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

March 6, 2008

Did You Know? Georgia’s Latino population has grown about seven-fold in the last 18 years, from 100,000 in 1990 to 700,000 in 2006

4 key organizations that cater to Atlanta’s Hispanic community will have to search for new leaders this year.

February 21, 2008

Georgia Lawmakers Work To Make English The State’s Official Language

February 20, 2008

Georgia Hispanic Chamber CEO Sara González dies

February 14, 2008

Bill Would Seize Illegal Immigrants’ Cars – Georgia

February 7, 2008

Income growth benefits Hispanics – Georgia

January 29, 2008

Gauging the impact of the Latino vote – Growing number: Hispanics are fewer than 2 percent of Georgia’s voters, but their strength at the polls will be greater in the future.

January 10, 2008

Immigrants’ unlicensed stores easy prey to crime – Georgia

January 7, 2008

The Little Georgia Town That Covers New York City in Turf – Dalton – (and its Hispanic growth)

Georgia immigration law’s effects tough to measure

January 4, 2008

Gwinnett asks feds to pay for jailed immigrants – Georgia

December 10, 2007

GALEO Graduates Another Group of Latino Leaders – Georgia

December 9, 2007

Federal agents target Mexican drug cartels, 67 people charged in Atlanta area

Hispanics want apology for ‘wetback’ comment – from Carroll County Commissioner Bill Head – Atlanta

December 5, 2007

Georgia labor commissioner says immigration reform will bring worker shortage

December 3, 2007

Spanish media in Georgia tapped for voter registration, education campaign

November 30, 2007

Most immigrants in Georgia illegally, study finds – (from the ‘anti-immigration’ Center for Immigration Studies)

November 25, 2007

Hispanics now one-third of Hall County students – Gainsville, Georgia

November 19, 2007

Georgia Officer Arrested, Accused of Stealing from Motorists – Targeted Hispanic men

November 13, 2007

Former Mexico president: Cobb immigration policy ‘going too far’ – Vicente Fox, in Atlanta today, faced Minutemen protestors at Carter Center

November 12, 2007

Cobb County jail site of confusion, despair over deportation – Georgia

November 11, 2007

Business down for those with Hispanic clientele – Georgia (do to state’s crackdown on illegal immigration)

October 30, 2007

Jorge Puente Luna, Peruvian, loved to celebrate his culture – R.I.P. – consul general of Peru in Atlanta

October 29, 2007

Benefits of being bilingual – Parents who don’t speak English get student help – Georgia

October 4, 2007

Bill Richardson hits the Atlanta

Nordstrom sued for racial harassment

September 25, 2007

Mexican cheese sold in Georgia (+Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Texas) recalled – Queso Cincho de Guerrero

September 20, 2007

Illegal immigrant law passes – Illegal immigrants are officially unwelcome in Aiken County – Georgia

September 15, 2007

Hispanic businesses feel the squeeze – Crackdown on illegal immigration partly blamed for sudden halt in sales – Georgia

September 13, 2007

Georgia’s Hispanic leaders changing tactics – “Labor of Love” campaign

August 2, 2007

Citing Cobb County’s policies, Latino leader quits board – Atlanta

Immigrants to Georgia are among those needing lessons the most in nation, report says.

July 31, 2007

Did You Know? Georgia ranks fourth among fast-growing Hispanic markets, behind Arkansas, North Carolina and Tennessee.

July 30, 2007

Immigrants deported after calling police – Georgia

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