Eye Openers + Connecticut Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)

October 28, 2009

Immigrants sue feds over 2007 raid – Residents allege 2007 immigration raids in New Haven were unconstitutional

September 14, 2009

Is Latino Affairs Commission A Soap Opera? – Twelve months of turmoil have plagued the state’s Latino and Puerto Rican Affairs Commission, and it won’t let up. – Connecticut

September 8, 2009

Watch the outrage/heckling – Bishop Emilio Alvarez of Stamford, Connecticutt asks a question in Spanish at a health care town hall of Rep. Jim Himes (CT-04) who was born in Peru and is fluent in Spanish. – Shocking the reaction of the crowd. (must watch)

October 1, 2008

The state’s Latino and Puerto Rican Affairs Commission board has rescinded its vote to fire its executive director, but plans to revisit the issue. – Fernando Betancourt in Connecticut

September 25, 2008

Mayor John DeStefano Jr.’s office has been receiving hate calls and e-mails about the Mexican flag on the New Haven Green. The calls and e-mails have spread messages of bigotry, hate and intolerance toward the Latino immigrant community, according to a news release from DeStefano’s office. – Connecticut

September 22, 2008

The job status of Connecticut’s only director of the Latino and Puerto Rican Affairs Commission is in doubt.

July 28, 2008

When she won the Ms. Latina USA title in 2006, Sandra Colon became the first Connecticut resident since Dorothy Hann in 1933 to win a national beauty title. Despite the 73-year gap between national pageant winners, Colon won her title in relative obscurity.

June 9, 2008

Video of Hit & Run incident where the victim is Latino in Hartfort, Connecticut – (the worst part is that nobody helped)

June 5, 2008

Danbury Councilwoman: Hispanic Center move ‘racially motivated’ – Connecticut

April 29, 2008

State short on black, Latino jurists – Connecticut

March 28, 2008

Study: It’s ‘Getting Tough’ For Hispanics – Connecticut

March 20, 2008

Proportion Of Minorities Lower At UConn – Black, Hispanic Students Likelier To Attend Community Schools, Report Says

February 18, 2008

Advocates alarmed by Rell plan to cut Medicaid interpreter funds – Connecticut

November 14, 2007

Taxpayers footing the bills for illegal immigrants – Danbury Hospital – Connecticut – (Yes, this is important but it is only part of the equation. It is like balancing your checkbook without every including your deposits)