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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.

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Congress in Paraguay is set to meet to decide whether to accept President Nicanor Duarte’s resignation so he can take up a seat in the Senate.

Mr Duarte resigned on Monday, two months before president-elect Fernando Lugo is due to be sworn in. “*

In Latin America, in the absence of a social revolution at the moment of national independence there were plenty of rebellions and political revolts. Less frequently these were popular rebellions and almost never were they ideological revolutions that shook the traditional structures, as was the case with the North American Revolution, the French Revolution, and the Cuban Revolution. Instead, internal struggles abounded, before and after the birth of the new Republics.

A half century later, in 1866, the Ecuadorian Juan Montalvo would make a dramatic diagnosis: “freedom and fatherland in Latin America are the sheep’s clothing with which the wolf disguises himself.” When the republics were not at war they enjoyed the peace of the oppressors. Even though slavery had been abolished in the new republics, it existed de facto and was almost as brutal as in the giant to the north. Class violence was also racial violence: the indigenous continued to be marginalized and exploited. “This has been the peace of the jail cell,” conclued Montalvo. The indian, deformed by this physical and moral violence, would receive the most brutal physical punishments but “when they give him the whip, trembling on the ground, he gets up thanking his tormenter: May God reward you, sir.” Meanwhile, the Puerto Rican Eligenio M. Hostos in 1870 would already lament that “there is still no South American Confederation.” On the contrary, he only saw disunion and new empires oppressing and threatening: “An empire [Germany] can still move deliberately against Mexico! Another empire [Great Britain/Brazil] can still wreck Paraguay with impunity!” “*

The Michigan Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (MHCC) holds the 19th Annual Fiesta Hispana on Friday, May 16, in the Presidential Ballroom of The Ritz Carlton Hotel — Dearborn, at 6 p.m.

The keynote speaker will be Simon Boag, President of Mopar Global Service & Parts, Chrysler, LLC. Boag, who reports to Vice Chairman and President Jim Press, is responsible for global service, international service and parts, global parts marketing, service contracts and global parts supply chain management. He had been Co-Chair of ENVI, an organization within Chrysler, LLC responsible for the development of electric-drive vehicles and related advanced-propulsion technologies. Prior to joining the Chrysler Group, he had been President and Managing Director of General Motors Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay. In his keynote remarks, Boag will discuss the current state of the automotive and automotive supplier market especially as it affects the Hispanic business community.

Fiesta Hispana is the Hispanic business community’s premier annual black-tie dinner dance with more than 700 business, civic and community leaders in attendance. The event sponsor is Chrysler, LLC. The reception and afterglow is sponsored by Comerica Bank.

Member tickets are $175 each and non-member tickets are $250, which include the reception at 6 p.m. and the dinner and dance from 7 p.m. till midnight. Sponsorships are still available. For more information about Fiesta Hispana, contact Diadette Mejia, dmejia@mhcc.org or 248-208-9915.

The Michigan Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, established in 1989, is a non-profit business organization consisting of over 300 member companies from corporate, small, medium and large businesses, sole proprietors and individuals representing Hispanic-owned enterprises, automotive OEM’s, Tier One suppliers and non-automotive Fortune 500 corporations. In addition, community non-profits, media affiliates, the Detroit Tigers and the Detroit Pistons are also represented. Its web site is www.mhcc.org.

The Hispanic business community is the fastest growing business segment in the country, increasing at a rate of 2.5 Hispanics every second — by 2050 one in every four workers will be Hispanic. In Michigan, there are now over 10,000 large, medium and small Hispanic businesses employing over 14,000 persons.

The Michigan Hispanic Chamber of Commerce logo is available at www.primenewswire.com/newsroom/prs/?pkgid=3488

EDITOR’S NOTE: THE BIOGRAPHY OF SIMON BOAG IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.MHCC.ORG.

CONTACT: For MHCC
Renee Ahee
586.979.3801
rahee@aheecommunications.com

MHCC
Ray Lozano
248.208.9915

Lufthansa Consulting (LCG), a 20-year old, independent subsidiary of Lufthansa German Airlines, hopes to boost business in Latin America. Part of its increased focus on the region includes setting up a new sales office in Miami last fall.

“With the opening of the sales office in Miami … Lufthansa Consulting wants to be even closer to its clients hoping to generate more and different business while enlarging its client data base,” says Mirja Nissen, the company’s director of sales for the Americas”*

*From: http://www.latinbusinesschronicle.com
Traducido: usando Google o Altavista/Babel Fish

Mexico’s Lorena Ochoa is among the most recognizable athletes in Latin America today. But Ochoa isn’t the only Latina golfer to overcome long odds and achieve hero status in her native country. In 2006, Paraguay’s Julieta Granada set an LPGA Tour record for rookie earnings with $1,633,586 — more than half of which she won at the season-ending ADT Championship. Two months later, in January 2007, Granada led Paraguay to a seven-stroke victory over the U.S. in the Women’s World Cup in South Africa. While the 21-year-old suffered a minor sophomore slump in ‘07, posting three top-10 finishes but no wins through October, she hopes to cash in again in 2008.”*

*From: http://www.msnbc.msn.com
Traducido: usando Google o Altavista/Babel Fish

They typically start poorer than migrants to rich countries, earn less money and are more likely to travel illegally, which raises the odds of abuse. They usually move to countries that offer migrants less legal protection and fewer services than wealthy nations do. Yet their earnings help sustain some of the poorest people on the globe.

There are 74 million “south to south” migrants, according to the World Bank, which uses the term to describe anyone moving from one developing country to another, regardless of geography. The bank estimates that they send home $18 billion to $55 billion a year. (The bank also estimates that 82 million migrants have moved “south to north,” or from poor countries to rich ones.)

Nicaraguans build Costa Rican buildings. Paraguayans pick Argentine crops. Nepalis dig Indian mines. Indonesians clean Malaysian homes. Farm hands from Burkina Faso tend the fields in Ivory Coast. Some save for more expensive journeys north, while others find the move from one poor land to another all they will ever afford. With rich countries tightening their borders, migration within the developing world is likely to grow.”*

Capping off a tremendously successful Copa Nissan Sudamericana season, one of the network’s most-watched to date, Fox Sports en Español announced today it will televise the highly anticipated two-leg final between Mexico’s perennial powerhouse Club América and Arsenal of Argentina exclusively live on November 30 and December 5.

The battle for one of Latin American soccer’s most prestigious crowns gets underway at Mexico City’s Estadio Azteca on Friday, November 30, with a half-hour pre-game show hosted by Jorge Ramos and Hernan Pereira at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT. Raúl Orvañanos, host of “Fox Gol Mexico” and a lead commentator for the network’s exclusive Copa Libertadores and Copa Nissan Sudamericana telecasts, will be on-site to call the action from this match as well as the return leg in Buenos Aires on Wednesday, December 5 (7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT).

Unheralded Arsenal, which has never won a major national or regional title, secured its first-ever international final berth by upsetting Argentine rivals River Plate in a semifinal penalty shootout, while Club América – one of Mexico’s most successful teams and historically a major player on the international scene – advanced to the final with a 5-2 aggregate semifinal victory over Colombia’s Millonarios.

“The finals of the Copa Nissan Sudamericana promise to be hard-fought and action-packed, and we look forward to bringing our viewers all of the excitement live from Mexico and Argentina,” said Fox Sports en Español’s executive vice president and general manager David Sternberg. “Fox Sports en Español continues to be the premier U.S. media destination for fans of the best club soccer from Latin America and the rest of the world.”

Fueled in part by Club América’s strong performance and loyal following among U.S. Hispanics of Mexican origin or descent, the Copa Nissan Sudamericana continues to be a ratings bonanza for Fox Sports en Español. According to Nielsen Media Research, the 64 matches leading up to the final have already been some of the year’s most-watched sports programs in all of Spanish-language cable, in addition to recording solid year-to-year ratings increases.

After scoring the year’s two most watched sports programs among A18-49 in all of Spanish-language cable during the 2007 Copa Libertadores, Fox Sports en Español has delivered with its Copa Nissan Sudamericana telecasts three of the year’s 10 most-watched sports programs in Spanish-language cable.

The November 7 first-leg semifinal between Millonarios and Club América out-delivered Telemundo, Telefutura, Azteca America, Galavision, Gol TV, Fox, ABC, NBC, ESPN, CBS, and ESPN2 in its time slot among Hispanics M18-49. Delivering a 4.3 coverage area rating (CAR) – equivalent to a 1.8 national Hispanic rating – for a total of 402,000 persons 18-49, the match ranked fourth among all sports programs on Spanish-language television and first in Spanish-language cable for the week of November 5-11.

Then, on November 13, Club América and Millonarios’ second-leg semifinal match out-delivered all networks mentioned above among Hispanic M18-49 and delivered a 4.7 CAR – equivalent to a 2.0 national Hispanic rating – and 437,000 A18-49. The program ranked first for the week of November 12-18 among all sports programs on Spanish-language cable and fourth overall among all sports programs on Spanish-language television.

“Our continued ratings success with the Copa Nissan Sudamericana underscores the tournament’s elite status among our viewers as one of the year’s most important soccer competitions,” said Tom Maney, executive vice president of advertising sales for Fox Sports en Español. “One of our most powerful exclusive programming assets - by virtue of the network’s extensive content rights across television, print, online, wireless, and print - the tournament is the perfect example of Fox Sports en Español’s unmatched ability to deliver to advertisers proven multiplatform solutions for reaching the coveted Hispanic male demographic.”

Year-to-year ratings (CAR) and impressions (IMP) are also up across all key demos, including Men 18-34 (+21% CAR/+25% IMP), Adults 18-34 (+30% CAR/+29% IMP), Men 18-49 (+80% CAR/+91% IMP), and Adults 18-49 (+81% CAR/+89% IMP). On average, more than 120,000 viewers tuned in to each match, peaking as high as 610,000 during the semifinal on November 13. The eight most-watched matches in the tournament averaged a 1.68 national Hispanic rating and 365,000 impressions among Adults 18-49, and a 2.34 national Hispanic rating and 268,000 impressions for Men 18-49.

A CONMEBOL-sanctioned tournament, the 2007 Copa Nissan Sudamericana kicked off last July 31 with 34 teams representing Brazil (8), Argentina (7), Mexico (2), Bolivia (2), Chile (2), Colombia (2), Ecuador (2), Peru (2), Paraguay (2), Uruguay (2), Venezuela (2) and the United States (1).”*

When President Nicanor Duarte of Paraguay arrived at the Vatican Oct. 29 for a meeting with Pope Benedict XVI, he planned to present the pontiff with a multicolored poncho as a symbol of Latin America — home to almost half the world’s 1.1 billion Catholics and a region dubbed by Pope John Paul II as “the continent of hope.”

In the end, however, Benedict had to settle for an IOU: Duarte’s bags got lost somewhere between France and Italy, including his gifts for the pope.

That small snafu offers a metaphor for what has been a recent season of discontent for Benedict XVI with regard to Latin America. Despite the best efforts of then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, the Vatican’s doctrinal czar, to suppress liberation theology in the 1980s and ’90s, this synthesis of Catholic social doctrine and progressive political action is showing surprising signs of life.”*

Massiel Taveras from the Dominican Republic was crowned Latin American Queen 2007 in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, ahead of candidates from Brazil, Paraguay and Spain. The 22-year old, who also won the “Most beautiful face” and “Best figure” titles was one of the favorites to win the contest.

Brazil’s representative, Jane Borges, came second, while María José Maldonado from Paraguay and María Jesús Ruiz from Spain won third and fourth places.”*

“An international panel of experts will discuss critical issues for Hispanics in higher education as part of the annual meeting of the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) set for Oct. 20-22 in Chicago.

The panel will examine the role of Hispanic higher education and how it will shape the future of Hispanic populations, say conference organizers. It brings together leaders from Latin America and Spain to share their perspectives on how to make Hispanic higher education successful.

The panel includes keynote speaker Ambassador Arturo Sarukhán Casamitjana of the Embassy of Mexico in the United States; Dr. Miguel Martínez López, education and science commissioner from the Embassy of Spain in the United States; and Dr. Julio Miguel Martín Puertas, rector of the Universidad Autónoma de Asunción, Paraguay. The moderator will be Professor Agnes Mojica, chancellor of the Inter American University of Puerto Rico in San German.”*

“The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) 21st Annual Conference, “Championing Hispanic Higher Education Success: A National Imperative for the 21st Century,” will feature a stellar roster of speakers showcasing the latest trends and best practices in Hispanic higher education on Oct. 20-22, 2007 at the Hyatt Regency Chicago, 151 East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois.

The conference tracks include: Recruitment and Retention of Hispanic Students; Challenges for Hispanic Education; Advocacy and Legislation-Higher Education; and International Higher Education. “We hope that the participants will come away understanding the importance of Hispanic higher education issues and at the same time benefit from a tremendous opportunity to network, forge cost-effective partnerships, and learn about new public and private sector education funding opportunities,” said Antonio Flores, President and CEO of the Hispanic Association of Colleges & Universities.

Highlights of the conference will include:
– The Latino/a Leadership Institute – a sold-out pre-conference event that will focus on addressing the need to re-fill the pipeline with the next generation of Latino and Latina faculty, staff and administrators, Oct. 20, 8 a.m-4 p.m.
– A Career Fair Exhibit will feature employment, internship and scholarship opportunities for job seekers and college students. The Career Fair is free and open to the public on Sunday, Oct. 21, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. and Monday, Oct. 22, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
– Jesse Ruiz, Chairman of the Illinois State Board of Education, will speak at the power lunch, Oct. 21 at noon.
– An International Plenary, Hispanic Higher Education: Its Role in Shaping our Future, will bring together leaders from Latin America and Spain to share their perspective on how to make Hispanic higher education successful. The panel of experts will include: Keynote Speaker - Ambassador Arturo Sarukhán Casamitjana, Embassy of México in the USA; Dr. Miguel Martí­nez López, Education and Science Commissioner, Embassy of Spain in the USA; and Dr. Julio Miguel Martí­n Puertas, Rector, Universidad Autónoma de Asunción””Paraguay. The moderator will be Prof. Agnes Mojica, Chancellor, Inter American University of Puerto Rico, San Germán, Oct. 22, 9-10:15 a.m.
– A lively Town Hall Meeting on the topic of Immigration Reform will be held Oct. 22, 3:45-5 p.m. Joshua W. Hoyt, Executive Director, Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, will be among the speakers.

For information on Career Fair Exhibitors, or registration for HACU’s 21th Annual Conference, visit

“Panama leads the way when it comes to having Latin America’s best environment for exporting and importing containerized goods. The Dominican Republic, Chile, Costa Rica and El Salvador round out the top five, according to the 2008 Doing business survey from the World Bank. The survey measured 178 countries worldwide, including 31 in Latin America and the Caribbean.

On the opposite end is Venezuela, followed by Haiti, Ecuador, Uruguay, Paraguay and Guatemala. Mexico ended in 12th place, while Brazil came in 18th place.”

“Fox Sports en Espanol announced today the return of the Copa Nissan Sudamericana to its line-up of exclusive live soccer action. Live tournament play kicks-off tonight on Fox Sports en Espanol featuring Chile’s Audax at Bolivia’s Jorge Wilstermann at 8:00 pm ET/5:00 pm PT.

For the first time ever, the 2007 Copa Nissan Sudamericana will pit teams from different countries against each other in the early qualifying rounds. Teams from Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela, who until last year had to play against teams from their own country, will now compete against teams from their neighboring countries to qualify for the round of 16.

Meanwhile, Argentina and Brazil, who have the greatest number of teams, will narrow down the field by playing their respective teams against each other in their respective countries and later competing home and away with teams from neighboring countries to advance to the round of 16.

Boca Juniors and River Plate from Argentina; Chivas, Club America, and defending champions Pachuca from Mexico; and DC United from the U.S. have automatic berths into the round of 16.

“The Copa Nissan Sudamericana continues to be one of soccer’s premier international club tournaments,” said David Sternberg, executive vice president and general manager of Fox Sports en Espanol.

“We anticipate that the participation of returning champions Pachuca, as well as of Chivas and Club America will score big among our viewers and further bolster the popularity of the Copa Nissan Sudamericana stateside, particularly among Mexican soccer fans that make up the majority of the U.S. Spanish-language television viewing audience.

We’re excited to once again be the only network to offer live and exclusive action from this prestigious tournament.”

A CONMEBOL-sanctioned tournament, the 2007 Copa Nissan Sudamericana features 34 teams from 12 countries, including 31 teams from CONMEBOL member countries and 3 from CONCACAF, including Brazil (8), Argentina (6), Mexico (3), Bolivia (2), Chile (2), Colombia (2), Ecuador (2), Peru (2), Paraguay (2), Uruguay (2), Venezuela (2), and the United States (1).

Partial Schedule of 2007 Copa Nissan Sudamericana on Fox Sports en Espanol(a)

DATE/TIME TEAMS

JULY 31 @ 8 PM ET/5 PM PT Audax (CHI) vs.Jorge Wilstermann (BOL)

AUGUST 1 @ 7 PM ET/4 PM PT Tacuary (PAR) vs. Danubio (URU)

AUGUST 1 @ 9:30 PM ET/6:30 PM PT Olmedo (ECU) vs. Zamora (VEN)

AUGUST 2 @ 7 PM ET/4 PM PT Real Potosi (BOL) vs Colo Colo (CHI)

AUGUST 2 @ 9:30 PM ET/6:30 PM PT Millionarios (COL) vs.Bolognese (PER)

AUGUST 7 @ 7 PM ET/4 PM PT Defensor (URU) vs. Libertad (PAR)

AUGUST 7 @ 9:30 PM ET/6:30 PM PT Jorge Wilstermann (BOL) vs. Audax(CHI)

AUGUST 8 @ 8 PM ET/5 PM PT Lanus (ARG) vs. Estudiantes (ARG)

AUGUST 9 @ 7 PM ET/4 PM PT Colo Colo (CHI) vs. Real Potosi (BOL)

AUGUST 9 @ 9:30 PM ET/6:30 PM PT Universitario (PER) vs. Atletico Nacional (COL)

(a) Schedule is subject to change.

For a complete schedule of Fox Sports en Espanol’s exclusive telecasts of the Copa Nissan Sudamericana, please visit the network’s website at foxsportsla.msn.com.

About Fox Sports en Espanol
Fox Sports en Espanol features more than 1,500 hours of live, exclusive sports programming in Spanish and, with few exceptions, English SAP each year, including InterLiga(TM), the Copa Toyota Libertadores, Copa Nissan Sudamericana, CONCACAF Copa de Campeones, and the FIFA Club World Cup soccer tournaments; the Major League Baseball regular season, divisional playoffs, All-Star Game and World Series; and premier combat sports including championship boxing from Mexico and the U.S., Ultimate Fighting Championship and kickboxing. The channel reaches more than 13 million cable and satellite households in the country, of which 4.5 million are U.S. Hispanic households.

Fox Sports en Espanol is distributed by Fox Cable Networks Group and operated by Fox Pan American Sports LLC, an international sports programming and production entity jointly owned by HM Capital Partners, LLC and News Corporation’s (NYSE: NWS) Fox Sports International. For more information, visit Fox Sports en Espanol online at foxsportsla.msn.com.”

“About 700 firefighters representing most of the worlds Spanish-speaking countries gathered near Texas A&M last week to share tips, swap stories and douse a few blazes together.

The Texas Engineering Extension Service has sponsored a Spanish Fire Training School for more than four decades and itss become a well-known event among international firefighters. This year, participants converged from Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Spain, Venezuela and the United States, said TEEX spokesman Jay Socol.”