Eye Openers + Colorado Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)
October 5, 2009
Colorado Latino leaders work to derail proposed census boycott
Sugar beets to baseball: Northern Colorado’s Hispanic baseball league
September 21, 2009
Latino feuds hold back schooling in Colorado
The president of the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce abruptly left the group’s national convention in Denver on Saturday amid reports he was feuding with the board chairman. – Augustine Martinez
August 13, 2009
Curanderos mexicanos y médicos de Colorado comparten planes de salud integral
June 5, 2009
Colorado Rockies catcher Yorvit Torrealba’s 11-year-old son and brother-in-law were released by kidnappers a day after being abducted in Venezuela.
May 29, 2009
Colorado is updating the way it counts Latinos in schools. The state now categorizes students as either Latino or white, not both.
December 9, 2008
Democratic U.S. Sen. Ken Salazar raised more than $400,000 at his first major fundraiser for his 2010 re-election bid.
December 5, 2008
Denver Broncos practice squad has Mexican flavor
December 3, 2008
Is Latino culture putting a low emphasis on education? On Monday, Ernesto Caravantes, author of the controversial book “Clipping Their Own Wings: The Incompatibility Between Latino Culture and American Education,” stopped by the Rocky editorial board, along with former Gov. Richard Lamm, to argue that Hispanic families were putting other cultural considerations ahead of education
November 25, 2008
Nash Finch Co. wanted to boost sales at its two Hispanic-themed Avanza stores in Denver. So last summer the Edina-based grocery wholesaler and retailer decided to lower prices on certain products and then charge customers 10 percent more at the register. ¿Qué? What began as an opaque pricing program to woo local vendors has erupted into a public relations headache for Nash Finch. The company faces two lawsuits in Colorado
November 21, 2008
Denver Police are using a social psychologist to study whether the department is doing everything possible to rid itself of racial and gender bias.
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
August 20, 2008
Colorado Attorney General John Suthers is asking the federal government to help foot the state’s tab for jailing illegal immigrants.
August 14, 2008
Denver law would take cars of illegal immigrants
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 13, 2008
Colorado’s future depends on educated Hispanic work force
June 5, 2008
Report: More Colorado Hispanics hurt by weak economy
May 19, 2008
Teen Files Lawsuit Against Denver Police Officers – Juan Vasquez
May 13, 2008
More Hispanic Businesses Robbed – Aurora, Colorado
May 8, 2008
Latino officers seek probe by FBI – A white policeman is accused of using excessive force in arresting a Latino teenager last month. – Denver
April 29, 2008
Mexico refuses Miss Valentine and a truckload of 869 pairs of donated shoes – Colorado
April 24, 2008
Critics call for Bruce’s resignation after ‘illiterate peasants’ remark – Colorado
March 25, 2008
Gunmen target Hispanic eateries (5 of them) – Aurora, Colorado
March 11, 2008
Sickle-cell disease spreads in Latino community in Colorado
March 10, 2008
Trio accused of vandalizing Latino shrine – Three Mormon missionaries are seen mocking the Catholic site in photos on the Internet.
January 31, 2008
Mexican Workers File Lawsuit in Colorado
November 28, 2007
Hispanic tradition in state Senate leadership – Denver
November 27, 2007
Air Force Academy cadet first Puerto Rican Rhodes scholar
November 15, 2007
Aurora Latinos upbeat despite defeats – As Hispanic numbers grow, they aim to push diversity in government after falling short in this month’s elections. – Denver
