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Isabel Allende Stops By To Say Hi

admin — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 01:19:00 GMT

11/14/07- Isabel Allende graced the capital city of Washington DC with her presence at a talk and book signing at the Organization of American States. It's a beautiful building located just across from The White House. The place was packed as you can...(read more)

Clear Channel's, 700 WLW Radio Cincinnati Offensive To Hispanics...Yet Again...This Time On Air

admin — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 01:09:00 GMT

8/14/07-Clear Channel's, WLW 700 Cincinnati, continues to mock immigrant Hispanics. Following is a translation of a WLW 700 Ad which recently ran mocking illegal immigrants: {Music…Mariachi music playing}… ”Illegal aliens…they’re here and they don’t speak...(read more)

What Do You Think About Immigration? We Are Sending Your Comments To Washington Congresspersons in Time For The Vote

admin — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 22:00:00 GMT

The immigration issue is being debated by our Washington lawmakers again. Talk back! What are you thinking? Reply to this posting with your comments. We are send your responses to congresspeople on both sides of the issue before Congress votes. As a group...(read more)

Naked Peta Protestors Bare It For Bulls At Spanish Embassy

admin — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 16:23:00 GMT

6/21/07- On our way back from the immigration press event at the Capitol, one of our employees ran across these naked PETA protestors doing their thing right in front of the Spanish Embassy. Now remember this is ultra-conservative Washington DC we are...(read more)

United Farm Workers & Senators Dianne Feinstein & Edward Kennedy Talk Immigration

admin — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 16:09:00 GMT

6/21/07- Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Ca.) and Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) announced their continuing support for the Immigration Bill and the Farm Workers of America in a press conference today in conjunction with the United Farm Workers. Here's the pic's...(read more)

Missing Soldiers: Alex Jimenez & Byron Fouty in Our Prayers

admin — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 14:10:00 GMT

6/16/07- Thoughts and prayers for the family and friends of missing Specialist Alex Jimenez and Private Byron Fouty. The ID cards of the soldiers have been found in an al Qaeda safe house north of Baghdad, but there is still no further word on their whereabouts....(read more)

Hispanic.com Speaks With Ntl. Immigration Forum About The Immigration Bill's Status

admin — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 17:45:00 GMT

6/11/07- Hispanic.com was fortunate to speak with Angela Kelley of the National Immigration Forum, and Rich Stolz, Deputy Director for Public Policy at the Center for Community Change about the immigration bill issue. Angela Kelley, National Immigration...(read more)

Honduran Beers - A Beer Review by Don Godo

admin — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 13:39:00 GMT

We at Hispanic.com are regular readers of Don Godo’s “Honduras Living” blog. He recently posted a great article about Honduran beer, and was kind enough to let us share it here. Cervezas From time to time, I want to post what I consider to be vital info...(read more)

Senator Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif Speaks With Us About the Senate's Proposed Immigration Legislation

admin — Fri, 18 May 2007 16:43:00 GMT

5/18/07- We spoke with U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., by phone earlier today. She discussed the Senate’s proposed immigration bill. I truly believe this is the one and only time we will have to do an immigration bill. We are going into a presidential...(read more)

Q&A: “The Big Juan” (The Big One) WLW-AM Cincinnati Controversy- We Talk to LULAC’s Ohio President

admin — Mon, 14 May 2007 23:31:00 GMT

5/14/07- Cincinnati's WLW-AM orchestrated an ad campaign for May sweeps with a play on their motto "The Big One". Instead they called it: "The Big Juan", with a Mexican man in a sombrero, a donkey, and Mexican flag. After extensive community protest, WLW has taken down all 82 billboards it posted. We spoke with Jason Riveiro, president of LULAC Ohio. Copy of LULAC Ohio's 5/14/07 Letter to WLW-AM

Q: Where are things right now with WLW?

A: We’ve gotten an apology. Tuesday we are meeting with the general manager of WLW to discuss 3 topics.

Developing a community relationship and perhaps developing a community advisory board.

Arranging for a follow up meeting with other community leaders. It’s an opportunity for these organizations to express their concerns. You may notice we had over 20 community organizations sign a petition for the billboard removal. Many local organizations have had concerns in the past with WLW including Jewish and Islamic local groups.

For the station to show commitment by sponsoring or co-sponsoring local international community events.

Q: When Clear Channel, WLW’s parent company, got wind of the situation- what happened?

A: They sent it back to WLW at the local level.

Q: What did WLW say?

A: After I sent out a press release last week, I got a call back from the GM who was very apologetic. The GM said he was new to the role and wanted to work with us.

Q: Has the community backed you?

A: Well, yes and no. Ohio is a conservative state…it has its pockets, it's been mixed. Next door to Cincinnati’s county is where there is a sheriff who has been sending invoices to Mexico charging them for illegal immigrant costs.

Also WLW is known in the community for its reputation for being against immigration

The first teaser billboard they put out before “The Big Juan” was a billboard titled “Radio Para Gran Americanos” with Mexican flags on it. This was very obviously directed at Hispanics. This was intentional and political. This billboard was for people who spoke Spanish. This came out a month before the other billboard, and Hispanics in the community originally thought it was a new radio station for Hispanics…obviously it turned out it wasn’t.

We are trying to give this a positive twist for the community. Next month we are we are hosting a press/media forum which will be attended by all the major media in the city and their top executives. This event will showcase the local Hispanic population's facts and how to better market to this segment of our community.

Hispanic vs. Latino, Hispanic or Latino, Hispanic & Latino, or Neither...What's the Difference ?

admin — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 19:03:00 GMT

Many ask this question: what is the difference between a Hispanic or Latino? Related questions include: which term to use? Some insist on the usage of one term over the other, while others do not mind either term.

Many Hispanics/Latinos would agree that the usage of Hispanic or Latino, both, or neither, is a personal preference.

A few polls have attempted to address the Hispanic or Latino topic, but the results have been widely divergent and dependent on the polling group.

An Ohio State University poll tackled the subject, and indicated the term Latino was gaining acceptance among Hispanics.

Conversely, a presidential tracking poll by Hispanic Trends uncovered a significant majority of Hispanics prefer the term Hispanic.

The U.S. Government uses Hispanic on all federal forms and documents, but some private individuals use Latino notwithstanding.

Some experts say some division can be found because oftentimes older age groups tend to prefer Latino while younger ages prefer Hispanic. Of course proving this theory is difficult.

Similar to the definitions for Hispanic, there are no right answers to these questions.

Hispanic or Latino or both? Or does it matter?

Definition of Hispanic