Latina Lista — Want to network with hundreds of Latinas Listas? The National Hispana Leadership Institute (NHLI) will convene over six hundred Latinas, national leaders and NHLI’s accomplished alumnae at the Wilshire Grand Hotel in Los Angeles, CA in just a couple of days on November 3-4, 2011 at their annual national conference. For those [...]
Latino San Diego leader honored by Chargers
By Pablo Jaime Sáinz La Prensa San Diego SAN DIEGO — Although Ruben Barrales sees himself as one of many Latino leaders in the county, the San Diego Chargers thought otherwise. The Bolts selected Barrales, who serves as the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce President and Chief Executive Officer, as the recipient of the [...]
Walmart to sell products from women-run businesses in developing nations
LatinaLista – Ever since the practice of “micro loans” was made popular in helping women entrepreneurs in developing nations establish their businesses, the products they made didn’t travel far out of their neighborhoods. Yet, with technology, the sophistication of business consortiums pooling aspiring entrepreneurs together and the increasing sense that big businesses must have a social [...]
Latest job report underscores the continued need for Affirmative Action policies
LatinaLista — As the nation begins the annual three-day celebration of Labor Day, today’s employment reality is nothing to celebrate. For the first time since 1945, there was no job growth in a recorded month and unemployment is holding steady at 9.1 percent. This lack of job creation is fueling speculation from economists that the [...]
Delaware and Chile: a very fruitful relationship
By Fernando Alcayaga El Tiempo Hispano DELAWARE — The governor of Delaware, Jack Markell, has recently concluded a very successful trade mission to Chile. During his stay, Governor Markell signed a covenant to extend the terms of an agreement between the Port of Wilmington and Chile to ensure the continued storage and distribution of food [...]
Indigent women of Latin America blaze new trails for themselves, their families and countries
LatinaLista — Inequality between women and men still exists in greater degrees in South America than they do anywhere else in the Western Hemisphere. A review of any telenovela makes the disparity between the sexes immediately apparent and underscores how social attitudes towards women in South America lag behind those of the United States. As [...]
