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Juárez violence: Drug-war brutality persists despite presence of military
Hispanic y Latino News :: November 19th, 2009 Edition :: 5 Minutes to Empowerment
The University of Panama indefinitely suspended classes on Wednesday after confrontations between students and police during a protest against alleged U.S. involvement in plans to build new military installations.
Hispanic y Latino News :: November 12th, 2009 Edition :: 5 Minutes to Empowerment
AILA WELCOMES SEN. MENENDEZ (D-NJ) INTRODUCTION OF THE MILITARY FAMILIES ACT
New bill recognizes families’ military sacrifices not tied to citizenship status
Hispanic y Latino News :: November 11th, 2009 Edition :: 5 Minutes to Empowerment
Veterans Day: Saluting a Forgotten Force –
Millions of Latinos are proud of their history of military service to our nation. To discover they have defended the USA against all enemies, from the Revolutionary War to the current conflicts in Afghanistan, one must cull through volumes of research, academic dissertations, or tomes of Spanish-language and Latino literature, because this history is not common knowledge.
As many as 750,000 Latinos and Latinas served in the armed forces during World War II, according to the U.S. Latino & Latina WWII Oral History Project
Military Families Act Honors America’s Immigrant Soldiers and Families
The Republican National Hispanic Assembly (RNHA) Celebrates Veterans Day
Hispanic y Latino News :: November 9th, 2009 Edition :: 5 Minutes to Empowerment
Essential to the Fight: Immigrants in the U.S. Military
President Obama Nominates Judge Albert Diaz and Judge James Wynn to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: October 28th, 2009 Edition :: 5 Minutes to Empowerment
Another reason for immigration reform: military spouses
Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: October 27th, 2009 Edition :: 5 Minutes to Empowerment
Not since Vietnam have more used military as path to citizenship
Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: October 26th, 2009 Edition :: 5 Minutes to Empowerment
U.S. troops will be allowed to use six Colombian military bases and other facilities necessary for joint operations,
Thousands To Participate in Vigil With Members of Congress For Immigration Reform on Oct 12-13 in Washington DC
Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: October 9th, 2009 :: 5 Minutes to Empowerment
Over 3000 undocumented military veterans battling deportation orders
Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: October 7th, 2009 :: 5 Minutes to Empowerment
Young Latino adults in the United States are more likely to be in school or the work force now than their counterparts were in previous generations. In 1970, 77% of Hispanics ages 16 to 25 were either working, going to school or serving in the military; by 2007, 86% of Latinos in this coming-of-age group were taking part in these skill-building endeavors
Chassis Plans & Component Sourcing Group, a Hispanic Woman Owned 8(a) Firm, Enter SBA Mentor Protege
Army remembers All-Hispanic regiment at Pentagon
Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: September 29th, 2009 :: 5 Minutes to Empowerment
Former Border Patrol Chief Silvestre Reyes Now a Major Player in New Military, Intelligence, and Homeland Security Complex
Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: September 24th, 2009 :: 5 Minutes to Empowerment
CAUSA: Students Around the Nation Call for Passage of DREAM Act
Last week Paraguay canceled a military cooperation agreement that would have governed its participation in the New Horizons military exercises next year.
National Council of La Raza Supports National Back to School DREAM Act Day of Action
Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: September 21st, 2009 :: 5 Minutes to Empowerment
South American nations are spending billions bulking up the military to defend rugged jungle and mountain borders as well as oil and mineral reserves. However, analysts say the region faces few real external threats.
Tango with Piranha! The National Aquarium in Washington Celebrates Latino Heritage Day on September 20
Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: September 15th, 2009 :: 5 Minutes to Empowerment
The National Security Complex — Integrating Military, Intelligence, and Homeland Security
South American Nations Question U.S.-Colombia Military Base Agreement
Photos: National Museum of American History Explores Bracero Story in New Exhibition – website http://americanhistory.si.edu/bracero
Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: September 3rd, 2009 :: 5 Minutes to Empowerment
The U.S. has released $214 million of an aid package to help Mexico fight drug trafficking, including funds for five helicopters for the military to be delivered by year’s end
Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: August 24th, 2009
Kansas City women are convinced coup in Honduras was military
Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: August 18th, 2009
Homeland Security’s Revolving Door – Contracts with the Department of Homeland Security are spewing billions of dollars into private industry, largely to companies that also rely on Pentagon military contracts.
LATINA Style Welcomes Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez as the Honorary Chairwoman of the 6th Annual National LATINA Symposium
Telemundo Networks Reach 8.7 Million Viewers For Rumbo Al Mundial: Mexico vs. USA World Cup Soccer Qualifying Match
Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: August 12th, 2009
In Mexico, challenge of military courts fails
Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: August 5th, 2009
A South Florida blogger read about the annual exercise between the Cuban and American military at Guantánamo and posted photos he says illustrate the below-the-radar collaboration.
President Alvaro Uribe headed off on a whirlwind South American tour Tuesday to defend his plans to expand the U.S. military’s presence in Colombia, a prospect that worries even friendly nations in the region.
Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: July 31st, 2009
Tensions Rise in Latin America over US Military Plan to Use Three Bases in Colombia
A Military Coup is Violence; A President’s Return is Restoration of Constitutional Order – The capacity of the press and politicians to twist reality never ceases to amaze.
Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: July 23rd, 2009
Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa says the Honduras coup probably occurred with the U.S. military’s knowledge and he questioned President Obama’s control of the U.S. government.
Honduran military overthrew the democratically elected government of Manuel Zelaya two weeks ago there might have been a sigh of relief in the corporate board rooms of Chiquita banana,” writes journalist Nikolas Kozloff. “Earlier this year the Cincinnati-based fruit company joined Dole in criticizing the government in Tegucigalpa which had raised the minimum wage by 60%.” Kozloff goes on to trace Chiquita’s “long and sordid” political history in Central America.
Despite Pledge to Cut Military Ties to Coup Regime, U.S. Continues to Train Honduran Soldiers at School of Americas
ESN Breaks into the Top 200 of Hispanic Business Magazine’s Largest Companies – Yahoo! Finance
Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: July 13th, 2009
Former Bolivian military officer Luis Arce Gómez, who was part of the dictatorship of Luis García Meza in the early 1980s, returned to the country after finishing his sentence in the United States
Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: July 9th, 2009 (10 days worth)
Leaders of Cuban and Venezuelan communities across the U.S. have become among the loudest supporters of the military ouster of Honduras’ president because they see it as a strike against socialist influence in Latin America.
Picture of our Neda: boy killed by Honduran military with bullets and M-16’s paid for by the U.S. government & censored by U.S. Media
Generals Who Led Honduras Military Coup Trained at the (infamous) School of the Americas
Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: June 25th, 2009
Honduran Military Chiefs Quit In Growing Controversy Over Referendum On Constitutional Reforms
IMMIGRANT YOUTH AND SUPPORTERS URGE CONGRESS TO APPROVE “DREAM ACT” AND REMOVE BARRIERS TO COLLEGE
Full Text: Remarks by the President at the Esperanza National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast
This June Discovery en Espanol Takes Viewers Deep into the High Risk Rescue Operation Known as Jaque – in ‘El rescate perfecto’
Who am I missing from my list of the White House’s 28 Hispanic/Latino appointments
COORS LIGHT JOINS THE PARADE Official Beer Sponsor Celebrates Puerto Rican Summertime Festivities While Supporting Educational Endeavors
Hispanic y Latino News for Monday June 8th, 2009
16 Dead in Acapulco:: Soldiers fought for two hours with armed men apparently holding police hostage at a house in Acapulco, leaving one soldier and 15 gunmen dead, a military official said Sunday.
Hispanic y Latino News for Friday June 5th, 2009
Marching to a Latin beat in ‘Concert for the Troops’ – This week, mun2 is continuing its examination of how Latinos are affecting U.S. military culture and vice versa by airing “Concert for the Troops.”
FROM ELA TO THE BOARDROOM AND BEYOND – Robert J. Renteria, Jr.
The United States Abandons the “War on Drugs” Model at Home, Exports It to Mexico – US House and Senate Pass New Military Aid to Mexico
The College Board, an association of 5,000 colleges and universities and the creator of the SAT, has publicly endorsed the “DREAM Act,” which would give undocumented students who graduate from high schools in this country and attend college or serve in the military a path toward legalization
U.S. eyes closer military ties with Mexico – The U.S. is trying to achieve closer ties with the Mexican military, but that may be difficult.
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Thousands of Mexican soldiers took a tighter grip on policing in the violence-scarred border city of Ciudad Juarez on Tuesday and the retired general in charge of police emphasized the military dominance by announcing city officers will be stripped of their weapons while on patrol.
San Diego REPertory Theatre Presents Rick Najera’s LATINOLOGUES 15 Year Anniversary Special Friday, March 20 at 8pm and DADDY DIARIES Concert Version Saturday, March 21 at 8pm
U.S. Gun Industry Feeds Gun Violence on U.S./Mexico Border, Violence Policy Center Analyst Tells Congress
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez on Sunday ordered the military to take over the ports of Maracaibo and Puerto Cabello in the face of resistance by regional authorities and transfer their management to the central government.
“QUE VIVA EL FMLN!” El Salvador’s Left Wins Elections, Ends 150 Years of Military-Oligarch Rule
President Obama weighed in Wednesday on the escalating drug war on the U.S.-Mexico border, saying that he was looking at possibly deploying National Guard troops to contain the violence but ruled out any immediate military move.
List of the White House’s 28 Hispanic/Latino appointments – (updated to 31)
Mary Alvarez – USDA employee with the most years of full time federal service still employed is a Hispanic woman from south Texas
News Summaries for February 1st, 2009
A Mexican journalist seeking asylum in the United States after a series of stories about alleged Mexican military abuses of civilians has been released from an immigration jail after 7 months’ detention. Emilio Gutierrez Soto, had been jailed since June 2008, when he and his 15-year-old son crossed the U.S. border
The military and Congress want the ranks to roughly mirror the racial and ethnic makeup of America. But the services can’t seem to recruit enough Hispanics — even though that community tends to view the military positively. – according to new study by Rand Corp.
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.
Maryland Band Earns Grammy Nomination for Best Latin Jazz Album
AAFES Recognized by LATINA Style Magazine as Diversity Leader
For tens of thousands of U.S. Marines in Southern California, new orders from the brass amount to: Baghdad si, Tijuana no.
Latino Music Superstar Daddy Yankee Honored by Museo Alameda and City of San Antonio
Hoping to boost Latino representation in President-elect Barack Obama’s administration, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus pushed a slate of candidates for Cabinet and agency posts Wednesday.
News Summary for Tuesday – November 18th, 2008
