LatinaLista — For those who know how to read, reading is the most natural skill to possess. For those who don’t know how to read, it is a huge obstacle in achieving a higher quality of life. The importance…
By Faizaan Sami Council on Hemispheric Affairs The Cuban government, the Roman Catholic Church and the Cuban humanitarian group, the Ladies in White (Las Damas de Blanco), all formidable entities in their own right, found themselves thrust upon the…
By José Villa, Senior Editor Hawaii Hispanic News HONOLULU, Hawaii – On Saturday, February 18, Hawaii’s Colombian community celebrated their annual Carnaval on Magic Island. I asked Maria Claudia Butcher Bernales, one of the organizers, to share the purpose…
LatinaLista — The most suspenseful reality show happening in the country now can’t be found on any primetime schedule but its drama and eventual outcome are dominating the waves from television and radio to cyberspace and print. It’s the…
LatinaLista — For over 20 years, there has been an Office of Minority Health (OMH) at the federal level. It was created because it became evident that black, Latino and other patients of color were not enjoying the same…
By Juan Miret Hispano de Tulsa It does not matter what the statistics say or what the census advises. The truth is that Oklahoma does not have any ñletters. Maybe it is because that letter does not exist in…
By Voces Verdes Moms Clean Air Force Voces Verdes, Presente, the National Hispanic Medical Association, their allies and members applauded the Environmental Protection Agency’s and Obama Administration’s release of a proposal to limit industrial carbon pollution from new power…
LatinaLista — Yesterday on Capitol Hill, a hearing was held on the abuses that have surfaced regarding the treatment of undocumented immigrants while in custody by the U.S. Border Patrol. The hearing came on the heels of the news…
LatinaLista — When every U.S. President leaves office, there are two legacies that he leaves behind: his administration’s actions forever chronicled in the annals of history and his library. Former President George W. Bush, having returned to Dallas, Texas…
By Dwight Wayne Coop REVUE: Guatemala’s English-language Magazine GUATEMALA — What would make people want to run barefoot uphill for eight kilometers? The answer: a 1958 foot race departing Panajachel for nearby San Andrés Semetabaj. Scores of participants could…
By Carlo Lorenzo Garcia Living Philanthropic As Year 2 of Living Philanthropic winds down over the next 11 days, I wanted to give a little update. In year 1, we banded together to raise $20K for 365+ charities. In…
By Dustin Volz Cronkite News Service WASHINGTON – House Democrats invoked the name of slain Florida teen Trayvon Martin on Tuesday as they filed a challenge to Arizona’s SB 1070, the immigration law to be heard by the U.S….
LatinaLista — On the one hand, the U.S. Border Patrol is being accused by one congressman of practically helping the cause for undocumented immigrants. On the other hand, the agency is being accused by immigrant advocates of violating the…
LatinaLista — If anyone out walking in the Tucson desert last week thought they saw a white object gliding silently across the Arizona sky, they can be forgiven for thinking it was a UFO. It wasn’t but it was…
Mike Ruggeri’s The Ancient Americas Breaking News A site was found in Ecuador that may be the tomb of Atahualpa, the last Inca chief. Athualpa was taken captive by the Spanish at Cajamarca, Peru and was executed by strangulation….
La Prensa San Diego SAN DIEGO — The life and achievements of César E. Chávez will be celebrated with a series of events throughout the month of April at the University of California, San Diego. This year marks the…
By Dr. Maria G. Hernandez Latina Cubicle Confidential™ I have yet to meet a Latina that isn’t a poster child for Super Woman. We plan weddings, quinceñeras, baptisms, parties — all the while juggling the family routines of getting…
LatinaLista — Sunday morning, I heard something somewhat profound that caused me to do a mental double-take. I wasn’t sitting in a church pew but rather in my own home watching the Sunday morning news talk shows. Every show…
By Katherine Leal Unmuth Latino EdBeat The nonprofit group Excelencia in Education recently named the top colleges graduating Latinos in 2009-10 in a new report, Finding Your Workforce: The Top 25 Institutions Graduating Latinos. Colleges and universities in California,…
LatinaLista — The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) in Washington DC has a very special hall known as the Labor Hall of Honor. Created in 1988 and located inside the Dept. of Labor’s Frances Perkins Building, the hall highlights…
LatinaLista — In the national debate over our nation’s deficit, there are certain undeniable truths — the country is digging itself deeper into debt and something must be done. Both parties have presented their budgets to help the country regain…
LatinaLista — What does it say when someone endorses a political candidate and then turns around and cautions that same candidate to tweak his message? It actually says a lot more than we think. Two days ago, Jeb Bush…
LatinaLista — Among the many creative ways people have tried in the past to get kids to do well in school has been to pay them to make good grades. Critics have pointed out that while it may motivate…
Tim’s El Salvador Blog The murder rate is down dramatically in El Salvador in the past two weeks. The rate has fallen from an average of 13 murders a day to only 5. But the reasons why are murky…
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION One of our Nation’s great civil rights leaders, Cesar Estrada Chavez came of age as a migrant farm worker, witnessing the injustice that pervaded fields and vineyards across…
