By Lisa S. Lenkiewicz CTLatinoNews.com In the fall of 1993, a committed group of Hispanic lawyers, meeting in New Haven, formed the Connecticut Hispanic Bar Association (CHBA). Among their original and lofty goals were to enhance the visibility of…
By Brian Woodman Jr. MassLatinoNews.com Few readers may be aware that Latino horror cinema exists and that it actually ranges as far back as 1931. When Universal Studios produced “Dracula” with Bela Lugosi it simultaneously shot another version in…
By Judith Kelliher MassLatinoNews.com NORTHAMPTON—Since 1992, master stringed instrument-maker William R. Cumpiano has devoted part of his time to preserving and promoting his native Puerto Rico’s national instrument—the cuatro—whose history up until then had only been captured in the…
CTLatinoNews.com Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman will present the Borinqueneers, the 65th Puerto Rican Infantry, with a proclamation of honor today at 2 p.m. in the Hall of Flags at the state Capitol in Hartford,…
By Brian Woodman Jr. CTLatinoNews.com Ronald Flores, an associate sociology professor at Connecticut College, has encouraging observations about education among second- and third-generation Latinos. “Overall, the second generation is doing fairly well or better than expected, despite factors that…
By Brian Woodman Jr. CTLatinoNews.com A Latino candidate in one Connecticut suburb is working to make the political scene in his town more inclusive, by reaching out to Latino voters, perhaps signaling new Latino political influence outside of the…
CTLatinoNews.com East of the railroad tracks in West Hartford, in a multicultural shopping plaza stands a former McDonald’s restaurant with a banner hanging outside that reads “Cora Cora Restaurant Peruvian Cuisine.” Like many Latino-owned businesses, Cora Cora signals that…
By Linda Tishler Levinson CTLatinoNews.com The Latino student population in the state has grown and continues to do so – in some surprising suburban towns, as well as in the expected city school districts, according to statistics provided to…
By Christina Rose CTLatinoNews.com When the O’Brien STEM Academy in East Hartford, Conn. has an opening for an elementary teaching position, they typically get at least 50 qualified applicants. Sometimes, the administration must wade through well over 100 candidates,…
By Linda Tishler Levinson CTLatinoNews.com Latinos seeking to buy or rent a home are more likely to encounter discrimination, according to recent reports, which has prompted a state housing agency to investigate the severity of trend in Connecticut. Despite…
By Annika Darling CTLatinoNews.com Before the DIVAS program was formed, women with cancer in the Hartford area who only spoke Spanish were hard pressed to find support. It was when Sotera Davila, who was suffering from cancer, pointed out…
By Linda Tishler Levinson CTLatinoNews.com One in four Latino third-graders are considered obese, according to state figures. However, the problem may not start at the fridge, but rather with what young Latinos are exposed to on television, the radio…
CTLatinoNews.com Daniel Quiñones had not been in the United States for more than a couple of weeks before he faced the fear held by every young adult peddling a fake ID – a bouncer checked his license and turned…
By Robert Cyr CTLatinoNews.com Jesse Suarez was 16 years old when when he left Mexico to work in California’s vegetable fields. Soon after moving to the United States, he was approached by a man from Argentina who offered him…
By Melanie Williams CTLatinoNews.com When the Bridgeport Caribe Youth Leaders (BCYL) celebrated its first opening day back in May 2004, no one in attendance could have imagined the amount of children, many of them Latinos, who would benefit from…
By Wayne Jebian CTLatinoNews.com With increasing attention in the Capitol being placed on mental health services, and agencies such as the Department of Children and Families pushing for cultural sensitivity among their workers, lawmakers agreed that understanding specific details…
By Alberto Suris Rumbo News LAWRENCE, MA — The GLCAC’s Head Start program recently won recognition for its innovation and leadership in teaching science, technology, engineering and mathematics to preschoolers. In a ceremony attended by Lawrence Mayor William Lantigua, Lawrence…
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…
By Wayne Jebian CTLatinoNews.com Carmen Espinosa is now the first Hispanic Connecticut Supreme Court Justice. She is one of only eight Latino state supreme court justices in the United States and the first Puerto Rican. She was sworn in…
CTLatinoNews In a powerful interview, Elba Márquez, the grandmother of Ana Grace Márquez-Greene, one of the young victims of the Newtown massacre, offered a scathing indictment of the country’s political leaders after Senate leaders announced last week that they…
By Robert Cyr CTLatinoNews.com A new ruling has been issued in an intriguing international human rights case involving a former Mexican president and unfolding in Hartford federal court that has jurisdiction because he is now a professor at Yale…
By José Ayala Rumbo News Casa Dominican, Inc. continued to celebrate the Patrimony Month to mark the 169th anniversary of Dominican independence and the bicentennial of the birth of Juan Pablo Duarte, and it did this past Saturday at…
By Wayne Jebian CTLatinoNews.com State Rep. Matt Lesser (D-Middletown) with his fair skin, brown hair and blue eyes, does not “look Latino” in the stereotypical way and his last name is not Spanish. Last month, when Lesser asked to…
By Madelyn Colon CTLatinoNews.com They don’t always agree, there is, of course, the occasional turf war, personality issues, and the expected political power plays, but when it comes to our kids, the state’s Democratic Latino legislators aren’t playing politics….
By Wayne Jebian CTLatinoNews.com After a largely genial hearing, the nomination of Appellate Court Judge Carmen E. Espinosa should sail comfortably through both chambers of the General Assembly later this month. The Judiciary Committee approved sending her nomination forward…
