Search engines & portals continue to expand in LatAm

Despite the downturn in the USA, sites focused on Latin America - on Yahoo en español, Starmedia, Terra and Google in Latin America - continue to expand.

http://www.portada-online.com/printarticle.aspx?page=/html/website/paid/2009/012909/major-portals-expand.aspx

SanAntonioExpressNews: Cisneros says Latino progress critical for USA

"Former Housing Secretary Henry Cisneros and several Latino leaders say the global competitiveness of the United States hinges on the progress of the country's Hispanic population — the fastest-growing minority group."

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/38513484.html

AP: Cisneros to start non-profit focused on immigrants

"Former Housing Secretary Henry Cisneros said Monday he plans to create a nonprofit that will help integrate newcomers to U.S. society by improving their English and expanding their participation in military service and civic activities."

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g8l15v6JNN2h6jebW_p9F8wEWJDgD95V2GT80

NYT opinion piece: Latinos want Obama to deliver on issues

"Latinos, who make up 9 percent of the national electorate, lent their support overwhelmingly to President-elect Barack Obama, voting for him at a rate of 2 to 1 over his Republican rival, Senator John McCain. The votes were roughly equivalent to Mr. Obama’s margin of victory in the popular vote and in key swing states such as Nevada, Colorado and New Mexico, which flipped from red to blue."

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/19/immigration-tops-latinos-wish-list-at-dc-meeting/

WashingtonPost: Latinos party at the inaugural

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/sleuth/2009/01/latino_stars_pols_gather_for_t.html?hpid=topnews

MSNBC: NY cops more likely to pull over blacks, Latinos

If you’re black or Latino, you’re more likely than white drivers to get pulled over in New York City, according to a new report.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28675613/

NY Daily News: More TV in English for Latinos

"In the decades since Spanish language broadcast giants Univision and Telemundo invaded the U.S. market, the Latino demographic has changed radically.
More and more children have been born here to immigrant parents — they now constitute the majority of Hispanics — and they are growing up speaking English."

http://www.nydailynews.com/latino/2009/01/14/2009-01-14_explosion_of_tv_in_english_for_latinos_.html

MiamiHerald: Cuban American National Foundation leader and brother sentenced for fraud

"U.S. District Judge Patricia A. Seitz said the brothers had been ''two-faced for too long'' in bilking Kendall Regional Medical Center out of $5 million in a fraud that lasted 14 years."

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/v-fullstory/story/842608.html

NYT: Latinos recall prior hate violence in Long Island

"Carlos Orellana, a construction worker from Ecuador, was walking home from work in this small Long Island town on July 14, he said, when about a dozen teenage boys on bicycles knocked him to the ground and kicked and beat him, shouting, “Go back to Mexico.”"

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/09/nyregion/09patchogue.html?hp

L.A.Times: Latinos want to incorporate East L.A. as a city

East Los Angeles is proudly known as the community that sparked a Mexican American civil rights movement, gave birth to Los Lobos and jump-started low-rider car culture.

But for all its notoriety and close-knit feel, East L.A. has never been a city. Rather, it's an unincorporated area governed by the county Board of Supervisors.

But on Friday, the community took a major step toward gaining independence.

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-eastla10-2009jan10,0,1207394.story

AP: 10% of Latinos behind on mortgages

"Nearly one in 10 Latino homeowners fell behind in mortgage payments last year, and about 3 percent said they had received a foreclosure notice, a Hispanic research group reported Thursday."

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gk9Hf55GttUNZRHCJHVKGaJwaRogD95J1C0O0

L.A.Times: Bill Richardson's withdrawl from Cabient consideration a blow

"The federal investigation involves a Beverly Hills company, CDR Financial Products Inc., which was paid to help the state issue road-construction bonds. The FBI is looking into whether anybody in Richardson's administration tried to influence CDR's selection."

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-richardson6-2009jan06,0,3854200.story

NY Daily News: 2 lenders disciplined for overcharging Latinos for mortgage fees

Two mortgage brokerage companies must compensate 445 black and Hispanic borrowers who were systematically charged higher fees than white clients.

http://www.nydailynews.com/money/2009/01/05/2009-01-05_lenders_overcharged_latinos_blacks.html

WSJ: Mortgage bust hurting Latinos more

Between 2000 and 2007, as the Hispanic population increased, Hispanic homeownership grew even faster, increasing by 47%, to 6.1 million from 4.1 million, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Over that same period, homeownership nationally grew by 8%. In 2005 alone, mortgages to Hispanics jumped by 29%, with expensive nonprime mortgages soaring 169%, according to the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123111072368352309.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

Bloomberg: Children's book awardees have few if any Latino protaganists

"Characters depicted in Newbery winners are more likely to be white, male and come from two-parent households than the average U.S. child, according to a Brigham Young University study. The trend has accelerated even as the U.S. has diversified, with fewer black and Hispanic main characters in the past 27 years than in the Civil Rights era of 1951-79."

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=aCT1f48_Qwzo&refer=muse