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

$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

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

July 29, 2008

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

Anti-immigration groups go green - Readers of the Nation and other left-leaning magazines may have noticed a new addition to the usual advertisements — full-page advocacy ads by an ad hoc coalition of anti-immigration organizations.

North Carolina colleges can admit illegal immigrants, Homeland Security tells state’s Attorney General

Nearly two weeks after federal agents arrested dozens of suspected illegal immigrants who clean the state’s courthouses, lawyers are still not sure where all of the detainees are being held. - Rhode Island

Antonio Margarito’s win over Miguel Cotto shakes up welterweight division

U.S. Sen. Mel Martinez’s soon-to-be released first book, “A Sense Of Belonging” Describes Pursuit Of American Dream

Civil rights groups delivered a letter to Governor Rod Blagojevich, asking him to issue an executive order to stop the so-called “consent searches.” When the Illinois State Police conduct routine traffic stops, Latino drivers are twice as likely as whites to have their cars searched.

The Immigration Fight Gets Ugly - A law making it a felony to be an undocumented worker is sowing conflict in Mississippi, as states take action in the absence of federal immigration reform

The Reign of ‘Sheriff Joe’ - In Arizona, the perils of driving while brown - (revealing read)

Churros hit mainstream - Spurred by an explosion of interest in all things Latino, the fried batons of dough — traditionally sprinkled with cinnamon and sugar — are popping up on menus across the country. When the president’s daughter serves churros at her wedding, it’s probably safe to say they’ve hit the mainstream.

Still, there are issues in which a Latino lens slides into place. Education is one. It doesn’t surprise me that Latinos consistently rank education as the No. 1 issue. It must be, when 30 percent to 50 percent of Hispanic students are dropping out of high school and Latinos are the largest and fastest growing population in the country. A plus B equals disaster.

New Book Reflects Faith of Hispanic Americans

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New Report from the Tomás Rivera Policy Institute : Latino Voting Statistics 2008

Latino RNs Back At The Bedside - Maryland county’s initiative helps foreign-trained nurses return to practice

USA’s Steven Lopez unafraid to pursue perfection - taekwondo in the Olympics

Una madre deportada abraza a su hijo después de 9 meses de separación - Reencuentro en Tegucigalpa, Honduras

Massacre shadows Mexico, Olympics ‘68 crackdown against protesters at plaza in capital resonates anew with situation in China

When she won the Ms. Latina USA title in 2006, Sandra Colon became the first Connecticut resident since Dorothy Hann in 1933 to win a national beauty title. Despite the 73-year gap between national pageant winners, Colon won her title in relative obscurity.

“McCain’s problem is the problem of his party demonizing Hispanic people,” Luis Cortes (one of Time Magazine’s 25 most influential evangelicals in America & 2x Bush backer) said. “His party demonized us. You can’t switch off the immigration rhetoric and think it will work. In the context of the immigration issue, Hispanics define the enemy as the Republican Party and you don’t erase that overnight.

About 1,000 people, including rabbis, Hispanic immigrants and Catholic clergy, marched through Postville, Iowa on Sunday, protesting working conditions at Agriprocessors Inc.

The real story is decades of inadequate response from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. health system to HIV-AIDS in the Hispanic community; that has allowed almost 100,000 Hispanics to die and new cases to continue to appear.

GOP strategist Bill McInturff has long emphasized that earning 40 percent of the Hispanic vote is critical for Republicans to win. Today, McInturff is John McCain’s pollster, and by his metric McCain has a serious Latino problem.

Regardless of whom Hispanics wind up supporting come November, Harley Shaiken, chairman of the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of California Berkeley, says there’s clearly a cautionary tale in all this. “Tension is nothing new between races and ethnicities in this country,” he says. “But it can be overstated … racial and ethnic relations are very complex to interpret. Plausible and correct are two different things.”

Did You Know? Caning has failed to deter 4,326 illegal immigrants from returning to just one Malasyian state to seek employment.

Latinos make up 20 percent of Colorado’s population and 12 percent of its eligible voters - not a huge number but enough to tilt the balance in either Obama or McCain’s favor.

New Report from the Tomás Rivera Policy Institute : Latino Voting Statistics 2008

Obama says his health plan won’t include undocumented immigrants

McCain Supports Arizona Proposal to Ban Affirmative Action

“McCain’s problem is the problem of his party demonizing Hispanic people,” Luis Cortes (one of Time Magazine’s 25 most influential evangelicals in America & 2x Bush backer) said. “His party demonized us. You can’t switch off the immigration rhetoric and think it will work. In the context of the immigration issue, Hispanics define the enemy as the Republican Party and you don’t erase that overnight.

Still, there are issues in which a Latino lens slides into place. Education is one. It doesn’t surprise me that Latinos consistently rank education as the No. 1 issue. It must be, when 30 percent to 50 percent of Hispanic students are dropping out of high school and Latinos are the largest and fastest growing population in the country. A plus B equals disaster.

Latinos make up 20 percent of Colorado’s population and 12 percent of its eligible voters - not a huge number but enough to tilt the balance in either Obama or McCain’s favor.

GOP strategist Bill McInturff has long emphasized that earning 40 percent of the Hispanic vote is critical for Republicans to win. Today, McInturff is John McCain’s pollster, and by his metric McCain has a serious Latino problem.

Regardless of whom Hispanics wind up supporting come November, Harley Shaiken, chairman of the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of California Berkeley, says there’s clearly a cautionary tale in all this. “Tension is nothing new between races and ethnicities in this country,” he says. “But it can be overstated … racial and ethnic relations are very complex to interpret. Plausible and correct are two different things.”

Durante la primera emisión de ‘¡Viva la Familia!’, transmitida desde Los Angeles la noche del viernes por Univisión, la actriz confesó que todavía Luis Miguel le cambia los pañales a Miguelito, el hijo de ambos; que su familia sigue creciendo con la llegada de su segundo bebé y que está en la etapa más “linda, linda, linda” de su vida.

La artista mexicana Patricia Manterola aseguró que el próximo álbum será su trabajo discográfico más personal ya que por primera vez en su carrera se ha implicado en la elaboración de las letras.

El momento del cambio ha llegado. La cantante y actriz Lucero ya firmó su participación en la telenovela Mañana para siempre y que hasta ahora era conocida bajo el nombre Pura sangre, a fin de encarnar a la villana de la historia junto a Silvia Navarro y Fernando Colunga.

Ana de la Reguera lucha por los inmigrantes

Coca-Cola Telenovela Club Stars, Angélica María and Angélica Vale, Treat Fans to a Memorable Red-Carpet Event

Jenni Rivera doesn’t show up to court for assault charges in North Carolina

America Ferrera on Working with Lindsay Lohan: ‘We Had a Good Time’

MTV Tr3s Receives Eight Imagen Nominations

Cristina Saralegui’s Casa Cristina(TM) Mattress Line Debuts at Mattress Giant Stores Nationwide

Sonia Nazario’s pulitzer-prize winning story “Enrique’s Journey,” which she turned into a best-selling book, will soon be a Lifetime network movie.

The Orphanage DVD review - Ryan had high expectations for The Orphanage due to Guillermo del Toro’s endorsement… and he wasn’t disappointed

Mexico City pop-punk band Allison makes a splash in the States

How to drive a (fabulous) Cadillac

Bakersfield band Velorio came in second Sunday night on cable network Sí TV’s battle-of-the-bands reality show “Jammin.” So close But its members learned a few valuable lessons from their Hollywood experience.

See Maná’s new video “Arde de Cielo” - The Sky Burns

A larger-than-life Gene Autry cradles a guitar and croons alongside his faithful horse Champion. But beneath the bronze singing cowboy at the Autry National Center of the American West each Thursday rages some of the hottest salsa in Los Angeles.

Oscar De La Hoya, Cuauhtemoc Blanco, Lorena Ochoa, Alex Rodriguez, Helio Castroneves, Jose Reyes, Carmelo Anthony, Ozzie Guillen, and Fernando Valenzuela among Those Honored on the Inaugural ”Tecate Premios Deportes” Sports Awards Show on Univision

KPFK makes room for pochos and much more - The radio station prides itself on ethnically oriented programming. - Los Angeles

Cabas makes a ‘Difficult’ sound easy - One of the standout tracks on “Amores Difíciles”, “He Pecado” (I’ve Sinned) features Spanish rocker Enrique Bunbury and Cuban émigré rappers Orishas in full confessional mode.

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United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Welcomes Hilda Rayas, New Chief Operating Officer

President of Colorado State University Joins National Society of Hispanic MBAs Board of Directors

Humana Enhances Member Interactive Voice Response System with Complete Spanish-Language Functionality

Major North American marketers will set world records, albeit in marketing, when the Olympics open in Beijing on Aug. 8, debuting a slew of Hispanic-targeted ads during Telemundo’s broadcast of the Summer Games.

Robert Flores, who has worked for ESPN for the past three years, gets a steady time slot.

Grupo Modelo SAB, Mexico’s largest brewer, said second-quarter profit fell 18 per cent on a decline in export sales and higher costs for grain and energy.

The Colombia Stock Exchange (BVC), the country’s sole marketplace for equities and fixed income, in September will ramp up its derivatives offerings with a new trading platform from Nasdaq OMX Group.

Mexico’s Modelo, the maker of Corona beer, is playing its cards carefully in talks with InBev NV over a partnership as part of the Belgian brewer’s planned $52 billion takeover of Anheuser-Busch Cos Inc.

Mexico’s Secretary of Communications and Transport (SCT) has grounded Aerocalifornia for a second time in two years after the carrier accumulated debts of more than $24 million with the Mexican air traffic control authority and other public aviation services providers.

Delta Connection is dropping a couple of Mexican routes soon. Gone, as of August 2, will be nonstop Atlanta (ATL) to Queretaro (QRO) flights. Come August 18, say so long to nonstop Atlanta to Leon/Guanajuato (BJX) service.

Fountain Valley-based Hyundai Motor America Inc. recently launched a Hispanic advertising campaign. It’s one of the automaker’s first under Patricia Romero, who came on board as national manager of multicultural marketing in October.

The Immigration Fight Gets Ugly - A law making it a felony to be an undocumented worker is sowing conflict in Mississippi, as states take action in the absence of federal immigration reform

Flow of dollars home to Latin America dwindles - The souring American economy has hit workers hard everywhere, but now it’s reaching across the border. The depth of the downturn is evident at money transfer companies like Dolex, which report a steep fall in remittances.

Coke helps Hispanic retailers stand out - The Tienda program offers small Hispanic businesses the opportunity to redesign their stores to attract more clients — and soft-drink buyers.

If you’ve read 10 Things NEVER to Say to Latino Executives, you have a good idea of what to avoid saying in order not to offend your colleague or embarrass yourself. But understanding better ways of communicating with your Latino coworkers can be trickier.

The Hispanic Fact Pack - What’s Up (and Down) in the U.S. Hispanic Market | Download the Fifth Annual Guide

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

The Aug. 28 speaker in the Distinguished Global Speaker Series at the University of Arkansas - Fort Smith will be Consul Andres Chao, who moved to Arkansas last year to head the Mexican Consulate of Little Rock.

Struggling to make sense of the developing patchwork of immigration law? Wondering how to do more than cover scattered enforcement actions and raids? Now is the time to dig more deeply into one of the most powerful stories in America, according to speakers at a day-long UNITY session on immigration last Wednesday. Apply context, the panelists urged, and move beyond stories of immigrant heroes and immigrant victims.

Fake immigration letter scares illegal immigrants - Denver

Puerto Rico’s environmental activists gain power A growing environmental movement is stopping more and more development projects that critics say threaten natural resources.

Federal election overseers say they have reached a deal with Salem County and Penns Grove aimed at protecting the rights of Puerto Rican and Spanish-speaking voters. New Jersey

Puerto Ricans living in Wichita connect at second annual event - Kansas

Virgin of El Cobre draws Cubans of all descriptions

The Justice Ministry’s Anti-laundering Unit warned that it plans to recommend the extradition to the United States of eight alleged Dominican partners of the Benítez brothers, charged with defrauding the U.S. Social Security’s Medicare system out of US$110 million.

On behalf of the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA) and the 1.7 million Latino workers that make up our constituency, we want to express our deep concerns over the possible elimination of down payment assistance programs in the housing bill, H.R. 3221, and how it could disproportionally impact Latino working families.

USA’s Steven Lopez unafraid to pursue perfection - taekwondo in the Olympics

After four hours that included a talent show, a display of native dress and a question-and-answer period, Gina Pazmino was crowned Ms. Ecuador 2008 to a cheering crowd of more than 250. - New Jersey

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