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Salsa royalty celebrates Cheo Feliciano’s 50 years in music

Large number of Mexico’s fathers are between the ages of 15-24 (Latina Lista)

Nicaraguan singer-revolutionary bars government from using songs - Carlos Mejia Godoy

U.S. cars swarm Tijuana gas stations

Latino folk rocker Trini Lopez just keeps gathering the fans

With no established politician expected to challenge him, Carlos Alvarez is likely to win a second term as Miami-Dade mayor.

Patti Solis Doyle Joins Obama Campaign

Taking It To ‘The Heights’ - won the Tony award for best musical, one of four it won overall.

Tu Ciudad magazine closure

Atlanta becoming big market for Mexican acts

Hard times for Merco Group - South Florida’s real estate boom ends in a tangle of litigation and financial demands for a family-owned development enterprise. - the Meruelo family

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Supreme Court gives immigrants a little leeway

UCLA recognizes an early backer who had been largely forgotten - Reginaldo del Valle’s political work played a crucial role in founding the institution that became the university, but few know of him. Research and Latino activists are putting him back in the story.

Guiding Hands Help Immigrant Artists Connect - New York

Cuauhtemoc Blanco has been a blessing for Fire - Chicago

How minor league Latin players adjust to life in America - (specifically with the Boston Red Sox)

Outspoken author talks about her work and life - Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez

Rush-Copley uses grant to reach out - $150,000 from Avon:: Money for breast cancer education - Aurora, Illinois

Latin American consulates to join forces in NY, NJ

Arlington Schools Candidacy Captures Latino Imagination - Virginia

Bishops told immigration is key to the future of Catholic Church - Salt Lake Tribune

Obama and McCain on Immigration: Life vs. Death - The best analysis of the differences in the candidates’ positions comes from the Spanish-language press.

North Carolina Sheriff’s Association gets state funding to fight immigration; how money spent unclear

Legal Drugs Kill Far More Than Illegal, Florida Says - An analysis of autopsies in 2007 released this week by the Florida Medical Examiners Commission found that the rate of deaths caused by prescription drugs was three times the rate of deaths caused by all illicit drugs combined.

Did You Know? 1 million new Latino voters turned out in California alone for the Democratic primary

Did You Know? A report found that Hispanics made up 32% of the California’s general population but only 5% of its practicing physicians.

Did You Know? Raul Alarcon Sr. was a communications pioneer in Cuba, he founded his first radio station on the island in the early 1950s. When he came to the U.S. in 1960, he left behind a network of 14 stations that had been seized by Fidel Castro’s government.

Did You Know? Obama voted to authorize construction of a 700-mile fence along the U.S.-Mexican border.

Did You Know? 1 million new Latino voters turned out in California alone for the Democratic primary

Obama and McCain on Immigration: Life vs. Death - The best analysis of the differences in the candidates’ positions comes from the Spanish-language press.

McCain needs Latino votes, too

Media Matters - NY Times blog ignored poll showing Obama’s Hispanic support

Winning Latino Votes in the General Election - (commentary in the form of a press release)

Clinton Insiders Take Umbrage at Patti Solis Doyle Move

Patti Solis Doyle Joins Obama Campaign

More than words needed with Latino voters - Jorge Ramos

Immigration reform awaits next president - Regardless of party, winner faces uphill battle on divisive issue

The Role of Mainstream/Hispanic Media in the Latino Vote - Portada

Did You Know? Obama voted to authorize construction of a 700-mile fence along the U.S.-Mexican border.

The Clinton Loss: from a Hispanic perspective

García Media now has a blog

Listen to podcast interview with Alberto Oliva, editor in chief, Ser Padres about the magazine - Hispanic MPR

Media Moves: Gary Piña among McClatchy casualties - Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Media Moves: Christina Medina to join KCTV

Siempre Mujer to Increase Frequency to Eight Times a Year

Advertising Campaigns: Applica

Bennigan’s Offers Menu in Spanish

Media Moves: Janet Rodríguez moves to Phoenix

Expósito- Ulla recognized by the NY Women’s Chamber of Commerce.

Human cost of Brazil’s biofuels boom - The country is a key producer of ethanol. Many of those cutting the sugar cane used to make the fuel are said to endure primitive conditions.

Panama City: A boomtown with growing pains - The canal expansion and an influx of firms are transforming the city, but its infrastructure is sorely inadequate.

Chicago advertising veteran Gladys M. Arroyo named ad chief for The Doings

Georgia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce taps Tallman as CEO

Mexican farmers angry over FDA salmonella probe

University of Delaware program helps Latino businesses

Universal Music Latin Ent. restructures - Former Univision Music Group employees laid off

Marketing firm owner earns national award - Virginia Madueño, president of Modesto-based Imagen LLC

With Raul Alarcon Sr., change was in the air

Horizontes Unidos Greeting Cards Appear in Magazines

Say, “¡Hola!” to New Customers - Independent auto insurance agents now have even more tools from Progressive to grow their Hispanic business.

10 Things NEVER to Say to Latino Executives

Frontera Announces Acquisition of High Volume Store

Fisher’s Univision Stations Join HipCricket’s Hispanic Mobile Marketing Network

Hispanic Bar Association honors American Airlines VP - Dallas

Creative Civilization resigns Spurs account - San Antonio

Seccion Amarilla Launches New Website and Advertising Campaign in the U.S.

Tinbu Launches Spanish Language Interactive Stock

Tu Ciudad magazine closure

Hard times for Merco Group - South Florida’s real estate boom ends in a tangle of litigation and financial demands for a family-owned development enterprise. - the Meruelo family

Immigrant case puts hospital in a bind - A woman seriously injured in a fall several months ago is illegally in the U.S., which means she is not eligible for Medicaid or Medicare. - Wichita

Riviera Magazine Pushes Online Edition, Sells Statewide Ads - Orange County

Did You Know? Raul Alarcon Sr. was a communications pioneer in Cuba, he founded his first radio station on the island in the early 1950s. When he came to the U.S. in 1960, he left behind a network of 14 stations that had been seized by Fidel Castro’s government.

Lakers Versus Celtics for NBA Title A Big Hit With Hispanics

Essco Wholesale Electric tops list of Arizona companies on Hispanic Business 500

Actress Roselyn Sánchez Plans For Wedding And Babies

Salsa royalty celebrates Cheo Feliciano’s 50 years in music

Cabas: more acoustic, romantic on new CD ‘Amores Dificiles’ - Ramiro’s New Blog

WSBS to launch home made vampire mini series in September - Hispanic MPR - Gabriel

‘Todos miran’ a Gloria Trevi

Pau y Sasha celebran cumpleaños con lanzamiento de CD

Cristian Castro accuses Valeria Liberman of making business transaction behind his back

Victoria Ruffo leaves a door open for Telemundo

Hip Hop Artist Johnny Prez Launches Music Label

Celia Cruz coming home in musical - The Cuban legend’s story stood New York on its ear, but Miami may be a tougher audience.

Spin Magazine Declares THE PINKER TONES “Hit Like A Spicier Daft Punk”; Tour Begins Next Week

Salsa nights in Boston picking up the beat - Latin-music lovers say the Boston scene has evolved to include a wide range of offerings.

Los Tigres del Norte’s lovefest at Ravina - Chicago

Antonio Banderas Launches His First Scent For Women

Latino folk rocker Trini Lopez just keeps gathering the fans

Austin Tejano Music Coalition E-News Volume 1 Number 1

Disney Revs Up Tween Star Machine - Company Pushes for a Texas Girl to Match Miley Cyrus’s Success With Young Fans

Taking It To ‘The Heights’ - won the Tony award for best musical, one of four it won overall.

Atlanta becoming big market for Mexican acts

LATINA ACTRESS EILEEN GALINDO MAKES THEATRE DIRECTORIAL DEBUT IN “TRAILERVILLE”

Guest Voz: Sen. Bob Menendez announces legislation to prevent government detention of legal citizens caught in immigration sweeps (Latina Lista)

Humanitarian legislation to keep federally detained undocumented immigrants safe before Senate. (Latina Lista)

National Council of La Raza Elects New Board Chair and Welcomes Four New Members To Board of Directors

Community College Decision On Illegal Immigrants Doesn’t Reach North Carolina State University

The Fragments of the Latin American Union

USC Carol Rodriguez closes in on 400-meter goal

Chavez meets with ailing Fidel Castro

Valedictorian: Butcher’s son will realize dad’s wish - Aaron Aguilar in LA

High hopes: A skinny Latino dreamer, with an assist from Miami’s deep theater talent pool, creates a Tony Awards heavyweight - Lin-Manuel Miranda

Time is the key to planning quinceañera

Chivas USA soccer team may build fields in Santa Ana for youth

Center for day laborers opens in Portland, Oregon

Cheech Marin’s Chicano art at LACMA - Los Angeles

Help for Rhode Island’s immigrant health-care professionals

Latino summit to be held in Greenville June 26, 27 - North Carolina

Idaho summit at BSU to address Hispanic student scores

Elian Gonzalez joins Cuba’s youth Communists

Snippet: “Pre-Hispanic Cooking/Cocina Prehispanica,” by Ana M. de Benitez (Bibliotech Interamericana Bilingue, $35.95). This tiny paperback, half in English, half in Spanish, is packed with intriguing nuggets of information drawn from Mexico’s traditions, the writings of Spanish missionary Fray Bernardino de Sahagun and Benitez’s years as a cooking teacher.

Hispanic leaders press for Chávez name - Dallas

Wanted: Hispanic student nurses in Northwest Arkansas

Hispanic Scholars, Students Pressure Princeton for Latino Studies Program

Continental Airlines and National Association of Hispanic Publications Announce Essay Contest Winner

Breast cancer strikes Latina women hard

Toughest sheriff in US vows no let up in immigration fight - Sheriff Joe Arpaio

Spouse calls: Author seeks minority spouse tales

Immigration museum finds permanent residence - San Diego

Hispanic advocates denounce Rhode Island immigration arrests - Newport

Northern Virginia Hit With Cost Of School Migration - Pr. William Policies Drive Immigrants To Inner Suburbs

Director of Chicago’s Latino Union gains respect of day laborers, groups formed to help them - Jessica Aranda

New study builds on old one to track Mexican American progress - After finding questionnaires from a 1965 survey in a UCLA basement, two professors followed up with about 700 of the participants and their children. The news is good and bad.

Nun who led civil rights march in Dallas leaving for Mexico - Sister Consuelo Tovar

SBA Deputy Jovita Carranza Expected to be Nominated as Agency Chief

Diabetes Before Motherhood More Than Doubled In Six Years, Study Finds (52% of the participants were Latinas)

Health risks high for Latinos - Study’s findings suggest poor working, living environments have negative impact

Mayan immigrants face prejudice - Underlying discrimination within ethnic minority highlights major issue facing immigrant communities

A rediscovering of East L.A.’s core - Latino artists help revamp a place where the community (and freeways) intersects.

Hispanics on Harris County voter rolls triple in generation - Houston, Texas

Immigration debate erupts in Rhode Island, fueled by budget crisis (AP finally writes about it - but if you already knew about this if you are a regular reader)

‘Universal story’ told in film of immigrant deaths - ‘19 Victoria’ documents horrors using unconventional style - (short film on immigration)

10 ugly things about the immigration debate - Ruben Navarrette Jr.

Lena Guerrero’s rare journey through Texas politics

Hispanic congressmembers attack CNN over Lou Dobbs - (took them long enough)

Civil Rights, Immigration Policy And Workers’ Rights Groups Present New Evidence On Devastating Impact Of “No Match” Rule

Millions of ‘Latino’ immigrants boost Spain’s low birthrate

Supreme Court Upholds Voter Identification Law in Indiana

Interest in immigration rallies wanes as groups focus on other methods of activism - Chicago area

Indian enclave at risk if Duroville closes - The desert trailer park is an outpost of the Purépechas, indigenous people from Mexico. ‘They are the poorest of the poor,’ says a nun who works with them.

Draining the basin that’s Mexico City - The metropolis, situated in a giant natural bowl, suffers flooding and backup with every rainy season. A $1.3-billion government effort aims to clear the problems.

New Jersey’s U.S. Attorney Christopher Christie speaks at Dover church forum - Illegal immigrants aren’t criminals

Work is Criminal for Mississippi Undocumented

Son of Elvira Arellano returns to Chicago for May 1 immigration rallies - (I still have to say that the utilization of a child for this cause disturbs me)

In a political fix? Call Shakira

“Transgenic Seed Companies Lie and Bribe:” Interview with Goldman Prize Winner Jesús León Santos

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La Bloga: In the Grove special issue: homage to Andrés Montoya

Did You Know? Hispanics make up nearly 40 percent of Houston’s Harris county’s population but just 15 percent of its electorate - Texas

Did You Know? Hispanic men die from accidents at nearly twice the national rate for men, and Hispanic women die from diabetes at twice the national rate for women

Did You Know? UTEP ranked fourth for enrolling Hispanic students in graduate programs overall. In 2007, 1,855 students, or 57 percent, were Hispanic.

“Being in this country without proper documentation is not a crime,” New Jersey’s U.S. Attorney Christopher Christie told more than 60 residents and town officials. “The whole phrase of ‘illegal immigrant’ connotes that the person, by just being here, is committing a crime.”

“I had Hispanic agencies telling me that, ‘no, Mexicans like soccer, baseball and boxing,’ ” Hambric (Lorena Ochoa’s Agent) said. “But this is a woman who is now the No. 1, best-regarded person in her country.”

A twist of lime, indie music for beer launches

Argentina may be the most distressed story in Latin America, but it is also the most undervalued.

Work is Criminal for Mississippi Undocumented

MyGrito.com Launches New Music Player

Alfredo Duran Named Senior Vice President, Branded Services and General Manager of The Warner Channel Latin America

LATV Kicks Off Sophomore Season

SBA Deputy Jovita Carranza Expected to be Nominated as Agency Chief

New venture pushes Hispanic business growth - National Hispanic Business Information Clearinghouse (NHBIC)

Mexico’s Televisa, partner Univision head to court

The Intelligence Group Releases 2008 Latino Lifestyle Study(R)

The National Society of Hispanic MBAs Names Patricia Romero Cronin 2008 Ultimate Hispanic Executive

Hispanic Grocery Store Tries for Larger Appeal - Virginia

NAHP Conference on Digital Information Publishing Atlanta, Georgia

Line-X Truck Bedliners Launches Hispanic Campaign

Batanga, Inc. Reaches 10.8 Million Unique Visitors

Mega TV Puerto Rico Names Luis Roldan Senior Vice President and GM

Spanish Broadcasting System Hosts First Upfront for Mega TV

Civil Rights, Immigration Policy And Workers’ Rights Groups Present New Evidence On Devastating Impact Of “No Match” Rule

Tito Guizar: Fans want his star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Jorge Villamizar da primeros pasos como solista en Colombia

Jorge Villamizar: going solo is tough, but rewarding - x-Bacilos

Miguel Zenon turns traditional Puerto Rican sounds into innovative jazz

Jaime Camil to release a new album

Eva Longoria Parker wants to play a Mexican diva

Congress sees eye to eye on helping one immigrant group — entertainers

MyGrito.com Launches New Music Player

In a political fix? Call Shakira

Mega TV Launches ‘La Descarga Con Albita’

Legendary Brazilian Musician SERGIO MENDES Announces Summer Tour Date

Letras Latinas offers Latino poetry online - from the University of Notre Dame

Marisa Alicea Named New Dean of DePaul University’s School for New Learning

3 to travel to U.S.-Mexico border as part of LCC’s ‘Humanigration’ - Purdue University

Exhibit explores Latin arts’ meaning - The Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts - San Francisco

Popular with tourists in Brazil, Recife is deadly for residents - Soaring homicide rate among the Brazilian city’s poor gets little notice. But a team of journalists is trying to change that.

Mystery surrounds Tijuana drug shootings - Newspapers are full of unattributed accounts of who was involved and who was killed. Mexican officials remain tight-lipped.

Gang shootout in Tijuana leaves 13 dead

In growing Latino community, Episcopalians see opportunity - Virginia

Tepoztlan: A sampling of Aztec divinity in Mexico

Calderón: ‘Mexico appreciates you … Mexico misses you’

Latest Blue Beetle issue published almost entirely in Spanish

Literacy fair targets Detroit Latino community

Latinos talk housing, Puerto Rico statehood he 13th Annual Hispanic Leadership Conference in Lorain county, Ohio

Deadline looms for Arizona governor to act on immigration bill

Latina/o Culture Professor Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes receives Circle Award

Dehlly Porras ready to take helm at Raritan Valley Community College - New Jersey

19th Annual Hispanic Youth Symposium - Idaho

Residents in Predominately Hispanic Southern Texas Region Suffer Higher Rates of Disease, Report Finds

Churches Seek Unity Of Black And Hispanic Communities - Memphis

Utah Office of Hispanic-Latino Affairs boss aims to boost office’s profile - Silvia Castro Thomas

Michigan Hispanic Chamber Hosts Fiesta Hispana May 16: Chrysler’s Simon Boag is Keynote Speaker

St. Louis Hispanic Scholarship Applications Accepted

IDB, Ricky Martin Foundation, Ayuda and local partners launch campaign against human trafficking in Washington, D.C .

Latin America: The Downside of the GM Revolution

Study: California falls short on number of Latino, African-American doctors

Latino music biz shuns new artists

My opinion Maria Elena Salinas: New dropout numbers foreshadow grim future

For Lorena Ochoa, a Title, a Soak and a Serenade - a grandstand full of singers serenaded her in Spanish

Bringing salsa sound to Iraq - A group of Hispanic soldier-musicians have reunited their salsa band and are playing in Iraq. - The Latin Fire

Hispanic Unemployment Increases to 6.9%–153,000 More Hispanic Unemployed in March

Jackson, Latino activists hope to form ‘black-brown coalition’ - Chicago

Court Appointed Special Advocate Program Appeals to Latino Community to Help Abused and Neglected Children - over 1,300 Latino children in foster care in Dallas County & only 35 Latino CASA volunteers to serve them

Size, impact of illegal population in Rhode Island a mystery - (a refreshingly honest headline)

Chicano art, beyond rebellion - ‘Phantom Sightings: Art After the Chicano Movement’ provides a rare showcase at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

San Joaquin Delta College earns high marks for its programs that reach Latinos

Remembering Luis Magana, bilingual announcer extraordinario - a Los Angeles wrestling and boxing institution

Hispanic Student Association hosts Janitor Appreciation Day - University of Florida

Hispanics key to University of Missouri event - Cambio de Colores: Latinos in Missouri

Sexual Abuse Fueled by Abusive Immigration Language - Describing immigrants in dehumanizing terms like “illegals” turns immigrant women into targets for sexist oppressors, from anti-choicers to rapists.

Number of day laborers in San Joaquin County surges as housing work dries up

New media trends turn to Spanish language

Sorrento Hispanics fear retaliation after deputy beaten - Lake County, Florida

Absolut vodka ad stirs a U.S.-Mexico debate - Some in the north take offense at the depiction of an old border.

Illegal immigration debate to figure in some Rhode Island church services - Boston.com

Paul Revere of Texas – Juan Seguin

Pain of crackdown on illegal immigrants personified - St. Louis

US May Heighten Travel Alert to Mexico

Hispanics having impact

Support For Barack Obama Grows In Puerto Rico

Puerto Ricans are ‘Obama people,’ says ex-governor

SiTV Crashes The Presidential Process - Net Teams With Voto Latino To Involve More Young Hispanics

Should Latinos vote for the independent candidate?

McCain faces an uphill battle to win the Hispanic vote in November

Getting Hispanics to the Polls - Voto Latino Launches Backyard Effort

Latino music biz shuns new artists

H para Hombres the First Audited Spanish-Language Lifestyle Male Magazine in the U.S. Market

Carlos Ponce new voice of State Farm.

Zale names Acevedo Executive VP Chief Stores Officer

Sparks continue to fly over Absolut’s Mexico ad

English speaking Hispanics represent 2/3 of Hispanic Boomers

Billboard Magazine Launches Spanish-Language Website

SiTV Crashes The Presidential Process - Net Teams With Voto Latino To Involve More Young Hispanics

MySpace to launch social-networking website for US Latinos

To Reach Hispanic Boomers, Advertisers Must Look Beyond Language

P&G Taps Oprah, Salma Hayek for Global Vaccination Push

Univision to Debut New Kids’ Block

Modelo Especial ‘Quiere’ Spanish Speakers

Amazon.com beefs up Latin music store

Absolut vodka ad stirs a U.S.-Mexico debate - Some in the north take offense at the depiction of an old border.

Entravision Communications Corporation Announces Additional $100 Million Share Repurchase Program

North Carolina Bank Partners with Fiserv to Target Hispanic Market

Hispanics and Other Ethnic Markets Will Spend $60 Billion on Telecommunications, Says Insight Research

Latinos gain momentum: It’s a very entrepreneurial culture, here and elsewhere - Washington Latino Business Association

Did You Know? Food bought at grocery stores and restaurants accounted for an average of almost 13 percent of household spending in the United States in 2006, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ data show. In Hispanic households, that percentage was even higher: 14.3 percent.

Business owners notice drop in immigrant population - Deleon, Florida

Responding to growing Hispanic population, Workforce Language Services offering workplace Spanish training

NSHP’s Hispanic & Bilingual Career Fair Hits New York City

Hispanics Are Better Influencers - Hispanic e-fluentials

What Shaky Economy? Hispanic Networks Bet Ad Growth Will Continue - Advertising Age - Hispanic Marketing

Hispanic Unemployment Increases to 6.9%–153,000 More Hispanic Unemployed in March

Tapping the Hispanic-American travel market

Latin songwriter/producer releases solo disc - Tommy Torres

HBO & The New York International Latino Film Festival Announce 5th Annual Call For Entry for the HBO/NYILFF Short Film Competition

Latino music biz shuns new artists

Carlos Ponce new voice of State Farm.

JLo’s twins take their first trip

Lucía Méndez Sued by Ex-Husband

Amazon.com beefs up Latin music store

Havana Film Festival New York reels in innovative flicks

Bringing salsa sound to Iraq - A group of Hispanic soldier-musicians have reunited their salsa band and are playing in Iraq. - The Latin Fire

Carmen Maura to replace Javier Bardem in ‘Tetro’

New Film Las Dos Caras de Jano, Starring Modesto Lacén Is Selected to Premiere at the 24th Annual Chicago Latino Film Festival - Lead Actor Modesto Lacén Will Be Appearing at the Premiere

Cuba’s paladars serve up memorable dining experiences, creative and satisfying fare

Exhibition “The Question is Known: (W)here is Latin American/Latino Art?” at Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts (San Francisco), April 18 - May 24, 2008

LULAC and the Sierra Club Condemn Bush Administration’s Border Wall Waiver

Tricky issue of immigration played down - Colorado senate race

Undocumented students dream of financial aid - The California Dream Act would give undocumented students federal aid.

US immigration raids violated constitution

Bill Gates: Latin America must invest more in education

Rev. Richard Flores named rector of St. Patrick Cathedral

GRIEGO: Future will be what kids make it

Latino Festival Returns to Ivy Tech Lafayette Campus - Indiana

Latinos should seek office on merit, not ethnicity

South Carolina bill may block college for illegal immigrants

Puerto Rican Cultural Society of Dayton celebrates 30 years - Ohio

Seventh annual Cambio de Colores conference focuses on integration of Latinos

Cambio de Colores speakers explore immigration, diversity - Columbia, Missouri

Hispanic Educational Summit in Raleigh

Polluted Mexico City bans smoking