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Hispanic immigrants hopeful about life in US

Posted by News on August 19, 2010 at 11:48am


Daily life for Marlen Lopez sounds anything but easy: The undocumented worker cleans offices to pay her bills and hasn't seen her 8-year-old son since she left El Salvador three years ago. Yet Lopez is happy with her job, hopeful about the future and confident her son will one day graduate from college in the United States. For the 33-year-old Lopez, as for many other Hispanic immigrants, optimism about life in the U.S. appears to be partly a product of what she sees in the rearview mirror.

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Convicted former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich defends himself in Spanish

Posted by News on August 19, 2010 at 10:24am


As he turned to the cameras, something he likes to do, former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich told Spanish-lanuage reporters, "No culpable."That means not guilty. But he was found guilty of one count of lying to the FBI and could face a $250,000 fine and up to five years in jail.Only one juror stood in the way of him being convicted of trying to sell Barack Obama's Senate seat, and I think he should face a retrial.

But I'd like to weigh in on what Blagojevich's conviction means to many in the Lati
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Moctesuma Esparza aims to bring more movie screens to Latino audiences

Posted by News on August 19, 2010 at 9:52am


On the walls of his office on the second floor of the Los Angeles Center Studios, veteran filmmaker and Latino activist Moctesuma Esparza displays posters from some of the dozens of movies and TV series he has produced in his career. There are banners from the 1988 film "The Milagro Beanfield War"; "Selena," the story of the slain Tejano singer; and the HBO film "Walkout," about the 1968 Chicano student walkouts in East Los Angeles to protest school conditions and prejudice. The last one is a p
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Foreclosures in state hit Latino homes hardest

Posted by News on August 19, 2010 at 9:11am
A review of the damage wreaked on California communities by the housing bust shows that Latino households suffered nearly 50 percent of the foreclosures and that loan defaults are concentrated in the state's Central Valley.
That area, which includes the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys, features six of the top 10 California metro areas for foreclosure concentrations, according to the Center for Responsible Lending, which released a comprehensive report Tuesday.

No California communities have e
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Harry Reid doesn't speak for all Latinos

Posted by News on August 16, 2010 at 9:45am
On behalf of all Hispanics, let me just say this: Muchas gracias, Harry Reid. I was glad to hear that the Senate majority leader is willing to relieve me and every other Latino in the United States of the crushing burden of having to think for ourselves and make our own political decisions. Reid is kindly offering to do all the heavy lifting for America's largest minority and decide whether we should vote Republican or Democrat. And, to make things easier, as far as the Nevada Democrat is concer
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Faith-based program teaches Latinas practical English and citizenship skills

Posted by News on August 16, 2010 at 9:38am
Teacher Cathy Martin, 21, of Reading, stood in front of her class at First Presbyterian Church, 37 S. Fifth St., and made her seven students stand, too. Martin, a Mennonite and a senior studying English-as-a-second-language, or ESL, at Lancaster Bible College, flapped her arms like a bird and said the word, fly. She asked her adult female students, all Latinas from Puerto Rico, Mexico and Honduras, to mimic her motion, repeating "fly, fly, fly." She did the same thing combining the appropriate m
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Young Hispanics less likely to be Catholic

Posted by News on August 12, 2010 at 11:02am
A name like Maria or Jose isn't a solid clue anymore that the person who answers to it will worship in a Catholic church on Sundays.An Associated Press-Univision poll finds that younger Latinos, as well as those who speak more English than Spanish, are much less likely to identify as Catholics than older Hispanics who mostly speak Spanish.

The poll of 1,500 Latino adults also found significant divisions on social issues such as same-sex unions and abortion, along lines of age, language and whethe
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Rubio Blasts Reid For Hispanic Comment

Posted by News on August 12, 2010 at 10:57am
A prominent Hispanic Republican criticized Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) Wednesday for questioning how Latinos could side with the GOP. Marco Rubio, Florida’s Republican Senatorial candidate, said during an interview with Fox News that the agenda the Majority Leader is setting will ultimately drive Latinos away from the Democratic party.

“The number one issue in the Hispanic community in America is economic empowerment,“ Rubio, who is of Cuban descent, said. “I believe a growing num
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Many US Hispanics turn to Spanish TV, radio

Posted by News on August 12, 2010 at 10:49am
An Associated Press-Univision poll finds many English-speaking Hispanics turn frequently to Spanish-language TV and radio, drawn by a cultural connection and some concerns that English-language media portray them negatively.

The poll says about 4 in 10 Latinos who spoke mostly English spent time each day — typically several hours — checking out Spanish media.About 35 percent of mainly English-speaking Latinos also say English media portray Hispanics mostly in a negative way. That is nearly three
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Group targets Latinos for Fiorina

Posted by News on July 27, 2010 at 3:38pm
An independent conservative group is planning to spend seven figures in California to help Republican Senate candidate Carly Fiorina compete among Latino voters as she challenges Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer this fall.

The Latino Partnership for Conservative Principles, a wing of the conservative not-for-profit American Principles Project, is poised to unveil a million-dollar independent expenditure plan to boost Fiorina.

Alfonse Aguilar, who heads the group, says it has already raised more th
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Study Shows 79% of Latinos Carry Credit Card Debt; 54% for White Households

Posted by News on July 27, 2010 at 3:29pm


In a recent study by the NAACP it was shown that 79% of Latinos carry credit card debt while 54% of White households carry credit card debt. It is also the case that Latinos carry a much higher interest rate on the credit cards the possess. Since exiting the “Great Recession” Americans have seen the number of bankruptcies increase.
No matter what our background it seems to be the case that many American citizens are relying on credit cards much more.

Data shows that over $90 billion has been cu
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Critican al gobierno por detener a inmigrantes enfermos

Posted by News on July 27, 2010 at 3:00pm
Nathaniel L., inmigrante que sufre de esquizofrenia, fue entrevistado por activistas de derechos humanos en Miami-Dade luego que agentes de inmigración lo detuvieran y lo pusieran en proceso de deportación. Nacido en la República Dominicana, Nathaniel L., un seudónimo, en última instancia no fue deportado y pudo regresar a tratamiento médico sólo después de que una abogada del Centro de Ayuda al Inmigrante de la Florida (FIAC) le ayudó a ganar su caso ante el juez de inmigración que le permitió
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Through Puerto Rico, the GOP can reach out to Hispanics

Posted by News on July 21, 2010 at 9:31am
A Republican governor -- a very Republican governor -- has an idea for solving one of his party's conundrums. The party should listen to Luis Fortuno, the Reaganite who resides in Puerto Rico's executive mansion. Conservatives need a strategy for addressing the immigration issue without alienating America's largest and most rapidly growing minority. Conservatives believe the southern border must be secured before there can be "comprehensive" immigration reform that resolves the status of the 11
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Poll finds US Hispanics seek to fit in, keep culture

Posted by News on July 21, 2010 at 8:59am
Hispanics are eager to blend into American society while still maintaining their cultural identity, a paradox that reflects the complex beliefs of the nation’s fastest-growing minority. And most don’t expect the United States to elect a Latino president in the next 20 years. Those are some of the findings from an Associated Press Univision poll of more than 1,500 Latinos. In addition, the survey suggests Hispanics worry more than most Americans about losing jobs and paying bills.

They place a hi
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UNM to study breast cancer in Latinas: $1.5 million grant allows center to focus on health disparities, treatment options

Posted by News on July 19, 2010 at 12:38pm

There are a disproportionate number of Latinas who experience the more severe cases of breast cancer, according to a news release from The University of New Mexico's Cancer Center. The center recently was awarded funding from the National Institutes of Health Centers for Population Health and Health Disparities program to study why this is and perhaps determine successful prevention and treatment methods."I think it's terrific," said Dr. Linda Cook, who is a researcher at the center.

"It's an i

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Brady Reaches Out to Chicago’s Latino Community; Meets with Local Educators and Business Leaders

Posted by News on July 19, 2010 at 8:37am
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Bill Brady, Republican Candidate for Governor, spent the day meeting with leaders in Chicago’s Latino community today to talk about the issues that matter most to Illinois’ Hispanic residents.Brady began the day Tuesday at El Valor, a non‐Profit organization with an emphasis on educating children with special needs and providing vocational and leadership training for adults. Brady spoke with El Valor’s leadership team, board members and students at th
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Hispanic-owned businesses booming, especially in the South

Posted by News on July 19, 2010 at 2:18am
Hispanic-owned businesses are booming across the United States, particularly in the South. Arkansas had a 160 percent increase in Hispanic-owned business, growing from 2,094 businesses in 2002 to 5,457 in 2007, according to a recently released study by the U.S. Census Bureau.

"Our Hispanic community has grown significantly,"said Fayetteville, Ark., Chamber of Commerce President Steve Clark. "That diversity is very good for us. We have a Spanish language radio station now, which is something we
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Chicas in charge

Posted by News on July 17, 2010 at 7:53am
Kelly Lopez, Marlene Cabrera, and Ana Villaman have a dream that without fail will be noticed. A dream that has the potential to make the dreams of other young Latinas possibilities. Lopez, a student at Temple University, took a grant-writing class that required her to write a grant as her final project.

She wanted to give back to her community; give her community something that it was in dire need of. Being the leader she is, she took the initiative to the Department of Health to tackle the is
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MANA a National Latina Organization to host Las Primeras Awards Gala this Fall

Posted by News on July 17, 2010 at 7:47am
MANA de Imperial Valley, a National Latina Organization announced this week that it is inviting the community to nominate a Latina for consideration as a 2010 Las Primeras Honoree. Three women will be chosen and honored during the Annual Las Primeras Awards Gala to be held Friday, October 22nd, 2010 at the Old Eucalyptus School House in El Centro.

Las Primeras provides the community with the honor of celebrating positive leadership of Latinas in Imperial County, honoring women that individuals c
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Latino-owned businesses booming in Utah

Posted by News on July 14, 2010 at 4:10pm
Do you notice more grocery stores owned by Hispanics that cater to Hispanics? Or car dealerships? Or restaurants? The Census Bureau has noticed them, too, and says the growth rate for such businesses in Utah is among the fastest in the nation.

It reported Tuesday that the number of Hispanic-owned businesses in Utah jumped by 78 percent between 2002 and 2007 — and revenues rocketed up by almost 138 percent. Businesses owned by whites in Utah didn't do poorly, either. In fact, they had the second-
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