Hispanic News

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Feb

By Santiago D. Távara

Hispanic News

New Texas Maps Provide for Fair Latino Representation

MALDEF and the Latino Redistricting Task Force are amenable to Texas’ new redistricting plans SAN ANTONIO, TX – This week, MALDEF and its client the Texas Latino Redistricting Task Force announced that they are amenable to the new Texas congressional and state House redistricting plans. The plans come following the U.S. Supreme…

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Feb

By Santiago D. Távara

Hispanic News

Pete WilsonJoins Kris Kobach & Lamar Smith on Romney Endorsement List

Mitt Romney’s campaign unveiled recently the endorsement of former California Governor Pete Wilson (R). Wilson’s endorsement joins that of Romney immigration advisor and Alabama/Arizona “papers, please” law architect Kris Kobach and leading congressional mass-deportation champion Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX) “in an illustrious pantheon of anti-immigrant endorsers”, according to America’s Voice.   Frank Sharry,…

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10

Feb

By Santiago D. Távara

Hispanic News

News site created to serve as the Voice of the Hispanic 21stCentury

VOXXI, the premier site for the acculturated Latino providing relevant news, insightful analysis and thought-provoking blogs, was launched this week at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. VOXXI features multimedia news, politics, business, and entertainment pieces, along with sections devoted to women’s issues, culinary, education, and everything else concerning the Latino community…

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10

Feb

By Santiago D. Távara

Hispanic News

GWHCC Announces Business Expo

Washington, DC [CapitalWirePR]– On March 15th the Greater Washington Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (GWHCC) will host its third annual business expo. The Expo will once again bring together business leaders and decision makers from dynamic companies, corporations, embassies, prime contractors as well as federal and local government agencies in the Washington,…

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10

Feb

By Santiago D. Távara

Hispanic News

Guardians of the Most Vulnerable

Attorneys representing families in the Miramonte School sex scandal call for swift and coordinated assistance to victims, written assurances by Sheriff Baca that undocumented victims will not be deported through Secure Communities program, and a culture of collective vigilance to prevent these crimes from happening again Los Angeles – Just a couple…

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10

Feb

By Santiago D. Távara

Hispanic News

Settlement with Top Mortgage Service Providers a Win for Struggling Homeowners

In a major victory for struggling homeowners who fell victim to predatory lending and wrongful foreclosures, the Obama administration and a coalition of state Attorneys General announced this week a $25 billion settlement with five of the nation’s largest mortgage servicers—Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Citigroup, and Ally…

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Feb

By Santiago D. Távara

Hispanic News

US Labor Department announces final rule on H-2B foreign labor certification program

  Rule aims to make jobs more accessible to US workers and strengthen worker protections The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration and its Wage and Hour Division announced a final rule to improve the H-2B temporary nonagricultural worker program. The rule, to be published in the Feb.…

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Feb

By Santiago D. Távara

Hispanic News

Pressure Mounting for Rubio to Demonstrate Support for Latinos

"NO SOMOS RUBIOS" Campaign Protest in Washington DC highlights continued disconnect between Rubio and majority of Latinos   Young Latino students held a protest and press conference this week outside the 2012Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), raising legitimate concerns about Senator Marco Rubio’s anti-immigrant positions and questioning his opposition to…

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10

Feb

By ML Noticias

Hispanic News

Special Concert this Weekend: Los Guaraguao and Los Torogoces!

There is a very special event happening this Saturday, Feb 11th! Los Guaraguao from Venezuela and Los Torogoces de Morazán, two of the most emblematic popular music groups in Latin America will be performing here in the DC area in a big Concert for Peace to commemorate 80 years since…

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Feb

By ML Noticias

Hispanic News

Brazil Raises $14 Billion in Airport Auction for World Cup

Feb. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Brazil raised 24.5 billion reais ($14 billion) through the sale of licenses to operate three of the country’s busiest airports in an auction today aimed at accelerating investments ahead of the 2014 World Cup. A consortium led by pension funds belonging to employees of state-run companies…

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