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Marketwire, a full-service newswire and communications workflow solutions provider, today announces the debut of NoticiasDigitales, the newswire industry’s first real-time business-to-consumer digital news service to publish Spanish-language news on Latin American websites. An enhancement to its Spanish-language press release distribution circuits, Marketwire’s NoticiasDigitales displays press releases on more than 100 leading newspaper, financial and economic news, and media websites and portals that bring corporate news to millions of influential Spanish-speaking viewers across North America, Central America and South America.

“With the rapid growth of social media and ‘citizen journalism,’ the future of the newswire industry depends on leveraging new technologies to offer effective business-to-consumer news delivery solutions,” commented Marketwire Vice President of Emerging Markets Hector Botero. “Ethnic, emerging and international markets represent enormous, untapped opportunities for an online digital news distribution service, and we are extremely excited to launch an industry first to our clients who target Spanish-speaking audiences.”

Participants in the large web network at the core of Marketwire’s NoticiasDigitales include major news media, business, finance and technology websites published in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Uruguay and Venezuela. Examples of participating websites are Caracol Radio, Clarín.com, Dinero.com, El Universal.com and Nacion.com.

A 30-day testing period revealed that between June 11 and July 11, 2008, Marketwire’s NoticiasDigitales received more than 4 million total impressions from visitors in 21 countries. Thirty percent, or 1.2 million of those impressions came from visitors in Colombia, an economy growing at 6.8 percent a year (two full points faster than the Latin American average); 29 percent, or 1.18 million of the impressions were from the United States; 13 percent, or 520,000 impressions, came from visitors in Argentina, a country that has experienced four consecutive years of more than 8 percent growth in GDP; and 11 percent, or 431,000 impressions, came from Mexico, a country counting the United States as its largest trading partner.

Now, by adding more than 100 websites and 3 million-plus monthly views to its comprehensive Latin America distribution circuits that, combined, reach more than 80,000 media points in Latin America, Marketwire reinforces its position as the leading Latin American market press release distributor. NoticiasDigitales is included in all of Marketwire’s Spanish-language press release distribution circuits: five Latin America/South America distribution packages; newslines to 17 Latin American countries; and its industry-leading North America Hispanic newsline that reaches more than 5,000 journalists and editors through Marketwire’s NoticiasFinancieras news syndicate generating news for print publications with combined circulation exceeding 3 million daily, and readership, including web properties, exceeding 10 million.

About Marketwire

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Marketwire delivers its clients’ news to the world’s media and financial communities, fulfilling disclosure requirements in North America in compliance with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX), and serving as Primary Information Provider (PIP) with the UK’s Financial Services Authority (FSA). With a reputation for technology leadership, Marketwire offers innovative products and services — including Social Media, Search Engine Optimization, Dashboard Mobile Financial, News Dashboard coverage reports, exclusive access to networks such as the Canadian Press Wire Network, Easy IR and Easy PR workflow solutions, and more — that help communication professionals maximize their effectiveness while ensuring accuracy and best practices.

Having merged companies (Market Wire and CCNMatthews) in April 2006, and enjoying a combined history of 25 years of service, Marketwire is now majority-owned by OMERS Capital Partners, the private equity arm of one of Canada’s largest pension funds. Marketwire distributes the majority of press releases issued by publicly traded companies in Canada and serves more than 8,000 clients worldwide through 19 offices on four continents. For more information, visit us at www.marketwire.com. “*

After almost a year of arduous work, Oxfam America will be presenting in Guatemala the photo-publication titled Metal Mining in Central America: Pain and Resistance. The booklet features my photography and the format is based on the same formula used to produce the photo-essays published in MiMundo.org.

The negative impact produced by metal mining at industrial levels in Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Nicaragua, as well as the many types of local resistance which have sprouted in the region, are documented visually and supported by investigative text throughout the publications’ 72 full-color pages. “*

The Univision Network’s primetime news magazine show, “Aqui y Ahora” (Here and Now), has been nominated for an Emmy(R) Award by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS). The show has been nominated in the News and Documentary category, making Univision the only Spanish-language network to be recognized by the Academy this year.
Broadcast weekly on Tuesdays, 10:00 p.m. ET/PT (9 p.m. Central), and hosted by two of television’s most respected journalists, Teresa Rodriguez and Maria Elena Salinas, “Aqui y Ahora” features in-depth, behind-the-scenes coverage of some of the most compelling news and human interest stories. The news magazine show has been recognized in the category of “Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a News Magazine” for its reporting on the aftermath of Hurricane Felix. In September of 2007, this deadly category five storm hit the “Mosquito Coast,” a remote region in Central America between Nicaragua and Honduras. Going beyond their journalistic duties, Univision “Aqui y Ahora” correspondent Victor Hugo Saavedra and photographer Jorge Solino were the first to arrive to this devastated region and not only gave a voice to the victims of this disaster known as “the forgotten ones,” but also transported injured civilians to safety when neither government officials nor humanitarian aide had yet to arrive.
“We are extremely honored to once again receive this recognition from The Academy,” said Alina Falcon, executive vice president and operating manager, Univision Network. “‘Aqui y Ahora’s’ first on-the-scene coverage of this devastating natural disaster not only exemplifies our commitment to excellence in journalism, but also our commitment to coverage of issues and events that are most important to our viewers.”
The News & Documentary Emmy(R) Awards will be presented on Monday, September 22 at a ceremony at Frederick P. Rose Hall, Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center, located in the Time Warner Center in New York City.
The 29th Annual News & Documentary Emmy(R) Awards honors programming distributed during the calendar year 2007.
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) is a professional service organization dedicated to the advancement of the arts and sciences of television and the promotion of creative leadership for artistic, educational and technical achievements within the television industry. It recognizes excellence in television with the coveted Emmy(R) Award for News & Documentary, Sports, Daytime Entertainment, Daytime Creative Arts & Entertainment, Public & Community Service, Technology & Engineering, and Business & Financial Reporting.
Univision Communications Inc. is the premier Spanish-language media company in the United States. Its operations include Univision Network, the most-watched Spanish-language broadcast television network in the U.S., reaching 97% of U.S. Hispanic Households; TeleFutura Network, a general-interest Spanish-language broadcast television network, which was launched in 2002 and now reaches 85% of U.S. Hispanic Households; Galavision, the country’s leading Spanish-language cable network; Univision Television Group, which owns and operates 63 television stations in major U.S. Hispanic markets and Puerto Rico; Univision Radio, the leading Spanish-language radio group which owns and/or operates 70 radio stations in 16 of the top 25 U.S. Hispanic markets and 5 stations in Puerto Rico; and Univision Online, the premier Spanish-language Internet destination in the U.S. located at www.univision.com. Univision Communications also has a 50% interest in TuTv, a joint venture formed to broadcast Televisa’s pay television channels in the U.S. Univision Communications has television network operations in Miami and television and radio stations and sales offices in major cities throughout the United States.
For more information, please visit www.univision.net. “

Alcoa Inc. will cut about 1,240 jobs at its electrical and electronic systems plants in Honduras and Mexico because of the softening auto market, the company said. “*

Daisy Ramirez, Founder and President of Potencia Energy Drink, the fastest growing Hispanic energy drink in the USA, is proud to announce the formation of the Juan Ramirez Foundation. (Juanramirezfoundation.org)

Daisy, who recently lost her father in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, is determined to take all of the knowledge and perseverance her father instilled in her and turn this tragedy into a positive by helping others in need — especially the older and the very young. “I came to the USA less than 10 years ago searching and working hard toward the American Dream. After several hard years America has given me many opportunities and now is the right time to do this,” Daisy said. “Hopefully, America will help me on this initiative also,” she added.

Daisy has always been interested in and very motivated to help those in her native country by raising money and other specific items. Some of the first initiatives will be to partner with a local hospital or clinic to ensure good quality healthcare is available for seniors without options and to create a situation where compassion and healthcare are synonymous.

Secondary initiatives will be to collect used wheel chairs, eye glasses, good shoes, medical & personal necessities and some clothes and toys. We will then ship them to Honduras for distribution to the most needy.

The initial website is up and running and the Corporate documents are being processed. The Juan Ramirez Foundation will be applying for NOT For profit status. “*

Pan-American Life Insurance Company has excelled for the third straight year ranking first among Hispanic companies in the state of Louisiana according to Hispanic Business 500, the magazine’s annual business directory.

In the June issue, the magazine ranked Pan-American Life as 23rd among all Hispanic businesses in the nation and second among the top 10 companies in the finance sector.

“Pan-American Life’s growth mirrors our distinctive competitive advantages; a multicultural management team, strong brand recognition in Latin America and an understanding of the complex multicultural nature of the U.S. Hispanic population,” said Chairman of the Board and CEO Jose Suquet. “In terms of insurance, we are the bridge between Hispanics working here in the U.S. and their extended families back home.”

Since January 2008, Suquet has enlisted four new senior managers to reposition the company in the Americas. Today, 50 percent of the company’s senior management, more than 39 percent of its home office employees, 76 percent of the overall company employees and 60 percent of its policyholders are Hispanics.

Pan-American Life had a 4.9 percent increase in revenues, growing from $262.43 million in 2006 to $275.21 million in 2007, while total assets reached $2.1 billion and total capital of $331 million, an all-time high.

For more than two decades, the Hispanic Business 500 has served as a barometer of the U.S. Hispanic economy.

About Pan-American Life

Founded in 1911, New Orleans-based Pan-American Life Insurance Company is a leading international insurance company, employing more than 700 worldwide, providing top-rated life and health insurance, worksite benefits and financial services in 46 states, the District of Columbia (DC) and Puerto Rico. Its international operations, offering individual and group life and health insurance throughout Latin America, includes affiliates in Panama, Guatemala and Colombia, and branch offices in Ecuador, El Salvador and Honduras. For more information, visit the Pan-American Life Web site at www.panamericanlife.com.

Pan-American Life Insurance Company is a member of Pan-American Life Insurance Group. The Group is comprised of a number of insurance and reinsurance companies serving nearly half a million customers throughout the Americas. “*

Elias Garcia had to decide whether to keep his Chevy Tahoe.

With gas prices now exceeding $4 a gallon, many drivers are asking themselves whether to stick with their sport utility vehicles. But Garcia’s choice had nothing to do with fuel efficiency.

The native of Honduras living in Salem had to decide whether to keep his SUV when rules from Senate Bill 1080 take effect July 1. His driver’s license is about to expire, and the new law requires applicants to prove legal residence.”*

Honduran farmers like Alvarez can’t compete in a global marketplace where the costs of fuel and fertilizer soared and rice prices doubled in the past year. The former breadbasket of Central America now imports 83 percent of the rice it consumes — a dependency triggered almost two decades ago when it adopted free-market policies pushed by the World Bank and other lenders.

The country was $3.6 billion in debt in 1990. In return for loans from the World Bank, Honduras became one of dozens of developing nations that abandoned policies designed to protect farmers and citizens from volatile food prices. The U.S. House Financial Services Committee convenes today in Washington to explore the causes of the global food crisis and possible solutions.”*

Digicel, the largest mobile operator in the Caribbean and new entrant to the Central American market, today announced that Jose Antonio Rodriguez is the newly appointed CEO for Digicel El Salvador. In addition to the new CEO appointment, Luis La Rocca, the former El Salvador CEO, has been promoted to Vice President of Business Development for Digicel Central America, spearheading Digicel’s expansion across the region.

Jose Antonio Rodriguez, a native El Salvadorian, has more than 10 years of telecommunications industry experience. He joins Digicel El Salvador having formerly served as Country Manager of Telefónica El Salvador. Rodriguez will leverage his vast telecommunications expertise to drive Digicel’s continued growth in El Salvador.

“Digicel is pleased to appoint Jose Antonio Rodriguez to the role of CEO Digicel El Salvador. Given Jose’s excellent track record, we are confident he will foster the continued growth of Digicel’s El Salvador operation at the phenomenal rate we have seen in recent months,” said Kevin White, COO of Digicel Group Ltd.

Since its official El Salvador launch last year, Digicel has increased its El Salvadorian subscriber base threefold and grown its market share from five percent to more than 18 percent, successfully competing with the other mobile providers in the market.

As Vice President of Business Development for Digicel Central America, Luis La Rocca will be responsible for leading Digicel’s expansion efforts across the region, and will be actively involved in the bidding team for the imminent license auction in Panama for which Digicel has prequalified. La Rocca previously held a similar position with BellSouth where he led that company’s expansion into Panama, Nicaragua and Guatemala. Prior to this appointment, La Rocca led Digicel’s entry into the El Salvador market through an acquisition in October 2006 and the subsequent brand launch in April 2007.

“We are pleased to promote Luis to the role of VP of Business Development for Digicel Central America,” said Donal O’Shaughnessy, CEO of Digicel Central America. “With a recent license in Honduras and even more opportunities for new licenses ahead, this is a very exciting time for Digicel in Central America. Digicel is entering into this next phase of growth with solid management teams in place to execute against our aggressive business goals.”

Jose Antonio Rodriguez’s past experiences include the positions of both Marketing Director and Commercial Director for Telefónica’s El Salvador and Guatemala operations. Prior to Telefónica he held senior management positions at Telecommunicaciones de America SA de CV (TELECAM) and at GBM of El Salvador, SA de CV, an IBM Alliance company. Rodriguez graduated in Computer Engineering from the Tulane University in New Orleans, USA and earned an MBA from the Pontificia Catholic University of Chile.

With an investment of US$190 million, Digicel has dramatically expanded its operations in El Salvador in the last year to offer a first class service. The company increased its population network coverage by 20 percent in just six months, achieving 95 percent coverage to reach communities previously underserved by competitors. Digicel El Salvador directly employs 487 people and has 464 independently managed retails stores nationwide.

Digicel Central America Holdings Limited is a sister company to Digicel Group Limited and Digicel South Pacific Limited.

About Digicel

Since its launch in 2001, Digicel has become the fastest growing wireless telecommunications operator in the Caribbean. After seven years, Digicel is renowned for competitive rates, unbeatable coverage, superior customer care, a wide variety of products and services, and state-of-the-art handsets. It is the largest GSM operator in the region.

By offering innovative wireless services and community support, Digicel has become a leading brand in the Caribbean and has placed the region at the cutting edge of wireless communications.

Digicel is incorporated in Bermuda and has operations in twenty three markets including Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Aruba, Barbados, Bermuda, Bonaire, Curaçao, The Cayman Islands, Dominica, El Salvador, French Guiana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, St Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago and Turks & Caicos. Digicel also has a license in the British Virgin Islands and coverage in St. Martin and St. Barths.

The company is the lead sponsor of Caribbean sports teams including the West Indies Cricket Team, Special Olympics teams across the Caribbean and is title sponsor of the Digicel Caribbean Football Union Cup, which involves over 30 Caribbean countries and is an important qualifier towards the CONCACAF Gold Cup. Visit www.digicelgroup.com for more information on Digicel.”*

*From: http://www.marketwire.com
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Add Chiquita and Dole to the week-old recall of cantaloupes from Honduras.

About five dozen people have been sickened by the salmonella-infested melons in 16 U. S. states and Canada.

The Food and Drug Administration says it is working with the company involved, Angropecuaria Montelibano, as well as the Honduran government, to find the source of the contamination.”*

*From: http://www.consumeraffairs.com
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U.S.-based Spirit Airlines is expanding its presence in Latin America, aiming to cater to passengers not served by the big commercial carriers like American Airlines, Continental and Delta. “Less than 5 percent of the population used air transportation within the region in 2007 - which means there is room for growth if the fares are reasonable,” says Robert Booth, chairman of U.S.-based consultancy AvGroup.

In the past 12 months, Spirit has opened up seven new routes to Latin America - connecting its Fort Lauderdale hub with Port-au-Prince, Haiti; San Jose, Costa Rica; Guatemala City, Guatemala; Lima, Peru; San Pedro Sula, Honduras; Managua, Nicaragua and Panama City, Panama.”*

*From: http://www.latinbusinesschronicle.com
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The president of Honduras on Sunday dismissed as “unjust” a U.S. alert urging consumers to discard Honduran cantaloupes after a salmonella outbreak sickened 59, saying the U.S. presented no evidence that the bacteria originated in his country.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Saturday warned grocers to remove melons shipped by the Honduran company Agropecuaria Montelibano from their stock and suggested shoppers check with stores to see where recently purchased melons came from. It is also seeking to hold the company’s future cantaloupe shipments to the U.S.”*

*From: http://www.iht.com
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When Northern Virginia’s Latino soccer leagues kick off the 2008 season early next month, fans of Honduras de Manassas will have to travel outside their base in Prince William County to see their team score goals. So will supporters used to watching Juventus Sure¿o crush the competition in Woodbridge. Devotees of longtime Manassas powerhouse Fiorentina will need to switch allegiance. Their team is sitting out this season.

As Prince William proceeds with its crackdown on illegal immigrants, one result is a shake-up and shrinking of the area’s entrenched Hispanic soccer leagues. The reason is simple, organizers say: Players and fans, among them many illegal immigrants, are so worried about being detained by authorities en route to or at games that they are avoiding local fields. Legal immigrants are also wary, for themselves or their illegal relatives, organizers say.”*

*From: http://www.washingtonpost.com
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Fox Sports en Español announced today the return of the CONCACAF Champions’ Cup for the fourth consecutive year. The 2008 edition will once again be televised exclusively in Spanish by the leading all-sports cable network, starting with live coverage of the quarterfinal between Motagua of Honduras and Mexico’s Pachuca tomorrow at 8:00 p.m. ET/5:00 p.m. PT.

The eight-team field for the 2008 CONCACAF Champions’ Cup includes Mexico’s Pachuca and Atlante FC, Costa Rica’s Saprissa, Jamaica’s Harbour View, Honduras’ Motagua, Guatemala’s Municipal, and Major League Soccer’s D.C. United and the Houston Dynamo.

“The CONCACAF Champions’ Cup is a key event on the international soccer calendar and the participation of the Mexican teams, as well as of D.C. United and the Houston Dynamo, makes it a must-watch for our viewers across the country,” said David Sternberg, executive vice president and general manager of Fox Sports en Español. “We’re proud to be the exclusive Spanish-language television home of the longest-running international competition in the region.”

Semifinal rounds will take place on April 2-3 and April 9-10, while the finals will take place April 23 and April 30.

The CONCACAF Champions’ Cup is the longest running international competition in the region and has crowned the CONCACAF Confederation champion club since its inception in 1962. The winner of the 2008 CONCACAF Champions’ Cup will again qualify to the FIFA Club World Championship in Japan later this year. The Champions’ Cup runner-up will be one of three CONCACAF invitees to the 2008 Copa Nissan Sudamericana.

2008 CONCACAF Champions’ Cup Quarterfinals Broadcast Schedulea

DATE

TEAMS

TIME (ET)
Tues., March 11 Motagua (HON) vs Pachuca (MEX) 8:00 p.m.
Wed., March 12 Municipal (GUA) vs Houston Dynamo (USA) 2:00 a.m.
Wed., March 12 Harbour View (JAM) vs D.C. United (USA) 3:00 a.m.

Thurs., March 13
Atlante FC (MEX) vs Saprissa (CR) 11:30 p.m.
Tues., March 18 D.C. United (USA) vs Harbour View (JAM) 7:30 p.m.
Wed., March 19 Houston Dynamo (USA) vs Municipal (GUA) 8:30 p.m.
Wed., March 19 Pachuca (MEX) vs Motagua (HON) 11:00 p.m.
Thurs., March 20 Saprissa (CR) vs Atlante FC (MEX) 10:00 p.m.

a Home team is listed first and all times are Eastern. Telecast schedule is subject to change; not all games will air live.

For a complete schedule of Fox Sports en Español’s exclusive telecasts of the 2008 CONCACAF Champions’ Cup, www.foxsportsla.msn.com.”*

*From: http://www.businesswire.com
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MINISTER BORN IN HONDURAS discusses the need for churches — in the United States and Latin America — to reach out to multiple cultures.

Berto Murillo is an affable, gregarious, effective minister of the gospel. Born in Petoa, Santa Barbara, Honduras, the 53-year-old Murillo studied agricultural engineering at the University of Honduras, receiving a bachelor’s degree in 1977.

For the next eight years, he worked as an agricultural extension agent. Because of his outstanding work, the Honduran government gave him an award that entitled him to select any university in the world for further study. He chose Cameron University in Lawton, Okla., to pursue additional studies in agriculture. “*

*From: http://www.christianchronicle.org
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DigiLinea, the leader in innovative telephony solutions over mobile networks to the US Hispanic and Latin American markets, announced today the availability of a new mobile telephony solution for Panamanians worldwide. Merging the best of the Internet with your mobile phone DigiLinea now allows Panamanians to add a local telephone number from Panama City to their US mobile phone allowing them to make and receive calls locally as if they were still in Panama.

This expansion helps DigiLinea further address the needs of the US Hispanic market all of whom are looking for innovative calling solutions to use from their mobile phones to stay in touch with their friends and family in Latin America. The DigiLinea mobile solution leverages fixed mobile convergence technologies to provide free or ultra low cost calls between the US and Latin America making all calls local. DigiLinea by converting all calls to local calls provides dramatic savings over traditional calling for the US Hispanic market.

Gregory Keough CEO and Chairman of DigiLinea stated, “By merging the best of internet telephony with your existing mobile phone DigiLinea makes it easy for the US Hispanic market to receive and make calls locally throughout Latin America as if they were still back home. The market is looking for products that leverage the latest technologies to make calling cheaper and easier. This latest offering is yet another example of how DigiLinea is leveraging fixed mobile convergence to meet the specific needs of the US Hispanic clients.”

DigiLinea brings local calling to the mobile phones of US Hispanics and covers over 100 cities throughout Latin America and all the major cities of Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Venezuela, Panama, and Peru. For more information about DigiLinea please visit www.DigiLinea.com. “*

*From: http://www.prweb.com
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RAICES (“Roots”) Will Be The First Of Two New Los Tigres Records Planned For Release This Year, As The World’s “Most Influential Regional Mexican group” Celebrates Four Decades Of Making Music. While Los Tigres del Norte Has Always Given Voice To The Most Pressing Issues Facing The Immigrant Community, They Have Also Been Guardians Of The Community’s Cultural History. With The Appropriately Named Raices, The Legendary Los Tigres Honor The Best Of That Heritage With Newly Recorded Versions Of Classic Mexican Songs

 

“Los Tigres is the most enduring binational band today because it hears the humble… Los Tigres del Norte has reinvented Mexican popular music… Every record sells a million copies…. Its logo is as well known in Mexican communities as Coca-Cola’s … Los Tigres [are] the most perceptive chroniclers of the Mexican American experience. In song, they reflect its most personal feelings, and take the side of these millions of immigrants who are voiceless on both sides of the border… following a Los Tigres concert schedule is to discover all the places Mexicans live… The songs of Los Tigres del Norte remain one of the clearest windows into the immigrant soul.”

–         Los Angeles Times Magazine

 

During an unrivaled career as “[Regional Mexican] music’s greatest statesmen”(NY Times), the family band, known throughout the world as the legendary Los Tigres del Norte have been the immigrant community’s leading voice on issues of the day, as well as stewards of the people’s traditions and cultural heritage.  While the group continually chronicles the ongoing struggles of Mexican-Americans in the United States, it also provides a musical reminder of home and history.  Nowhere was this more evident then when the Hernandez family donated half-a-million dollars to UCLA’s Chicano Studies Research Center to fund the preservation of thousands of the earliest known recordings of Mexican music.

 

This year,  as Los Tigres del Norte celebrates four decades of making music (that began after crossing the border with oldest brother Jorge Hernandez just fourteen years old), the trail-blazing group plans to release two new albums that will respectively pay-tribute to the musicians that came before them, and then of course continuing their modern day chronicles through corridos.  On March 4^th, Fonovisa Records will release the new Los Tigres album RAICES (“Roots”). As the album’s name details, this album finds Los Tigres sharing their take on some of the most culturally significant and historic titles from the songbook of Mexican folkloric tradition.  “Rumbo al Sur” – a famed ranchera with Tigres bassist Hernan Hernandez singing lead – has just gone to radio as the first single from the album.

 

While Los Tigres del Norte is tipping their hat to the songs of the past, they do not plan to rest on the laurels of the band’s own history.  This will become evident not only with a second Los Tigres album planned for August, but also with a soon-to-be announced digital partnership that will be the most comprehensive ever launched in the Regional-Mexican genre.  Likewise, even though they are already multiple GRAMMY, LATIN GRAMMY and PREMIO LO NUESTRO winners (not to mention recent recipients of the Latin Recording Academy’s Lifetime Achievement Award), Los Tigres continue to be recognized for each new recording, as they currently hold yet another GRAMMY nomination and THREE PREMIO LO NUESTRO nominations for their last album Detalles. Look for Los Tigres to begin sharing the songs of Raices this week as they return to the road for their marathon concerts that visit fairgrounds, rodeos, concert halls & armory dances across the country.

 

Look For Los Tigres del Norte At These Upcoming Concert Appearances

Feb 01- ALBUQUERQUE, NM      Fantazia Ballroom          Feb 21 – Premio Lo Nuestro Awards (Presenters)

Feb 02 - EL PASO, TX             El Paso Coliseum          Feb 22 - FT MYERS, FL           Lee Civic Center

Feb 03 - LUBBOCK, TX          Salon Crystal                 Feb 23 – W. PALM BEACH, FL     S. Florida Fairgrounds

Feb 08 - RALEIGH, NC            Disco Rodeo                 Feb 24 – ORLANDO, FL          Kissimmee Arena

Feb 09 - ATLANTA, GA          Far West Rodeo            Mar 22 - SAN JOSE, CA          Convention Center

Feb 10 - SAN ANTONIO, TX   San Antonio Rodeo        Mar 23 – NAMPA, ID              Nampa Arena

Feb 15 - BOSTON, MA            Club Lido                      Mar 28 – LOS ANGELES, CA  Gibson Ampitheater

Feb 16 - WASHINGTON, DC  DC Armory                  Mar 29 – Tucson, AZ                Casino Del Sol

Feb 17 - MIAMI, FL                 Dolphin Stadium (At Honduras vs. Guatemala Soccer Match) * More to come

 

For more information on Los Tigres Del Norte, please contact John Reilly at 212.445.8440 / jreilly@rogersandcowan.com

Or Sylvia Bedrosian at 212.445.8424 / sbedrosian@rogersandcowan.com

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LOS TIGRES DEL NORTE Estrenan Su Nuevo

Album RAICES El 4 De Marzo

 

RAICES será el primero de dos discos que estrenarán Los Tigres  éste año como el grupo “Regional Mexicano más influyente” celebrando cuatro décadas creando música. Mientras Los Tigres del Norte han brindado una voz sobre temas sociales afectando la comunidad de inmigrantes, también han sido guardianes de la historia cultural de la comunidad.

Con el nombre apropiado de Raices, los legendarios Tigres del Norte Honran Lo Mejor de esa herencia grabando versions nuevas de canciones clásicas Mexicanas.

 

Con una carrera inigualable como “Los mejores de la música regional Mexicana”(NY Times), la banda de familia, conocida alrededor del mundo como los legendarios Tigres del Norte, han sido la voz principal de la comunidad de inmigrantes, en temas actuales, como tambien auxiliaries engendrando la tradición y herencia cultural.. Mientras el grupo continua sus crónicas sobre la lucha constante de los Mexicanos-Americanos en los Estados Unidos, a la misma vez brindan un recuerdo musical de su patria e historia. Nunca fue ésta más evidente que cuando la familia Hernández donó medio-millón de dólares al Centro de Estudios Chicanos de la Universidad de UCLA como patrocinio de la conservación de la música regional Mexicana más antigua.

 

Este año, Los Tigres del Norte celebra cuatro decadas de crear música (cual comenzó luego de cruzar la frontera con el hermano mayor, Jorge Hernández, con tan solo 14 años de edad), el grupo piensa estrenar dos discos en tributo a los músicos precedentes y luego, por supuesto, continuar con sus crónicas a través de corridos. El 4 de marzo, Fonovisa Records estrenará el Nuevo album de Los Tigres RAICES. Como bien describe el título, en éste album Los Tigres comparten canciones culturalmente e historicamente significantes obtenidas del libro de canciones folkloricas Mexicanas. “Rumbo al Sur” – una ranchera famosa con el bajista de Los Tigres, Hernán Hernández como vocalista principal – actualemte suena en la radio como el primer sencillo del álbum.

 

Mientras Los Tigres del Norte honran canciones del pasado, no piensasn dejar de hacer historia.  Esto será evidente con el segundo disco que estrenarán en agosto, como tambien con una co-alición cual sera la más extensa en el género de la música regional Mexicana.  Aunque ya han ganado multiples GRAMMY, LATIN GRAMMY y PREMIO LO NUESTRO (sin mencionar que recientemente fueron honrados por el Latin Recording Academy’s Lifetime Achievement Award), Los Tigres continúan siendo reconocidos por cada nuevo disco a la vez que una nominación al Grammy y tres nominaciones a los PREMIO LO NUESTRO por su último álbum Detalles. Los Tigres comenzarán a compartir las canciones de Raices ésta semana mientras regresan al maratón de conciertos alrededor del país.

 

Fecha De Conciertos De Los Tigres del Norte

Feb 01- ALBUQUERQUE, NM      Fantazia Ballroom          Feb 22 - FT MYERS, FL           Lee Civic Center

Feb 02 - EL PASO, TX             El Paso Coliseum          Feb 23 – W. PALM BEACH, FL     S. Florida Fairgrounds

Feb 03 - LUBBOCK, TX          Salon Crystal                 Feb 24 – ORLANDO, FL          Kissimmee Arena

Feb 08 - RALEIGH, NC            Disco Rodeo                 Mar 22 - SAN JOSE, CA          Convention Center

Feb 09 - ATLANTA, GA          Far West Rodeo            Mar 23 – NAMPA, ID              Nampa Arena

Feb 10 - SAN ANTONIO, TX   San Antonio Rodeo        Mar 28 – LOS ANGELES, CA  Gibson Ampitheater

Feb 15 - BOSTON, MA            Club Lido                      Mar 29 – Tucson, AZ                Casino Del Sol

Feb 16 - WASHINGTON, DC  DC Armory                  * Más por anunciar

Feb 17 - MIAMI, FL                 Dolphin Stadium (At Honduras vs. Guatemala Soccer Match)

Feb 21 – Premio Lo Nuestro  (Presentadores)

 

Para más información sobre Los Tigres Del Norte, favor de contactar a John Reilly al 212.445.8440 / jreilly@rogersandcowan.com

ó Sylvia Bedrosian al 212.445.8424 / sbedrosian@rogersandcowan.com“

The humble cotton sock has become the center of an international trade dispute.

The United States decided on Jan. 18 that millions of pairs of duty-free socks imported from Honduras may be hit with a tariff. The ruling made the hosiery a symbol of the choices that politicians, workers and even towns face in a global economy.

Honduran imports jumped to more than 27 million dozen pairs last year from 10 million in 2005, after the Central American Free Trade Agreement passed. American workers have lost jobs as a result, the kind of issue Democratic presidential candidates use to criticize trade agreements. Still, feelings are mixed.”*

*From: http://www.washingtonpost.com
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Univision Radio, a division of Univision Communications Inc. and the leading Spanish-language radio broadcaster in the United States, joins forces again with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital(R) through the network’s Promesa y Esperanza (Promise and Hope) broadcast on February 7 and 8.

The Spanish-language radio fundraiser helps raise money and awareness in Latino communities for children who are battling cancer and other diseases at St. Jude, the premier pediatric cancer research center.

“At Univision, and at each of the local stations in the Univision Radio network, we are proud of the role we play for Hispanics in the U.S.,” said Monica Rabassa, VP Marketing, Corporate Communications & Public Affairs of Univision Radio. “Our work with St. Jude is another example of our commitment to our communities. The amazing response of our staff and listeners since we started our partnership 10 years ago demonstrates the importance of the St. Jude message of hope.”

This year, for the first time, Univision Radio Puerto Rico is joining in the effort to support St. Jude. In addition to Puerto Rico, Univision Radio will support Promesa y Esperanza through several of its local radio stations in Albuquerque, Dallas, El Paso, Fresno, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, McAllen, Miami, New York, San Antonio, San Diego and San Francisco. Univision Radio will also support the event through its syndicated radio programming, Recuerdo, RadioCadena Univision, and El Piolin por la Manana, in more than 20 markets.

“We are very fortunate to have the support from Univision Radio and the Hispanic community to ensure that no child is ever turned away from receiving treatment because of a family’s inability to pay,” said John P. Moses, Chief Executive Officer of ALSAC, the fundraising organization of St. Jude. “We want the community to know that every donation, even as little as $20 a month, helps make a difference in saving a child’s life at St. Jude.”

More than 85 cents of every dollar St. Jude receives goes directly to research and treatment. St. Jude is the only pediatric cancer research center where families never pay for treatments that are not covered by insurance. The hospital’s daily operating costs are nearly $1.3 million, which are primarily covered by public contributions.

Opened in 1962, St. Jude freely shares its research findings with hospitals everywhere.

St. Jude’s International Outreach Program shares its expertise and knowledge with partner countries around the world, including Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Venezuela.”*

*From: http://sev.prnewswire.com
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– A three-day sweep by federal immigration agents resulted in the arrest of 20 immigrants in eastern Wisconsin who had ignored orders for their deportation.

Officials say arrests were made in Brown, Door, Kenosha, Outagamie, Sheboygan and Winnebago counties, and they involved fugitives from El Salvador, Honduras, Jordan, Laos, Mexico, Nicaragua and Yugoslavia.”*

*From: http://www.wsaw.com
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AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) hosted a reception for community leaders and VIPs in honor of New Mexico’s Latino Legends of Leadership Saturday, January 26 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel. The recognition is part of AT&T’s community outreach efforts, which emphasizes diversity and inclusion making for better and healthier communities.

The goal of the Latino Legends of Leadership event was to focus attention on the historic efforts and contributions by individuals whose community service activities have helped to establish economic, educational and political opportunities for Latinos throughout New Mexico and the USA.

The honorees included: Richard J. Bela, community and economic development advocate; Dr. Henry J. Casso, educator, community organizer, mentor; New Mexico Chief Justice Edward L. Chavez, jurist, educator, public servant; Dr. Mari-Luci Jaramillo, educator, administrator and former Ambassador to Honduras; Dr. Ed Romero, community advocate, entrepreneur and former Ambassador to Spain and Andorra; and Dr. Vicente Ximenes, decorated veteran, public servant, co-founder of the American GI Forum. (Bios available.)

“We’re honored to pay tribute to some of Albuquerque’s most respected leaders, which is just one of the many ways in which we support the Hispano community in New Mexico and beyond,” said Jeff McElfresh, vice president and general Manager for wireless services, AT&T. “These individuals are truly “Latino Legends of Leadership” – not only in this city and the state of New Mexico, but also throughout our nation. We’re proud to organize this event as part of our continuing efforts to contribute to the continuing progress and development of the nation’s Latino community.”

AT&T has been widely recognized for its commitment to diversity and inclusion. In 2006, AT&T ranked No. 1 among DiversityBusiness.com’s “Top Organizations for Multicultural Business Opportunities.” Hispanic Business magazine has listed AT&T as one of the top corporations for U.S. Latinos every year since 1989. DiversityInc ranked AT&T No. 3 among its 2007 “Top 50 Companies for Diversity” based on the company’s commitment to diversity and inclusion in both the workplace and marketplace. “*

*From: http://www.hispanicprwire.com
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