By Ezra Fieser Infosurhoy.com Hondurans and Salvadorans have the most favorable opinion of the U.S. at 88% and 85%, respectively. SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic – When U.S. President Barack Obama visits Central America next month, he will find a…
Local News, Southwest
Arizona students nervous with interest rate set to double on need-based loans
Apr 24, 2013, 9:17 AM 0
By Jessica Boehm Cronkite News Service PHOENIX – Putting herself through school, Shayna Stevens relies heavily on student loans to pursue a degree in secondary education at Northern Arizona University. Currently a sophomore, Stevens said she is already $40,000…
General, Videos
Intrn’l Video: Following the search for ‘family, identity and justice’ in El Salvador
Apr 24, 2013, 12:00 AM 0
LatinaLista — Like many Central and South American countries, El Salvador endured a civil war. The 12-year war, a fight between “the US-backed military-led government and the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN), a coalition or ‘umbrella organization’ of…
General, Life Issues
New study finds Latino and Black homebuyers pay more for their homes but researchers can’t explain why
Apr 23, 2013, 1:40 PM 0
LatinaLista — It’s sometimes said, to paraphrase a popular saying, that racism is in the eye of the beholder. That’s certainly the case over the last few years where lawsuits have been filed against universities and businesses implementing diversity…
Local News, West
Groundbreaking civil rights conference hosts victims of law enforcement brutality
Apr 23, 2013, 12:00 PM 0
Amigos805.com OXNARD, CALIFORNIA — Dozens of community organizations and several families that have lost their loved ones to extra-judicial killings by police are set to meet at “Justice for Our Communities! Families Organizing to Resist Police Brutality and Abuse,”…
By Jacqueline Clary Broadband & Social Justice A common question civil rights practitioners receive is: “Why?” In an era where a Supreme Court Justice is comfortable talking about the continuation of the Voting Rights Act as a “perpetuation of…
Social Justice
Infographic: Here’s why coffee is a billion-dollar business, but not for the coffee farmers
Apr 23, 2013, 10:25 AM 0
By Alex Hillsberg Finances Online Your morning caffeine fix is but a drop in the global bucket that makes coffee the number two most traded commodity in the world after petroleum. But with 100 million Americans like you drinking…
LatinaLista — What will the world look like in 17 years? The year will be 2030 and according to a projection by the Euromonitor International’s Countries and Consumers team more than half the world will live in one region…
General, Life Issues
Earth Day 2013 should serve as the beginning of an environmental panic attack
Apr 22, 2013, 8:49 PM 0
LatinaLista — Earth Day 2013 should have been more than just a “celebration” of the planet or even a further raising of awareness of the consequences of climate change. Earth Day 2013 should have served as the beginning of…
Guest Voz
Guest Voz: Watching America — through the eyes of young immigrants
Apr 22, 2013, 7:21 PM 0
By Claire O’Brien Eléctrica in the Desert Two very small girls waited for a 4th of July parade in a small Midwestern city a few years ago. The city’s economy is based upon a large, fluid workforce from throughout…
Culture, Language
The rise of the Latino child prompts more efforts to preserve Spanish in Hispanic households
Apr 22, 2013, 4:04 PM 0
LatinaLista — One national trend that is getting scant attention in the media is the rise in number of Latino children in the U.S. The impact of this rising demographic hasn’t been fully explored as to what it will…
Global Views
Urban Gardeners in Buenos Aires Seek Solutions to Hunger and Poverty on Earth Day
Apr 22, 2013, 1:57 PM 0
By Ivonne Jeannot Laens Global Press Institute As the world celebrates Earth Day, urban gardeners take advantage of limited spaces in Buenos Aires to grow and exchange their own vegetables rather than buying them. One urban gardener has tallied…
Local News, Southwest
Western art is Latino painter’s specialty: Enrique Guerra exhibits at Briscoe Western Art Museum
Apr 22, 2013, 10:33 AM 0
By Lance Aaron La Prensa de San Antonio SAN ANTONIO — Featuring 65 top Western artists more than 200 paintings and sculptures covering all manner of subjects – from rugged frontier cowboys and noble Native Americans to historic missions…
General, Videos
Video: Speaking out for greater diversity in teen theater productions
Apr 22, 2013, 12:00 AM 0
LatinaLista — For too long, Hollywood and the greater film/theater industry have been besieged with complaints over their reluctance to feature diversity that is representative of today’s national reality. While some progress has been made, it’s still not enough….
Great Plains, Local News
Immigration Bill: No Federal Health Benefits for Up to a Decade
Apr 19, 2013, 10:40 AM 0
By Chase Cook Oklahoma Watch Undocumented immigrants given temporary legal status under a new immigration bill would be denied access to Medicaid and other subsidized insurance offered by the federal health-reform law. That would mean thousands of immigrants, while…
By Eduardo Stanley LatinaLista On April 2, 2013, the Associated Press (AP), perhaps the biggest news agency in the world, announced it would no longer use the word “illegal” when referring to immigrants without legal residence or working permits….
Videos
Viernes Video: Playwright Josefina Lopez tackles human rights and immigration in new big screen production
Apr 19, 2013, 12:00 AM 0
LatinaLista — Putting a human face to immigration has not been easy for advocates trying to convince conservatives that the issue is more than border security and deportations. It’s an argument that playwright Josefina Lopez hopes to make in…
By Johnny Crisp Colombia Reports The Inter-American Commission for Human Rights (IACHR) yesterday ratified its 2012 decision to remove Colombia from its human rights “black list.” This is the first time in over a decade that Colombia has not…
By Sandra Guzman The New Latina’s Bible This karmic cleanse is a like weeding a garden, except in this case, you are not toiling soil, but weeding your soul. It all starts with the work we do within–clearing out…
By Keith Griffin CTLatinoNews.com During the day, Wildaliz Bermudez is an energy policy research analyst for the City of Hartford. But after work she breaks out her green thumb as co-founder and co-chair of the City of Hartford’s Green…
General, Videos
Video: Smithsonian creates bilingual exhibit to highlight and study ancient Latin American ceramics
Apr 18, 2013, 12:00 AM 0
LatinaLista — Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama are countries that comprise Central America, as well as, being the home countries of many U.S. Latinos. They are also home to a vibrant ancestral heritage that…
Life Issues
New study highlights how English-speaking Latinos think they are invincible to skin cancer
Apr 17, 2013, 5:00 PM 0
LatinaLista — It may be spring but temperatures in some parts of the country — those not being hit with snowstorms — believe it’s already summer with sweltering temperatures making many rush to turn on the air conditioner or…
Life Issues
New magazine gets a headstart helping immigrants come out of the shadows
Apr 17, 2013, 3:25 PM 0
LatinaLista — Immigration reform is going to happen. That’s a given. What’s still up for debate is the details. Yet, one thing is certain — undocumented immigrants will be brought out of the proverbial shadows. While many of the…
Condor Musings I first experienced Denise Chávez at a fabulous Port Townsend Writers Conference directed by Cristina Garcia. Although I’m a huge supporter of Centrum and the Port Townsend Writers Conference, and I live only a ferry ride and…
By Insight Tr3s Today, the state of the economy is shaping Hispanic young adults’ lives more than anything else. Just as they were entering or approaching adulthood, the global economy went sour, forcing them to behave differently than people…
