Eddie `Piolin' Sotelo uses his top Spanish-language show to inspire fans to vote.
"Despiertese!" Wake up! It's 4 a.m., and Spanish-language talk-show host Eddie Sotelo is jump-starting his listeners - janitors pushing brooms in dark office buildings, truckers on the road, fast-food cooks flipping sausages for the breakfast rush.
Most Americans have never heard of the small-framed Sotelo, known as "Piolin," or Tweety Bird. But the loyalty of his listeners, many of them immigrants like himself,
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National and local Hispanic pastors urged Latinos Tuesday to choose values over the economy and vote for Sen. John McCain for president.
"We believe that there are more important things than money and our economy," said Gilberto Velez, chairman of the board of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference. "The Latino community is very well known for their principles and their morals." READ FULL STORYRead more…
The San Francisco Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (SFHCC) and the San Francisco Business Times have honored Comcast's Lorena Hernandez, Regional Director of Communications for Comcast California, as one of the top Latino leaders in the Bay Area. Hernandez was recognized for her community efforts as part of the 4th Annual Latino Business Leadership Awards. READ FULL STORYRead more…
A new study confirms that discrimination is a stress factor that is related to obesity, but surprisingly, this is most true among ethnic white groups and not blacks or Hispanics.
"We wanted to determine whether feeling discriminated against was linked with having excess tummy fat in adults," says Haslyn Hunte, an assistant professor of health and kinesiology at Purdue University who led this study as a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health and Society Scholar. "We did find such a link – but not
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Antonio Vasquez was just 60 when Alzheimer’s disease derailed him.
He lost his job at a Queens bakery because he kept burning chocolate chip cookies, forgetting he had put them in the oven. Then he got lost going to job interviews, walking his neighborhood in circles.
Teresa Mojica of Philadelphia was 59 when she got Alzheimer’s, making her so argumentative and delusional that she sometimes hits her husband. And Ida J. Lawrence was 57 when she started misplacing things and making mistakes in
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Hispanics from Mexico integrate consistently with all ethnic groups over generations in the United States, researchers said.
"Hispanics in 2003 became the largest minority group in the U.S.," lead author John Iceland of the Pennsylvania State University said in a statement. "We were interested in finding the role of race and nativity in their residential patterns."
While previous studies suggest that residential segregation between Hispanics and non-Hispanic whites is lower than that between A
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Democrats will hold rallies in seven cities this weekend in what they call an unprecedented effort to get Hispanics to vote early for Barack Obama.
"If Latinos get out there and vote and vote early for this ticket, our voice will resonate," Denise Maes, chairwoman of the Denver Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, said at a Monday news conference.
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson and California Democratic congressmen Xavier Becerra and Joe Baca will be among Obama surrogates at rallies Saturday in Den
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Blacks and Hispanics are more likely to die in U.S. emergency rooms after a trauma than white patients are, researchers report.
Moreover, uninsured ER patients are more likely to die compared with insured patients, according to the study in the October issue of the Archives of Surgery. READ FULL STORYRead more…
This Election Day, California voters will enter the ballot booth and decide whether pregnant teenage girls should have stronger parental involvement prior to an abortion. Supporting a new mainstream policy will safeguard the emotional and physical health of young Latinas in our community.
At issue is Proposition 4, the statewide ballot initiative that seeks to provide common-sense parental notification before the termination of a minor’s pregnancy. READ FULL STORYRead more…
Over the past three decades, the income disparity between Latino and non-Hispanic white students entering four-year colleges and universities has increased fourfold, with the difference in median household income growing from $7,986 in 1975 to $32,965 in 2006, according to a new UCLA report on Latino college students. READ FULL STORYRead more…
Latinitas, ( www.latinitas magazine.org ) the first digital magazine made for and by Hispanic girls, knows firsthand the effects of abstinence only sex-education, being America’s sub-group that experiences the highest level of teen pregnancy than any other community in the United States. READ FULL STORYRead more…
They came to the bookstore by the hundreds Saturday morning to see Eduardo Verástegui, a Mexican actor they admire for both his looks and his message of faith. Mexican soap opera and film star Eduardo Verástegui poses for a photo with fan Rachel Cantu, 94, during a book and DVD signing event Saturday in Sacramento. The star is a devout Catholic. READ FULL STORYRead more…
Tu Voto Si Cuenta is the slogan for a statewide effort to get Connecticut's Latino residents who are U.S. citizens to vote.The English translation is: Your vote does count."It's a nonpartisan campaign," said Valeriano Ramos, director of constituent services for Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz and state coordinator for Tu Voto Si Cuenta. READ FULL STORYRead more…
The man who risked his career on an immigration reform bill embraced by Hispanics is struggling to win these same voters.
Cindy Florez can't always remember the name of the man who will get her vote for president, but she knows his party and that's enough.
"I will vote Democrat," the 23-year-old hotel housekeeper said, in broken English, moments after registering to vote at a John McCain campaign booth in a Latino neighborhood market.
It's an insult-to-injury moment for the Republican preside
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Latinos make up almost half of all newly diagnosed HIV/AIDS cases reported in Los Angeles County compared to 19 percent nationally.
-- A week of activities aimed at raising awareness and encouraging HIV counseling and testing to coincide with National Latino AIDS Awareness Day observed on October 15. READ FULL STORYRead more…
The vitriolic illegal immigration debate of the last few years has left Latinos feeling hurt and angry, according to a recent poll of both citizen and non-citizen Hispanics.
The finding isn't too surprising. It's what happens when one class of people becomes a scapegoat for a nation.
According to the Pew Hispanic Center, which polled 2,015 Hispanic adults this past summer and released the results in September: READ FULL STORYRead more…
Immigration experts are at odds on how quickly Hispanic immigrants are blending into U.S. society and whether the rate of assimilation even matters.
Some scholars say Hispanics are intently focused on work and church, but less interested in becoming U.S. citizens or voting, The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported Sunday.
Duke University Professor Jake Vigdor developed an index on immigrant assimilation based on such factors as education, gaining citizenship, military enlistment and English speak
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A new Hereford-based beef brand — Nuestro Rancho ("Our Ranch" in Spanish) — that targets Hispanic consumers was developed by the American Hereford Association and Certified Hereford Beef LLC. National Beef Packing Co. LLC is C.H.B. L.L.C.’s processing partner and Harvest Meat Co. Inc. distributes the product. READ FULL STORYRead more…
When Juan Rivera came to America as a teen in 1996, he had $5 in his pocket and a commitment to join the Navy.
“I came here to work hard and make the money and then when I have enough money to retire, go back to my hometown and help my hometown,” said Rivera, speaking of his native Dominican Republic. READ FULL STORYRead more…
When it comes to powerful Latin women, the name Frida Kahlo always comes to mind. But in addition to Kahlo, women like Rufina Amaya of El Salvador and Alfonsina Storni of Argentina also made an impact in their home countries.
"Tres Vidas" is a theatrical production based on the lives of these three women, and El Pasoans will have the opportunity to learn more about them Friday at UTEP's Magoffin Auditorium. READ FULL STORYRead more…
