http://www.hispanictips.com A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:52:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 en http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/30/on-the-trail-of-californias-mexican-past/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/30/on-the-trail-of-californias-mexican-past/#comments Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:57:45 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/30/on-the-trail-of-californias-mexican-past/ "The era was brief, but influential. Revisit those years with a classic road trip. There are plenty of options too -- wine or gold country, or a stop in Carmel or San Diego. Not every history lesson includes margaritas, but this one does." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/30/on-the-trail-of-californias-mexican-past/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/30/theyre-american-except-in-the-olympics-then-they-are-mexican/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/30/theyre-american-except-in-the-olympics-then-they-are-mexican/#comments Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:57:10 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/30/theyre-american-except-in-the-olympics-then-they-are-mexican/ "Giovanni Lanaro was born in Los Angeles, grew up in La Puente, attended Cal State Fullerton, and coaches and trains at Mt. San Antonio College. Yet, when the torch is lighted during opening ceremonies this summer at the Beijing Olympics, the world's sixth-ranked pole vaulter will be with Mexico, not the United States.

"I will always compete for Mexico," said Lanaro, whose mother was born there. "I will never compete for any other country."" HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/30/theyre-american-except-in-the-olympics-then-they-are-mexican/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/30/spanish-or-english-for-40-million-plus-us-hispanics-newspaper-tree-el-paso/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/30/spanish-or-english-for-40-million-plus-us-hispanics-newspaper-tree-el-paso/#comments Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:12:37 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/30/spanish-or-english-for-40-million-plus-us-hispanics-newspaper-tree-el-paso/ "Plans for meeting the needs of American Hispanics must take into account their overwhelming reliance on the English language, although for the 15 percent of the U.S. Hispanic population that is monolingual Spanish operant, Spanish-language publishing makes sense. Reaching the 40 million-plus American Hispanic population requires balance." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/30/spanish-or-english-for-40-million-plus-us-hispanics-newspaper-tree-el-paso/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/30/silvestre-reyes-straight-talk-on-immigration-where-does-john-mccain-stand/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/30/silvestre-reyes-straight-talk-on-immigration-where-does-john-mccain-stand/#comments Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:06:31 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/30/silvestre-reyes-straight-talk-on-immigration-where-does-john-mccain-stand/ "For more than 26 years I served on the border, first as a Border Patrol agent, and eventually as sector chief in McAllen and later El Paso, Texas. I know first hand what it takes to keep our enemies out, including drug dealers and human traffickers. For years in Congress I've worked to advance and improve our nation's border security and reform our immigration laws.

From fighting to end the so-called catch-and-release policy on non-Mexicans caught crossing the border, to working to provide our Border Patrol with the resources they need. I've always kept the mindset that this is not about Republicans or Democrats. It's about doing what's right for our country. One thing was clear to me from the beginning both as a Border Patrol agent and as a member of Congress. We cannot solve our nation's immigration and border security problems with a piecemeal approach. " HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/30/silvestre-reyes-straight-talk-on-immigration-where-does-john-mccain-stand/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/30/finding-the-beat-of-chicago%e2%80%99s-latino-quarter-new-york-times-travel-section/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/30/finding-the-beat-of-chicago%e2%80%99s-latino-quarter-new-york-times-travel-section/#comments Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:49:52 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/30/finding-the-beat-of-chicago%e2%80%99s-latino-quarter-new-york-times-travel-section/ "IN a fifth-floor art gallery in Pilsen, Chicago’s fashionable Latino neighborhood, vibrant guitar chords were pouring out an open window on a recent Friday night. Four Latina artists were showing their paintings, and the shoebox of a gallery was jammed with a mixed, talkative crowd. Some swayed in time to the music, swigging beer and sipping wine. The din seemed to be drawing art patrons and good-time Chicagoans from all over the huge building at 1932 South Halsted Street, the central site of an every-second-Friday art walk." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/30/finding-the-beat-of-chicago%e2%80%99s-latino-quarter-new-york-times-travel-section/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/30/math-by-way-of-mariachi-students-learn-through-music-arizona/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/30/math-by-way-of-mariachi-students-learn-through-music-arizona/#comments Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:48:17 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/30/math-by-way-of-mariachi-students-learn-through-music-arizona/ "Violins and independent variables. Trumpets and sloping graphs. What do they have in common?
At Math Through Mariachi summer camp, about 100 young musicians are learning algebra to the tune of music notes. " HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/30/math-by-way-of-mariachi-students-learn-through-music-arizona/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/30/jump-in-hispanics-energizes-economy-in-kansas-county/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/30/jump-in-hispanics-energizes-economy-in-kansas-county/#comments Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:09:45 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/30/jump-in-hispanics-energizes-economy-in-kansas-county/ "Saline County, Kan., is a vivid example of the impact new Hispanic residents can have on a community.

The population of the county north of Wichita has grown less than 2% this decade to 54,583, but its Hispanic population has jumped 28%. A majority of that growth came not from immigration but a greater number of births than deaths. Hispanics made up 6% of the population in 2000 and almost 8% by 2006, when they totaled 4,183.

The growth has required the county to provide more public services — and it has also helped local businesses fill jobs." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/30/jump-in-hispanics-energizes-economy-in-kansas-county/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/30/immigration-oasis-english-language-classrooms/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/30/immigration-oasis-english-language-classrooms/#comments Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:00:04 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/30/immigration-oasis-english-language-classrooms/ "IMMIGRATION POLICY stirs up angry debate, but among the islands of calm are English language classrooms where immigrants can learn the skills they need to engage in American life and be more effective workers. If only there were more of these islands.

To tap the power of communication, a group of civic, business, union, and nonprofit leaders gathered last week to launch the English Works Campaign. It's a promising statewide effort to make English classes more available to immigrants." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/30/immigration-oasis-english-language-classrooms/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/30/the-border-fence-folly-six-simple-reasons-the-border-fence-is-terrible-policy/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/30/the-border-fence-folly-six-simple-reasons-the-border-fence-is-terrible-policy/#comments Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:58:39 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/30/the-border-fence-folly-six-simple-reasons-the-border-fence-is-terrible-policy/ "In this political season, immigration is the issue that everyone's taking pains not to discuss. The presidential candidates are merely paying the same lip service to border security. Congress has all but abandoned comprehensive immigration reform, and the Bush administration continues to pile all their immigration-policy eggs in the border-security basket. But that doesn't mean nothing is happening. Homeland Security head Michael Chertoff, in an April trip to the U.S.-Mexico border, made clear his determination that 670 miles of border fence, already under construction in Arizona and California, be completed by the end of the year. The border fence project has faced embarrassments--illegal immigrants employed to build the wall, a "Virtual Fence" project that cannot distinguish humans and vehicles from livestock and bushes--but those setbacks pale in comparison to its fundamental flaws. Below, six simple reasons a fence spanning the U.S.-Mexico border is bad polic" HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/30/the-border-fence-folly-six-simple-reasons-the-border-fence-is-terrible-policy/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/30/researchers-make-noises-of-pre-columbian-society/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/30/researchers-make-noises-of-pre-columbian-society/#comments Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:41:52 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/30/researchers-make-noises-of-pre-columbian-society/ "Scientists were fascinated by the ghostly find: a human skeleton buried in an Aztec temple with a clay, skull-shaped whistle in each bony hand.

But no one blew into the noisemakers for nearly 15 years. When someone finally did, the shrill, windy screech made the spine tingle.

If death had a sound, this was it." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/30/researchers-make-noises-of-pre-columbian-society/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/30/latin-cds-for-sizzling-summer-listening-nice-list-from-ed-morales/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/30/latin-cds-for-sizzling-summer-listening-nice-list-from-ed-morales/#comments Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:34:52 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/30/latin-cds-for-sizzling-summer-listening-nice-list-from-ed-morales/ "Sitting on a beach or by the pool with a guide to summer reading, but no advice on what's rocking the Latin music world? Look no further. Here are a few albums that could make this a summer to remember.
" HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/30/latin-cds-for-sizzling-summer-listening-nice-list-from-ed-morales/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/29/obama-mccain-and-clinton-to-speak-at-lulac-convention/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/29/obama-mccain-and-clinton-to-speak-at-lulac-convention/#comments Mon, 30 Jun 2008 02:01:46 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/29/obama-mccain-and-clinton-to-speak-at-lulac-convention/ "Presumptive presidential nominees Senators Barack Obama (D-IL) and John McCain (R-AZ) will speak at the League of United Latin American Citizens during the organization's national convention at the Washington Hilton Hotel on July 8th. Senators Hillary Clinton (D-NY) will appear at the organization’s Presidential Banquet on Friday, July 11th. All three Senators underscore the importance candidates are placing on the Latino vote in the upcoming election.

McCain will speak at LULAC's Unity Luncheon at noon on July 8 in the International Ballroom of the Hilton at 1919 Connecticut Ave., N.W. Obama will speak at an “Open Dialogue with Obama” Forum on the same day at 4:30 p.m. in the International Ballroom. Senator Clinton is scheduled to address the convention's Presidential Awards Banquet at 7 p.m. on July 11.

The Presidential candidates Senator Obama and Senator McCain will appear before hundreds of Latino leaders from across the country, community, political and business leaders at the 79th annual convention of the nation's oldest and largest Hispanic advocacy group. "The candidates are vigorously vying for the Latino vote," said Rosa Rosales, LULAC National President of the 115,000-member organization. "Our voting power has been an important factor in the last decade and it is becoming more critical with each election, particularly in key battleground states such as Florida, Ohio, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada and Florida. At least 9.2 million Latinos will cast their votes this November.”

LULAC, a nonpartisan civil rights organization, is participating in a nationwide voter registration drive aimed at significantly increasing the Hispanic vote in the Nov. 4 election. According to the Pew Hispanic Center, "Hispanics constitute a sizable share of the electorate in four of the six states that President Bush carried by margins of five percentage points or fewer in 2004 -- New Mexico (where Hispanics make up 37% of the state's eligible electorate); Florida (14%); Nevada (12%) and Colorado (12%). All four are expected to be closely contested once again in 2008."

The theme of LULAC's convention, America's Latino Community Center Stage, highlights the importance of Latino voters in determining the next president. "Every year the LULAC national convention draws attention to the challenges facing Latino," said Ms. Rosales. "This year will be no exception as we focus on such issues as voter participation, education, immigration and health care reform and the need to increase Latino representation in the highest levels of government and corporate governance. We are delighted that Senator Obama, Senator Clinton and Senator McCain will be joining us as we work on these critical issues.

For more information or to register for the convention visit, www.lulac.org/convention.html." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/29/obama-mccain-and-clinton-to-speak-at-lulac-convention/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/26/i-survived-racy-spanish-language-tv/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/26/i-survived-racy-spanish-language-tv/#comments Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:54:39 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/26/i-survived-racy-spanish-language-tv/ "I was the type of kid who got nervous during show and tell. My face would turn crimson. I’d shuffle my Keds. I haven’t progressed all that much. So when I was invited to La Cosa Nostra, the perverse and profound late night Spanish-language show on America TeVe, my response was “Umm….”

My Spanish is far from perfect. I stammer when I speak English in front of a camera. In May, I wrote a New Times feature on the unpredictable and sexy show. The producers and cast were wonderfully open and accessible. There was no decent excuse for me not to be aside from televised embarrassment, which probably should have been enough." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/26/i-survived-racy-spanish-language-tv/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/26/unforgettable-la-cuna-the-lives-and-times-of-apolinaria-lorenzana/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/26/unforgettable-la-cuna-the-lives-and-times-of-apolinaria-lorenzana/#comments Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:19:38 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/26/unforgettable-la-cuna-the-lives-and-times-of-apolinaria-lorenzana/ "Curious, and with time on his hands, Savage encountered an enfeebled old woman, dirt poor and “stone blind.” She’d spent the entire 19th Century in Alta California, she said with a cracked voice and proud Castilian accent. She’d taught school, nursed the sick, and helped administrate Mission San Diego. She owned three ranchos and lost them after the American invasion. Now the “good old soul” lived on the charity of others, which she decried as a burden to her. Although Bancroft preferred male histories, Savage decided to record the ancient woman’s story." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/26/unforgettable-la-cuna-the-lives-and-times-of-apolinaria-lorenzana/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/26/native-ingredients-and-rituals-distinguish-mexicos-top-spas/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/26/native-ingredients-and-rituals-distinguish-mexicos-top-spas/#comments Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:59:03 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/26/native-ingredients-and-rituals-distinguish-mexicos-top-spas/ "Once known mainly as cheaper alternatives to U.S. or European destination spas, Mexico's spas now offer thoroughly unique experiences that combine sophisticated treatments from all over the world with indigenous rituals such as the temazcal sweat house and native materials like nopal cactus, volcanic ash, chocolate, vanilla and honey — all from Mexico's tropical forests. Here are 10 of Mexico's most outrageous spas. " HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/26/native-ingredients-and-rituals-distinguish-mexicos-top-spas/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/26/top-ten-questions-never-to-ask-a-hispanic-who-is-visiting-your-church/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/26/top-ten-questions-never-to-ask-a-hispanic-who-is-visiting-your-church/#comments Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:37:33 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/26/top-ten-questions-never-to-ask-a-hispanic-who-is-visiting-your-church/ "Over the years I have had the pleasure of visiting many predominant Euro-American churches. Without fail, some well-meaning person would usually approach me and ask a question that literally left me speechless.

Sadly, the following questions have actually been said to me. In true David Letterman fashion, however, I list here, based on my experiences, the Top Ten questions you should never ask a Hispanic visitor to your church. " HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/26/top-ten-questions-never-to-ask-a-hispanic-who-is-visiting-your-church/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/26/proposed-license-plate-hispanics-discovered-florida/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/26/proposed-license-plate-hispanics-discovered-florida/#comments Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:44:55 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/26/proposed-license-plate-hispanics-discovered-florida/ "Honk if you love Hispanics.

A license plate that touts "Hispanics Discovered Florida" may soon join the 109 specialty tags drivers can choose from.

The idea to celebrate the contributions of Hispanics came from National Hispanic Corporate Achievers, a Longwood group that sponsors minority job fairs. The plate would become a fundraising tool to support job and mentorship programs." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/26/proposed-license-plate-hispanics-discovered-florida/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/26/surge-in-registration-for-latino-voters-in-pennsylvania-and-new-jersey/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/26/surge-in-registration-for-latino-voters-in-pennsylvania-and-new-jersey/#comments Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:40:01 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/26/surge-in-registration-for-latino-voters-in-pennsylvania-and-new-jersey/ "In an effort to rally Hispanic voters locally, Democracia USA, a national civic-engagement group, has registered nearly 9,800 new Latino voters in Pennsylvania, and nearly 3,700 in New Jersey, since January.

Of the new Pennsylvania voters, nearly two-thirds live in Berks and Lehigh Counties and one-fifth live in Philadelphia, Democracia president Jorge Mursuli said at a news conference yesterday at the National Constitution Center." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/26/surge-in-registration-for-latino-voters-in-pennsylvania-and-new-jersey/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/24/chilean-president-pushes-whaling-ban/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/24/chilean-president-pushes-whaling-ban/#comments Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:19:28 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/24/chilean-president-pushes-whaling-ban/ "President Michelle Bachelet pushed to permanently ban whaling along Chile's sprawling coast at the opening Monday of the weeklong International Whaling Commission meeting.

Bachelet endorsed making Chile's coastal waters - more than 3,100 miles long and up to 200 miles from shore - a whale sanctuary. The proposal still must be approved by Congress.

Chile, which shares economic rights to the waters with Colombia, Peru and Ecuador, has not hunted whales since the 1970s. It was not clear if approval will be needed from other countries." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/24/chilean-president-pushes-whaling-ban/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/24/yoga-event-stretches-across-us-mexico-border-fence/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/24/yoga-event-stretches-across-us-mexico-border-fence/#comments Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:18:57 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/24/yoga-event-stretches-across-us-mexico-border-fence/ "The rusty fence may divide the beaches of U.S. and Mexico, but it can't break up a yoga class.

A few dozen yoga aficionados rolled out their mats Sunday on both sides of the wall between Tijuana, Mexico, and San Diego. The international group stretched and meditated together before exchanging hugs through the fence bars.

The session was organized by the Border Meetup Group, which promotes cross-border understanding by staging social events on the divided beach. " HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/24/yoga-event-stretches-across-us-mexico-border-fence/feed/