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Guest Voz: Emmy-winning filmmaker exposes the cruel hardships facing immigrant workers at U.S.-based sweatshops

Oct 24, 2008, 11:12 AM 1

LatinaLista — Almudena Carracedo, a budding LA-based filmmaker, happened to catch a news item in her local paper about five years ago. It was a story about the sweatshops in Los Angeles, the west coast fashion center of the…

Film, General, Online

New site supports indie films by bringing them to (any) screen near you

May 13, 2008, 4:38 PM 0

LatinaLista — The Latino independent filmmakers talent pool is growing everyday. Unfortunately, there’s never been enough outlets or appreciation of Latino talent to get the word out to the greater community or for the community to support this budding…

General, Parenting, Women

Mother’s Day Report Card reveals the highs and lows of where to be a mom

May 9, 2008, 12:21 PM 0

LatinaLista — Being a madre is a hard enough job these days without having to worry that the place a mom calls home may not be the best home for her or her child. In honor of Mother’s Day…

General, Palabra Final, Politics

New Contest Lets Winners “Crash” Democratic and Republican Conventions

Mar 18, 2008, 8:26 PM 0

LatinaLista — To say there’s a presidential race going on these days is an UNDERSTATEMENT. Never before have people been so energized, passionate and involved. The people at SiTV and Voto Latino want even more people involved. So, they’ve…

Causes, General, Media, Women

Whatever Happened to Rebecca Aguilar?

Dec 31, 2007, 9:40 AM 31

LatinaLista (In an ongoing miscarriage of justice that defies reason, Dallas-based Latina reporter, and my friend, Rebecca Aguilar is starting the new year still under suspension from her FOX News station. Her crime? Doing her job. The following is…

General, Global Views, Linking Latinas, Politics

Mexico: Carrying on Democratic Ideals Across the Border

Dec 5, 2007, 5:17 PM 0

By Sabrina De Santiago MEXICO: Mexico has taught me that there are as many opportunities out there as you are willing to find. So when I moved down to Mexico last year, I looked for an opportunity to keep…

General, Guest Voz, Women

Second-Generation Latina Strives to Empower Arkansas Latino Community

Nov 8, 2007, 4:48 PM 1

By Maricella Garcia LatinaLista USA: A little more than a year ago, I was minding my own business happily ensconced in my position as executive director of Lita’s House, a program whose mission is to help Latino families in…

Education, General, Guest Voz, Immigration

Guest Voz: Former Undocumented Student Shares What It Means to Be Somebody

Oct 19, 2007, 4:27 PM 45

By Mariana Zamboni LatinaLista I am free at last! But, even though I received my green card just six months ago, it still doesn’t wash away the 16 years of mental incarceration and humiliation one lives with when they…

Environment, General, Palabra Final, Southwest

Texas Valley Protesters Celebrate One More Protest Against Border Wall

Sep 11, 2007, 6:03 PM 1

LatinaLista — If there will be a running joke in this presidential election, it has to be the line that Gov. Bill Richardson shared during the Univision debate, and one that has been repeated often by critics of the…

General, Government, Human Rights, Immigration, Palabra Final

News Alert: Security Guards at Immigrant Detention Facility Corroborate Immigrant Detainees’ Claims of Inhumane Treatment

Aug 3, 2007, 8:18 AM 2

LatinaLista RAYMONDVILLE, TEXAS: Reports are filtering out from the Willacy County detention center in Raymondville that the 2,000 detained immigrants waiting for deportation are suffering in such bad conditions that one detainee has tried to commit suicide. Willacy County…

General, Global Views, Politics, Women

Guatemalan Peace Prize Winner Rigoberta Manchu Says Her Presidential Campaign is a New Process for Guatemala

Jul 12, 2007, 8:09 PM 3

LatinaLista — Over 1,000 delegates from 43 countries and 34 states in the U.S. have converged on Dallas, TX this week for the 3rd International Women’s Peace Conference. Yet, the peace conference has been anything but peaceful, underscoring the…

General, Health, Immigration

Man with TB Underscores Disparities in Border Security

Jun 1, 2007, 7:24 PM 2

LatinaLista It took: 1 man 2 transatlantic flights 5 countries visited 80 people exposed to showcase how unequal security enforcement at the US-Canadian border is compared to the US-Mexican border.

Culture, General, Global Views

Bridging Bettys: Leticia Padilla Solis Meets Betty Suarez

Apr 14, 2007, 2:16 AM 0

The most popular television show of the past year in Mexico was a show called La Fea Mas Bella. Mexican actors Angelica Vale and Jaime Camil star in La Fea Mas Bella. (Source: esmas.com) Though it’s already ended in…

General, Immigration, Palabra Final, Social Justice

The First Step in Healing the Country Takes Action, and it Doesn’t Have to Start in DC

Mar 25, 2007, 7:59 PM 0

LatinaLista I regularly read Latina Lista and I have a question for you. I find the direction this country is taking regarding immigration very disturbing. Beyond letting my Congress-critters know how I feel, how can I get involved? What…

General, Music

A Special Valentine’s Day Message

Feb 15, 2007, 2:22 AM 0

LatinaLista — Sometimes songs really do say it all. Happy Valentine’s Day — today and every day! (click on the title to hear the song) What The World Needs Now Is Love What the world needs now is love,…

A Simple Wish for 2007

Jan 1, 2007, 11:53 PM 0

Business, Economy, General, Immigration, Palabra Final

Operator of Family Immigrant Detention Center Named Among the 400 Best Businesses in America by Forbes

Dec 22, 2006, 2:37 AM 0

LatinaLista — In 2004, at a company investors’ meeting, representatives from Corrections Corporation of America, operators of the family immigration detention facility, the T. Don Hutto Residential Center in Taylor, Texas, told their investors that business was good. T….

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