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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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Just a couple of months after WCBS/Ch. 2 correspondent Pablo Guzman cheated death in a car crash, he’s now recovering from a heart attack. - New York City

Mastering the margarita: Tequila aside, even experts can’t agree on what goes into the legendary cocktail

The head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Wednesday called on Mayor Gavin Newsom to allow the federal agency full access to information about local inmates, saying the city should rescind its policy that prohibits ICE agents from reviewing jail logs and records.

Tighter border security and a broken-down rail line on Mexico’s southern frontier are prompting thousands of U.S.-bound illegal immigrants to head north through thick jungles controlled by violent drug gangs.

“You have to understand in a way that the Republican Party is damaged among Hispanics,” said Hessy Fernandez, McCain’s spokeswoman for Hispanic media. “But at the end of day it’s the contrast between Sen. McCain and Sen. Obama.”

three times as many respondents said being black would help Obama (32%) with Latino voters than said it would hurt him (11%); the majority (53%) said his race would make no difference to Latino voters

Hispanic registered voters support Democrat Barack Obama for president over Republican John McCain by 66% to 23%, according to a nationwide survey of 2,015 Latinos conducted by the Pew Hispanic Center, a project of the Pew Research Center, from June 9 through July 13, 2008.

Esperanza Andrade becomes Texas’ first Latina secretary of state

Luis Ramirez was beaten to death last week by a group of white teenagers yelling racial slurs in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania. Despite eyewitness testimony, no charges have been filed. Democracy Now speaks with Arielle Garcia, a friend of Ramirez who witnessed the attack.

The McCain campaign has a new web ad out placing Barack Obama, for the second time, side-by-side with a foreign dictator. This time, it’s Fidel Castro.

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Pequeñas maravillas - La habilidad de un orfebre para reproducir la cultura aborigen latinoamericana en miniatura - Ramón Cabrera

Lucia Ballas-Traynor, svp, gm of MTV Tr3s, has been appointed publisher of People en Espanol, Time Inc. Entertainment Group president Paul Caine announced today.

Latino Diabetes Association launches new website to prevent growing Diabetes Epidemic in the Latino Community.

Commentary: To stay relevant, media must diversify - Ruben Navarrette Jr.

Immigration is a different kind of 2008 presidential campaign issue. The views of McCain, the presumptive Republican candidate, and his Democratic rival, Obama, are similar, and both men have lots of good will among pro-immigration activists, but not much from hard-liners. (nice overview graphic)

DNA tests for the first time have confirmed that a baby was stolen from her mother and adopted for profit in Guatemala.

More than 1,000 deaths linked to the painkiller fentanyl were reported nationally during a two-year span, traced to a drug operation in Mexico, according to a report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

For years, the chief punishment for immigrants caught working illegally in the United States has been deportation. But prosecutors are now bringing criminal charges that include aggravated identity theft, which can bring a hefty prison sentence. Immigrant rights groups and some members of Congress are challenging the practice.

A tunnel that runs beneath Nogales, Arizona is the focus of a international investigation. U.S. and Mexican officials are trying to determine if a retaining wall and fence inside a drainage tunnel led to a costly flood in Nogales, Sonora earlier this month.

Sen. Barack Obama touts that “he grew up without a father” and was “raised by his mother with the support of his grandparents” in his first Spanish-language radio ad of the general election campaign, released Wednesday and designed to portray him as sharing the same experiences as Hispanic voters.

Larry Mendte, Alycia Lane (Latina) Co-Anchor, Charged With Hacking Into Lane’s Computer

Three slayings occurred and a small group of protesters gathered Tuesday, the day Mexican President Felipe Calderón arrived for a visit in Juárez.

Hunger is S. Florida’s dirty little secret

A review of congressional nominations to the military academies shows that black and Hispanic lawmakers often recommend fewer students

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Obama’s new Spanish-language radio ad appeals to shared experiences between himself and Latinos

Rosario Dawson has decided to put acting on the back burner for the rest of the year in order to focus on politics.

L. A. mayor Antonio Villaraigosa seeks to build Latino support for Obama

“You have to understand in a way that the Republican Party is damaged among Hispanics,” said Hessy Fernandez, McCain’s spokeswoman for Hispanic media. “But at the end of day it’s the contrast between Sen. McCain and Sen. Obama.”

Sen. Barack Obama touts that “he grew up without a father” and was “raised by his mother with the support of his grandparents” in his first Spanish-language radio ad of the general election campaign, released Wednesday and designed to portray him as sharing the same experiences as Hispanic voters.

Immigration is a different kind of 2008 presidential campaign issue. The views of McCain, the presumptive Republican candidate, and his Democratic rival, Obama, are similar, and both men have lots of good will among pro-immigration activists, but not much from hard-liners. (nice overview graphic)

three times as many respondents said being black would help Obama (32%) with Latino voters than said it would hurt him (11%); the majority (53%) said his race would make no difference to Latino voters

Hispanic registered voters support Democrat Barack Obama for president over Republican John McCain by 66% to 23%, according to a nationwide survey of 2,015 Latinos conducted by the Pew Hispanic Center, a project of the Pew Research Center, from June 9 through July 13, 2008.

The McCain campaign has a new web ad out placing Barack Obama, for the second time, side-by-side with a foreign dictator. This time, it’s Fidel Castro.

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Dieste & Florida State University Center for Hispanic Marketing Communication develop Experiential Program

Televisa Publishing & Digital announced the expansion to their alliance with BIGresearch to provide marketers with a deeper understanding of Hispanic consumers

Un nuevo reporte de Signals Telecom Consulting indica que el mercado de televisión paga en Latinoamérica superará los US$ 20,9 mil millones para el año 2013

The Bud Light family—including Bud Light Lime and Bud Light Chelada—grew 5 percent.

Aeromexico, one of the two leading airlines in the country, has canceled eight flights, including three U.S. cities — Los Angeles, Phoenix, and Austin, Texas — to offset soaring fuel prices that are adversely affecting the air industry all across the globe.

Energy reform in Mexico - A controversial referendum and the future of the state oil company

U.S. immigration agents raided eight Mexican restaurants in northern Ohio on Wednesday and arrested 58 employees as part of a criminal operation against illegal immigrants, federal authorities said.

Lucia Ballas-Traynor, svp, gm of MTV Tr3s, has been appointed publisher of People en Espanol, Time Inc. Entertainment Group president Paul Caine announced today.

Denver radio station KNRV-AM will drop its Spanish-language local news and sports programming July 31 and instead carry a national satellite feed, station officials announced Wednesday.

The only Latino bank in San Diego County officially opened its doors yesterday, and will offer a range of services in a bilingual and bicultural setting. - Vibra Bank

AT&T has tapped Latin crooner Luis Miguel to help promote the relaunch of its bilingual Web site, Mi Portal, and to entice online users with exclusive subscriber-only music videos and interview content.

CaribeVision is the New Home for Atlante Soccer Club’s Potros de Hierro Team

Wanting to identify issues important to Houston’s growing Latino population, the Houston Hispanic Chamber of Commerce is launching a campaign to raise $10 million to fund its own research foundation.

Coppell-based Minyard Food Stores Inc. will sell 37 stores and its Hispanic-focused Carnival brand to a group including Fiesta Mart Inc.

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

Maquila bordering New Mexico to employ up to 30,000

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Después de dos largos años de estar alejada de la industria discográfica, la cantante grupera Ana Bárbara regresa con un nuevo álbum.

El cantautor cubano Pablo Milanés presentará el próximo sábado en Madrid su último disco, titulado “Regalo”, resultado de un trabajo que comenzó en 2006 con el tema “El largo Camino de Santiago”.

El cantante puertorriqueño Chayanne publica el 9 de septiembre ‘De piel a piel’, una recopilación de grandes éxitos que se lanza en formato CD+DVD y resume la carrera de 30 años de uno de los iconos del pop latino. El CD recoge 16 canciones y el DVD, 12 vídeos y otros extras.

El mexicano Alex Lora anunció hoy que festejará “a lo grande” los 40 años de su banda “El Tri”, con el lanzamiento de un disco compacto en edición especial con sus éxitos y un concierto.

La actriz Daniela Spanic abandonó hoy el hospital donde fue internada para someterse a un tratamiento especial a fin de descartar secuelas del derrame cerebral que sufrió hace un año.

Medio hermano de Cristian Castro vendería hasta su casa por ayudarlo

Alejandra Guzmán hasn’t been able to visit her daughter, Frida Sofía–who was hospitalized for a drug overdose– because she’s been in a rehab center in Mexico City

Silvia Pinal asegura que Frida Sofía sigue en el hospital

Mexico’s music from the hotlands — better-known by its Spanish term, “musica de tierra caliente” — has long played second fiddle to its more popular cousin, duranguense. - At the helm of this new wave of tierra caliente is Tierra Cali

Aleks Syntek: Mexico’s Mr. Eclectic

Rosario Dawson has decided to put acting on the back burner for the rest of the year in order to focus on politics.

AT&T has tapped Latin crooner Luis Miguel to help promote the relaunch of its bilingual Web site, Mi Portal, and to entice online users with exclusive subscriber-only music videos and interview content.

Eva Mendes Strips Off For Sexy New Lingerie Ads

Meet Gotham City Mayor Nestor Carbonell

Ry Cooder keeps alive L.A. sound with new album - I, Flathead - mixing as it does Los Angeles’ diverse white, black and Latino musical roots

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U.S. Army expands its commitment with Hispanic youth

President Alan García presides over one of the region’s fastest growth rates, but his approval rating sank to 26 percent this week because the poor say their lives aren’t any better. - Peru

Total Recall in Bolivia: Divided Nation Faces Historic Vote

Nicaragua: The Tenuous Indigenous-Sandinista Alliance

Pedro Martinez departed Wednesday night’s game before it ended when he learned that his father, Paulino (Pablo) Jaime, had died in the Dominican Republic after a lengthy battle with brain cancer.

New report identifies lack of disaster preparedness for immigrants in Southern California

Caracas climbs 30 places in the most expensive city ranking - Venezuela

Belt and bragging rights on the line when Cotto meets Margarito

Program allows immigrants to earn Mexican high school diplomas - at La Hermandad Hank Lacayo Youth and Family Center in Oxnard, a nonprofit organization that provides services to immigrants in Ventura County

Roberto Ayala isn’t really a big fan of boxing. He and his brother, Jorge, own La Fonda Boricua restaurant in Spanish Harlem. Six years ago, Ayala was introduced to WBA welterweight champion Miguel Cotto and immediately became a Cotto fan.

Photographer Victor Salas was beaten by a police officer while he was covering the incidents that occurred during President Michelle Bachelet´s speech at Congress on May 21st of this year. - Chile

Border Smugglers Use Hurricane Dolly To Move Drugs and Illegals - One group of smugglers tried to bring in 9,600 lbs of marijuana and a group illegal immigrants.

The New Haven program that sparked protests and gained national attention is entering its second year. To date, about 6,000 people have signed up for the Elm City Residents Card program. - Connecticut

Hundreds of critics of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio packed the county chambers Wednesday to try to persuade the Board of Supervisors to put an end to his controversial immigration sweeps, to better monitor lawsuits related to his office, and to more closely examine his emergency response times and jurisdictional reach.

Mexico has lodged a formal complaint against the United States for flood damage it claims was caused by a concrete barrier erected by the Border Patrol in a storm-water tunnel beneath Nogales.

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Organizers of the Puerto Rican Cultural Festival in Providence say the event’s in jeopardy after the city’s licensing board denied them a liquor license. - main sponsor is Budweiser

Latin American Labor Council Backs Downpayment Assistance

New fair acts aim to draw more Latinos - DuPage County Fair - Illinois

Iowa - Auditions for the second annual Latino American Idol competition will take place Tuesday night at Dos Rios Cantina and Tequila Lounge in downtown Des Moines.

Juntos Podemos helps with English literacy - Oregon

Latino Consumer Group Says Latino Community Being Sold Outdated Food - San Jose, California

Eduardo Galeano - Latin America: A Kingdom of Paradoxes

Hispanics now the largest ethnic group in Kern County - driven mainly because of a higher fertility rate rather than immigration said Peter Smith with Kern Council of Governments. - California

D.C. United to host third annual Latin American Festival

FonoLibro Releases Spanish Audiobook of International Bestseller “The Power of Now” from Eckhart Tolle

Kansas legislators talked tough about immigration reforms before the last session started. But in the end, they couldn’t agree on any. Changes in state law may be unlikely in the next session, too, if the views of south-central Kansas legislative candidates are any indication.

The Babylon Town board made history when it appointed a union organizer who fled war-torn El Salvador in the early 1980s as its first Hispanic American member - Antonio A. Martinez - New York

U.S. Treasurer Anna Escobedo Cabral is scheduled to be in Boise Thursday for an Idaho Commission on Hispanic Affairs education summit.

The Southwest Florida Hispanic Chamber of Commerce has awarded $300,000 in scholarships to high school seniors from the Southwest Florida area pursuing a college education.

DVDs aim to advise Hispanics on financial literacy

El Pasoan seeks 1,000 people to document border life

El Papa nombra nuevo obispo en Durango, México

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Border Patrol NOT Checking Documentation of Valley Evacuees - Texas

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.

Federal officials deny passports to midwife-born Mexican Americans along Texas-Mexico border (Latina Lista)

Thanks to Frida Kahlo, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Finally Draws Latino Crowd

Rick Rodriguez Named Carnegie Professor at Cronkite School

Daddy Yankee Focuses “Talento” On Movies, Reggaeton Star - Produces And Stars In Feature Film About Barrio Life

Carlos and Jorge de Céspedes, founders of Pharmed, once one of the largest Hispanic owned businesses in the country, were charged Tuesday in federal court with healthcare-related wire fraud and income tax evasion.

Latino MBTA employees, angry over anti-Hispanic comments allegedly made by the transit authority’s antidiscrimination chief, took their frustration to Governor Deval Patrick yesterday, seeking a high-level ally to air their grievances. - Massachusetts

AIDS Among Latinos on Rise - 22% of new HIV and AIDS cases

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.

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A growing demographic: Hispanic superheroes

“Novel Embodies True Teenage Latina” - New novel “Esperanza” about a 14-year old Mexican-American girl growing up in the barrio - Sandra Lopez

Transcript of Obama new Spanish-language radio ad - will run in Colorado, Florida, New Mexico and Nevada

In Oaxaca: tastes that transcend time

Edgar Castillo - Born in the U.S., Playing Soccer for Mexico

Mexican American Scientist Named National Hispanic Scientist of the Year - Dr. Lydia Villa-Komaroff

Latina Students Shine - Summer Institute for Latino Public Policy in Washington, D.C.

Cicero gets OK from Mexican city of Guanajuato to host mummy exhibit - Chicago

Long Island women sue casino workers over insults in Spanish

Welcome Home Raymundo Pacheco - It’s time for the Mexican government to take some responsibility for the immigration crisis.

South Carolina county to vote English as official language - Pickens County

Latino Businessman Takes Aim At California’s Water

Journalists Of Color To Gather At UNITY - Chicago

Washington State Democrats Plan to Expand Their Base with the Latino Voter Project

Views of whites, Latinos toward Barack Obama analyzed

Intersections: (Media) Revise your styleguide: On usage of ‘La Raza’

LULAC’s 2011 Convention To Be Held In Cincinnati

Hispanic HPD trailblazer fights for her life after shooting - Velia “Belle” Ortega

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Mexican rock band Mana backs Obama

Maná le apuesta a Barack Obama - they are backing him

With ethnic vote so crucial, usual rules don’t apply

Rosario Dawson Helps Get Out the Young Latino Vote

Washington State Democrats Plan to Expand Their Base with the Latino Voter Project

Views of whites, Latinos toward Barack Obama analyzed

Transcript of Obama new Spanish-language radio ad - will run in Colorado, Florida, New Mexico and Nevada

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Peso power: Mexican currency nears six-year high vs. dollar

Long Island women sue casino workers over insults in Spanish

Meredith Hispanic Ventures Will Relaunch Espera and 12 Meses Under the Ser Padres Umbrella

Gorilla Nation Signs 2 Hispanic Sites to GNMulticultural Vertical Market

English is not the new Spanish on Radio Premios Juventud proves that out on TV

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.

Spanish-language pop-music station KLVE-FM (107.5) jumped back to the No. 1 spot in the Southland radio ratings, ending the brief reign of English-language Top 40 outlet KIIS-FM (102.7), according to the spring Arbitron figures released Tuesday. - Los Angeles

Bush hails free trade pact with Colombia to a vallenato beat

Cultural knowledge important when marketing vision health care to multicultural audiences - Hispanic MPR

Mozilla Launches Search for Mexican Logo « Mi blog es tu blog

Announcing Cardenas “La Primera Familia Latina” to Commit to the Dream of Owning Four Unique Pizza and Subs Restaurants as Franchisees

Carlos and Jorge de Céspedes, founders of Pharmed, once one of the largest Hispanic owned businesses in the country, were charged Tuesday in federal court with healthcare-related wire fraud and income tax evasion.

The San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce conducted a national search for its new president and CEO - Ramiro Cavazos

Gracias, Jim Stengel - You Set the Bar High for U.S. Hispanic Marketing

TV Azteca Announces 10% Nominal EBITDA Growth and 9% Sales Increase for 2Q08

Hispanic Hotel Owners Association Members Developing Rapidly

PBS hires Edelman for Latin Music USA

NOBOX CREATES UNIQUE FUEL-CONSCIOUS WEBSITE FOR TOYOTA

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Mexican rock band Mana backs Obama

The Dark Knight, the highly-anticipated Batman sequel, is currently owning the Mexican box office,taking in 68.2 million pesos, or $6.74 million in its opening weekend

Antonio Allbritten’s New CD Mixes Eclectic Styles, Latin Flavor for a Wholly Unique Sound

Discovery En Espanol To Air Pre-Olympic China Spectacular

Maná le apuesta a Barack Obama - they are backing him

El nuevo videoclip del grupo mexicano Maná titulado Arde el cielo muestra imágenes del presidente estadounidense George W. Bush y el presidente de Venezuela Hugo Chávez, como ejemplos de violaciones a la vida y a la libertad de expresión.

Judge drops drug, weapon charges against reggaeton singer Don Omar

Michelle Salas is caught getting up close and personal with Luis Miguel’s manager

Ale Guzmán’s daughter is caught kissing a girl

Cristian Castro: “I could give a damn what people think of me”

Rosario Dawson Helps Get Out the Young Latino Vote

Bachata Roja Legends to make N.Y. debut in Queens Latino Fest

Suzuki Auto Hits Red Carpet With Actors Nick Cannon, Melonie Diaz and Jay Hernandez at 2008 New York International Latino Film Festival

Daddy Yankee Focuses “Talento” On Movies, Reggaeton Star - Produces And Stars In Feature Film About Barrio Life

MTV TR3S PRESENTS THE CIRCO ROCKTASTICO TOUR FEATURING MONTE NEGRO-NEW ALBUM, CICATRIX OUT AUGUST 5th

CELEBRITIES MAKE WAY TO SAN ANTONIO FOR FIRST ANNUAL TONY & EVA PARKER CELEBRITY CASINO NIGHT - Hollywood, Local Celebrities Join Together in San Antonio to Support Eva’s Heroes

AMERICAN LATINO TV SALUTES LATINAS & LATINATION BREAKS A SWEAT! - New Episodes this week on American Latino TV and LatiNation - Charo, Madden en Espanol, Lucha Va Voom, Ivan Dominguez

Hollywood Has Finally Figured Out How to Make Web Video Pay - Gemini Division with Rosario Dawson

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Trend: Patients going to Mexico to get bariatric surgery

Lawsuit: End Services For Illegal Immigrants - Lexington, Kentucky

NY State Assembly has 1st Dominican representing part of Bronx - Nelson Castro

Puerto Rican festival in jeopardy - Providence, Rhode Island

As families toil in fields, migrant children hit books in Rantoul - Illinois

Ties between Dominican prospects and bookie raise concerns for MLB

Sheriff Lupe Valdez Continuing on Crash Course with City Leaders and Employees - Dallas County, Texas

NAMIC Announces Fall 2008 Writers’ Workshop Call for Entries

US aid to Cuba unfrozen, State Dep. pledges reform

Pandilla de dominicanos habría torturado en NY

Argentina: Gobierno de Fernández sufre primera baja

Isabella Wall designated Representative of the Secretary of State of Tourism of Dominican Republic

Dora Machado introduces her new fantasy novel, Stonewiser: The Heart of the Stone

Mixed Use: Mestizo Coffeehouse re-opens with a vision for an artistically vibrant west side - Salt Lake City Weekly - Salt Lake City

The Zocolo… an important place in the Hispanic Culture

Strong American Schools :: National Council of La Raza President and CEO Janet Murguia to Address Thousands of Journalists During UNITY Conference: Join the Movement to Fix Our Nation’s Failing Schools

Hispanic Leaders Give Thoughts on Solving Gang Violence - Utah

Proyecto Salud Clinic opens at Montgomery General Hospital in Olney. - Maryland

Eight Hispanic women say San Luis Obispo County’s probation department harassed them and retaliated against them in a pattern of discrimination based on gender and race.

GOLTV TO EXCLUSIVELY AIR INSTRUCTIONAL SERIES “ARGENTINE SOCCER SECRETS”

Mexico will no longer jail illegal immigrants detained within its borders.

Hurricane potential off S. Texas coast leaves some wondering if Border Patrol will make good on threat to screen for undocumented (Latina Lista)

The next extinct species: the Latino journalist - Esther J. Cepeda

FDA finds salmonella strain in Mexican-grown jalapeno pepper

Video: Danica Patrick “chats” with Milka Duno

Are Obama, McCain reaching Hispanic voters? - Tampa Bay area view

Las Vegas’ Hispanic Population Increase Cause May Surprise You - (Hint: it isn’t immigration)

Art Acevedo looks back, forward after one year - Austin’s first Hispanic police chief

In Tijuana, a Market for Death in a Bottle - finding pentobarbital, a barbiturate commonly known as Nembutal is easy there

Worse may come for epic lines at Tijuana crossing

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Immigration law means a borderline existence for U.S. wife of Mexican

Poor financial advice, habits hurt many Hispanic

Houston Police Department’s first Hispanic woman cop shot - Belle Ortega

Gold, platinum rules eased for Latin musicians - numbers of albums needed to be sold cut in half!

Did You Know? Voter registration jumps in North Carolina - 10,000 identify themselves as Hispanic — a 25 percent increase in this new category.

Did You Know? That Nestor Carbonell from Cane plays the mayor of Gotham City in The Dark Knight

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Are Obama, McCain reaching Hispanic voters? - Tampa Bay area view

Did You Know? Voter registration jumps in North Carolina - 10,000 identify themselves as Hispanic — a 25 percent increase in this new category.

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Build-A-Bear Workshop(R) becomes an Official Licensee of Alianza Latina de Béisbol

Anna Maria Arias Memorial Business Fund: Calling All Latina Entrepreneurs

Steelworkers Join Los Angeles Activists in Demanding Occidental Petroleum Stop its Complicity of Human Rights Abuses in Colombia

The Hispanic Game-o-sphere

SBS’s ‘EL CIRCO’ recognized by leading Marketing Association in Puerto Rico.

Poder acquires Hispanic Enterprise magazine

Meredith to Realign, Rename Hispanic Parenting Titles Under ‘Ser Padres’ Brand

MultiTax Boosts Productivity of Tax Preparers Serving Latinos and Immigrants

Connecticut gets a local Spanish-language station

Avaya IP Technology Enables Leading Hispanic Market Newspaper Publisher to Improve Contact Center and Customer Service Operations

Poor financial advice, habits hurt many Hispanic

El Paso Hispanic Chamber of Commerce now runs Minority Business Enterprise Center

USHCC PLANS CONVENTION AND EXPO IN SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA

Undocumented worker ruling could rattle Oregon’s economy

Marketers Aim at Latino Youth via Univision’s ‘Premios Juventud’

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SERGIO MENDES To Perform July 30th On The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

AS THE PINKER TONES TRAVEL ACROSS THE COUNTRY, LOCAL CRITICS RAVE

Lots of Chihuahuas and Disney Movie Making: What Could Possibly Go Wrong? » VivirLatino

Rendirán homenaje a José José

DIANA REYES PRESENTARA SU ÉXITO “ME MUERO” EN LOS “TECATE PREMIOS DEPORTE” PROGRAMADOS PARA EL HORARIO ESTELAR EL 27 DE JULIO POR UNIVISION

CABAS CONQUISTA ESTADOS UNIDOS CON AMORES DIFICILES

Galilea Montijo might be the next Aventurera

Eva Longoria takes her name out of the running for this year’s Alma Awards

Asegura Cristian que no volverá a casarse

Televisa offers Cristián de la Fuente a starring role

Mayrín Villanueva asks the press to respect her privacy

HITN to Give Salsa Congress a World Audience

Daddy Yankee brilla en el festival de cine de NY

The first-ever Mexican film festival in New York says ‘Hola’

Eva Longoria: ‘I can’t wait to have children’

THE 2008 ALMA AWARDS® HOST EVA LONGORIA PARKER AND NCLR PRESIDENT AND CEO JANET MURGUÍA ANNOUNCE NOMINATIONS AND SHOW HIGHLIGHTS, INCLUDING SPECIAL HONORS TO SHAKIRA, LINDA RONSTADT, AND NARCISO RODRIGUEZ

Eva Longoria grabbed lunch at Toast and shopped at Blck following her ALMA conference appearance

Eva Longoria hosted the nomination ceremony for the 2008 ALMA Awards

2008 Alma Awards Nominees

Responde Cristian Castro a Gabriela Bo

Shawn Kiehne, a k a El Gringo - Born in America, Heart in Mexico

Shakira, Juanes, sing to demand release of rebel-held hostages

Arcángel Is Rated PG?

Jaslene Suffers From Mal De Amores

Gold, platinum rules eased for Latin musicians - numbers of albums needed to be sold cut in half!

Did You Know? That Nestor Carbonell from Cane plays the mayor of Gotham City in The Dark Knight

Pide Gloria Trevi la ‘prueba de amor’

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La Bloga: Homeless musician’s story is also about the columnist who wanted to help

JCPenney Honors Hispanic Youth Scholars at Univision’s 5th Annual ‘Premios Juventud’

Mujer Dominicana en Nueva York exhibit

Guatemala: Forced Disappearance and the Search for Justice in El Jute

LAXART Presents the Debut of Miguel Angel Rios’ Video Crudo

New Hispanic Campaign Targeting Obesity, Created by PlanetWoot

Frank McLynn’s top 10 books about Mexico

U.S. Latinos may get a national museum of their own

Abilene’s first Cuban refugees brought by the International Rescue Committee arrive - Texas

Nashville Area Hispanic Chamber rallies behind May Town Center

Industrial/Cesar Chavez votes haven’t changed - Dallas

Food rise has Bolivia’s coca farmers planting rice

5 dead, president safe after Bolivian helicopter crashes

Hazleton mayor named Pennsylvania’s Mayor of the Year - Lou Barletta

Ochoa, Fuentes, leave time capsule messages atop Mexico cathedral

4,881 Peruvians in Spain could accept to voluntarily return to Peru

Illinois Rep. Foster travels to U.S.-Mexico border

43% of people reported missing in Peru are minors

Cuban-Venezuelan ties boom under Raul Castro

Wave of arrests targets Cuban activists

Special Mention: Campaign Ads Look To Reach Hispanic Voters : NPR featuring ME!

Los Angeles Immigration Court caseload soars - And wait times are growing because the number of judges has not kept pace.

Book reveals extent of Mafia’s Cuban empire - “Havana Nocturne: How the Mob Owned Cuba and Then Lost It to the Revolution”

The deportation of illegal workers is dividing Long Island, one of America’s wealthiest regions

Obama’s Latin policies in play - A tug of war is in progress within the Barack Obama campaign to influence the direction of his Hispanic and Latin American agenda.

Illegal immigrants spurn benefits - Fear of immigration agents means available resources go unclaimed

For North Carolina’s Hispanic leaders, the biggest hazards of the job were once long hours. Now, they include death threats.

Jobs For Day Laborers Are Dwindling - Florida

Hispanic groups unite to register 2 million voters

Why Won’t Juan Hernandez Come to the Phone? - McCain’s Hispanic outreach chief is both loved and loathed.

Sheriff Arpaio Sued Over Racial Profiling Of Latinos In Maricopa County

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A visit with artist Cesar Martinez

Racial harmony on display at Watts basketball tournament - Los Angeles

Michigan State attracts Immokalee students to migrant program - Michigan State University College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP)

Shaken and Stirred - Macondo, a New Restaurant, Introduces Itself, and an Avocado Cocktail - NYC

Sounding off: The importance of being bilingual

Oppenheimer: It’s time for Americans to master a second language

NY Int’l Latino Film Festival offers reel look at Hispanic issues

Oil prices threaten Latin America’s economic gains

Mexico faces new drug challenge: mini-submarines

Pair run down and killed by driver in Hollywood had 3 children - killed by a drunk, former Marine, Hispanic

Immigrant arrests sever parents, children

A Silent Crisis: The Underrepresentation of Latinos in STEM Careers

Out of Public Limelight, U.S.War on Immigrants Intensifies

Immigration frustration stokes fury in Fremont - Nebraska - (exacerbated by the influx of workers with different customs, language and skin tone!)

States balk at checking farm workers’ documents

Though my family enjoyed the movie “WALL-E,” my daughter wondered why they were no Latinos among the people who escaped from Earth.

Broker convicted of immigrant loan fraud - targeted Hispanics - Denver

Lawsuit: Long Island diner harassed for hosting Hispanics

‘Flood’ of drugs from Mexico linked to area abductions - Georgia

Magazine cover may help Obama with Latino voters

Mexican files $75K claim against Gilbert police - Arizona

Mexican immigrant’s beating at hands of youths exposes racial tensions in Pennsylvania town - Shenandoah

Did You Know? Latino children have the highest risk for dental problems. Among Latinos, 72% have experienced decay and 26% had cavities on seven or more teeth.

Did You Know? There are enough Hispanics in Rochester, NY for them to have a Latino Night for their Minor League team, with a postgame concert featuring N’Klabe and Milly Quezada

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Obama’s Latin policies in play - A tug of war is in progress within the Barack Obama campaign to influence the direction of his Hispanic and Latin American agenda.

Radio Bilingüe’s Hacia el Voto 2008 sets sights on live coverage of presidential conventions

Hispanics tired of the rhetoric, they want solutions

A Quinceañera Election Party

McCain can’t win for losing on immigration - The issue could hurt the presumptive nominee among the GOP faithful yet not boost his chances among Latino voters.

The Hispanic vote - ¡Voten por mi! - Economist

Immigrant issue tugs two ways for McCain

Magazine cover may help Obama with Latino voters

Hispanic groups unite to register 2 million voters

Why Won’t Juan Hernandez Come to the Phone? - McCain’s Hispanic outreach chief is both loved and loathed.

Campaign Ads Look To Reach Hispanic Voters : NPR

Op-Ed: The importance of McCain’s Latin America trip - Alex Burgos

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Media Moves: Al Corral becomes a talent rep

Report: Mexico: Overview of the Publishing Industry

United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Welcomes Dale A. Crowell, New Director of Communications

USHCC Mourns the Loss of California Latino Leader John Aguilar

In Immigration Cases, Employers Feel the Pressure - But Critics Fault Laws as Ineffective

Oil prices threaten Latin America’s economic gains

On ‘Mexicanizing’ Cruise Ship Tourism & Floating Casinos

Televisa reporta ganancias en el 2T

Toyota Gets Real in Latino-targeted Camry TV Spots

Lopez Negrete Taps Joseph ‘Pepe’ Machin, José López-Varela as Executive Group Account Directors

States balk at checking farm workers’ documents

Mipcom unveils Spanish focus - Telemundo’s Santana joins speaker lineup

Ventura County Latino Business Expo helps Latino businesses attract customers - California

Local Spanish-language paper aims for growth - El Sol in Stamford, Connecticut

Hispanic Nets Gear Up for Fall - Lineups Draw On Old, New Formats

Portada’s Fith Year Anniversary Issue, just out!

Jimmy Perez Heads Programming For GLR Networks

Univision #1 Network in America among Adults 18-34 and 18-49 as Hispanic Youth Rules Airwaves on “Premios Juventud 2008″ - Most-Watched Edition Ever Beats All Broadcast Networks, Regardless of Language, for Entire Evening #1 Program in Major Markets for Time Period

Broker convicted of immigrant loan fraud - targeted Hispanics - Denver

Latinization of General Market Ads - Portada

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Carlos M. Gutierrez Praises LULAC Support for Colombia FTA

Marketplace: Stricter English rules for U.S. truckers

Digital Advertising Luminary to Speak at Second Annual Hispanic Digital and Print Media Conference - Portada

Lawsuit: Long Island diner harassed for hosting Hispanics

‘The Voice’ of radio: Pair of Memphis stations compete for Hispanic audience - WGSF-1030 AM y WAVN-1240 AM

“Premios Juventud 2008″ racked up a Nielsen Media Research preliminary 2.2 rating among 18-49 adults–the second-best-rated show of the night.

Rough Guides announce content deal with MSN Latino

CasaQ® Debuts New Line of Christmas Ornaments Geared towards US Latinos

Spanish-language Media Market In a Growth Phase

Jobs For Day Laborers Are Dwindling - Florida

Challenges for Spanish television in Mid-South have no barrier - Memphis area

Generation ñ is regenerating itself; the former magazine for hip young Hispanics is coming back as a website.

Latinos not ready for digital switch

Univision 34 Launches Mobile News Alerts on Univision Movil - Los Angeles

Gabriela Lenix JOINS VISCOM INTERNATIONAL AS MARKETING DIRECTOR

AMD loses $1.19bn and CEO Hector Ruiz

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Ganadores/Winners of the 2008 Premios Juventud

El Queens Theater in the Park regresa con un interesante abanico de producciones latinoamericanas

Salma Hayek is not depressed about her breakup

Ha Ash, de estreno

Preparan Los Temerarios gira por EU con su nuevo disco “Si tú te vas”

Lucybell presenta su nuevo disco en Ciudad de México - Primitivo

Roger Velasquez: making his mark in latest CD ‘Quiero Besarte’

Frida Sofía sólo es acompañada de su padre

Preocupa a Stephanie Salas su prima Frida Sofía

Entrevista con Jenni Rivera

Vuelve atacar el cáncer a Manuel Saval

Plasma Chetes su forma de ‘querer’ en nuevo video

Sospechan hospitalización de Alejandra Guzmán

Respeta el clima a Marc Anthony - Veracruz

Shakira y Carlos Vives celebran día nacional

Juan Luis Guerra makes Latin beats tropical and topical

Cristian Castro: “My career’s in the toilet” - Pleads Poverty In Divorce Battle

Crazee Comics Media LLC, Founder Samuel Vera to be Featured on NBC’s Streetside San Diego July 25th

Los Lonely Boys celebrate brotherhood

Though my family enjoyed the movie “WALL-E,” my daughter wondered why they were no Latinos among the people who escaped from Earth.

Alex Rodriguez’s pout at home - emotionally abused?

NY Int’l Latino Film Festival offers reel look at Hispanic issues

Sexo, Diego y Rock and Roll

Un músico mexicano gana el litigio por un tema de la banda sonora de “Amores perros”

Juanes and Miguel Bosé To Join Ingrid Betancourt In Paris For a July 20th Concert To Demand The Release Of All Remaining Hostages In Colombia And An End To Guerrilla Violence in The Country

Shalim Ortiz will get married this Saturday

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Futbol Mundial Magazine Premiere FCBarcelona Commemorative Special Issue for 2008 Tour

New Book Recounts How Cuban Refugee Who Escaped Castro’s Prison Camps Now Helps Thousands of Other Refugees Find Freedom at the Mexican Border

Cubans heading to U.S. — via Mexico

Argentine Senate votes against hike in farm tariffs

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Latin America’s Entrepreneurs: Catholics vs. Protestants - a Gallup poll

Delectable Summer Goings-on in Baja California, Mexico - Fiestas de la Vendimia 2008

Jet skiers cruise the Hudson in search of Caribbean throwback - New York

Unsung Manny Parra proves worth in Milwaukee

Sister Cities Association Brings Latino Life to Ozarks - Springfield, Missouri y Tlaquepaque, Mexico

Chase Latino Cultural Festival showcases diverse talents - NYC

Puerto Rican Parade & Latino Fest organizer credits her father - Anastacio Pagan in Cleveland

State budget cuts affecting minority graduate students - Illinois

Mariachi Mama in Topeka, Kansas

Guantanamera: Cuban Cuisine in the Heart of Manhattan

Activist was Colton’s first Hispanic councilwoman - RIP Connie “Paddy” Cisneros - California

Move Over Margarita! Mexican Food has a New Dinner Partner

Kansas City police program reaches out to Hispanics - Department’s Spanish immersion program expanding

Hispanic club joins others on sign - Palm Coast, Florida

Celebrating 25 years of Hispanic culture - Hispanic Cultural Festival in Lancaster, Pennsylvania

City’s Hispanic students climb- Huntsville, Alabama

Raid on meat plant haunts town, sparks debate - Postville

RENEW International’s Sr. Veronica Mendez to Participate in Latinos and the Future of Catholicism Panel

Food, fellowship mix to make Hispanic-American festival a hit - Neptune, New Jersey

New Castle County police, Latin center breaking barriers - Delaware

RailHawks renew Mexican tradition - North Carolina

Building officials urge caution after wave of recent consumer complaints - abuse of elderly and Hispanic customers in Collier County, Florida

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