Essentials + Colorado Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)

July 23, 2009

Hispanics have highest rate of uninsured in Colorado – 40% of adult Hispanics are without health insurance

December 20, 2008

Three Hispanics among hopefuls for Ken Salazar’s Senate post in Colorado – Henry Solano, John Salazar & Federico Peña

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.

December 12, 2008

Colorado Democratic Rep. John Salazar says he’s been appointed to the powerful House Appropriations Committee, which all but eliminates him from consideration to be secretary of agriculture.

November 5, 2008

Latinos are responsible for Obama’s victory in New Mexico and contributed strongly to his margins in Nevada and Colorado.

October 20, 2008

Colorado Democrats are planning rallies across the state this week aimed at getting Hispanics to cast their votes early. Federico Pena, a member of President Clinton’s Cabinet and now Barack Obama’s national co-chairman, will be among the Hispanic leaders Monday who will announce details of the events in the Viva el Voto! initiative.

October 2, 2008

Colorado’s Secretary of State Mike Coffman is throwing out thousands of new voter registration forms through a minor technicality – effecting many minority voters

September 29, 2008

Latino voters a force in Colorado’s Senate race

September 24, 2008

Latino vote emerges as swing vote in Colorado

Hispanic Vote May Tip The Balance In Colorado

September 6, 2008

Camp Obama Colorado – Money & Time actually going to empower Latinos & Hispanics – not just buying ads with $20 million

August 28, 2008

While members of the Democratic Party are gathered in the Pepsi Center to support Senator Barack Obama as the party’s nominee in the presidential campaign, Mexicans working just seven miles away, on Federal Boulevard, are living a very different reality.

Where Minority Is Majority – Denver’s Hispanics Could Prove Crucial On Election Day

August 14, 2008

Denver law would take cars of illegal immigrants

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

July 23, 2008

The only news/talk-radio station in the Valley (Arizona) aimed at Latino immigrants is going off the air, the victim of a faltering economy, ongoing crackdowns on undocumented immigrants and a tough market for Spanish talk radio. – Its sister station in Denver, KNRV-AM (1150), signs off this month, too.

The Colorado Department of Transportation is encouraging Hispanic men to buckle up through a new program called Cita Con La Vita. 70% of Hispanic drivers and passengers killed in Colorado last year were men who were not wearing their seat belts.

July 16, 2008

Denver Hispanic cops to sue department and city

July 9, 2008

‘En Mis Palabras’ Features Two Languages, Cultures: The Bilingual Performance Tells the Story of a Mexican Immigrant Family

June 11, 2008

Federico Peña (Obama’s National Campaign Co-chair) sees ‘a lot’ of himself in Obama — and a transformative DNC for Denver

June 3, 2008

Aurora OKs bigger immigration detention center – The move effectively clears the way for GEO Group Inc. to turn a 400-bed facility into a 1,500-bed center to house illegal immigrants, making it the second-largest detention center in the nation. – Colorado

April 15, 2008

Did You Know? The Colorado Civil Rights Division says Boulder County is the second-hardest place in the country for Hispanics to get a fair home loan. – Cambridge, Mass. was #1