People + Did You Know Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)
September 17, 2008
Compared to a national participation rate of 67%, the Hispanic participation rate in the Food Stamp Program is considerably lower at 56%; while even lower among elderly Hispanics at 34%
September 15, 2008
Former state Assemblyman Robert Pacheco has been named co-chairman of California Latinos for McCain.
September 10, 2008
Today in 1823 – Simon Bolivar, who led the wars for independence from Spain in Venezuela, Colombia, Peru and Bolivia, was named president of Peru, with dictatorial powers
Today in 1945 – Grammy Award winning guitarist and singer, José Feliciano born in Lares, Puerto Rico
July 27, 2008
Democrat Rick Noriega is trying this year to become the first Hispanic U.S. senator from Texas, good news for some El Pasoans eager to see one of their own in the august chamber.
June 26, 2008
Did You Know? Sol Trujillo CEO of Telstra is one of the chairmen of John McCain’s National Hispanic Advisory Board
June 16, 2008
Did You Know? Raul Alarcon Sr. was a communications pioneer in Cuba, he founded his first radio station on the island in the early 1950s. When he came to the U.S. in 1960, he left behind a network of 14 stations that had been seized by Fidel Castro’s government.
May 27, 2008
Did You Know? More than 391 Latinos have been killed in Iraq.
May 5, 2008
Did You Know? The greatest Mexican player of all time, I told Reyes, was — drumroll, please — Ted Williams. Williams’ mom was May Venzor, daughter of Pablo Venzor and Natalie Hernandez of Chihuahua. Williams’ dad wasn’t around much, so Ted was raised next to his Hispanic cousins in San Diego
April 25, 2008
Did You Know? Juan Gonzalez, Democracy Now! co-host and a columnist for the New York Daily News. In 1968 Juan was a member of SDS and one of the only Latino activists on the Columbia campus- Forty Years After Historic Columbia Strike
Did You Know? The Puerto Rican-American John Ruiz is the first and only Latino heavyweight champion of the world.
April 24, 2008
Did You Know? Jorge Pérez is chairman and chief executive officer of The Related Group, the largest Hispanic-owned business in the U.S. and the country’s largest multi-family real estate development firm.
April 12, 2008
Did You Know? Orlando Cepeda is one of just two Puerto Rican natives to attain the exalted Hall of Fame status in baseball. + he is the only one alive as Roberto Clemente is the other one
March 31, 2008
Did You Know? Today is Cesar Chavez’s birthday and is a holiday in eight states, including California.
November 11, 2007
Did You Know? More than 400,000 Hispanics served during World War II, fighting and dying in every major battle. Or that a virtually all Puerto Rican regiment evacuated the U.S. marines during the Korean War.
November 1, 2007
Did You Know? Wimer Cabrera, who represented Colombia in the World Cup and had 48 caps in nine years on the national team, is the first Hispanic national team coach in U.S. Soccer.
October 17, 2007
Did You Know? A Latino runs AMD – Hector Ruiz is chairman and chief executive officer of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
September 16, 2007
Did You Know?The term “Hispanomics” was coined in the mid-1980s. It referred to the anticipated growth of the Hispanic population and the corresponding significance the Latino community would have on our local, state, regional and national economies. The author of the term was Feliz Galaviz, a remarkable man who has done a great deal for the Hispanic community through his work in higher education.
August 16, 2007
Did You Know? Efrain “Frankie” Tirado, 34, is believed to be the nation’s first Hispanic master baker.
June 11, 2007
Did You Know? Gabriel Garcí Márquez’s ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’ celebrates its 40th birthday this year. This is also the authors 80th birthday, and the 25th anniversary of his Nobel Prize for Literature.
May 23, 2007
Did You Know? Fernando Treviño, 57, has been selected as new chancellor of Southern Illinois University Carbondale, another accolade in a long and diverse career.
January 31, 2007
Did You Know? Roberto Garza of the Chicago Bears is one of only 19 Latinos in the NFL. Of that group, however, it’s estimated that less than half speak Spanish fluently.
January 30, 2007
Did You Know? A Hispanic coach, Oakland’s Tom Flores, already has coached in and won a pair of Super Bowls. Flores led the Raiders to victory in Super Bowls XV and XVIII.
January 25, 2007
Did You Know? More than 60 Hispanics have earned our nations highest military award: the Congressional Medal of Honor
January 20, 2007
Did You Know? Bill Richardson has built an expertise in rescuing Americans held hostage abroad.
January 17, 2007
Did You Know? On September 20, 1988, Lauro Cavazos became the first Hispanic in the history of the United States to be appointed to the Cabinet, when then–vice president George H. W. Bush swore him in as secretary of education.
January 12, 2007
Did You Know? On January 12th, 1986, the shuttle Columbia blasted off with a crew that included the first Hispanic-American in space, Dr. Franklin R. Chang-Diaz. (and they checked his papers – sorry couldn’t resist a bit of humor)
January 5, 2007
Did You Know? ABC News Correspondent Manuel Medrano is the first Latino in the history of the Supreme Court press corps.
December 21, 2006
Did You Know? Dr. Manny Alvarez is the Health News Managing Editor for Foxnews.com
April 22, 2006
Did You Know? Dr. Robert C. Gallo, is the first Hispanic American to win a Nobel Prize in medicine
