Blogante Headlines + Florida Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)

April 15, 2008

Senators look into treatment, wages of Florida tomato pickers

April 12, 2008

Family started festival, remains hub of Orlando’s Latin community – (the Medina family + Fiesta Medina)

Florida’s 1st Hispanic Justice to Step Down from the Florida Supreme Court

April 10, 2008

Did You Know? Hispanic high school graduates are expected to surge by nearly 50 percent by 2018 in Florida.

April 8, 2008

An Ecuadorean couple facing deportation are appealing an immigration judge’s refusal to hear their claim that they were unfairly targeted because their daughter is an immigration activist. – Miami

April 7, 2008

New media trends turn to Spanish language

Sorrento Hispanics fear retaliation after deputy beaten – Lake County, Florida

March 31, 2008

Anti-illegal immigration groups grow in Florida

March 18, 2008

Cuban Players Fled Their Team for an Uncertain Future – seven players and an assistant coach defect

March 13, 2008

La India, Pitbull, and Menudo … Celebrate Carnaval Miami at Little Havana’s Calle Ocho – Sunday, March 16 (wish I was going)

March 5, 2008

The Spanish spoken today by bilingual Hispanics in South Florida has become watered down through the generations

Mural on Hispanic culture draws concerns – Homestead, Florida

February 28, 2008

Orlando-area immigrants’ construction jobs vanish

February 25, 2008

Florida’s Three Cuban Representatives Face Challenges

February 21, 2008

In Little Little Havana, Not Quite as Much of a Cuban Feel

February 19, 2008

A Latin twist: More Hispanic kids join Scouts, keep their culture, too – Orlando

Castro’s Move Talk of the Town in Miami

February 6, 2008

State Reps Offer a Slew of Bills To Combat Illegal Immigration – Florida

February 4, 2008

Puerto Rico school crisis could hit Central Florida

January 31, 2008

John McCain Slaps Rush Limbaugh’s Face With Florida Win

Did Immigration Cost Romney Florida?

Florida’s Latino vote powered victories by Clinton, McCain

January 30, 2008

Little Havana’s Big Impact In Florida

Florida’s Cuban Voters Harder to Woo

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

Miami robo-calls scaring Cuban American voters on Romney’s Cuba stance

Miami’s Hispanic Community Divided Over Coming Election

January 28, 2008

In Miami’s Little Havana, Giuliani makes his stand

Beyond cafe con leche: Candidates compete for Cuban-American vote

Romney trades shirt for a guayabera – Florida

Did You Know? About 20% of the Sunshine State’s population is Hispanic (rising to more than 60% in Miami Dade County) and it has long played an influential and sometimes decisive role in American politics.

Primary results to help gauge Hispanic voters’ strength – Florida

Florida Hispanics diverse in origin, culture, politics

January 24, 2008

Hispanic Republican vote matters in South Florida primary

January 23, 2008

El Oriental de Cuba corners market on flavors – Miami

Rise of Chávez Sends Venezuelans to Florida

Candidates pay little attention to Florida Hispanics

January 22, 2008

GOP courting Florida’s Cubans – How many cafecitos does it take to win Florida’s Republican primary? The presidential candidates will find out as they jockey for support in the Cuban-American community.

McCain Woos Cuban Vote

Parade honors Cuban poet and revolutionary José Martí – Miami

Creditors seek millions from companies owned by Salvadoran elite – 01/20/2008 – MiamiHerald.com

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

Hispanic leaders in Rudy radio ad – Florida

January 15, 2008

Antonio Mora leaving Channel 2 to become CBS Miami TV station’s chief anchor

January 14, 2008

Did You Know? Hispanic immigrants in Florida sent more than $3 billion home in 2006, a portion of the $45 billion remitted nationwide to Latin America.

Giuliani targets Hispanics on South Florida visit

January 11, 2008

U.S. Sen. Mel Martinez earned $25,000 for 10 months of work as RNC chief

January 10, 2008

Puerto Ricans meet up at Staples Center – Basketball in Los Angeles

Roots: Cuban-American farmers in the Redland – Florida

January 9, 2008

New Giuliani ad appeals to Hispanic voters – Florida

January 8, 2008

Famed defector sues Cuban-American critics – former Cuban Gen. Rafael del Pino

January 4, 2008

Giuliani courts Cuban-American vote – Florida

Spanish TV Pioneer Manolo Reyes Dies – Miami

January 2, 2008

Cubans in Miami desperate for word on families feared lost at sea

December 14, 2007

Cuban-American Bloc Splintering – Florida

December 10, 2007

Florida House Speaker Backs Huckabee For President – Marco Rubio

Hodges University to create Hispanic Institute to meet growing needs of area – Lee and Collier counties in Florida

December 9, 2007

Latin American Jews attend Hollywood workshop – Florida

Family accused of enslaving workers at Immokalee camp – Florida

Giuliani duplicates his N.Y. success with Hispanics in Florida

Among Hispanic voters, GOP candidates look to Cuban-Americans for allies – Florida

December 4, 2007

Miami Tadpoles Heading To New Home In Puerto Rico

December 3, 2007

Los Republicanos are coming to town – Miami

November 30, 2007

Florida faces costs due to immigration, study finds – (from the ‘anti-immigration’ Center for Immigration Studies)

November 28, 2007

Hispanic unity offers ‘determined mother’ ticket to better life – Hollywood, Florida

November 26, 2007

Our own ‘Hero’: Shalim Ortiz, who grew up in Miami, can raise the dead — at least on TV

November 25, 2007

Patriots or vigilantes? Florida’s Minutemen on lookout for illegals

Real Estate, Housing slump hits Hispanics in Census Tract 504 hard – Florida

November 19, 2007

Orlando-area town to swear in first Hispanic mayor – Feliciano “Filix” Ramirez in Mascotte – (first Central Florida municipality to elect a Hispanic mayor! – hard to believe)

November 14, 2007

Latin pop star’s suit reads like a novela – Nearly shot dead in May, a Latin pop star (Estefano) believes his financial manager has disappeared after diverting millions of his money.

Al Cardenas campaigns for Romney, en espanol

November 13, 2007

Film celebrates achievements of only all-Hispanic military unit – The Borinqueneers

November 12, 2007

His popularity flagging, Sen. Martinez turns away from Bush

November 6, 2007

Landmark deal to pay more to tomato pickers in question

November 1, 2007

Cubano clásico: Restaurants that have met the test of time and taste – Miami

October 30, 2007

Pharmed, once one of the largest Hispanic-owned firms in the country, declares bankruptcy, owing more than $60 million.

October 28, 2007

Bilingual South Florida kids serve as interpreters for their families

Ex Contra activist represents U.S. children of illegal immigrants – Nora Sandigo

Professor, minority rights champion to leave UCSC – Paul Ortiz

October 24, 2007

The Pharmed Group, one of the largest Hispanic businesses in America, announced it was downsizing and may file for bankruptcy.

October 23, 2007

Thompson’s Visit to Florida « Platicando

October 22, 2007

A Latino Take on the GOP Debate in Orlando « Platicando

Republicans Largely Ignore Latinos During Orlando Gathering « Platicando

GOP not giving up on Latino voters – Florida

October 21, 2007

The “monolingual folks” weren’t feeling the love – (car salesman run Spanish commercials with English subtitles and hears about it)

October 19, 2007

Senator Mel Martinez Steps Down From R.N.C.

October 16, 2007

Canada hopes media blitz will curb arrivals of illegal immigrants from SW Florida

October 3, 2007

Goya Storms the Freedom Tower – Exhibit in Miami

September 30, 2007

On the job with a port trucker

September 27, 2007

Judge rules for Cuban father

September 24, 2007

South Florida’s Colombians are again trying to unite and claim U.S. political influence, an effort that has been foiled by past political infighting and apathy.

September 23, 2007

Hispanic parents are frustrated because children won’t learn Spanish – South Florida

QUOTE: ”In South Florida, you can’t assume to know the legal status of someone, so we need a term that covers all the bases,” Anders Gyllenhaal, the executive editor, told me, noting the dense mix of asylum cases, Cuban privileges, visas and violations.

The choice of how to describe immigrants is vital – This is the second of two columns by Edward Schumacher-Matos, who is reviewing Miami Herald coverage of immigration issues.

September 18, 2007

South Florida Leaders Endorse Governor Romney

September 16, 2007

Stuart illustrator Orlando Ramirez brings story of ‘Cheech’ to life

September 15, 2007

Did You Know? To earn $50 in a day, an Immokalee picker must harvest two tons of tomatoes, or 125 buckets. Each bucket weighs about thirty-two pounds – Florida

September 12, 2007

More than 50 years of Puerto Rican fine art is surveyed in “Puerto Rican Art: Image of a Culture” on view through Oct. 28 at the Orlando Museum of Art.

Azul, Yanina and Alex Cotton – (Argentinian Jews in Miami)

UM, Univisión still trying for GOP debate

More Hispanic Jews are finding a home in South Florida

University of Miami School of Nursing and Health Studies Receives Major Federal Grant to Address Hispanic Health Issues

September 11, 2007

More bilingual study, fewer dropouts

September 10, 2007

New Hispanic TV Network Slated to Launch Tomorrow – Miami and New York – CaribeVisión

September 7, 2007

All eight of the Democratic presidential candidates will converge at a first-of-its-kind debate at the University of Miami Sunday.

GOP Hopes to Hold on to Florida’s Cubans

August 29, 2007

Brother of girl in Cuban custody case accuses mother of abuse – Florida

August 28, 2007

Cuban father asks judge to let him take daughter home – Miami

August 23, 2007

Taco Maker plans to add 100 Central Florida outlets by 2011 – FransGlobal

Latino youth living dream

July 31, 2007

Clinton avoids the Hispanic votes rifts. Obama can learn from her navigating tricky South Florida waters.

Did You Know? A Florida travel agency, Viajes Principal, offers a 17-day, $5,000-a-person tour of Europe for quinceañeras and their families, culminating with a formal dinner atop the Eiffel Tower and boat tour down the Seine, the girls decked out in their quince regalia.

July 30, 2007

Did You Know? That there are 3,000 cases needing Spanish translations each month in the 20th Judicial Circuit, which covers Lee, Charlotte, Collier, Glades and Hendry counties in Florida.

The 2007 National Conference on Latinos and AIDS features Soraida Martinez and Rosie Perez.