PRI's Studio 360 does a nice piece of Colombia alt rock Atercipelados

"The title song on Río, the most recent cd, refers to the very polluted Bogotá River; the band has promoted a clean water referendum. "

http://studio360.wordpress.com/2010/01/28/colombian-music-way-beyond-shakira/

In San Diego, immigrant Latinos more likely to be entrepreneurs

"... in San Diego County, Latino immigrants have a higher rate of self-employment than that of nonimmigrant Latinos and even native-born U.S. citizens, according to a new report."

. http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/jan/27/study-countys-immigrant-latinos-have-highest-self/

Portada: Latino magazine revenue down in 2009

Hispanic magazine advertising declined substantially during 2009, according to statistics gathered by HispanicMagazineMonitor/Media Economics Group. ...
http://www.portada-online.com/article.aspx?aid=5685

HispanicBusiness: Pew study shows U.S. born Latinos more likely to believe there is at least some discrimination against Hispanics

"U.S.-born Hispanics were much more likely than immigrant Hispanics to say there is at least "some" discrimination against their group, with nearly 80 percent of domestic Hispanics saying so, compared to 48 percent of the foreign-born." http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/news/2010/1/12/new_survey_hispanics_surpass_blacks_as.htm

DallasMorningNews: Pew study shows Latino use of Internet grows; especially those who read Engish.

"81 percent of Latinos who read English well were online, but only 24 percent of those who can't read English were."

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/ptech/stories/DN-latinointernet_23bus.ART.State.Edition1.3cf469a.html

Blog: Origin of the 12 grapes on New Year's Eve, Nochevieja

"The grapes could not be sold and the growers were faced with a rotting harvest and mounting losses. As astute merchants, they decided to create a "ritual" event to sell the grapes."

http://mylatinovoice.com/politics-and-us/25-lo-que-es/1475-las-12-uvas-the-latino-tradition-of-the-12-grapes.html

NYT: Univision to produced its own Latino shows in USA

"About 35 million people speak Spanish in the United States, and Univision is watched by about 3.5 million of them on an average night, making it the nation’s dominant Spanish language network."

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/07/business/media/07univision.html