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Hispanic y Latino News :: November 19th, 2009 Edition :: 5 Minutes to Empowerment

More Than 60,000 Americans in 45 States Organize for Immigration Reform

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 18th, 2009 Edition :: 5 Minutes to Empowerment

After two days of deliberations, on Oct. 14 the Mexican Supreme Court made public its decision that Ulises Ruiz Ortiz (governor of the state of Oaxaca) is culpable for the human rights violations that occurred in Oaxaca as a result of teacher protests and political and social unrest in May 2006-January 2007 and July of 2008.

Organizations alarmed by the increased violence against women and others in Mexico are traveling by caravan to demand justice for the victims. – The national caravan, which began in Mexico City, is part of the international Mujeres de Negro (Women in Black) campaign to protest violence against women, children and other vulnerable groups.

Hispanic y Latino News :: November 16th, 2009 Edition :: 5 Minutes to Empowerment

Protesters picket at Taos hotel where owner told employees to Anglicize Hispanic names

Hispanic y Latino News :: November 12th, 2009 Edition :: 5 Minutes to Empowerment

Protesting Electrical Workers Paralyze Mexican Capital

Hispanic y Latino News :: November 11th, 2009 Edition :: 5 Minutes to Empowerment

Workers, organized by the community organization Make the Road New York, protested in front of York Restoration Corporation for the unpaid wages of two Latino workers.

CNN’s Rick Sanchez Interviews Juanita Castro: “While you were still in Cuba and your brother was beginning a Marxist revolution, you were not only cooperating with the CIA, but you were protecting CIA agents who were inside Cuba at the time.”

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

Immigrant Hispanic community protests law-enforcement action in Ohio’s far northeast corner

American Rights at Work – Immigration Study Finds Enforcement Has Undermined Workers’ Rights

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

More than 100,000 turned out here Thursday for a protest against Puerto Rico Gov. Luis Fortuño’s decision to lay off 17,000 public employees,

Tens of thousands of people have marched to protest Mexican President Felipe Calderon’s decision to disband a public electricity company.

Hundreds of Thousands of Puerto Rican Workers, Faith Leaders, Students and Citizens to Unite in Hato Rey on October 15 – National March Will Protest Massive Cuts in Essential Public Services; Republican Administration Under Investigation for Civil Rights Violations Against High School Students

Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: October 12th, 2009 :: 5 Minutes to Empowerment

Hispanic community activists in Washington protested Friday against the D.C. Council for voting this week to oust Ximena Hartsock as the city’s parks and recreation director, accusing members of racism and sexism.

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

Immigration advocates protest 287(g) – Mayor attempting to move forward a proposal to deputize local police as federal immigration agents – Morristown, NJ

Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: October 7th, 2009 :: 5 Minutes to Empowerment

Honduras revokes emergency decree during visit by Ros-Lehtinen, Diaz-Balarts – Honduras’ government canceled an order that outlawed large protests and limited other liberties.

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

Anti-illegal immigration groups protest Mexican Consulate After reports of suspected corruption at Mexican Consulate in Dallas, local group rallies this morning in Santa Ana.

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

Protests at University of California Campuses

Latino author works to make literature dangerous again – “The Protesters Handbook” by Tony Diaz

Eight neo-Nazis demonstrating against illegal immigration in Riverside left the scene after just 45 minutes when hundreds of counter-protestors shouted them down and tore up their swastika-covered flags.

Violence Escalates Against Peaceful Protesters in Honduras As Resistance Grows: Chemical Weapons Directed Toward Brazilian Embassy – National Day of Action In Solidarity with the People Of Honduras Tuesday, September 29th

Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: September 21st, 2009 :: 5 Minutes to Empowerment

Hispanic Parents Protest Racial ID of Kids in Georgia

During Hispanic Heritage Month, Discovery Networks U.S. Hispanic Group Celebrates the Invincible Spirit Inherent in All Hispanics With Four Original Productions and the “Dreams Come True” Sweepstakes

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

Artistas de Puerto Rico apoyarán el concierto del colombiano Juanes en La Habana, que levantó airadas protestas en Miami, con un evento simultáneo por la paz y amistad con Cuba, el 20 de septiembre, informó este martes uno de los organizadores.

An appeals court on Tuesday overturned the dismissal of murder charges against former President Fernando de la Rua in the deaths of five protesters during violent street demonstrations that marked the end of his tenure in 2001.

Tens of thousands marched through Venezuela’s capital on Saturday to protest what they call growing authoritarianism by President Hugo Chavez.

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

March in East Haven, Connecticut, protests police harassment of Latino community

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

Cuban media makes unusual mention of ‘94 protest

NAHJ Condemns Venezuela Government Shutdown of Radio Stations; Opposes Proposed Sweeping ‘Media Crimes’ Law

Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: July 23rd, 2009

Mexico’s airline groundings spark protests

Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: July 13th, 2009

Creative Protest to Say No to Privatization of Puerto Rico’s Beaches

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

The return of the PRI – More than 50% of Mexico’s voters stayed away from the polls on Sunday for the mid-term congressional election & around 6% nullified their votes in protest

Honduran Coup Turns Violent, Sanctions Imposed – Thousands of Hondurans are now in the streets to protest the coup d’etat in their country.

Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: June 25th, 2009

Thousands of Hondurans marched Tuesday in San Pedro Sula, the country’s second-largest city, to protest President Manuel Zelaya’s plan to convene a Constitutional Assembly to reform the current charter.

Hispanic y Latino News :: June 19th, 2009

From Hollywood to the Amazon: Q’orianka Kilcher joins Peruvian protestors

Hispanic y Latino News :: June 11th, 2009

The leader of Peru’s Amazon Indians will be flown to exile in Nicaragua after seeking asylum following violent demonstrations that killed scores of police and protesters. Alberto Pizango, the head of Aidesep, which represents 56 tribes

Hispanic y Latino News for Monday June 8th, 2009

University of Arizona plan to merge minority centers is stirring protest

Dozens of people are estimated to have been killed in clashes between police and indigenous activists protesting oil and mining projects in the northern Peruvian Amazonian province of Bagu

Hispanic y Latino News for Friday June 5th, 2009

El dúo Calle 13 y la ex Miss Universo Denise Quiñones marcharon el viernes en Puerto Rico como parte de una protesta por los miles de empleados públicos despedidos por la administración del gobernador Luis Fortuño.

A title bout between two Eastsides in Los Angeles – The protest is no mere issue of semantics. It’s a threat to their community’s identity, the Eastsiders said. They argue that the term Eastside is synonymous, in California and beyond, with the Chicano movement; home to working-class immigrants and the city’s first Latino mayor in more than a century

TOP Ten signs you went to a lame Hispanic protest – By Al Carlos

Hispanic broadcasters hold tax protest

Cuba’s Ladies in White decided to pray instead of protest for their imprisoned relatives Tuesday as they marked the sixth anniversary of a crackdown in which the government jailed 75 activists and independent journalists.

Latino leaders promote immigration reform; Baca holds ‘Family Unity’ event at church as protesters rally outside – California

Farmworkers Ask Gov. Charlie Crist to Take a Stand Against Slavery – HispanicBusiness.com

Activists Protest Immigration Raids In Phoenix – Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has dispatched deputies into Hispanic communities in the Phoenix area.

Mexico: Protesting the Proposal to Illuminate Teotihuacán Pyramids

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

News Summary – January 23rd-26th, 2009

Venezuelans protest Chavez’s bid to end term limits

News Summary for January 21st, 2009

La policía reprime protesta universitaria en Caracas

News Summary for December 23rd – 28th, 2008

Con el respaldo de siete mil firmas de residentes, el activista hispano Angel Cordero cumplió hoy su séptimo día de protesta frente a la oficina de una senadora estatal a quien pide respaldar una ley de becas para alumnos de minorías. – New Jersey

News Summary for December 19th-22nd, 2008

Department of Homeland Security ads on NPR raise ire – NPR’s Ombudsman Alicia Shepard said she received more than 60 letters in response to the spots – a considerable sum on a single topic – primarily in protest

News Summaries for December 16th-18th, 2008

President-elect Barack Obama’s nomination of Bill Richardson as Secretary of Commerce sparked a wave of protest in the Chinese American community, because of Richardson’s connection with the Wen Ho Lee case – but Chinese American media denies that their cause has anything to do with anti-Latino sentiment.

News Summaries for Monday – December 15th, 2008

Hundreds protest New York immigrant’s fatal beating – Jose Sucuzhanay

News Summaries for Friday – December 12th, 2008 – includes Business & Entertainment

Colombia: Social Conflict Replaces Warfare – Social conflict has overtaken the center of the political stage, displacing President Alvaro Uribe, who merely repeats the script that brought him so much success in the war: the Indians, sugarcane workers, teachers, government workers, truckers, and anyone else who protests and mobilizes is being manipulated by the FARC guerrillas.

News Summaries for Wednesday – December 10th, 2008 – includes Business & Entertainment

A group of Latino leaders on Tuesday marched to Joliet City Hall to protest what they called a stunning and shocking decision by the City Council to cut funding for social-service agencies.

On the eve of the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Wednesday — a day when Cuban dissidents traditionally gather for protest marches — Belinda Salas, a leading Cuban activist, was beaten by Cuban police, she said via telephone in Havana.

News Summary for Friday – December 5th, 2008

La exhibición de una película sobre Ernesto “Che” Guevara, protagonizada por el puertorriqueño Benicio Del Toro generó polémica y protestas en Miami, la capital del exilio cubano por considerarla una afrenta.

Pain and Protest on the Day of the Butterflies: Violence Persists Against Women in Mexico

News Summary for November 20th & 21st, 2008

The city of Los Angeles has tentatively agreed to pay nearly 13 million U.S. dollars to immigration protesters and bystanders injured by police officers during a melee last year, it was reported on Thursday.

News Summary for Wednesday – November 19th, 2008

Thousands of supporters of Nicaragua’s leftist ruling party armed with rocks tried to block an opposition march on the capital to protest alleged vote fraud, setting off clashes that injured at least five people on Tuesday.

Bullfighting in Peru is thriving amid growing protests by a younger generation demanding that the controversial blood sport be banned.

Univision Announces 2008 Third Quarter Results

News Summary – November 4th – 6th, 2008

Today marks the last day of a three-week hunger strike by immigrant rights protesters who hoped to re-energize the movement. – Los Angeles

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