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Showing posts with label Spanish. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Spanish. Show all posts
Friday, February 11, 2011
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Gates & Buffett: Get Your Friends To Pay Taxes and We Won’t Need Their Donations!
Even if this article does not belong directly to the realm of Latino affairs, it is a good reminder of the painful times non-profit organizations -many of which stand for Latinos- are going through with a slow down in their donation income.
Gates is the one rich guy I always had as an example of smart giving. I know and was a part of his foundation work with libraries and Latinos around the country -Spanish Language Outreach at http://www.webjunction.org/spanish- which brought a wealth of information and library action to this community.
However, this is one more sign of the times we live in! A few people in charge of the nation's destiny instead of the vast majority of people in charge of their own destiny.
Gates is the one rich guy I always had as an example of smart giving. I know and was a part of his foundation work with libraries and Latinos around the country -Spanish Language Outreach at http://www.webjunction.org/spanish- which brought a wealth of information and library action to this community.
However, this is one more sign of the times we live in! A few people in charge of the nation's destiny instead of the vast majority of people in charge of their own destiny.
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Monday, May 18, 2009
Mario Benedetti dies at 88
Mario Benedetti, a prolific Uruguayan writer whose novels and poems reflect the idiosyncrasies of Montevideo's middle class and a social commitment forged by years in exile from a military dictatorship, died Sunday, his secretary said. He was 88.
My favorite "Antologia Poetica" with introduction by Pedro Orgambide, is among the books I keep next to my bed. Great activist, great talent, great loss!
You can listen to some of his poems at:
http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/graficos/00coberturas/benedetti/
Mario Benedetti, a prolific Uruguayan writer whose novels and poems reflect the idiosyncrasies of Montevideo's middle class and a social commitment forged by years in exile from a military dictatorship, died Sunday, his secretary said. He was 88.
My favorite "Antologia Poetica" with introduction by Pedro Orgambide, is among the books I keep next to my bed. Great activist, great talent, great loss!
You can listen to some of his poems at:
http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/graficos/00coberturas/benedetti/
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Latinos,
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Wednesday, April 8, 2009
State’s Crackdown on Immigrants Fuels Hispanic Media Growth
http://news.newamericamedia.org/news
Do you think the media should be the government agencies' watchdog? Read this article about North Carolina ethnic media. When the nation's immigrants are getting ready to march next May 1st, what is the role of media in this national debate?
"Most Spanish-language publications in the area have a specific section dedicated to immigration coverage. Radio stations such as La Tremenda La Raza in Charlotte broadcast daily talk shows that cover the latest developments on the immigration debate."
http://news.newamericamedia.org/news
Do you think the media should be the government agencies' watchdog? Read this article about North Carolina ethnic media. When the nation's immigrants are getting ready to march next May 1st, what is the role of media in this national debate?
"Most Spanish-language publications in the area have a specific section dedicated to immigration coverage. Radio stations such as La Tremenda La Raza in Charlotte broadcast daily talk shows that cover the latest developments on the immigration debate."
Hispanics and the Criminal Justice System
This new report by Mark Hugo Lopez, Associate Director, and Gretchen Livingston, Senior Researcher, Pew Hispanic Center is based on two different studies the Center conducted nationwide.
Not surprinsingly, Hispanics show less confidence in police effectiveness than whites and close to what Blacks believe. I say it does not come as a surprise when the "correctional" system is mainly crowded with Blacks and Hispanics.
Also read the interesting study about prisons in the US on the same page:
Pew Center on the States, "One in 31: The Long Reach of American Corrections," March 2, 2009.
This new report by Mark Hugo Lopez, Associate Director, and Gretchen Livingston, Senior Researcher, Pew Hispanic Center is based on two different studies the Center conducted nationwide.
Not surprinsingly, Hispanics show less confidence in police effectiveness than whites and close to what Blacks believe. I say it does not come as a surprise when the "correctional" system is mainly crowded with Blacks and Hispanics.
Also read the interesting study about prisons in the US on the same page:
Pew Center on the States, "One in 31: The Long Reach of American Corrections," March 2, 2009.
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
La edición en EE UU busca salida
BARBARA CELIS - Nueva York - 12/01/2009
Otros países observan con sorpresa como las bibliotecas estadounidenses tienen una dinámica poco común en el mundo. Desde Nueva York, este artículo de Barbara Celis cuenta cómo la crisis económica impulsa la adaptación del sector del libro a los esquemas del siglo XXI.
BARBARA CELIS - Nueva York - 12/01/2009
Otros países observan con sorpresa como las bibliotecas estadounidenses tienen una dinámica poco común en el mundo. Desde Nueva York, este artículo de Barbara Celis cuenta cómo la crisis económica impulsa la adaptación del sector del libro a los esquemas del siglo XXI.
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Spain,
Spanish,
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Monday, September 29, 2008
Los usuarios de bibliotecas públicas aumentan al ritmo de un millón por año
Estos son algunos de los datos que figuran en el libro Las bibliotecas públicas en España: Dinámicas 2001-2005, realizado por la Fundación Germán Sánchez Ruipérez. Sin embargo, y a pesar del crecimiento, el sistema de bibliotecas español tiene sus deficiencias, según dice el estudio. Lea sobre este tema en el diario El País.
Estos son algunos de los datos que figuran en el libro Las bibliotecas públicas en España: Dinámicas 2001-2005, realizado por la Fundación Germán Sánchez Ruipérez. Sin embargo, y a pesar del crecimiento, el sistema de bibliotecas español tiene sus deficiencias, según dice el estudio. Lea sobre este tema en el diario El País.
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Friday, September 19, 2008
The Knock at the Door: San Francisco’s Sanctuary Status Under Fire
Keeping up with SS procedures -read to the end- on immigrants' persecution and arrests, the ICE "hunters" took six undocumented immigrants from a private home in San Francisco last week. Elena Shore, an editor for New America Media and Josue Rojas, a video producer for New America Media, ask how protected undocumented immigrants really are in this “sanctuary city.”
Con traducción al español
Also, on the same issue, read about the impact of raids in other communities:
Immigration Raids Startle Communities in Oakland and Berkeley
Keeping up with SS procedures -read to the end- on immigrants' persecution and arrests, the ICE "hunters" took six undocumented immigrants from a private home in San Francisco last week. Elena Shore, an editor for New America Media and Josue Rojas, a video producer for New America Media, ask how protected undocumented immigrants really are in this “sanctuary city.”
Con traducción al español
Also, on the same issue, read about the impact of raids in other communities:
Immigration Raids Startle Communities in Oakland and Berkeley
Thursday, September 18, 2008
2008 National Survey of Latinos: Hispanics See Their Situation in U.S. Deteriorating; Oppose Key Immigration Enforcement Measures
Not surprising, Mark Hugo Lopez, Associate Director, Pew Hispanic Center, and Susan Minushkin, Deputy Director, Pew Hispanic Center report "the increasingly downbeat assessments [that] come at a time when the Hispanic community in this country--numbering approximately 46 million, or 15.4% of the total U.S. civilian non-institutional population--has been hit hard by rising unemployment (Kochhar 2008) and stepped-up immigration enforcement." Find out how Latinos are being affected by the Bush administration's avalanche of senseless persecution and harassment to hard-working families.
Not surprising, Mark Hugo Lopez, Associate Director, Pew Hispanic Center, and Susan Minushkin, Deputy Director, Pew Hispanic Center report "the increasingly downbeat assessments [that] come at a time when the Hispanic community in this country--numbering approximately 46 million, or 15.4% of the total U.S. civilian non-institutional population--has been hit hard by rising unemployment (Kochhar 2008) and stepped-up immigration enforcement." Find out how Latinos are being affected by the Bush administration's avalanche of senseless persecution and harassment to hard-working families.
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communications,
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deportation,
ethnicity,
Hispanic,
ICE,
immigration,
Latinos,
race,
race multiracial,
Spanish
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
22a. Feria Internacional del Libro en Guadalajara - FIL 2008
La mayor reunión del mundo editorial en español le espera en Guadalajara, del 29 de noviembre al 7 de diciembre de 2008. Autores, agentes literarios, bibliotecarios, libreros y más de 1600 casas editoriales de 40 países, nos visitan año con año. Junto a ellos, más de medio millón de visitantes se deleitará sumergiéndose en el mundo de los libros y disfrutará con la muestra de lo mejor de la producción literaria y artística de Italia, nuestro Invitado de Honor 2008.
22nd Guadalajara International Book Fair - FIL 2008
The most outstanding meeting of the Spanish publishing world awaits for you at Guadalajara. From November 29th to December 7th, 2008, authors, literary agents, librarians, booksellers and more than 1,600 publishing houses from 39 countries will be visiting us. With them, half a million visitors will enjoy the world of books and share the very best of the culture and arts of Italy, our 2008 Guest of Honor.
La mayor reunión del mundo editorial en español le espera en Guadalajara, del 29 de noviembre al 7 de diciembre de 2008. Autores, agentes literarios, bibliotecarios, libreros y más de 1600 casas editoriales de 40 países, nos visitan año con año. Junto a ellos, más de medio millón de visitantes se deleitará sumergiéndose en el mundo de los libros y disfrutará con la muestra de lo mejor de la producción literaria y artística de Italia, nuestro Invitado de Honor 2008.
22nd Guadalajara International Book Fair - FIL 2008
The most outstanding meeting of the Spanish publishing world awaits for you at Guadalajara. From November 29th to December 7th, 2008, authors, literary agents, librarians, booksellers and more than 1,600 publishing houses from 39 countries will be visiting us. With them, half a million visitors will enjoy the world of books and share the very best of the culture and arts of Italy, our 2008 Guest of Honor.
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Latinos,
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libraries,
libros,
media,
Mexico,
research,
Spanish
Hundreds of Workers Held in Immigration Raid
Great concern in the Latino community is caused by the repeated raids that ICE, the immigration enforcement branch, is conducting in different states. It seems that President Bush's government not only wants to leave a legacy of a senseless war, a devastated economy and a declining international role of the United States but also is willing to attack the core values of this country by separating families, generating internal terror and hurting means of employment of thousands of hard working immigrants. Read on this chilling article about late procedures in Laurel, Miss. where hundreds of families were left without their bread winners.
Great concern in the Latino community is caused by the repeated raids that ICE, the immigration enforcement branch, is conducting in different states. It seems that President Bush's government not only wants to leave a legacy of a senseless war, a devastated economy and a declining international role of the United States but also is willing to attack the core values of this country by separating families, generating internal terror and hurting means of employment of thousands of hard working immigrants. Read on this chilling article about late procedures in Laurel, Miss. where hundreds of families were left without their bread winners.
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Hispanic,
illegal,
immigration,
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Latinos,
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Mexico,
minorities,
politics,
public threat,
race,
Spanish
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Cuarenta años para no olvidar y no repetir
El Universal de México, en su edición digital, conmemora el 40º aniversario de la masacre estudiantil conocida como la Matanza de Tlatelolco. Fotos, testimonios y artículos para no olvidar y no repetir. El Universal solicita a los lectores que vivieron el hecho que compartan sus experiencias.
El Universal de México, en su edición digital, conmemora el 40º aniversario de la masacre estudiantil conocida como la Matanza de Tlatelolco. Fotos, testimonios y artículos para no olvidar y no repetir. El Universal solicita a los lectores que vivieron el hecho que compartan sus experiencias.
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masacre,
Mexico,
minorities,
politics,
Spanish
Thursday, August 14, 2008
In a Generation, Minorities May Be the U.S. Majority
According to new Census Bureau projections, ethnic and racial minorities who identify themselves as Hispanic, black, Asian, American Indian, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander will become the majority of the US population by 2042 -sooner than the anticipated date of 2050-, Sam Robert reports. Main reasons are higher birthrates among minorities and predicted rising influx of immigrants. Read how these changes will affect presidential elections, baby-boomers' retirement and life expectancy.
According to new Census Bureau projections, ethnic and racial minorities who identify themselves as Hispanic, black, Asian, American Indian, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander will become the majority of the US population by 2042 -sooner than the anticipated date of 2050-, Sam Robert reports. Main reasons are higher birthrates among minorities and predicted rising influx of immigrants. Read how these changes will affect presidential elections, baby-boomers' retirement and life expectancy.
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Spanish,
women
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Hispanics and Health Care in the United States:
Access, Information and Knowledge
Staggering numbers show the poor healthcare situation of Latinos in the US in this report by Pew Hispanic Center's Senior Researcher Gretchen Livingston, Susan Minushkin, Deputy Director, and Pew Research Center's Senior Writer D'Vera Cohn. Some Latinos attribute receiving low quality healthcare to language and cultural barriers.
Access, Information and Knowledge
Staggering numbers show the poor healthcare situation of Latinos in the US in this report by Pew Hispanic Center's Senior Researcher Gretchen Livingston, Susan Minushkin, Deputy Director, and Pew Research Center's Senior Writer D'Vera Cohn. Some Latinos attribute receiving low quality healthcare to language and cultural barriers.
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Thursday, August 7, 2008
Library Materials Reflect Population
In this article of the Asbury Park Press, writers Bradshaw and Sastrowardoyo found that collection of materials at Monmouth County Library and Ocean County Library is as diverse as the patrons who frequent them.
In this article of the Asbury Park Press, writers Bradshaw and Sastrowardoyo found that collection of materials at Monmouth County Library and Ocean County Library is as diverse as the patrons who frequent them.
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