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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

Peru’s women unite in kitchen – and beyond - With food prices on the rise, ‘community kitchens’ provide half a million Lima residents with affordable daily meals.

U.S. graphic novelist and artist Phoebe Gloeckner is a contributor to a book funded by human rights group Amnesty International about the largely unsolved murders and disappearances of hundreds of women near the Mexican border town of Ciudad Juarez.

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement will launch next week a self-deportation program to cut the country’s huge illegal immigrant population.

$20 million Latino outreach plan thrills superdelegate-for-sale - Sacramento’s Steve Ybarra

Local New York Univision reporter Miriam Ayala filed a federal lawsuit against the local Univision station (channel 41) and the larger network, claiming that she was passed over for plum positions anchoring and on good stories because she wasn’t light skinned enough, young enough or pretty enough.

A Florida woman who has been married to both the former head of the Ku Klux Klan and the creator of a notorious white supremacist Web site is working as a spokeswoman for a school that aims to lift underprivileged black and Hispanic children out of poverty.

Hispanics profiling victims by Border Patrol in West Palm, group says

Not all was good news in the UNAIDS report; despite praising prevention plans in countries like Chile and Brazil, Latin America had more HIV infections (1.7 million) than any other region except southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.

70% of Houstonians over the age of 60 are Anglo. 75% of Houstonians under the age of 30 are non-Anglo, mostly Hispanic. The conclusion is obvious. In a few years Houston will be a predominantly Hispanic city. Further, if Hispanics don’t prosper, Houston won’t prosper.

Justice Inspector General Report Finds Immigration Judges Were Illegally Hired

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The indie rock band Cordero announced the upcoming release of their second album, De Dónde Eres on Aug. 26. The album is the first to contain Spanish songs, written by Ani Cordero, who is of Puerto Rican descent, vocalist and guitarist for the group.

Fremont’s City Council voted to kill a proposal targeting illegal immigration at the end of a hearing that drew more than 1,000 people. - Nebraska

Call for peace echoes at vigil for slain Mexican in Shenandoah - Pennsylvania

Latino Health Access leader receives $125,000 prize - America Bracho is recognized for encouraging community involvement.

New or rarely done works by writers from Ecuador, Argentina, Spain and Mexico, including an English-language comedy about aspects of globalization, are featured in GALA Hispanic Theatre’s 33rd mainstage season, at the Tivoli (14th Street and Park Road NW). All plays have English or Spanish surtitles. - Washington DC

Watch video - Cartoon series designed to promote bilingualism becoming popular - The Wumblers

Attrition Through Recession: New Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) Report Suggests Spend More, Say Nothing, and Hope for a Recession

Headache: Border wall construction disrupts the usual peace and quiet of Granjeno

Experts ask why cancer deaths are higher among Latinos in Santa Cruz County

Cuba’s extra efforts to try to stop some of its best athletes from defecting at international tournaments once again has hit a snag. Two prominent players from its IBAF world junior baseball championship roster are missing.

“The Obama campaign is blasting out messages from 30,000 feet,” Leslie Sanchez, a GOP strategist said. “It’s a good way to get media attention, but it’s a bad way to get the Latino vote.”

Mesa, Arizona has seen a big dip in enrollment the past two years at predominantly Hispanic schools such as Longfellow.

An Invitation to Build Bridges in Your Community - Construyendo Puentes en Estados Unidos

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$20 million Latino outreach plan thrills superdelegate-for-sale - Sacramento’s Steve Ybarra

The sale of iconic American beer giant Anheuser-Busch to a Belgian company that brews and distributes beer in Cuba is unexpectedly putting John McCain in the middle of thorny Cuba-U.S. relations: his wife Cindy owns the third largest Anheuser-Busch distributor in the country.

Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.) insisted that whatever “inroads” McCain has made with the Hispanic community are “just spin.”

“The Obama campaign is blasting out messages from 30,000 feet,” Leslie Sanchez, a GOP strategist said. “It’s a good way to get media attention, but it’s a bad way to get the Latino vote.”

Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama’s campaign’s decision to use $20 million to reach out to Latino voters has drawn praise from members of Congress.

Comcast Expands Spanish-Language Coverage of the 2008 Democratic National Convention

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Latinos at the movies - As temperatures rise, the best way to cool off is at the movies. You’ll find a lot of Latinos there. On the screen, that is (albeit most in bit parts).

Listen to Franco de Vita’s new song: “Mi sueño” - from his new album “Simplemente la verdad” due out in September

Alejandra Guzmán and daughter Frida Sofía reconcile

The indie rock band Cordero announced the upcoming release of their second album, De Dónde Eres on Aug. 26. The album is the first to contain Spanish songs, written by Ani Cordero, who is of Puerto Rican descent, vocalist and guitarist for the group.

Leonardo Arámbula negó que su hermana Aracely haya firmado un contrato con el cantante mexicano Luis Miguel, en el que se compromete a darle tres hijos a cambio de una fuerte cantidad de dinero.

La actriz mexicana Edith González aparecerá a partir del próximo lunes en dos telenovelas que se transmitirán de manera simultánea en las mayores televisoras hispanas de Estados Unidos.

Los españoles Javier Bardem y Penélope Cruz podrían llegar al altar antes de finalizar este año, pues el actor le propuso matrimonio a la actriz y viajó a este país para acompañar a su amada.

Debutará Eugenio Derbez como director de cine con “Hombre de piedra”.

La cantante y actriz mexicana Thalía dijo que planea lanzar para el próximo Día de las Madres su nuevo libro, “Thalía embarazo”, el cual incluye consejos para madres primerizas.

Guillermo del Toro and Miramax will produce a remake of the horror-thriller telefilm “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark,” the specialty distributor’s first big dive into genre filmmaking under president Daniel Battsek.

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VíDEO - Actores de El juramento festejan a Pablo Azar

La presentadora Mariela Encarnación ya es mamá - La conductora dominicana y el empresario Giuseppe Russo se estrenaron la semana pasada como papás

Wisin y su padrino (and fellow artist) Yandel were seen celebrating the groom’s moment of love and matrimony while arriving to the small (paparazzi-free) reception at the Jájome Terrace. The tight security didn’t stop fans from offering their bendiciones!

Juanes to perform for the first time in Romania on September 3

El grupo mexicano Belanova, quien lanza a la venta una edición especial de su tercer álbum “Fantasía pop”, informó que en octubre próximo estrenará un DVD en vivo del concierto que ofreció en abril pasado en Guadalajara, Jalisco

Supone Gerardo Naranjo que rebelión de su filme interesó en Venecia

El músico Charly García fue internado el martes en un sanatorio de esta capital tras sufrir un ataque de nervios luego que la justicia ordenara su regreso a una clínica neuropsiquiátrica por su adicción a las drogas, informó una fuente médica.

Las actrices América Ferrera y Salma Hayek, así como el ciclista y sobreviviente del cáncer Lance Armstrong, participarán con otras celebridades en un teletón a fin de ayudar a reunir fondos contra la mortal enfermedad, se anunció el martes.

Tras el silencio, el panameño Rubén Blades, autor de “Pedro Navaja” y “Ligia Elena”, volvió a cantar e hizo bailar a centenas de madrileños que se dieron cita en el foro cultural Conde Duque, la noche de este martes.

Arjona afina sueños Ricardo presentó la ‘Fundación Adentro’

La cantante Alessandra Rosaldo buscará un lugar dentro del género pop con su tercer álbum como solista y nueva compañía discográfica, pues reconoció que con sus dos discos anteriores no contó con el apoyo necesario.

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2008 Hispanic Retail 360 Summit: Integrated Strategy Is Key - Target focuses on Latinos via relevance, respect and differentiation

Grupo Gigante SAB, the Mexico City retailer that sold its grocery chain in December, said it offered to pay $430 million for Office Depot Inc.’s 50 percent stake in their joint Mexican office-supply venture.

Spanish retail sales suffered a record plunge year-on-year in June as a severe economic slowdown began to slam both multinational and domestic retailers.

Current and former workers of the Bashas’ food chain may be able to pursue their claims of pay discrimination together, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday. - paid Hispanic workers less than white counterparts - Arizona

EarthSky Communications announced today that its Spanish-language science podcast series – Cielo y Tierra – has exceeded all expectations for its first year.

National Society of Hispanic MBAs Announces First Annual Executive Perspective Event

Al Dia Triples Circulation - Dallas

Senator Ken Salazar, Representative Michael Honda, and other congressional leaders joined high-ranking corporate representatives to speak on the importance of achieving greater integration of Hispanics within the United States. Speakers echoed themes emphasized in the new AS/COA white paper on Hispanic integration and the role of the private sector. Integration is both a challenge and an opportunity. Above all, it is a pressing issue for the U.S. economy, society and politics.

Local New York Univision reporter Miriam Ayala filed a federal lawsuit against the local Univision station (channel 41) and the larger network, claiming that she was passed over for plum positions anchoring and on good stories because she wasn’t light skinned enough, young enough or pretty enough.

Latin Business Association Sol Awards 2008 Honor Bestowed on Power Media Group: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance

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LingusTV is Born, a New Way of Learning Spanish - In the words of its founder, Sergio Gazeau, “Our challenge is to teach Spanish by making people laugh.”

The president of a Kansas City roofing company pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to conspiring to hire illegal immigrants. Tony Evans, 49, of Stilwell in Johnson County, was president of Mid-Continent Specialists and later Metro Roofing Services. His co-defendant, Luis Hernandez-Bautista, pleaded guilty last week.

Rent-A-Center Outfits Toledo Latino Resource Center - Ohio

The sale of iconic American beer giant Anheuser-Busch to a Belgian company that brews and distributes beer in Cuba is unexpectedly putting John McCain in the middle of thorny Cuba-U.S. relations: his wife Cindy owns the third largest Anheuser-Busch distributor in the country.

Top 25 Most Visited Websites by U.S. Hispanics - Portada

Blacks and Hispanics are least satisfied with web retailers, Forrester says

NAVTEQ(R) Map for Mexico Automotive Grade Quality Enhances GPS Functionality

Jesus Cervantes, director of economic measurement for Mexico’s central bank, said remittances are expected to decline 1.5 percent to 2 percent for 2008 as a whole over the previous year.

Burger King Corp. Presents FÚTBOL KINGDOM(SM)

La minorista mexicana Gigante dijo el miércoles que presentó a su socia estadounidense Office Depot Inc una oferta para comprarle un 50 por ciento de su unidad en México por 430 millones de dólares.

Marcelita’s Cookies Targets the Corporate Gift Market with Their Delicious Hispanic Gourmet Cookies - Now Available Online

Maryland Public Service Commission Encouraged to Adopt Procurement Standards Commensurate with State’s Diversity

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Red Bull New York signed Mexican defender Diego Jimenez to a developmental contract Tuesday.

Dynamo beats Pachuca to advance to SuperLiga final

4 years later, Nueva Vision charter school looking for final approval from Sacramento County

The Mexican Consulate will make another visit to Green Bay next week after turning away hundreds who waited hours to get passports and consular identification cards last month.

Give a thought to culantro – that’s cilantro with an exclamation point

Guatemala’s attorney general stepped down on Tuesday after complaints he did little to stamp out violence in a country with one of the highest crime rates in Latin America.

Mexican Nostalgia Takes Over Los Angeles With ‘100 Years of Mexican Music’

Jews find common ground with Latino Pentecostals

The Mexican Consulate in Philadelphia promised to address the problems that a local farmworkers’ support group had presented to them in dozens of written complaints during a meeting Tuesday in Glassboro.

Activists and several Chicago aldermen are investigating dozens of claims that city and county authorities violated immigrant rights, including federal immigration laws affecting jail inmates.

Esperanza Urges Congress to Pass Historic Tobacco Legislation

Interview With Author Carmen Tafolla

Authorities say a former official with a Cuban-American group that was once the foremost voice representing the exile cause in Washington was shot dead in a Puerto Rican suburb. - Emiliano Infante Segrera

Louisiana latest state to reject REAL ID

Pennsylvania’s Governors Advisory Commission on Latino Affairs Commends Secretary of State

América Latina presenta una epidemia de VIH relativamente estable con 1,7 millones de personas que viven con el virus, la mayoría de las cuales se encuentran en Brasil y México, informó el martes el programa de Naciones Unidas sobre Sida.

Inmigrantes, activistas y funcionarios electos participarán en una audiencia pública con el objetivo de asegurar que empleados municipales y la Policía de Chicago respeten las ordenanzas municipales que prohíben denunciar a inmigrantes indocumentados antes las autoridades de Inmigración.

A Juárez police officer is accused of leading a gang of kidnappers and killers that was captured after a vehicle chase by federal police in Juárez, officials said.

10th Annual Hispanic Wellness Fair in Fort Worth offers free medical services for all Aug. 2

Chattanooga: Hispanic soccer is a transplanted tradition

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In his message to the nation from the Congress of the Republic, Peru’s President Alan García Perez announced there would be one million more Peruvians that are literate by November this year.

The new Mexican champ: Tijuana’s Antonio Margarito

Chile: Pinochet daughter to run for office - Lucia Pinochet Hiriart

El cráter de Chicxulub cambió la mentalidad científica del mundo

Convocan a Primer Congreso Nacional por la Vida Hispano en Dallas

El Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía abrirá al público sus terrazas a partir del viernes para que puedan disfrutar de las vistas de Madrid.

Review: Forbidden Stories of Marta Veneranda by Sonia Rivera-Valdés

A federal magistrate judge has ruled that the U.S. Border Patrol was not negligent in the 2003 fatal shooting of 19-year-old undocumented Mexican immigrant Juan Patricio Peraza near Downtown El Paso.

Cochinita Pibil at home…well almost - Cochinita Pibil is a citrusy, melt in your mouth pork dish that hails from the Yucatan region of Mexico. This is my obituary to my attempt at making that dish at home.

Mexican voters oppose Calderon’s plan for oil industry In the capital, more than 80% issue a resounding ‘no’ to the proposal to allow private firms a greater role. In the nine states that also voted, more than 90% give the plan a thumbs down.

Prosecutors say excavations at a former military base in southern Mexico have concluded without finding any trace of leftist activists who disappeared in the 1970s.

A small, colonial-era church in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez has collapsed after its abode walls were soaked by rain from the remnants of Hurricane Dolly.

Sarah Steelman’s late ad push stresses immigration - Missouri senate race

Unlicensed drivers who can’t prove they are citizens shouldn’t have their cars automatically impounded if they’re stopped for a traffic offense, says the Denver City Council.

Zulmarie Bosques ‘11 is one 32 students from across the country chosen to participate in the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute’s highly competitive Congressional Internship Program.

Hispanics to combat perceptions of illegal immigrants - Beaufort County, South Carolina

‘Baldo’ Readers Are Being Surveyed by the Comic’s Creators - Carlos Castellanos and Hector Cantu

Bilingual singer Patricia Vonne will perform a benefit concert on behalf of Latinitas Magazine. The digital magazine is attempting to launch its first print issue, and proceeds from the show will go toward the publication. The magazine originated six years ago from two University of Texas students. - Austin

U.S. Conference of Mayors President Miami Mayor Manny Diaz to Address the National Press Club

Nantucket’s cultural clash With more blacks, Latinos, island comes to grips with change

New director brings vision to Centro de Ayuda - Irene Zoppi in Annapolis, Maryland

Growth in use straining Centro Las Americas - opened 31 years ago - Worchester, Massachusetts

Hispanic Latin America, Spain and the Spanish-speaking Caribbean: a rich source of reference material for public health, epidemiology and tropical medicine

July 28, 2008

Latino Commission on AIDS Welcomes Miss Universe 2008 Dayana Mendoza as its Newest ‘Madrina’ in the Fight Against AIDS

El alto costo de morir en un territorio ajeno - Trasladar un cuerpo a un país de Latinoamérica resulta muy oneroso

For East River North Renewal president Albert Medina, lifting Spanish Harlem a labor of love

A podcast interview with Mark Potok, director, Intelligence Report, Southern Poverty Law Center is available in the Podcast Section of Hispanic Marketing & Public Relations, HispanicMPR.com. During the podcast, he discusses anti Latino hate groups with Elena del Valle, host of the HispanicMPR.com podcast.

A noted brain surgeon reflects on his life as an undocumented farm worker - Dr. Quinoñes-Hinojosa

Guanajuato’s mix of mines, mummies, music - Life is contagious in this historic colonial city. Don’t miss the nightly cavalcade.

Change For Latinas = Change For The Community Part II - Milwaukee

Congressional Hispanics pledge to help Obama win

Learning the Language: Anti-Bilingual-Education Initiative to Be on November Ballot in Oregon

Bureau of Prisons ranks immigration as third highest offense in nation’s jails (Latina Lista)

Cuban immigrants reach Texas after being snatched by gunmen in Mexico

Open Border Conservatives Speak Out

Did You Know? Nearly half of the graduating Hispanic student population did not pass the Utah Basic Skills and Competency Test in 2008

Houston’s 1st bullfight in 20 years won’t draw blood

Generational gap found on Cuba travel - Polls showed a generational gap among Cuban Americans on how to deal with Cuba.

Successful Practices at 12 Top-Ranked Hispanic-Serving Institutions Provide Lessons On What U.S. Colleges and Universities Can Do To Bolster Results for Latino Students

Julieta Venegas: MTV Unplugged Soars To The Top Of iTunes’ Latin Album Chart On First Day of Release

Snippet: A Georgia study also found that Hispanics are twice as likely as whites not to have a government-issued photo ID. Hispanic citizens born outside of the United States often face significant barriers to obtaining ID consistent with the challenges facing foreign-born citizens generally. And of course, there are the 12 million undocumented immigrants who live among us. While some states in the past had granted licenses to anyone who provided proof of residency, that is already changing as the REAL ID regulations take effect.

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Mexico reforms its justice system - Legislation allows U.S.-style public trials. Change will take time.

Swiss returning Raul Salinas funds to Mexico

Border unit treats those crossing desert - BORSTAR

Lake Forest couple walks illegal immigrant trail

The Guantanamization of Immigrant Detention « Of América

Why the Guggenheim won’t open a branch in Guadalajara, Mexico

European Union votes to unify rules on detention of migrants

City Hall to speak Spanish on TV - Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Did You Know? Hispanic Boomers say they will spend an average of about $2,700 on household items in the next 12 months, about 25% more than General Market Boomers.

Machinist Survey Highlights Latino Voter Priorities

Snippet: The good news is, Obama’s standing in the Latino community is quite strong. The better news is, Obama is even stronger than expected. The remarkable news is, Obama is even ahead in Florida, where Cuban-American voters have consistently voted Republican for the last four decades.

What Makes a Good VP? Ask Bill Richardson

Federico Peña Obama’s Latino front - The former Denver mayor will lead efforts for nationwide outreach

Snippet: On the Republican side, a Hispanic New Hampshire Democrat, Roberto Fuentes, told Politico that he was recently asked, and declined, to contribute to the “diversity” of the crowd behind Sen. John McCain at a Nashua event.

Congressional Hispanics pledge to help Obama win

National Society of Hispanic MBAs Hosts ‘Best Upon Request’ CEO as Speaker - Cincinnati NSHMBA Welcomes Tillie Hidalgo Lima as Upcoming Presenter of Power Breakfast Series

Snippet: REVOLUCION announced the promotion of Amy Gómez, Ph.D., to Managing Partner/Director, Account Services. Since 2004, Gómez has served as VP, Account Management for the New York City agency.

Snippet: Don Jagoda Associates‚ (DJA), a promotion marketing agency, announced the appointment of Bernard Macias to lead their Hispanic Promotions Division.

Snippet: TuTv, a Grupo Televisa and Univision Communications Inc. joint venture, announced that it has created a new position and added Veronica Islas as director of marketing. She will be based in Los Angeles and report to Ariela Nerubay, vice president of Sales and Marketing, TuTv.

Telemundo’s ‘SIN SENOS NO HAY PARAISO’ premier ranks

Bank Freedom Launches Spanish Website For Its Bank Freedom Prepaid MasterCard(R) Card Program

South Carolina’s new immigration law has local businesses worried about enforcement

TransferOrbit Finalizes Definitive Contract with Mexican Network Giant TU-DNRO Inc.

Univision, Televisa trial date postponed to Oct 14

5th poultry supervisor arrested on immigration charges - House of Raeford Farms - South Carolina

Godwin Pappas & Ronquillo Managing Partner Selected One of Dallas’ Top Business Defense Attorneys

Solera Bank teams with Countrywide

Corona Extra Ads Launched Exclusively for Latinos

Latin Force Group, LLC Hires Arthur Rockwell as Vice President of Enterprise Sales

The Texas Association of Mexican American Chambers of Commerce (TAMACC) Signs Historic Agreement to Secure Over $100 Billion in Procurement Opportunities

US: Corona debuts Latino ad campaign

WKBF-AM radio sold to Hispanic broadcasters - Quad-Cities, Iowa/Illinois - La Jefa Latino Broadcasting

Pan-American Life Achieves Ranking as No.1 Hispanic Business in Louisiana

Top Hispanic-owned Green Cos. Remain Optimistic

Indiana State Hispanic Chamber Names New President - Wilson “Wil” Reyes

MAYA’s Luis Vasquez launches new book: “Inside the Minds” Surviving the Economic Crisis through Marketing

Did You Know? Hispanic Boomers say they will spend an average of about $2,700 on household items in the next 12 months, about 25% more than General Market Boomers.

More Than Half of Hispanic Boomers Like to Consider Alternative Health Treatments According to a New Report from Focalyst

Hispanic MBAs Tap Cincinnati PR Firm - Eisen Management Group

Jaime Camil on his way to the altar?

Cristián de la Fuente also joins Fuego en la Sangre

Jennifer López Gives a Special Performance for Autistic Children : People en Español

Noelia: Justice is served

Being Over 40 doesn’t faze Salma Hayek

Festeja Luis Miguel cumple de su hija Michelle Salas

Ha*Ash: single “No te quiero nada” on understanding

J Lo and Marc touch down in Europe with their new babies

Javier Bardem wins top Spanish film award

Ry Cooder: I, Flathead

Luis Miguel plays South Lake Tahoe Sept. 7

SERGIO MENDES’ Encanto Debuts As The #1 Contemporary Jazz Album In The Country

‘¡Gaytino!’: His Two True Selves - Dan Guerrero

Julieta Venegas: MTV Unplugged Soars To The Top Of iTunes’ Latin Album Chart On First Day of Release

Zon del Barrio, Direct from N.Y. to Columbus, Ohio’s Music In the Air

Homeland Security says Adios to Tijuana

Mexican Population Threatened by Diabetes - What Are the Major Challenges?

Some upcoming events in Chicago

Luis Alberto Urrea to Speak at Santa Barbara Writers Conference

Congresista Hilda Solis, GRAN MARISCAL de la 13va. FERIA AGOSTINA INTERNACIONAL

Mexico asks World Court to halt U.S. executions

Gunmen kill official in Ciudad Juarez

Lawmaker to help lead study on illegal immigration - Indiana

Premier Web Site on Child and Teen Mental Health Now in Spanish - AboutOurKids.org Offers Hispanic Parents Vital Information on Kids at Risk

Jóvenes SANOS quizzes community about fast food - Watsonville, California

University of Arizona Press Earns Top Honors - 2008 International Latino Book Awards

U.S. slowdown squeezes Mexico’s migrant worker bounty

LULAC Offers Alternative Roads For Cesar Chavez - Dallas

Snippet: Comic book writer, Jai Nitz from Lawrence, Kansas, wrote the first Spanish-only project released by DC Comics. It’s the June edition of ‘The Blue Beetle’

Hispanic leaders weigh options for César Chávez street - Dallas

Plainclothes border agent at Washington ferry terminal

Arpaio claims 1,000th arrest under smuggling law - Arizona

Lawman’s raids on immigrants spark fury in Phoenix - Sheriff Joe Arpaio