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Her husband always pressured her to go the doctor. But she kept postponing her check-ups, maybe because she was afraid of getting bad news.

Finally, to placate her husband, Reyes Cabrera agreed to go to a clinic. And the nightmare she had feared came true. Last January she got a notice in the mail with the diagnosis that she had severe breast cancer and that there is also evidence that she had cervical cancer developing in her ovaries.

"This has been very hard for me. In March I had to have a ma

ALTHOUGH the word “upfront” is English rather than Spanish, the broadcast networks and cable channels that aim programming at Hispanic viewers are again increasing their presence during the annual television upfront week.

There are nine presentations scheduled this week to brief advertisers on programming plans for the 2012-13 season (and yes, also woo them with shrimp and adult beverages). Last May, during the upfront week that preceded the 2011-12 season, there were five such presentations.

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For Immediate Release

May 15, 2012  

Media Contacts: Lisa Hernandez, lhernandez@ccc.edu

(773) 593-5472

Chicago Mother and Daughter Celebrated Mother’s Day Weekend
by Graduating from College

Mother Completes Associate’s Degree at City Colleges of Chicago
While Daughter Completes Bachelor’s Degree

Chicago – When Lupe Cotto was laid off at age 50 and decided to go back to college to retrain, she never imagined she would have a Mother’s Day like this one. Lupe graduated on Saturday from Daley

There is a growing necessity for brand marketers to provide culturally relevant content and messaging that specifically targets US Hispanics. In fact, Nielsen’s recent study, The Hispanic Market Imperative – clearly states that Hispanics are the largest immigrant group to exhibit significant sustainability of their culture and are not disappearing into the American melting pot. Now that we have confirmed that cultural sustainability matters to US Hispanics, companies must become more educated ab

Blanca Pagan works in banking. Sarah Corona owns a Cuban restaurant, and her husband, Jesus Corona, owns a construction company.

Pagan came from Puerto Rico with her boyfriend in 1995 to find a better life before they could start a family. The Coronas came from Cuba.

Today, they have families and are preparing their children for productive lives here.

This is the future of America.

The rapidly growing Hispanic population has become, and is expected to be, an even greater force in the U.S. econom

According to the Center for Disease Control, one in eight kidney patients are Latino and are at risk for Type 2 diabetes.

Victor Valle, 44, has to check his blood glucose levels several times a day.

Not only that, he's at the mercy of taking more than a dozen medications to control his Type 2 diabetes.

His vision is one of many things he's losing, now that his diabetes has damaged his kidneys.

Dr. James Cevallos says Latinos are not only more prone to developing Type 2 diabetes but according to

In high school, Candace de León-Zepeda was working in her family's tire shop. Patricia Portales was preparing to become a secretary. Margaret Cantú-Sánchez was college-bound but already cognizant of the lack of Latino representation in books.

Against many odds, all three will get what one of their mentors described as “a little papelito,” a precious piece of paper, that will open doors to the academy.

Today they'll receive their doctoral degrees in English from the University of Texas at San An

The video game industry is ever expanding and according to an article by The New York Times’ Nick Bolton, will reach $112 billion in consumer spending money by the year 2015.

Blizzard’s World of Warcraft alone nets millions of dollars a month in pure profit. The game costs $15 per month for each of the 12 million users to play, on top of the original cost of the game software. As one can imagine, Blizzard is not wanting for cash. However, not all games are as popular or profitable as World of Wa

As a member of the Spanish-language media for years, I am familiar with the occasional demand to “speak English.” Well, in fact, the fastest-growing segment of the Latino population is doing precisely that. Media businesses are deploying the all-American strategy of reaching out to an emerging market with strong buying power, and they’re doing it, naturalmente, in English.

In the last two weeks, major media companies have launched or made public efforts to tap into English-speaking and culturall

Supporters of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline are now billing it as a top political issue for Hispanic voters — the latest bid to spur the administration’s approval of the project.

On Tuesday, the American Petroleum Institute joined with the Hispanic Leadership Fund to call for President Barack Obama to issue a cross-border permit allowing construction of the pipeline that would connect oil sands projects in Alberta, Canada with refineries along the Gulf Coast.

“At a time like now where o

The Alabama Hispanic population has had a nearly 150 percent increase in the last decade, according to a report from Auburn University at Montgomery's Center for Demographic Research.

Using Census data from 2010, the report examined the demographic and socio-economic characteristics and health conditions of the state's Hispanics in comparison to non-Hispanics.

Although there was a sharp increase in the Hispanic population, Hispanics only account for 3.9 percent of the state's population. The rep

The Latino Coalition, the leading Latino non-profit small business organization founded in 1995 with a commitment of building communities and partnerships for a stronger America, announced today that U.S. Senator Marco Rubio of Florida will provide a keynote address and receive the annual Tributo Award at its Annual Economic Summit to be held at Noon on Wednesday, May 23 at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce building at 1615 H Street, NW, Washington, DC 20062.

The event, held during National Small Bus

A former president of the University of Arizona pleaded with Mitt Romney on Friday to support some version of the Dream Act to give "a glimmer of hope" to college students who are not in the United States legally.

"They're bright. They can help carry this country forward," Manuel Pacheco told the Republican presidential candidate during a round-table discussion with Latino business leaders in Tempe. "I think it would be a shame to lose that particular talent that they bring."

Romney listened pol

MIAMI, May 7, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Latin Trade Group in partnership with the Inter-American Development Bank will hold the first annual Trade Americas Expo: Creating an Environment for Business Opportunities in the Hemisphere, June 12-13 at the Intercontinental Hotel in Miami.

Trade Americas Expo is a premier conference for small-and-medium-sized North American executives interested in learning about the growth opportunities and risks when trading with Mexico, Central and South Americ

As Chicago’s all-Latina theater company approaches its 12th anniversary and launches its new community arts center Luna Central in Chicago, it is expanding its national reach. Its upcoming world premiere of Los Angeles playwright Diane Rodriguez’s, Obie award winner and TCG board member, new play LIVING LARGE IN A MINI KIND OF WAY is a comedy with immigration drama and universal issues about identity and privilege. Luna brings light to this exploration of the American Dream. Rodriguez will also

Speaking the language of the fast growing and increasingly desirable Latino audience, Walt Disney Co.'s ABC News and Univision Communications are teaming up to launch a 24-hour English-language news network.

The yet-unnamed cable channel, announced Monday, is expected to launch during the first half of next year. The two companies plan to get a head start this summer with a website and content for social networks and mobile devices devoted to covering the U.S. presidential election — which some

Yesterday marked the start of a significant tribute to Hispanic Americans who have served this county. A Hispanic American Veterans Memorial Monument is underway at the Buffalo & Erie County Naval & Military Park and will be located between the Korean and Rust Bucket Monuments. A rendering is shown that depicts what the final work will look like. Being recognized as the 'first landmark of its kind for Hispanic Americans in the region', this tribute is an important milestone for soldiers who cont

Napa is on track to become the Bay Area's first majority Latino county, and a new study shows officials here may not be prepared to deal effectively with the changing demographic.

The Profile of Immigrants in Napa County, a Migration Policy Institute study on immigration's impact on the region, was commissioned by the Napa Valley Community Foundation. It's meant to engender "civil" discourse on the issues, and hopefully result in "better public policies," study author Randy Capps said.

The study

Hispanics continue to outpace whites when it comes to the adoption of mobile technology.

Marketing firm eMarketer reported this week that Hispanics are early adopters of both smartphones and tablet computers, and are more likely than whites to use mobile devices to access the Internet.

“The high adoption rates for smartphones and tablets among Hispanics are likely due to the fact that they are on average a young group, and more likely to use mobile devices instead of landlines,” according to the

According to a recent study, more than 30% of Latinas in the U.S. and Mexico suffer perinatal or postpartum depression, making it the number one complication of pregnancy among Latinas. In an effort to raise visibility for a disease that is often dismissed, physicians from The Mount Sinai Hospital debunked the 5 most prevalent Latino myths about postpartum depression, a type of depression that affects some women after childbirth. A growing and significant audience, Hispanic Mothers accounted for