Congress” for being “corrupt and venal” – (click through slide show to #8 of 11 – ouch!)
October 19, 2008
Miami’s Diaz-Balarts face first real challenge – U.S. Reps. Lincoln and Mario Diaz-Balart vs. Raul Martinez, the ex-mayor of Hialeah, and Joe Garcia, a former head of a national Cuban-American group
October 16, 2008
Ibarra, of Chicago, and others like him are entitled to about $3,500 each, according to a judge’s preliminary approval of a multimillion-dollar lawsuit settlement in San Francisco last week. The terms of the settlement, which does not admit fault, call for the Mexican government to pay braceros or their descendants a total of about $14.5 million. In addition, U.S. lawyers will receive about $2.8 million. But the total payout could change if more braceros step forward before the Dec. 23 deadline to file a claim
October 6, 2008
The contest between incumbent U.S. Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart and former Hialeah Mayor Raul Martinez has drawn national attention because it is expected to be close, and because it is colorful. – Economics to decide matchup
September 30, 2008
How our Hispanic Congressional Reps voted on the Bailout Package (18 No & 8 Yes) :: H.R.3997 – Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008
September 27, 2008
The exit of Cucuy marks a generational change in Spanish-language radio, and will benefit a rising crop of Spanish-language DJs, especially Piolin (Tweety Bird) on Univision Communication Inc.’s KSCA-FM (101.9) and Don Cheto on KBUE-FM (105.5), owned by Burbank-based Liberman Broadcasting Inc.
September 25, 2008
During the evening of Wednesday, September 24th, Dionicio Morales, 89, died at Beverly Hospital in Montebello, CA. – Founded Mexican American Opportunity Foundation (MAOF) that is one of the largest Mexican-American community service organizations with an annual budget of ~$60 million
Francisco Aguirre Baca, who co-founded the Spanish-language newspaper Diario Las Américas and earned accolades throughout the world for his humanitarian efforts, died at his home in Washington, D.C., on Sunday as a result of complications from a stomach aneurysm. He was 88.
September 22, 2008
Legal and illegal, Latinos labor to rebuild Texas after hurricane
From New York Soil, the Taste of Home – Agustín Juárez maintains Mexican traditions on his labor of love, a small plot in Staten Island where he grows the vegetables and herbs of home.
September 17, 2008
Peter Camejo, a Green Party leader who was a third-party candidate in three California gubernatorial elections before becoming Ralph Nader’s running mate in the 2004 presidential race, has died. He was 68.
September 16, 2008
One of Hispanic radio’s biggest personalities, El Cucuy, Renán Almendárez Coello, has signed off of KLAX-FM “La Raza” in Los Angeles, dealing a blow to owner Spanish Broadcasting System. – going to build his own radio network
RIP :: Israel Cuéllar considered pioneer in Hispanic mental health care – San Antonio
September 12, 2008
Latino Boomers flying under radar – America is witnessing a historic moment: the convergence of aging Baby Boomers with a burgeoning Latino population. That fact draws our attention to the people who fall into both categories: the Latino Baby Boomers, a population that is largely invisible.
September 11, 2008
San Francisco Latinos Pick Up Pieces After Foreclosure
September 10, 2008
The Solano County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a $50,000 reward this morning for information on the fatal shooting of Fairfield Councilman Matt Garcia – California – (bring the total to $100k that might go to $150k)
September 9, 2008
Pioneering Hispanic Columnist Roger Hernandez Dies at 53
September 5, 2008
‘Peanuts’ animator Bill Melendez dies at 91
September 3, 2008
Illegal immigrants opted to stay during Gustav – New Orleans
August 20, 2008
A U.S. federal grand jury handed down a new indictment against Puerto Rico Gov. Anibal Acevedo Vila Tuesday, charging him with four counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering in connection with alleged campaign finance violations.
Mexico says 11.8 million of its citizens now live in the United States. Immigration official Ana Teresa Aranda says some 580,000 Mexican nationals emigrate each year.
Henry Cejudo captures gold and a piece of the American dream – The son of undocumented Mexican immigrants becomes the first U.S. freestyle wrestler in Beijing to win an Olympic title.
Twenty months after stunning Boston by backing out of the superintendent of schools post, Manuel J. Rivera has quit as deputy secretary of education for the State of New York.
August 19, 2008
Must watch: PBS’ P.O.V film “The Judge and the General” – About Chiles & Pinochet
L.A. mayor passed over for speaking role at Democratic convention – Some speculate it’s because Antonio Villaraigosa backed Hillary Clinton in the primaries. Others think it’s because California is a given for Obama. And there are other theories.
August 18, 2008
Dominican Republic president sworn in for 3rd term – Leonel Fernandez
August 17, 2008
Mounting drug-related violence and 800 murders so far this year have driven some 3,000 families from the Mexican city of Ciudad Juarez into the United States, a border expert said Friday.
Eight people serving on Gov. Don Carcieri’s Commission on Hispanic Affairs have resigned to protest Carcieri’s immigration crackdown in Rhode Island.
August 11, 2008
Republican state lawmaker Doug Bruce blasted the El Paso County Sheriff’s office last week for booklets Bruce said tell suspected illegal immigrants how to avoid law enforcement officers. – Colorado
August 1, 2008
Dodgers get Manny Ramirez from Red Sox
July 30, 2008
A Florida woman who has been married to both the former head of the Ku Klux Klan and the creator of a notorious white supremacist Web site is working as a spokeswoman for a school that aims to lift underprivileged black and Hispanic children out of poverty.
July 29, 2008
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has tapped San Antonio attorney Juan Sepulveda to head his Texas presidential campaign.
July 28, 2008
Antonio Margarito’s win over Miguel Cotto shakes up welterweight division
July 24, 2008
Luis Ramirez was beaten to death last week by a group of white teenagers yelling racial slurs in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania. Despite eyewitness testimony, no charges have been filed. Democracy Now speaks with Arielle Garcia, a friend of Ramirez who witnessed the attack.
July 23, 2008
Carlos and Jorge de Céspedes, founders of Pharmed, once one of the largest Hispanic owned businesses in the country, were charged Tuesday in federal court with healthcare-related wire fraud and income tax evasion.
Latino MBTA employees, angry over anti-Hispanic comments allegedly made by the transit authority’s antidiscrimination chief, took their frustration to Governor Deval Patrick yesterday, seeking a high-level ally to air their grievances. – Massachusetts
July 21, 2008
For North Carolina’s Hispanic leaders, the biggest hazards of the job were once long hours. Now, they include death threats.
July 17, 2008
Web developer turned small blog into influential convention – Markos Moulitsas Zúniga, founder of the blog Daily Kos
July 16, 2008
Dozens of detainees in Postville face indefinite wait – Iowa
July 13, 2008
An Interpreter Speaking Up for Migrants (from the Postville, Iowa raid) – Erik Camayd-Freixas – Professor of Spanish at Florida International University
June 24, 2008
Author Jerry A. Rodríguez dies at 46
Jaime Jarrin links Dodgers to Spanish-speaking audience – Jarrin has gone from early slights to a 50-year broadcasting career that includes not only baseball but also covering the pope, White House visits and the slaying of Ruben Salazar.
June 17, 2008
Hard times for Merco Group – South Florida’s real estate boom ends in a tangle of litigation and financial demands for a family-owned development enterprise. – the Meruelo family
June 12, 2008
Raul Alarcon Sr. Dies – founder of Spanish Broadcasting System (SBS)
June 11, 2008
How Desperate Homeowners Got Caught Up in an Alleged Scam – California
June 5, 2008
Former Nicaraguan Official Wins U.N. Assembly Presidency – Rev. Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann
June 3, 2008
Cuba’s Raul Castro completes 100 days in power
May 27, 2008
Latino Activists Face Death Threats in Georgia
May 20, 2008
Update: Postville illegals ordered to leave – Iowa
May 15, 2008
George de Lama steps down as Chicago Tribune managing editor for news
May 13, 2008
California Assembly Speaker Fabian Nuñez leaves the speaker’s post
May 12, 2008
USA Judo coach bridges two cultures – Israel Hernandez
Cuban Defectors Adjust to a New Life
May 8, 2008
DNC Superdelegate Puts His Vote Up For Sale – Sacramento’s Steven Ybarra Wants $20 Million For His Vote
May 5, 2008
Q&A: Jaime Escalante stills stands, delivers advice
April 30, 2008
Nicaraguan family has 4 siblings in the Olympics – The Lopez family seems to excel in Taekwondo – (saw them on the tonight show last night)
April 29, 2008
Gay Latinos ‘minority twice over’
April 22, 2008
Miguel Tejada says ESPN misled family; Segment airs tonight
GOP Blocks Tribute to Labor Hero Cesar Chavez – In an outrageous move, Senate Republicans blocked a resolution recognizing Chavez’s life and work.
April 8, 2008
Junot Díaz wins Pulitzer Prize
April 7, 2008
For Lorena Ochoa, a Title, a Soak and a Serenade – a grandstand full of singers serenaded her in Spanish
March 28, 2008
¡Ask a Mexican! hits the end? – Is Gustavo Arellano calling it quits or is it an April’s Fools joke?
March 24, 2008
Bob Unanue (CEO of Goya), a millionaire Latino, enters GOP U.S. Senate race – New Jersey
March 6, 2008
4 key organizations that cater to Atlanta’s Hispanic community will have to search for new leaders this year.
February 28, 2008
A Los Angeles man with mental problems, who spent three months lost in Mexico after being deported despite being a U.S. citizen, sued homeland security and immigration officials on Wednesday.
February 25, 2008
Puerto Rico’s Political Melodrama Plays On, With Its Governor in the Lead Role
No Longer in Race, Richardson Is a Man Pursued
February 20, 2008
Georgia Hispanic Chamber CEO Sara González dies
February 19, 2008
RIP Catalina Garcia – a Northern Illinois University student from Cicero, Illinois
February 18, 2008
George Lopez: Quitting Stand-Up Comedy at 55
February 14, 2008
Raúl Salinas, poet, teacher and activist, dies – Austin resident and bookstore owner gave voice to Chicano struggle.
January 30, 2008
Cuban-American titans face to face – Race for the 21st congressional district in Florida pits incumbent Rep. Lincoln Díaz-Balart, 53, against former Hialeah Mayor Raul Martinez, 58, two guys who neither like nor respect each other.
January 29, 2008
Latinos courted as wild card among shifting evangelical voters – For Democratic, GOP candidates, California pastor is vital link to nearly 18,000 congregations – Rev. Samuel Rodriguez
January 22, 2008
Battle of the titans: Martinez vs. Diaz-Balart – Former Hialeah Mayor Raul Martinez will run against one of South Florida’s most powerful Cuban-American Republicans. – Sourthern Flordia
January 16, 2008
Luis Jiménez is back and kicking – King of Latin airwave disses ‘Vacilón’ ex-colleagues and says he has no rivals in N.Y. morning radio
January 14, 2008
Out of race for president, what next for Richardson?
January 9, 2008
Relatives of Rich Rodriguez have been harassed and threatened in the three weeks since his resignation as West Virginia football coach.
January 8, 2008
Famed defector sues Cuban-American critics – former Cuban Gen. Rafael del Pino
National Citizenship Coalition Surpasses One Million Goal (WOW!!!) – 2007 Citizenship Applications Highest In A Decade
January 2, 2008
Leader of U.S. immigration agency pledges to punish employers of illegal immigrants – Julie Myers
December 11, 2007
Dr. Elsa Murano tapped to be President of Nation’s 6th largest University
December 10, 2007
The Man Who Ordered CIA’s Tape Destruction, Jose Rodriguez Ordered Tapes Of Terror Interrogations Destroyed Without Telling CIA Director
December 3, 2007
A lawman proud of his ‘illegal’ roots – US Marshal Tony Amador – Sacramento
The burrito king of Argentina – A kid from Calabasas makes it big in Buenos Aires as a baron of the California staple.
November 28, 2007
Immigrant who helped boy in US desert said he thought of own kids
November 26, 2007
Villaraigosa faces steep climb to California’s top job – After missteps, he must not only polish his image, but also fight off doubts about allegiance should run for reelection in 2009. – Los Angeles
November 19, 2007
His son killed in Iraq, dad takes on recruitment of Hispanics – Fernando Suarez
November 18, 2007
US Artists Organization give nine $50,000 grants to Latinos/Hispanics
November 15, 2007
Irving police arrest activist Carlos Quintanilla
November 14, 2007
Leader from Mayor Daley’s Hispanic political group sent to prison – John Resa – Chicago
November 13, 2007
Creator of McDonald’s burrito recognized – A Cuban
November 12, 2007
His popularity flagging, Sen. Martinez turns away from Bush
November 4, 2007
So you’re a fan of Frito pie? Thank a Mexican immigrant
Pepe Mantilla is Lakers’ Spanish voice of authority – He’s called games for 15 seasons and says the team’s popularity continues to grow in Spanish-speaking community.
October 31, 2007
Jesus Salas resignation bold, yet justified – University of Wisconsin Regent resigns over state immigration politics
October 25, 2007
Mark Sanchez: The Mexican Mouthpiece of the University of Southern California
October 24, 2007
The Stars Align: The 100 Most Influential Hispanics
October 18, 2007
Sacramento Bee editor resigns in dispute over paper’s direction – Rick Rodriguez
October 15, 2007
Albert Armendariz Sr., LULAC’s 22nd President, Known For Being a Passionate Advocate of Civil Rights Dies
Immigrant gardeners provide seed money for college scholarships – Bay Area Gardeners Foundation
September 25, 2007
Telemundo reassigns Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s girlfriend, Mirthala Salinas, to Riverside
September 15, 2007
Alberto Gonzales Leaves Justice Department – (last day Friday – September 14th, 2007)
September 11, 2007
Democrat Linda Reyna Yanez joins race for Texas Supreme Court
September 9, 2007
For undocumented worker, getting to America only half the battle – An undocumented Guatemalan who lost an arm in T accident still believes he can earn enough here to build a big, new home for his family
August 29, 2007
David Garcia, 63; pioneering environmental reporter known as ‘Earthman’
August 22, 2007
Luis Aguilar Rumored to be on Short List to Replace SEC’s Campos
August 21, 2007
Adios and good riddance, Elvira Arellano – Felon with huge sense of entitlement mocked law, gave immigrants stigma – Esther J. Cepeda
August 3, 2007
Paralyzed man survives 2nd brush with death on collapsing bridge – Marcelo Cruz – a Mexican Immigrant (with link to Video) – Minnesota
July 30, 2007
Hay Papá!He’s a man of two words – Joe Mariscal sells cars, and himself, with a trademark phrase so valuable that it is, indeed, trademarked. – Atlanta
July 24, 2007
The Spanish voice of Minnesota sports – Twins, Wolves and Vikings announcer Alfonso Fernandez taps a new audience.
July 16, 2007
PiolÃn’s progress – He rallied Latino listeners to march for immigration reform; now he’s behind a push for citizenship.
Frankie Needles embodies urban Latino movement
July 11, 2007
Longtime Advocate for Immigrants Now Faces Deportation – Victor Toro
June 24, 2007
Suicide a possible cause in death of local journalist – Knife wound killed Rich Ramirez; police say no evidence indicates anyone else was involved
April 22, 2007
Eduardo Najera’s marketing appeal a slam dunk – Native of Mexico has at least 8 endorsement deals – Denver Nuggets
April 3, 2007
Riverside veteran finds passion for art after pain of war – Simon Gonzalez
Founder of Ruiz Foods Inc. dies – Louis Flores Ruiz
March 30, 2007
After several years doing analysis on the Angels’ Spanish-language radio station, Jose Mota will now call games in English.
March 28, 2007
Marcos Bretón: Mexico coach is making soccer relevant again
March 18, 2007
Gonzales emerging as Bush’s creation – Alberto Gonzales’ sudden moment in the unflattering spotlight has prompted a new look at his background.
March 9, 2007
Who IS Alberto Gonzales?
March 6, 2007
Tony Ortega Named Village Voice Editor – New York
February 22, 2007
Sacramento man first Latino recognized for health philanthropy – Mario Gutierrez
February 13, 2007
Respected immigrant businessman (Tomas Contreras) held at border because of ‘89 drug ticket – (you should read this one) – Madison, Wisconsin
February 12, 2007
Victor Merced is Oregon’s first Hispanic director of Housing and Community Services.
February 6, 2007
First Hispanic To Lead Harvard Law Review – Andrew M. Crespo
January 28, 2007
Manuel J. Rivera to head new commission on public higher education in New York instead of superintendent of Boston
January 25, 2007
Manuel J. Rivera declines to accept post as Boston school superintendent
January 22, 2007
Taking the reins in immigration debate – Zoe Lofgren
January 4, 2007
People en Español Names the “100 Most Influential Hispanics’
December 21, 2006
Badillo’s rant
December 19, 2006
Herman BADILLO LASHES LATINOS on education
December 8, 2006
Roberto Garza Gets Message Out to Hispanics – of da Bears – Chicago, Illinois
November 30, 2006
Feds move to deport Norcross state senator’s wife – Georgia
Oaxacan ‘medicine man’ sought instead of Western medicine – California
November 27, 2006
Mexican TV Host Raul Velasco Dies at 73
November 20, 2006
The untold story of the mayor’s (Antonio Villaraigosa) rise from poverty to power – Los Angeles, California
November 13, 2006
Heartache can await couples when one partner is here illegally
November 8, 2006
Menendez becomes first Hispanic elected statewide in New Jersey
October 24, 2006
Comic Andrés López redefines Latin American humor
October 15, 2006
Fox terminates Lyons for on-the-air comments to Piniella
October 12, 2006
Low-Paid, Uninsured (Latina) Janitor with Breast Cancer, Finalist for Glamour’s “Woman of the Year”
October 4, 2006
Miami Herald publisher, Jesus Diaz Jr., resigns, cites fallout from journalists taking pay from govt. stations
October 3, 2006
A Racial Rift That Isn’t Black and White
September 29, 2006
A passion for improving lives – Luis Zayas looks for the indicators of teen Latina suicides
September 27, 2006
The great J.Lo debate
September 26, 2006
Carlos Sanchez: Am I a sell-out? – Waco, Texas
August 29, 2006
Son of Mexican star singer, Joan Sebastian, fatally shot in Mission, Texas
August 18, 2006
Fast learner Martinez moves to forefront
August 16, 2006
Immigration Activist, Elvira Arellano, Seeks Sanctuary In Church in Chicago, Illinois.
August 9, 2006
The Curious Case of the Hispanic Republican. Attorney General Alberto Gonzáles
August 8, 2006
Immigration activist faces deportation in Chicago, Illinois
April 13, 2006
La Queen Sucia: “Illegals” in the U.S. Military in Iraq. I don’t know if this is true, but if it is….
