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Hispanic y Latino News :: November 13th, 2009 Edition :: 5 Minutes to Empowerment

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Think you’re obsessed with President Barack Obama and the many challenges he faces at home and abroad? – Well, you’re not alone. – Fidel Castro appears to have a fascination with the American leader that would make Obama Girl jealous, writing obsessively not only about his politics, but of his youth and vigor.

LUIS FONSI Dominates First-Ever People en Español Awards

3a parte serie especial – Los anti inmigrantes: el coro de la intolerancia

Obama and the White House in Spanish

Latinos need more than lip service – Families are being torn apart by America’s broken immigration system. President Obama needs to show leadership and fix it – (the view from England)

Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers Breaks Records for Registered Attendees at Annual Conference in Washington, D.C. Oct. 28-Nov. 1

Reforma Migratoria: “Sin movilización no ganamos esta batalla”: Congresista Gutiérrez

Luis Fonsi Receives Nomination In Latin Music Category For His Multi-Platinum Album PALABRAS DEL SILENCIO

PRESIDENT AND MRS. OBAMA HOST ‘IN PERFORMANCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE: FIESTA LATINA’ DURING NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH — PBS Music Special to Feature Latino Performers Marc Anthony, Jimmy Smits, George Lopez, Gloria Estefan and More, Airs October 15

Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: September 30th, 2009 :: 5 Minutes to Empowerment

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Businessman activist Cid Wilson (only Dominican in the group) has proudly set to work on the task given him by President Barack Obama, which is to plan together with other prominent leaders the creation of the National Museum of the American Latino.

Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: September 28th, 2009 :: 5 Minutes to Empowerment

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A funny thing happened on Sonia Sotomayor’s drive to Washington to be announced as President Barack Obama’s first Supreme Court nominee: She got lost.

Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: September 24th, 2009 :: 5 Minutes to Empowerment

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NAMIC Previews Speaker Line-Up For 23rd Annual Conference

Barack Obama’s call for action on climate change and his admission that rich nations have a particular responsibility to lead has received strong praise from an unusual source – U.S. nemesis Fidel Castro.

Emilio Estefan may finally have his shot at getting the Miami Sound Machine named a national treasure. – President Barack Obama has deemed the former member of group member a suitable candidate for the Commission to Study the Potential Creation of a National Museum of the American Latino

U.S. President Barack Obama Wednesday appointed several people to a panel studying the feasibility of creating an American Latino museum, the White House said.

HispanicTips » » Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: September 22nd, 2009 :: 5 Minutes to Empowerment

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Barack Obama Invites Juanes And Olga Tañon To The White House

Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: September 17th, 2009 :: 5 Minutes to Empowerment

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Marc Anthony celebra sus 41 años con J.Lo y Barack Obama

“Joe Wilson ganó”, afirma congresista demócrata Luis Gutiérrez

Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: September 9th, 2009 :: 5 Minutes to Empowerment

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Justice Sonia Sotomayor has taken her seat at the Supreme Court in front of a packed courtroom that included President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden.

Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: August 27th, 2009

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New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson and former high-ranking members of his administration won’t be criminally charged in a yearlong federal investigation into pay-to-play allegations – this derailed his appointment as commerce secretary in President Barack Obama’s administration.

Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: August 26th, 2009

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New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson said Wednesday he plans to report to Barack Obama’s administration his assessment of Cuba-U.S. relations following a five-day trade mission to the island even though he is not an official envoy of Washington.

Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: August 21st, 2009

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President Barack Obama on Thursday managed to undo some of the damage he did recently with immigrants’ rights advocates — who were angered when Obama said in Mexico that immigration reform would have to wait until after health care and energy bills passed Congress.

Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: August 18th, 2009

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Part of President Barack Obama’s education team is traveling through California this week to talk about which reforms are needed to help Latino students. The first stop was in San Diego on Sunday at San Diego Mesa College. – Juan Sepulveda

Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: August 16th, 2009

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President Barack Obama outlined national and international priorities and their effect on the domestic Hispanic and hemisphere populations in an Aug. 7 round-table press meeting with Hispanic Link News Service and nine other Latino-beat reporters.

Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: August 14th, 2009

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Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo attended a reception Wednesday for newly sworn-in U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor at the White House hosted by President Barack Obama.

Latino and Asian Clout in the Voting Booth Newly Released Census Data Underscores Growing Power of Ethnic and Minority Voters

Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: August 12th, 2009

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A day after President Barack Obama announced that legislation to overhaul immigration laws would have to wait until next year, the secretary of homeland security played down the need for change in a speech here and took a tough stance on enforcing current immigration laws.

Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: August 10th, 2009

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George Lopez riffs on modern parenting, President Barack Obama and the nation’s first Hispanic Supreme Court justice in his live HBO standup special, “George Lopez: Tall, Dark & Chicano.”

Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: August 5th, 2009

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George Lopez landed a big name cameo in the pilot presentation of his talk show: President Barack Obama.

Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: July 31st, 2009

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The administration of President Barack Obama is vastly expanding a federal effort begun under President George W. Bush to identify and deport illegal immigrants held in local jails known as Secure Communities. But in Houston where the effort got a trial start eight months ago, people on each side of the immigration debate have found fault with it.

Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: July 20th, 2009

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Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega accused unnamed U.S. intelligence agencies of planning the coup that ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya without the knowledge of President Barack Obama.

Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: July 9th, 2009 (10 days worth)

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President Evo Morales on Wednesday accused Barack Obama of lying by pledging to change America’s historically heavy-handed relationship with Latin America and then halting $25 million in annual trade benefits for Bolivia.

SUMMARY: FCC Petition for Inquiry on Hate Speech in Media – Filed January 28, 2009 by Georgetown Law’s Institute for Public Representation on behalf of the National Hispanic Media Coalition

SEIU Statement on White House Immigration Meeting The Starting Gun Has Sounded & “This Time We Will Reach the Finish Line”

CHC Prepares for Next Steps on Immigration Reform

SENATORS URGE SETTLEMENT IN USDA DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT BY HISPANIC FARMERS – Senators applaud settlement of similar suit by black farmers, say it is time to settle with Hispanic farmers

Hispanic y Latino News :: June 19th, 2009

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President Barack Obama says he is committed to a comprehensive immigration overhaul that includes a way that illegal immigrants can become U.S. citizens – at the Esperanza National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast and Conference.

Hispanic y Latino News : June 18th, 2009

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President Barack Obama to Address 2009 National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast

Hispanic y Latino News :: June 15th, 2009

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President Barack Obama has selected far more Hispanics for his administration than any previous U.S. president, a stark reminder of the increasing clout of the nation’s fast-growing and largest minority group.

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Hispanic y Latino News :: June 11th, 2009

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Barack Obama felicita a Rafael Correa por su reelección en Ecuador

The 2009 National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast and Conference, June 17-19, 2009 – Washington, D.C.

Hispanic y Latino News for Friday June 5th, 2009

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El presidente de Estados Unidos, Barack Obama, anunció este jueves oficialmente el nombramiento de Carlos Pascual como próximo embajador estadounidense en México, cuyo gobierno dio su beneplácito al cargo en abril pasado.

Hispanic y Latino News for Wednesday June 3rd, 2009

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National Council of La Raza President Calls on Republican Leaders to Denounce Extremist Rhetoric Surrounding Sotomayor Nomination

Eduardo Galeano on “Democracy Now!” – Uruguayan author Eduardo Galeano has become a household name after Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez presented Barack Obama with “The Open Veins of Latin America” at the Summit of the Americas.

Latino Elected Officials to Meet As Community Shifts Focus From Ballot Box to Public Policy – The NALEO 26th Annual Conference will take place in Los Angeles, California from June 25-27, 2009.

United States Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis to Keynote Latinos in Information Sciences and Technology Associations (LISTA) National Technology Legislative Forum June 10th 2009.

Living in Label Land: Are you Hispanic or Latino? – Among the many issues that President Barack Obama dredged up in nominating the United States’ first Hispanic U.S. Supreme Court Judge was the dreaded “Hispanic” vs. “Latino” label debate.

Barack Obama envía un teólogo al Vaticano – Luego de tres intentos frustrados por la intransigencia tridentina del papa, Estados Unidos parece haber dado con la tecla. La elección de Miguel Díaz, nacido en Cuba, le cayó bien a Josef Ratzinger, aunque se trate de un progresista.

San Antonio’s young mayor-elect Julián Castro praised as the ‘Hispanic Barack Obama’

A Hispanic Roman Catholic theologian who was an adviser to Barack Obama’s presidential campaign will be nominated to serve as the next U.S. ambassador to the Vatican, the White House announced Wednesday. Miguel H. Diaz

CHC, CAPAC and Progressive Caucus Discuss Immigration Reform with Community Leaders

Inside Barack Obama’s Hispanic strategy

21-City “Family Unity” Tour to Conclude First Leg in Chicago – Mother’s Day Event to Highlight Impact of Immigration Crisis on U.S. Families

President Barack Obama’s recent easing of travel restrictions on Americans visiting relatives in Cuba may open the door to greater cooperation between these two nations, long at odds with one another. This could be of immense importance not only to Cuban-Americans and their native island neighbors, but to preserving Cuba’s unique, and increasingly threatened, coastal and marine environments.

President Barack Obama has tapped Elizabeth A. (Liz) Montoya to be Chief of Staff for the U.S. Office of Personnel Management

President Barack Obama plans to lift longstanding U.S. restrictions on Cuba, a senior administration official said, allowing Cuban-Americans to visit families there as often as they like and to send them unlimited funds.

President Barack Obama said last week that he wants to follow through on his promise to fix the immigration system. But that goal, always politically difficult, faces major hurdles: the crumbling economy, drug violence in Mexico, and a jam-packed agenda already facing Congress.

Obama recibe a la bancada latina del Congreso (CHC) – Discusión se centra en la reforma migratoria y los pasos a tomarse para abordar el tema este año

US President Barack Obama will visit Mexico next month amid mounting US concern over Mexican drug cartel violence that is spilling over its southern border, officials said Wednesday.

U.S. Gun Industry Feeds Gun Violence on U.S./Mexico Border, Violence Policy Center Analyst Tells Congress

GROUP LAUNCHES BOLD HISPANIC INITIATIVE – National Alliance for Hispanic Families

Lou “el loco” Dobbs vuelve a la carga insultando a los hispanos

NUEVO PLAN DE AZTLAN: ROADMAP TO PEACE AND JUSTICE THROUGHOUT OUR AMERICAS

News Summaries for February 1st, 2009

Fidel Castro on Thursday threw his first punch at President Barack Obama after several weeks of praise for the new leader, demanding the U.S. return Guantánamo Bay military base to Cuba and criticizing the U.S. defense of Israel.

Los abogados de más de 600 niños estadounidenses presentaron hoy una demanda contra el presidente de Estados Unidos, Barack Obama, para que suspenda las deportaciones de sus padres indocumentados hasta que se apruebe una reforma migratoria.

News Summary – January 23rd-26th, 2009

Bautizan como “Barack Obama” a bebé colombiano

El presidente de Estados Unidos, Barack Obama, ya tiene su corrido mexicano, que a ritmo de banda reconoce los méritos del nuevo mandatario y lleva un mensaje de esperanza y de cambio a todos los inmigrantes hispanos en el país, aseguró hoy su autor, Juan Carlos Sánchez

The confirmation of Rep. Hilda Solis, D-El Monte, as President Barack Obama’s Labor secretary has been delayed because of Republican objections.

News Summary for January 21st, 2009

El cantautor puertorriqueño Luis Fonsi, cuya participación en la Gala Hispana para Barack Obama se canceló a último minuto por falta de tiempo, asegura que no se siente frustrado y dice que fue él quien tomó la decisión.

Far from Washington, D.C., performance artist and writer Gabrielle Civil created her own homage to new U.S. President Barack Obama in Mexico City on Tuesday, gathering mariachis to perform renditions of iconic African American songs both for Obama and the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.

Hispanics greet Barack Obama’s presidency with optimism

Obama’s Immigration agenda on new WhiteHouse.gov’s website