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Teen cadet dance crews as escorts are all the rage at Hispanic girls’ coming-of-age parties -quinceañeras

An undocumented pregnant woman faces the horror and neglect of the U.S. justice system … giving birth only to have her child stripped from her.

George Lopez seeks Latino vote for Obama in Nevada

Rapid growth for Spanish-speaking television news - On an evening its rivals were preoccupied with Christie Brinkley’s divorce and the capture of a Brooklyn murder suspect, New York’s WXTV led its local news with a story about graffiti saying “Get out of the USA” painted near a Peruvian restaurant on Long Island.

In Tijuana, a chaotic border city of 1.5 million people, the HIV infection rate is nearly triple the national average, and it has been rising steadily for more than a decade. Today, about one in 125 adults in the city is infected with the virus that causes AIDS.

Immigrants Facing Deportation by U.S. Hospitals - Mr. Jiménez’s benchmark case exposes a little-known but apparently widespread practice. Many American hospitals are taking it upon themselves to repatriate seriously injured or ill immigrants because they cannot find nursing homes willing to accept them without insurance.

Diabetes and Me: A Reporter’s Journey From Fear to Self-Control - Louis Medina of The Bakersfield Californian

Dodgers get Manny Ramirez from Red Sox

McCain emerging as a new Dole among Hispanics

Democracia USA was responsible for registering 35% of all the new Hispanic voters in 2006

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Nuevo Latino cuisine goes formal in Chicago

The get-even ways of ‘Mujeres Asesinas’ - Latin American audiences are glued to episodes of a TV show about abuses no longer endured.

HIV/AIDS is on the rise among Latinos in America. According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), Latinos make up only 13 percent of the U.S. population, but account for 18 percent of newly diagnosed cases. Dr. Ken Dominguez of the CDC is joined by Catalina Sol, of the HIV Program at Clinica del Pueblo, to discuss statistics and prevention.

Museo Alameda Opens Escultura Social: A New Generation of Art from Mexico City Exhibition is Second Phase of Blockbuster Presentation, “Mexico at the Museo” - San Antonio

Comment (about the widedly covered CIS report) by Wayne A. Cornelius, Center for Comparative Immigration Studies, UCSD - (Very good read)

52% of the Hispanic population is now online, representing 23 million users, according to a new report by eMarketer, which two years ago predicted that the Hispanic Web population wouldn’t exceed 20 million until the end of the decade.

Latest CDC Report on HIV Incidence Grossly Excludes Hispanics in 2006, the Fastest Growing Ethnic Population in the United States and its Territories

Leaving Sorrento: Why are Hispanics moving away? - Lake County, Florida

A Teenage Mother, Wiser, Speaks Up - Allison Banega in Connecticut

A recent report (CIS) that suggests the number of undocumented immigrants in the U.S. has declined because of immigration law enforcement ignores some critical factors, says Walter A. Ewing, Senior Researcher at the Immigration Policy Center in Washington, D.C. Immigration Matters regularly features the views of the nation’s leading immigrant rights advocates.

In Colombia, a painstaking effort at closure - Twelve exhumation teams work across the country in an effort to recover and, they hope, identify the remains of thousands of victims of Colombia’s long-running civil war.

Mexico has deployed hundreds of federal police to try to quell a dispute between taxi drivers and tour van operators in the popular beach resort of Cabo San Lucas.

Police in Mexico have arrested a woman for allegedly flushing her newborn baby down the toilet, killing the boy.

US ambassador a hit in Paraguay singing in Guarani - James Cason

A long, worthy comment on Chavez Blvd. - Dallas

Plan Mexico and the US-Funded Militarization of Mexico - Democracy Now

Serrano peppers at a farm in Mexico were found to be contaminated with the same strain of Salmonella that has sickened more than 1,300 people across the USA, the Food and Drug Administration says

In the Chicago area, fewer than 5% of Hispanic men are in management, business or finance, compared with 16% of non-Hispanic men, according to another recent study, which found a similar gap for Hispanic women.

Did You Know? That 12 years ago Bob Dole ended up with a record-low 21 percent of the Hispanic vote.

The Hispanic voting population in the Orlando media market also quadrupled between 1990 -2008 from 66,000 to 234,000

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Sen. McCain continued his effort to reach out to the Latino community by inviting Puerto Rican Reggaeton star, Daddy Yankee, to campaign headquarters Saturday afternoon.

More than 120 online writers will be at DNC - Both HispanicTips and VivirLatino mentioned in this article from the Rocky Mountian News

George Lopez seeks Latino vote for Obama in Nevada

Going Door To Door To Get The Latino Vote in Yakima, Washington

Latino vote: Being in the same family doesn’t mean being in the same party

Split Weld County Latinos may decide Colorado and the presidency

A high-ranking campaign staffer for John McCain lobbied for years on behalf of a major corporation in favor of repealing economic sanctions against Cuba, a position that is directly at odds with McCain’s position, according to lobbyist disclosure forms.

Did You Know? That 12 years ago Bob Dole ended up with a record-low 21 percent of the Hispanic vote.

McCain emerging as a new Dole among Hispanics

McCain, in Orlando, will have to work for Hispanic vote

Presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama will have to work hard to win the votes of the Hispanic community in Central Florida because these voters lack firm party allegiances, according to a study released Thursday.

Members of the Latino Student Union at the University of Maryland are developing plans to mobilize voters this fall, and their demographic - young Hispanics - could be crucial in electing the next president, one recent poll shows.

McCain, in Orlando, will have to work for Hispanic vote

Democracia USA was responsible for registering 35% of all the new Hispanic voters in 2006

The Hispanic voting population in the Orlando media market also quadrupled between 1990 -2008 from 66,000 to 234,000

Democracia USA Launches 2008 Central Florida Hispanic Voter Project

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Alejandra Guzmán comes out of the woodwork, assuring she’ll be a better mom During a concert in Mexico, the actress commented about the bad luck she’s had

Jenni Rivera says she will pay the fan whom she assaulted - The singer’s lawyers are trying to reach a settlement with the man Rivera hit during a concert

Sabine Moussier is the new Aventurera It’s official. The 41-year-old actress will replace Edith González in the role of Elena Tejera in the famous Mexican musical

Best + Worst Dressed 2008 Penélope Cruz, Salma Hayek and Kate del Castillo are among the best; Niurka Marcos was chosen the worst by the users of PeopleEnEspanol.com

Cristian Castro declares bankruptcy - The singer claims that his divorce to Valeria Liberman has left him in financial ruin

Eva Mendes Naked In Banned Calvin Klein Ad (Video included)

The get-even ways of ‘Mujeres Asesinas’ - Latin American audiences are glued to episodes of a TV show about abuses no longer endured.

Bajofondo mixes Latin, rock, hip-hop sounds

Selena Gomez is keeping her alleged romance with Nick Jonas on the down-low!

Plastilina Mosh gets wacky on ‘All U Need Is Mosh’

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Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem are said to be engaged - A British newspaper claims that the couple will soon publicly announce their engagement

‘Amor Inmortal’ to Premiere Worlwide - Debut of Chayanne’s Highly Anticipated New Single and Theme Song for the Megaseries “Gabriel”

Sen. McCain continued his effort to reach out to the Latino community by inviting Puerto Rican Reggaeton star, Daddy Yankee, to campaign headquarters Saturday afternoon.

Haciendo Escandalo! (Causing Scandal!) is Singer Diegodiego’s newest release and his second album.

America Ferrera amiga ante todo - La próxima semana se estrena “The Sisterhood of The Traveling Pants”

Los Temerarios: Baladas y más baladas El grupo de los hermanos Ángel no tuvo que apartarse del género que lo ha hecho popular para seducir a su audiencia

George Lopez seeks Latino vote for Obama in Nevada

Chicago Latino Music Festival gets ready to cover 6 centuries in city

People En Español’s Best And Worst Dressed Issue Is Giving Us Pleather And Chiffon Nightmares

Marc Anthony and Alejandro Fernández will team up in Irvine

SATELLITE GIANT DISH NETWORK PULLS PLUG ON GOLTV - MILLIONS OF DISH SUBSCRIBERS LOSE EXCLUSIVE TV COVERAGE OF EMIRATES CUP AND 2010 WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS

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One startling change has been the TV-watching habits of Hispanic viewers. In 1995, most Hispanic viewers in New York primarily watched English-language television (62 percent) over Spanish-language stations (38 percent), according to Nielsen Media Research. Last year, viewers favored the Spanish stations 71 to 29 percent. Similar trends are happening elsewhere.

For more than four years, Verizon has been installing its fiber optic, or Fios, network throughout the region and in a dozen other states. The company is attempting to gain a competitive edge against Cox Communications and other cable, Internet and phone-service providers. A Virginian-Pilot investigation over the past six months has found that many workers on the Verizon project are in the country illegally, performing back-breaking work that most Americans simply won’t do.

In an effort to gain a stronger presence in the Hispanic food market, a group led by Grocers Supply Co. Inc. has inked a deal to acquire 37 grocery stores from Minyard Food Stores Inc.

In the Chicago area, fewer than 5% of Hispanic men are in management, business or finance, compared with 16% of non-Hispanic men, according to another recent study, which found a similar gap for Hispanic women.

One of the U.S. Hispanic market’s hottest creative shops, La Comunidad, will name Antoinette Zel, a well-known former top Telemundo executive, president today. Ms. Zel has never worked at an ad agency.

Hispanic Mags Post Double-Digit Ad Gains, but Not All Are Thriving

SATELLITE GIANT DISH NETWORK PULLS PLUG ON GOLTV - MILLIONS OF DISH SUBSCRIBERS LOSE EXCLUSIVE TV COVERAGE OF EMIRATES CUP AND 2010 WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS

52% of the Hispanic population is now online, representing 23 million users, according to a new report by eMarketer, which two years ago predicted that the Hispanic Web population wouldn’t exceed 20 million until the end of the decade.

In 2008, eMarketer estimates there are 23 million Hispanics online, about 52% of the US Hispanic population, but widening cultural and language fragmentation makes reaching them a challenge. And as the population grows, so will the problem.

The Group Advertising announced it was contracted by Aldi to handle marketing to Central Florida’s Hispanic community. - Orlando area

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la comunidad (the community) Appoints Media Pioneer Antoinette Zel as President

Nuevo Latino cuisine goes formal in Chicago

Eva Mendes Naked In Banned Calvin Klein Ad (Video included)

Lanza Group, LLC Marks 5th Anniversary! Hispanic Marketing Firm Celebrates 5th Anniversary with Ambitious Growth and Expansion Initiative - Georgia

The Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce is setting forth a new priority to assess the feasibility of creating a Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. - Missouri

Latino financing group sees big rise in microloan demand - Latino Economic Development Corp in Washington DC

Why Social Media Marketing to Reach Hispanics?

Rapid growth for Spanish-speaking television news - On an evening its rivals were preoccupied with Christie Brinkley’s divorce and the capture of a Brooklyn murder suspect, New York’s WXTV led its local news with a story about graffiti saying “Get out of the USA” painted near a Peruvian restaurant on Long Island.

For some ill migrants, free care has a price - Some hospitals eventually send them out of U.S.

Hugo Chavez defies Spain by nationalising Banco Santander

Nissan North America Announces $50,000 Grant to Y-Hispanic Achievers

“Due to the fragmentation within the” Hispanic “demographic, online marketers may have to create multiple executions and strategies,” says Ms. Phillips.

FOCUS Hispanic Center for Community Development,a Newark nonprofit organization that provides community leadership, has received a $15,000 grant from Staples Foundation for Learning Inc., a private foundation created by Staples Inc. - New Jersey

ALMA Magazine and LatinVision Media Team Up to Bring Together Hispanic Business Community

New York’s Latin Media and Entertainment Commission and LatinVision Media Partner to Host the October “2008 Convergence Conference: The Future of Latin Entertainment, Media and Technology Markets” in New York

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Auditions are being held now for the Miss Florida Latina and Miss Teen Florida Latina pageants.

Nerman Museum show highlights Hispanic weavers - Kansas City

Alfred Arteaga, a UC Berkeley professor of Chicano and ethnic studies, died July 4 in Santa Clara of a heart attack. He was 58.

Jump in fast-track deportation orders raises alarm among immigrant advocates Many detainees don’t understand their rights, supporters say

Immigration concerns weigh heavily in Lake County sheriff’s race

Border Patrol hits Massachusetts with its pitch - Recruits agents to boost force, fulfill mandate

Valerie Onsurez named Hispanic Scholarship Fund coordinator at Texas Tech

long line of local political luminaries streamed Friday into the Pucho Olivencia Center at 261 Swan St. to pay homage to a man some have dubbed “the godfather” of Buffalo Hispanic community.

Health workers to get training on Hispanic culture - Lackawanna College, Pennsylvania

Carlos Chicas: Calling the Hogs En Español - Arkansas

Latino children in foster care need Latino foster parents - San Diego

Eight Great Mexican Breakfasts in Denver

Outreach goal of Latino Memphis director - Mauricio Calvo hopes an understanding of mission will help ‘gateway’

Sisters beat odds against Hispanics to earn degrees - UNLV

Hispanics make more inroads into Hoover community - Day laborers not as much of a flashpoint - Alabama

Olympic Q & A: Leonel Manzano - 1,500 meter

New Paraguay leader’s first challenge: land reform

Latin America’s populist decade may soon end

Renowned Argentine artist Perez Celis dies at 69

Double-decker tour buses hit Cuba

Argentine President holds 1st news conference in 8 months

Thirty-two Chinese and Latino teenagers were recognized by the city earlier this week for their efforts to promote a healthy environment in their southeast San Francisco neighborhoods, reports New America Media writer Jun Wang.

Chile’s Ministry of National Properties is compiling a registry of the Pinochet dictatorship’s torture sites and setting up a `Route of Memory.’

Rochester basks in Puerto Rican pride - New York

Latino Congresso 2008: Translating Resolutions into Reality

In an initiative to improve the monitoring of foreigners in the country, Peru’s government has recently approved the new Immigration Act through Legislative Decree Nº 1043, as part of the reforms to facilitate the implementation of the FTA with the United States

Immigrants joining the ranks of New Jersey’s homeless

Casa Amiga to receive $10,000 grant - New Carlisle, Ohio

Mexico’s top anti-drug prosecutor has resigned as part of a law enforcement shake-up amid a wave of shootouts and murders across the country, two officials in the attorney general’s office said.

BEADFORLIFE JOINS AIDS CONFERENCE IN MEXICO CITY

Study finds 11% drop in illegal immigrants - Conservatives hail the report as proof Bush’s controversial policy of enforcement via workplace raids is working.

Gubernatorial debate in Dover focuses on Hispanic issues - Delaware

Eisai Inc.; Pfizer Inc :: First Ever Study on Alzheimer’s Disease Treatment in Hispanics Presented at Major Medical Meeting

Home Invasions target Hispanic community - Roanoke, Virginia

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